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| US08792401B2 |
Systems and methods for reducing power consumption in communication networks
The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for reducing power consumption in communication networks. In one exemplary embodiment, a system includes a leader node in communication with a plurality of follower nodes. The leader node causes the leader and follower nodes to transition from an awake mode to a sleep mode where they consume less power. An exemplary embodiment of a method includes the steps of configuring nodes in a communication network as follower nodes and configuring a node in the communication network as a leader node. The leader node is configured to cause the leader and follower nodes to alternate between an awake mode and a sleep mode. The leader and follower nodes consume less power when in the sleep mode than when in the awake mode. |
| US08792399B2 |
Phase-rotated reference signals for multiple antennas
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for phase-rotated reference signals are provided. In accordance with one implementation, phase-rotated reference signals are transmitted from multiple transmit antennas on the same reference signal (RS) resource elements. The receiver may determine channel coefficients for links corresponding to the multiple antennas, based on the received signals at the RS resource elements. Time-domain filtering or frequency-domain orthogonal codes may be used to determine the channel coefficients for links corresponding to the multiple antennas. The phase-rotation information may be broadcasted in a system information block (SIB) message or signaled in a radio resource control (RRC) message. |
| US08792397B2 |
Automated discovery of communication ports coupled to a switch
Examples are disclosed for exchanging messages between a switch and network devices having input/output devices. In some examples, the input/output devices for network devices may support communication ports capable of being coupled or connected to the switch via physical communication links. For these examples, the exchanged messages may include information associated with the communication ports or the input/out devices. Other examples are described and claimed. |
| US08792389B2 |
Rapid deployment devices in wireless self-organizing networks and methods for same
The present invention provides rapid deployment devices in wireless self-organizing networks. The device in accordance with the present invention may include a control unit having a rapid deployment information segment module and a wireless communication unit electrically coupled to the control unit. The control unit of the present invention may broadcast a neighbor beacon to at least one neighbor. In accordance with the present invention, the rapid deployment information segment module may expand the neighbor beacon to include a rapid deployment information segment so as to transmit rapid deployment information. In accordance with the present invention, the rapid deployment information may include a cost sequence to a reference node. |
| US08792387B2 |
System and method for effectively populating a mesh network model
A system and method for populating a mesh network model includes peer devices that are configured to transmit peer device signals by utilizing a wireless broadcasting procedure. Mobile devices wirelessly detect the peer device signals to produce wireless scan data corresponding to the peer devices. A location server may then receive the wireless scan data for performing a location estimation calculation procedure with the wireless scan data to thereby determine location coordinates for effectively populating the mesh network model. |
| US08792386B2 |
Method for transmitting attributes based on fiber channel network and switch system
An attribute propagation method and a switch system based on a fiber channel network are disclosed. According to the present invention, after an attribute is registered on one of its ports, each switch can automatically use its port on the other side to propagate this attribute, and a next adjacent switch can register this attribute on its port on the same side, so that ports on one side of all switches can have this attribute registered automatically. Hereafter, after the attribute is registered its port on the other side, each switch can automatically use its port on said one side that has been registered to propagate this attribute reversely and a next adjacent can register this attribute on its port on the other side, so that ports on the other side of all switches can automatically have this attribute registered. In this way, there is no need to manually configure each port. Instead, the attribute can be registered automatically on ports on both sides of all switches, thus improving the configuration efficiency for port attributes. Furthermore, the present invention can enable propagation of any attribute, thus making the present invention have a high popularity. |
| US08792383B2 |
Digital communications system for residential and custodial-care environments, office and the like
The system is based on the arrangement of a plurality of terminals (1), (I′) . . . (In), which are interconnected with one another to form a digital network by means of two databuses, one write and one read, by means of differential transmission, with a hybrid connection topology based inter alia on UTP-type cables (4). Each terminal is constituted by a DLP-type card (7), which contains a programmable logic device for the management of a series of cards associated with the card (7), said cards being a main card (8) and a user-interface card (9), which enable the user to configure the various system options, it being possible, also, to incorporate one or more extension cards (H-H′) for the input and output of audio/video signals, the Internet, a telephone line or an automatic-door-entry line, and also a remote-control and alarm card (10) for activating external loads, activating alarms and receiving signals originating from sensors. |
| US08792382B2 |
System and method for tracking a line rate utilization
A system and method for tracking a line rate utilization. An effective throughput is measured for a data stream during a time period. A number of frames in the data stream is counted during the time period. A line rate utilization is determined for the data stream utilizing the number of frames and a size of the frames in response to the time period ending. The line rate utilization is save for communication to one or more users. The line rate utilization is communicated to one or more users. |
| US08792379B1 |
Determining link capacity
In a system and method of determining a link capacity between an access node and a wireless device in a wireless communication network, sending over a communication link from the access node to the wireless device a plurality of packets comprising a packet size and a data length based on a modulation and coding scheme assigned to the communication link, determining a dispersion of at least two of the packets sent to the wireless device, calculating an average dispersion rate based on the determined dispersion of the at least two packets and the data length, and determining an available link capacity based on the packet size and the average dispersion rate. |
| US08792378B2 |
Apparatus and method for broadband wireless local area communication
Provided is an apparatus and method for wideband short-range wireless communication using a directional antenna in a millimeter wave band, and the method for wideband short-range wireless communication according to an embodiment may determine a first time interval and a second time interval for a cooperated data frame transfer based on a packet transmission time at each transmission from a source node to a destination node, transmit a frame to a relay node through an antenna pattern directed towards the relay node at a start point of the first time interval, and transmit the frame to the destination node through an antenna pattern directed towards the destination node after a predetermined period of time from a start point of the second time interval. |
| US08792377B2 |
Preamble group selection in random access of wireless networks
A transport block size (TBS) of a first uplink message (RACH Msg3) transmitted on a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) during a random access procedure in a User Equipment (UE) accessing a radio access network may be determined by receiving a pathloss threshold parameter. A downlink pathloss value indicative of radio link conditions between the UE and a base station (eNB) serving the UE is then determined. A smaller value of TBS is selected from a set of TBS values if the determined pathloss value is greater than an operating power level of the UE minus the pathloss threshold parameter. A larger value of TBS is selected if the pathloss value is less than the operating power level of the UE minus the pathloss threshold parameter and the TBS required to transmit the RACH Msg3 exceeds the smaller TBS value. |
| US08792373B2 |
Scheduling method and apparatus for control average transmission rate in multiple antenna system
A scheduling method in a wireless communication includes receiving a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) from a plurality of terminals. The method also includes determining an average transmission rate of each terminal based on the CQI by approximating an instantaneous transmission rate distribution to a Gaussian distribution. The method further includes determining a weight of each terminal such that the average transmission rate of each terminal satisfies a target transmission rate. The method also includes selecting a terminal set by applying the determined weight. Thus, it is possible to control the fairness between the terminals and to efficiently control the transmission rate of the terminals according to the required transmission rate and the channel environment of the terminals. |
| US08792370B2 |
Carrier preconfiguration for PDCCH monitoring in multi-carrier systems
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for carrier preconfiguration for monitoring for transmissions of downlink control information (DCI), for example, conveyed in physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmissions utilizing multiple carriers. The methods and apparatuses described herein may be applied in both frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD) systems. |
| US08792369B2 |
Method for setting a mobile node specific cyclic prefix in a mobile communication
The invention concerns a method and an apparatus implementing the method. In the method is determined in a mobile node whether the mobile node supports mobile node specific cyclic prefixes. The mobile node transmits to a base station node an indication whether the mobile node supports mobile node specific cyclic prefixes. The base station node measures a delay spread of a radio resource transmitted by the mobile node. The mobile node receives an indication of an uplink direction cyclic prefix length from the base station node. The mobile node forms a cyclic prefix of the uplink direction cyclic prefix length selected from a useful symbol, adds the cyclic prefix in front of the useful symbol and transmits a signal comprising the cyclic prefix and the useful symbol to the base station. |
| US08792367B2 |
CoopMAX: a cooperative MAC with randomized distributed space time coding for an IEEE 802.16 network
Cooperative communication is a technique that can be employed to meet the increased throughput needs of next generation WiMAX systems. In a cooperative scenario, multiple stations can jointly emulate the antenna elements of a multi-input multi-output system in a distributed fashion. A framework for a randomized distributed space-time coding (“R-DSTC”) technique in the emerging relay-assisted WiMAX network, and the development of a cooperative medium access control (“MAC”) layer protocol, called CoopMAX, for R-DSTC deployment in an IEEE 802.16 system, is described. The technique described couples the MAC layer with the physical (PHY) layer for performance optimization. The PHY layer yields significant diversity gain, while the MAC layer achieves a substantial end-to-end throughput gain. |
| US08792360B2 |
Duplicate packet suppression
According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method of managing packets in a communication network including multiple communication nodes is described. The method may include receiving a packet including a packet header. The packet header may include a packet identifier uniquely identifying the packet. The method may also include determining a packet type of the packet received by a first communication node based on the packet identifier. The method may also include dropping the packet when the packet is determined to be a duplicate packet or routing the packet to a neighbor communication node in a manner that prevents the packet from being caught in a loop when the packet is determined to be a returned packet or a new packet. |
| US08792353B1 |
Preserving sequencing during selective packet acceleration in a network environment
A first set of frames is received in a data flow and tagged with respective serial numbers identifying an ordering of frames in the first set. The tagged first set is forwarded to a general processor for processing prior to being sent to a remote network element. A data flow policy is received from the general processor based on processing of the first set. A second set of frames of the data flow are received subsequent to forwarding the first set to the general processor. It can be verified, based on the assigned serial numbers, that each frame in the first set has been sent to the remote network element prior to sending frames in the second set. The second set is processed and sent to the remote network element by the network processor, bypassing the general processor, based on the data flow policy. |
| US08792351B1 |
Method and system for network communication
A method and system for network communication is provided. The method for network communication comprises setting a data size for a network connection, wherein the data size represents an amount of network data a network adapter can send to a host system for the network connection before the network adapter waits for an application to accept any data that has been sent to the host system; monitoring the amount of network data that is received by a host system driver; monitoring the amount of network data that is sent by the network adapter; and suspending transfer of network data to the host system, if the amount of network data sent by the network adapter is similar to the set data size. |
| US08792349B2 |
Concurrent association of a wireless mobile node with access points for increasing capacity of access points
Access for wireless mobile nodes (WMNs) to access points (APs) may be provided via a wireless network where each WMN is associated with a plurality of APs, according to an exemplary embodiment. |
| US08792348B1 |
Serial link interface power control method and apparatus with selective idle data discard
A receiver circuit for coupling to a serial link is disclosed. The receiver circuit comprises a data buffer and serial interface circuitry. The serial interface circuitry receives serialized packet words and processes the serial words for input to the data buffer. The serial interface circuitry includes word detection logic to detect predefined control words and discard logic to selectively inhibit forwarding of one or more of the predefined control words to the data buffer. |
| US08792344B2 |
Method and system for managing signalling in a telecommunication network
A signaling management method for managing signaling in a telecommunications network, in which, in normal operation, access equipment (21) of said network specifies a registration refresh period P to a terminal (10, 11). According to the invention, after said access equipment (21) has detected a fault affecting the network core (22) and then the access equipment (21) has received a registration refresh request from said terminal (10, 11), the access equipment (21): determines the duration R that remains for the registration in the network core (22) for the terminal (10, 11), and also determines the actual refresh period Q as implemented by the terminal (10, 11) in response to the access equipment (21) specifying thereto a refresh period equal to P; and in the event that R≧Q, the access equipment (21) sends registration confirmation to the terminal (10, 11) without relaying said request to the network core (22). |
| US08792341B2 |
System and method for machine-to-machine application based congestion control
A method and apparatus for reporting events in a machine-to-machine environment are provided. Upon detection of an event, a determination is made whether to report the event with or without a delay. If the event is to be reported with a delay, then reporting is delayed for a period of time. If an event notification is received prior to the expiration of the delay period, then the reporting of the event may be canceled as event has already been reported by another element. If not, then another determination is made whether to report the event with or without another delay. This process continues until either the event has been reported or an event notification corresponding to the event has been received from another element. |
| US08792339B2 |
Method and system for moving distinctive traffic flows to a different priority service flow
A cable modem termination system (CMTS) is adapted to move particular traffic flows to a different priority service flow. The CMTS includes detection logic, or is coupled to detection logic, to detect the presence of particular traffic, logic to establish a different priority service flow between a cable modem termination system and a cable modem, and flow control logic to direct a given packet on to the different priority service flow if the given packet contains information that matches one or more classifiers. |
| US08792337B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing an uplink over an access ring
A method for providing an uplink over an access ring comprising access devices and at least one aggregation device, wherein each device of said access ring has ring interfaces connecting said device to neighboring devices in said access ring, wherein one access device of said access ring is configured as a ring master device which sends connectivity check messages on both its ring interfaces around said access ring to itself to detect a connectivity failure in said access ring, and wherein said ring master device changes a state of one of its ring interfaces depending on the detection result. |
| US08792336B2 |
Method and system for monitoring and switching between primary and back-up receiver decoder circuits in a communication system
A system and method for switching between receiver and decoder circuits includes a first receiver receiving a first channel signal and forming a first channel signal, a second receiver receiving the first channel signal and forming a second channel signal and a monitoring system monitoring the first channel signal and the second channel signal and generating a monitoring signal. The system also includes a transfer switch in communication with the first channel signal and the second channel signal. The monitoring system controls the switching of the transfer switch from the first signal to the second signal in response to the monitoring signal. The transfer switch forms a switch output signal. |
| US08792335B2 |
Method for sharing protection of mesh network protection field and system thereof
A method and system for sharing protection of a mesh network protection domain are disclosed by the present invention. The method includes: presetting a protection ring in the mesh network protection domain, a path of the protection ring running through source and destination nodes of a plurality of services in the mesh network protection domain, and only reserving protection resources on the path of the protection ring; determining protection methods used respectively by a plurality of services said above and configuring a corresponding protection group; setting protection paths of all protection groups on the protection ring, and sharing the protection resources of the protection ring. |
| US08792329B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for performing diameter answer message-based network management at a diameter signaling router (DSR)
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for performing Diameter answer message-based network management at a Diameter signaling router (DSR) are disclosed. According to one method, a Diameter answer message that includes error indicator information is received from a first Diameter node at a DSR. The error indicator information included in the Diameter answer message is examined, at the DSR, and information based on the error indicator information is used to update status information for routes maintained by the DSR to the first Diameter node. |
| US08792324B2 |
Transmission apparatus, reception apparatus, transmission method, reception method, and method for generating multi-dimensional constellations
The present invention relates to digital data communication and provides an efficient method for generating multi-dimensional constellations for digital data modulation with a high degree of modulation diversity, a method for transmitting and receiving data on the basis of such constellations, and a corresponding apparatus. This is achieved by considering only multi-dimensional rotation matrices with all elements on the diagonal having the same first absolute value and all other elements having the same non-zero second absolute value. In this manner, multi-dimensional rotation matrices can be generated having only a single independent parameter and a structure that is as regular as possible. The independent parameter can be configured in order to minimize the error probability for various constellation sizes. |
| US08792322B2 |
Frame and signalling pattern structure for multi-carrier systems
A transmitting apparatus for transmitting signals in a multi carrier system on the basis of a frame structure, each frame including at least two signalling patterns adjacent to each other in the frequency direction and at least two data patterns, the transmitting apparatus including signalling mapping means to map signalling data on frequency carriers of each of the at least two signalling patterns in a frame, each signalling pattern having the same length, data mapping means to map data on frequency carriers of the at least two data patterns in a frame, transforming means to transform the signalling patterns and the data patterns from the frequency domain into the time domain in order to generate a time domain transmission signal, and transmitting means to transmit the transmission signal. A corresponding transmitting method and a frame pattern for a multi carrier system are also provided. |
| US08792312B1 |
Method and system for providing an energy assisted magnetic recording head
A method and system for providing an energy assisted magnetic recording (EAMR) head are described. The method and system include providing a slider, an EAMR transducer coupled with the slider, and a top layer on the slider. The top layer includes a mirror well therein and has a substantially flat top surface. The method and system further includes providing a laser including a light-emitting surface and providing a mirror optically coupled with the laser. The laser is coupled to the top surface of the top layer external to the mirror well. The mirror has a bottom surface and a reflective surface facing the light-emitting surface of the laser. A portion of the bottom surface of the mirror is affixed to the top surface of the top layer. A portion of the mirror resides in the mirror well. |
| US08792308B2 |
Radio-controlled watch
Provided is a radio-controlled watch capable of performing leap second correction even when information on a leap second is not received from a satellite. Provided is a radio-controlled watch that adjusts time by receiving a signal containing time information from a satellite, the radio-controlled watch being configured to: store a leap second correction value to be used for leap second correction with respect to the time information; display a numerical value corresponding to the leap second correction value; receive an instruction operation of changing the leap second correction value from a user in a state in which the numerical value is displayed; and change the leap second correction value in response to the received instruction operation. |
| US08792304B2 |
Downlinking communication system and method using signal transition detection
A downlinking signal is transmitted downhole from the surface using drilling fluid as the communications medium. The downlinking signal includes at least a synchronization phase and a command phase. The downlinking signal is differentiated upon reception such that attributes of the synchronization phase may be used to determine corresponding attributes of the command phase. Commands may be transmitted downhole while drilling and simultaneously while using mud-pulse telemetry uplinking techniques. |
| US08792298B2 |
Interconnecting tow members of a marine seismic system
A marine seismic system having a tow vessel; a first tow member connected to the tow vessel; a second tow member connected to the tow vessel; a first distance member having a first end connected to the first tow member and a second end connected to the second tow member; and a first attachment device connecting the first end to the first tow member, the first attachment member operational between an engaged position securing the first end of the distance member in a fixed position relative to the first tow member and a disengaged position permitting the first attachment device to move along a portion of the first tow member. |
| US08792297B2 |
Methods for gathering marine geophysical data
In a first embodiment the invention comprises a method for gathering geophysical data, including towing geophysical data gathering equipment behind a survey vessel in a body of water, said equipment including an array of sensor streamers extending behind said vessel, and determining a geodetic location of a streamer steering reference point at a forward end of the sensor streamers and a reference direction. At least one sensor streamer included in said array of sensor streamers is laterally deflected in response to the determined geodetic location of said streamer steering reference point and the determined reference direction. |
| US08792292B2 |
Providing row redundancy to solve vertical twin bit failures
A circuit includes a failure address register configured to store a first row address, a row address modifier coupled to the failure address register, wherein the row address modifier is configured to modify the first row address received from the failure address register to generate a second row address. A first comparator is configured to receive and compare the first row address and a third row address. A second comparator is configured to receive and compare the second row address and the third row address. The first and the second row addresses are failed row addresses in a memory. |
| US08792291B2 |
I/O circuit with phase mixer for slew rate control
An apparatus includes a terminal, a first plurality of driver lines, and a first phase mixer. The driver lines drive the terminal to a first logic state responsive to a first enable signal. The first phase mixer is coupled to a first one of the first plurality of driver lines. The first phase mixer is operable to receive the first enable signal and a first delayed enable signal derived from the first enable signal and generate a first signal on the first driver line having a first configurable delay with respect to the first enable signal by mixing the first enable signal and the first delayed enable signal. |
| US08792290B2 |
Voltage generator and nonvolatile memory device including the same
A voltage generator includes a high voltage generator configured to include a plurality of pump circuits for generating various levels of a high voltage in response to clock signals, wherein the plurality of pump circuits are configured to receive enable signals corresponding to a level of voltage to be generated, where the enable signals are generated in response to internal operation signals. And a clock transfer circuit configured to generate a clock enable signal by comparing the high voltage and a reference voltage and to selectively provide the clock signals to each of the pump circuits in response to the clock enable signal and each of the enable signals. |
| US08792287B2 |
Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and data writing method
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory quickly and precisely accumulates a desired amount of charges corresponding to data-to-be-written in a charge accumulating part of a memory cell. When charges are injected into the charge accumulating part of the memory cell by applying a writing voltage corresponding to the data-to-be-written to the drain or source region of the memory cell, the writing voltage is reduced on the basis of an increase in the amount of charges accumulated in the charge accumulating part. |
| US08792286B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and operating method thereof
A semiconductor memory device includes a page buffer configured to store data read from a memory cell, a counter circuit configured to count the number of first data or second data in the read data for every read operation while the read operations are repeated a set number of times, and a control logic configured to determine the number of read operations and determine the read data of the memory cell based on the counted number. |
| US08792281B2 |
Read threshold estimation in analog memory cells using simultaneous multi-voltage sense
A method includes dividing a group of analog memory cells into multiple subsets. The memory cells in the group are sensed simultaneously by performing a single sense operation, while applying to the subsets of the memory cells respective different sets of read thresholds, so as to produce respective readout results. An optimal set of the read thresholds is estimated by processing the multiple readout results obtained from the respective subsets using the different sets of the read thresholds. |
| US08792278B2 |
Non-volatile memory semiconductor storage including contact plug
A non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes: a cell array including a plurality of first wirings, a plurality of second wirings that intersects the plurality of first wirings, and memory cells that are formed at intersections of the first wirings and the second wirings and are connected between the first and second wirings; a first contact plug that comes into contact with a side portion of the first wiring provided at a first position and extends to the first wiring provided at a second position higher than the first position in a laminated direction; and a second contact plug that comes into contact with a side portion of the second wiring provided at a third position between the first position and the second position and extends to the second wiring provided at a fourth position higher than the second position in the laminated direction. |
| US08792276B2 |
Semiconductor device with floating gate and electrically floating body
Techniques for providing floating body memory devices are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a semiconductor device comprising a floating gate, a control gate disposed over the floating gate, a body region that is electrically floating, wherein the body region is configured so that material forming the body region is contained under at least one lateral boundary of the floating gate, and a source region and a drain region adjacent the body region. |
| US08792274B1 |
Multi-level memory cell read, program, and erase techniques
A system is provided and includes an array of cells, a first module, and a third module. The first module reads a state of a cell in the array to detect first bits stored in the cell. The third module, subsequent to the first module reading the state, performs a first operation on a first bit of the first bits and performs the first operation on a first of multiple signal inputs. The signal inputs indicate second bits of data to be stored in the cell. The third module performs a second operation on a second bit of the first bits and performs the second operation on a second one of the signal inputs. The first module, based on results of the first and second operations, performs a first erase operation or a first program operation on the cell to match the state of the cell to the second bits. |
| US08792272B2 |
Implementing enhanced data partial-erase for multi-level cell (MLC) memory using threshold voltage-drift or resistance drift tolerant moving baseline memory data encoding
A method and apparatus are provided for implementing enhanced data partial erase for multi-level cell (MLC) memory using threshold-voltage-drift or resistance-drift tolerant moving baseline memory data encoding. A data partial erase for data written to the MLC memory using threshold-voltage-drift or resistance-drift tolerant moving baseline memory data encoding is performed, and a data re-write after the partial erase to the MLC memory is performed using threshold-voltage-drift or resistance-drift tolerant moving baseline memory data encoding. A data partial erase cycle includes a duration and voltage level based upon a degradation of the MLC memory cells. |
| US08792270B2 |
Programmable resistance memory
A memory includes an interface through which it provides access to memory cells, such as phase change memory cells. Such access permits circuitry located on a separate integrated circuit to provide access signals, including read and write signals suitable for binary or multi-level accesses. |
| US08792265B2 |
Phase change material for a phase change memory device and method for adjusting the resistivity of the material
A phase change material for use in a phase change memory device comprises germanium-antimony-tellurium-indium, wherein the phase change material comprises in total more than 30 at % antimony, preferably 5-16 at % germanium, 30-60 at % antimony, 25-51 at % tellurium, and 2-33% at % indium. |
| US08792264B2 |
Method of switching out-of-plane magnetic tunnel junction cells
A method of switching the magnetization orientation of a ferromagnetic free layer of an out-of-plane magnetic tunnel junction cell, the method including: passing an AC switching current through the out-of-plane magnetic tunnel junction cell, wherein the AC switching current switches the magnetization orientation of the ferromagnetic free layer. |
| US08792258B2 |
Method and apparatus for reducing standby power of switching mode power supplies
An apparatus for coupling a switching mode power supply (SMPS) controller to a rectified line voltage. The apparatus includes a high-voltage startup transistor configured to provide a charging current during a startup phase of the SMPS controller and to provide substantially no current during a normal operation phase of the SMPS controller. A switch coupled to the high-voltage startup transistor. The switch receives a control signal from the SMPS controller, for turning off the switch during the startup phase and turning on the switch during the normal operation phase. A biasing device is connected in series with the switch and maintains the startup transistor in an off state when the SMPS controller is in the normal operation phase. A standby current in the apparatus is substantially lower when the SMPS controller is in the normal operation phase than the charging current in the apparatus when the SMPS is in the startup phase. |
| US08792255B2 |
Duty adjuster circuit and converter including the same
A converter supplies output power according to a first output current and a second output current generated according to each switching operation of a first switch and a second switch. A duty adjuster circuit generates an adjuster current to compensate the difference between the peak of the first output current and the peak of the second output current to adjust duty of the first and second switches. |
| US08792254B2 |
Multilevel power converter and methods of manufacturing and operation thereof
A power converter includes an input stage connected to receive a three phase AC input voltage and to provide multiple DC voltage levels. The power converter also includes an output stage of a plurality of interleaved LLC converters having series-connected inputs coupled to the multiple DC voltage levels and parallel-connected outputs to provide a DC output voltage. Additionally, the power converter includes a balancing circuit interconnected to the input and output stages to provide substantially balanced output currents from the plurality of interleaved LLC converters for the DC output voltage. Methods of manufacturing and operating a power converter are also provided. |
| US08792249B2 |
Waterproofing structure of mobile terminal and mobile terminal including the same
A waterproofing structure for a mobile terminal, includes an annular groove that surrounds an outer edge of a predetermined waterproof area of a mobile terminal. A waterproof lid covers an entire surface of the waterproof area, and includes an annular protrusion that fits into the annular groove in the waterproof area, and an elastic resin portion that covers the annular protrusion. The elastic resin portion press-contacts and adheres to only one of two side wall surfaces of the annular groove when the annular protrusion is fitted into the annular groove. |
| US08792244B2 |
Power converter permitted to be reduced in size and manufactured at decreased cost
A power converter equipped with a semiconductor stack made up of semiconductor modules, bus bars coupled to power terminals of the semiconductor modules, a capacitor, and an input terminal table. The capacitor is disposed in alignment with a first direction in which the semiconductor modules are stacked. The capacitor has a first end and a second end opposed to the first end in a second direction in which the power terminals extend from the semiconductor modules. The first end faces in the second direction. The input terminal table is located near the second end of the capacitor. This structure permits the power converter to be reduced in size and produced at a decreased cost. |
| US08792242B2 |
Control unit housing
A control unit housing, especially for a transmission control module of a transmission of a motor vehicle. The control unit housing includes a first housing part and a second, cover-shaped housing part. A circuit carrier having at least one electronic component is accommodated in the first housing part. The first housing part is designed in the shape of a tub, whose floor is designed as a heat dissipation surface to an additional housing. |
| US08792238B2 |
Heat-dissipating module having loop-type vapor chamber
A heat-dissipating module having a loop-type vapor chamber includes a heat-dissipating body, a loop-type vapor chamber, and a heat-conducting medium. The loop-type vapor chamber is completely covered by the heat-dissipating body. The loop-type vapor chamber includes a loop body, a wick structure and a supporting structure. The loop body includes a bottom plate and a cover plate. A vacuum chamber is formed between the bottom plate and the cover plate. The wick structure is arranged on inner surfaces of the cover plate and the bottom plate. The supporting structure abuts the wick structure toward the cover plate and the bottom plate. The loop-type vapor chamber is tightly connected to the heat-dissipating body via the heat-conducting medium. |
| US08792236B2 |
Electronic apparatus
There is provided an electronic apparatus, including a cabinet having a display surface exposed to an outside, a battery provided at the bottom on an opposite side of the display surface in the cabinet and at least a portion of the battery protruding to an outer side from the bottom, and a height formed at the edge of the cabinet so as to protrude to the outer side to cover the battery. |
| US08792235B2 |
Electronic apparatus
According to one embodiment, a heat radiation block is pressed in contact with a heat receiving plate of an apparatus body, a heat receiving block receives its reaction force via a heat pipe and thus moves. A drawer section and the heat radiation block are fixed and held in the apparatus body after the movement of the heat receiving block. |
| US08792233B2 |
Aesthetically pleasing universal dock
An aesthetically pleasing universal dock may support a variety of electronic devices of different shapes and designs while appearing to be customized to individually support each electronic device. The universal dock may support an electronic device using a support layer that may include any suitable material, including, for example, an array of vertical members, an elastic sponge-like substance, or any other suitable material. The compression of the support layer may be retained for future use with the electronic device, or the compression may be relieved, once the electronic device is removed from the universal dock. |
| US08792232B2 |
Protective enclosure for electronic device
A chemically resistant protective cover for an electronic device that has an interactive control panel includes a protective shell having a first member and a second member. The second member is configured to join with the first case. An aperture defined by the protective shell aligns with the interactive control panel. A chemically resistant protective membrane for an electronic device includes a sheet of engineered thermoplastic having dimensions corresponding to features of a surface of the electronic device, and has a combination of sufficient thinness and a dielectric constant that together permit capacitive inputs on a front side of the protective membrane to be transmitted to the capacitance sensing interactive control panel. |
| US08792231B2 |
Extended user input
An apparatus has a first body part, a second body part, and a support mechanism configured to keep the first and second body parts together while enabling a user to move the first and second body parts between a closed configuration and an open configuration. In the closed configuration, the first and second body parts are stacked and the support mechanism is sandwiched between the first and second body parts. The apparatus further has user input equipment positioned such that the user input equipment is behind the first body part and accessible to the user when the first and second body parts are in the open configuration and the user input equipment is not accessible to the user when the first and second body parts are in the closed configuration. |
| US08792227B2 |
Mobile power system
A mobile power system includes a plurality of energy sources including a solar powered generating source and a plurality of electronic and telecommunications components configured to receive the power generated by the plurality of energy sources and convert the power generated to direct current power. The system also includes a plurality of batteries configured to store the direct current power and a main distribution panel including one or more short circuit ground fault protection devices configured to isolate a short circuit ground fault in less than approximately two hundred milliseconds. The system also includes one or more transportable housings configured to hold the plurality of energy sources, the plurality of electronic and telecommunications, the main distribution panel and the plurality of batteries during transport of the housing. |
| US08792226B2 |
Heat transfer system for use with electrical devices and method of operating the same
A heat transfer system includes an electrical distribution cabinet extending about at least one current-carrying conductor. The heat transfer system also includes at least one electrically-insulating and thermally-conducting device coupled to the at least one current-carrying conductor. The heat transfer system further includes at least one heat pipe coupled to the at least one electrically-insulating and thermally-conducting device. The heat pipe is also thermally coupled to at least a portion of the electrical distribution cabinet. |
| US08792224B2 |
Hybrid capacitor
Disclosed herein is a hybrid capacitor including: a first structure including a cathode containing activated carbon and an anode containing lithium; and a second structure including activated carbon layers formed on both surfaces of a current collector. With the hybrid capacitor, characteristics of an LIC and characteristics of an EDLC are implemented in a single cell, thereby making it possible to increase energy density and improve output characteristics. |
| US08792221B2 |
Electrical protection circuitry for a docking station base of a hand held meter and method thereof
An electrical protection circuitry for a docking station base of a hand held meter and method thereof are disclosed. In the event of a short circuit at a meter interface connector, the protection circuitry removes power at the meter interface connector. Similarly, in the event of an applied voltage outside a specified operating range of the base, the protection circuitry removes power to the meter interface connector. These conditions of the electrical system of the base are monitored regardless whether the meter or the meter's battery is electrically connected to the base. The protection circuitry also provides a visual indication in the event of either the over current and under/over voltage conditions. Additionally, the base is designed to prevent liquid from pooling inside a pocket used to cradle and hold the meter in the base through the use of a drain located at the lowest point in the pocket. |
| US08792219B2 |
ESD-robust I/O driver circuits
An ESD-robust I/O driver circuit is disclosed. Embodiments include providing a first NMOS transistor having a first source, a first drain, and a first gate; coupling the first source is coupled to a ground rail, and the first drain to an I/O pad; providing a gate driver control circuit including a second NMOS transistor having a second source, a second drain, and a second gate; and coupling the second drain to the first gate, the second source to the ground rail, wherein the gate driver control circuit provides a ground potential to the first gate during an ESD event occurring from the I/O pad to the ground rail. |
| US08792217B2 |
Systems and methods for protection of components in electrical power delivery systems
Various embodiments disclosed herein provide protection to monitored equipment at both a local level and a system level, in order to offer more comprehensive protection. In one particular embodiment, the protected equipment may include one or more generators. The protection system may utilize time-synchronized data in order to analyze data provided by systems having disparate sampling rates, that are monitored by different equipment, and/or equipment that is geographically separated. Various embodiments may be configured to utilize a variety of sampling rates. |
| US08792215B2 |
Switch unit and power generation system thereof
The present disclosure provides a switch unit and a power generation system thereof. The switch unit includes a contact switch having a main contact and a control terminal, where the control terminal receives a first drive signal to turn on the contact switch; and a bi-directional controllable switch structure, which is connected in parallel to two ends of the main contact of the contact switch and receives one or more second drive signals to turn on the switch structure. When the switch unit performs a turn-off operation, the bi-directional controllable switch structure provides a commutation bypass for the contact switch, so as to protect the contact switch. |
| US08792208B1 |
Method for providing side shields having non-conformal regions for a magnetic recording transducer
A method and system provide a magnetic recording transducer having air-bearing surface (ABS). The magnetic recording transducer includes a pole, a side shield, a nonmagnetic gap between the side shield and the pole and at least one coil for energizing the pole. The pole has a pole tip proximate to the ABS. The side shield includes at least one nonconformal portion that extends from a throat height in a stripe height direction perpendicular to the ABS and is nonconformal with the pole. The spacing between the nonconformal portion(s) of the side shield and the pole varies based on a distance from the ABS. |
| US08792206B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlled front shield thickness for perpendicular writer
A method for forming a transducing head having a magnetic writer includes forming a pedestal adjacent to a writer pole and a gap layer, depositing a front shield on the pedestal, etching the front shield, and depositing a backfill layer upon the front shield after etching. The front shield has a controlled thickness upon etching. |
| US08792196B1 |
Disk drive estimating noise in a read signal based on an identified response at the input of an equalizer
A disk drive is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk, and control circuitry comprising a read channel comprising an analog filter and an equalizer. Data is read from the disk to generate a read signal, and the analog filter filters the read signal. The filtered read signal is sampled, and the read signal samples are input into the equalizer in order to equalize the read signal samples according to a target response. A response of the read channel based on the read signal samples input into the equalizer is identified to generate an identified response. Expected samples are generated based on the identified response, wherein the expected samples correspond to the data written to the disk, and an estimated noise sequence is estimated based on the expected samples and the read signal samples. |
| US08792195B2 |
Multi-level run-length limited finite state machine with multi-penalty
Techniques are described for constructing maximum transition run (MTR) modulation code based upon a multi-level (ML) run-length limited (RLL) finite state machine (FSM) that implements different sets of penalties. A processor is configured to receive information from a hard disk drive (HDD) via a read channel and recover data from the HDD using MTR modulation code. A memory has computer executable instructions configured for execution by the processor to model a magnetic recording channel as a partial response channel, model a source of information to the magnetic recording channel to provide an optimized Markov source, and construct an MTR modulation code to mimic the optimized Markov source based upon an FSM having a limited transition run length and a multi-level periodic structure. The FSM provides at least two different sets of penalties in a period. |
| US08792191B2 |
Kinematic optic mount
A two-axis, optical mount provides two flexural elements monolithically and homogeneously formed of a single material with, and interconnecting, three rigid segments. Between each pair of rigid segments, beginning with the first and second, a set of extensions is formed to have a cross section that permits simple, easy, independent adjustment therebetween. Likewise, a flexural element exists between the second and third rigid elements. Meanwhile, the rigid elements have section moduli sufficiently great as to be orders of magnitude larger than the flexural stiffness or section modulus of the flexural elements, thus providing flexures that operate in the elastic mode and introduce no joint type accuracy errors in adjustment. |
| US08792187B2 |
Imaging lens
An imaging lens includes plastic-made first, second, third, and fourth lens elements arranged in the given order from an object side to an imaging side. The first lens element has a positive focusing power and is biconvex. The second lens element has a negative focusing power, is biconcave, and has an abbe number not greater than 30. The third lens element has a positive focusing power and has a convex imaging-side surface facing toward the imaging side. The fourth lens element has an imaging-side surface formed with a concave area in a vicinity of an optical axis of the fourth lens element. The imaging lens further includes an aperture stop disposed between the first and second lens elements. |
| US08792180B2 |
Production method of wafer lens, intermediate die, optical component, molding die, and production method of molding die
Provided are a wafer lens production method, an intermediate die, an optical component, a molding die, and a molding die production method. The production method of a wafer lens (1) includes a first intermediate die production step using a die (7), a second intermediate die production step using the first intermediate die (8), and a wafer lens production step using the second intermediate die (9). A first intermediate-die substrate (80) is provided with a depressed section (85) on the surface facing the die (7). When photo-curable resin (84A) is pressed, at least a portion closer to the first intermediate-die substrate (80) among the top (71a) and the peripheral section (77) of the die (7) is arranged in the depressed section (85), and a gap is provided so that the die (7) does not contact with a depressed plane (85a) of the depressed section (85). |
| US08792179B2 |
Laminated micromirror package
A system and method of aligning a micromirror array to the micromirror package and the micromirror package to a display system. One embodiment provides a method of forming and utilizing a package that exposes regions of an alignment reference plane. The device within the package is mounted on the reference plane such that the exposed regions allow precise alignment with the device in a direction perpendicular to the reference plane. Alignment surfaces formed in a display system or other system contact the reference plane at the exposed regions to position the packaged device relative to other components of the system. One embodiment of the package 400 taught has laminated layers forming the package substrate 402 and providing a precision reference plane 416 relative to the position of the micromirror device 404. The package may be formed by laminating several layers of material in sheets to form several package substrates simultaneously. Voids formed in the layers 408 on one side of the reference plane provide access to the reference plane. A transparent cover or lid 412 is attached to the package substrate 402 sealing the micromirror 404 in the cavity 410. The preceding abstract is submitted with the understanding that it only will be used to assist in determining, from a cursory inspection, the nature and gist of the technical disclosure as described in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). In no case should this abstract be used for interpreting the scope of any patent claims. |
| US08792175B2 |
Virtual image display system
A virtual image display system includes a display device that outputs image light, a projection lens that projects the image light from the display device, a first holding member that holds the projection lens, a light guide plate that takes in the image light from the projection lens, and then, guides the light to an external predetermined position, and a second holding member that holds the light guide plate. A positioning structure for positioning the light guide plate with respect to the projection lens is provided in the first holding member and the second holding member. |
| US08792172B2 |
Light guide member
A light guide member includes a first light guide film, a second light guide film, a diffuser film and an atomization film superposed together one by one. The first light guide film includes a plurality of first light guide dots and the second light guide film includes a plurality of second light guide dots staggered with the plurality of first light guide dots. The plurality of first light guide dots and the plurality of second light guide dots reflect the light towards any directions and then make the light uniformly and brightly emit out from the first light guide film and the second light guide film. The diffuser film controls the luminance and improves the uniformity of the light. The atomization film atomizes the light and solves the problem of visible dots. |
| US08792168B2 |
Optical system including diffractive grating and optical apparatus
The optical system includes plural lens groups, a negative lens included in one lens group among the plural lens groups and formed of a first medium, a diffractive grating formed on at least one lens surface of the negative lens and being in contact with a second medium different from the first medium, and a positive lens included in the one lens group and formed of a third medium different from the first medium and the second medium. The first medium satisfies ndA≧1.7 and 40≦νdA≦55 where ndA represents a refractive index of the first medium for a d-line, and νdA represents an Abbe number of the first medium for the d-line. The third medium satisfies ndC≦1.55 and νdC≧60 where ndC represents a refractive index of the third medium for the d-line, and νdC represents an Abbe number of the third medium for the d-line. |
| US08792166B2 |
Image blur correction apparatus and image pickup unit having image blur correction apparatus
An image blur correction apparatus includes a base, a movable holding member, a support mechanism that supports the movable holding member to be movable within a plane vertical to an optical axis of a lens, a driving means for driving the movable holding member, a position detecting unit, and a returning unit for returning the movable holding member to a pause position, wherein the driving unit includes coils fixed to the base and drive magnets fixed to the movable holding member, the returning unit includes return magnets fixed to the base to face the drive magnets, the position detecting means includes magnetic sensors fixed to the base, and the support mechanism includes at least three concave portions provided on the base, at least three spheres rollably arranged in the concave portions, and at least three abutment surfaces provided on the movable holding member to abut on the spheres. |
| US08792162B2 |
Microscope with illumination switching for capturing sample images during detector integration time
A microscope including an illumination device for a light sheet having an approximately planar extension along an illumination axis of an illumination beam path with a transverse axis to the illumination axis. Light emitted from the sample region on axis of detection the illumination axis and the axis of detection as well as the transverse axis and the axis of detection being oriented relative at an non-zero angle. The illumination device includes structure deflecting light to different beam path and thus produces an additional sheet of light, together illuminating the sample region on common illumination axis, and with switches between beam paths. Detection device has a detection lens system for light from by the sample region. The switches include a rapidly switching element with a time <10 ms, a predetermined integration of the surface detector synchronized so the sample region is illuminated twice during integration. |
| US08792161B2 |
Optical polarizer with nanotube array
An optical polarizer positioned before a light source for use in semiconductor wafer lithography including an array of aligned nanotubes. The array of aligned nanotubes cause light emitted from the light source and incident on the array of aligned nanotubes to be converted into polarized light for use in the semiconductor wafer lithography. The amount of polarization can be controlled by a voltage source coupled to the array of aligned nanotubes. Chromogenic material of a light filtering layer can vary the wavelength of the polarized light transmitted through the array of aligned nanotubes. |
| US08792159B2 |
Devices and methods for optical signal control
A device for use in optical signal control is presented. The device comprises an amplification waveguide, including a pumpable medium, and a reference and a control inputs and an output selectively allowing transmission of light respectively into and out of said amplification waveguide. The reference input, the amplification waveguide and the output define together a transmission scheme for reference light through the pumpable medium. The control input and the amplification waveguide define a depletion scheme for the pumpable medium and control light. The device thus allows for controlling an output signal, formed by the transmission of the reference light, by controllable depletion of the pumpable medium. |
| US08792149B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes an automatic acquiring unit which forms a mark for detecting at least one of positional deviation and density deviation and acquire a degree of deviation by measuring the mark, a manual acquiring unit which receives a user input to acquire a correction value; an image forming unit which forms an image based on an actual correction value determined by an automatic correction value specified based on the degree of deviation and a manual correction value which is the correction value acquired by the manual acquiring unit, and a changing unit which executes at least one of a first changing process of applying a weight to at least one of the automatic correction value and the manual correction value and the second changing process of changing at least one of the automatic correction value and the manual correction value into a past correction value. |
| US08792147B2 |
Method, program product and apparatus for creating optimal test patterns for optical model calibration and for selecting suitable calibration test patterns from an arbitrary layout
A method of determining calibration test patterns to be utilized to calibrate a model for simulating the imaging performance of an optical imaging system. The method includes the steps of defining a model equation representing the imaging performance of the optical imaging system; transforming the model equation into a plurality of discrete functions; identifying a calibration pattern for each of the plurality of discrete functions, where each calibration pattern corresponding to one of the plurality of discrete functions being operative for manipulating the one of the plurality of discrete functions during a calibration process; and storing the calibration test patterns identified as corresponding to the plurality of discrete functions. The calibration test patterns are then utilized to calibrate the model for simulating the imaging performance of an optical imaging system. |
| US08792140B2 |
Image information processing method, image information processing apparatus, image processing apparatus, and recording medium
Disclosed is an image information processing apparatus that determines, based on image information, a region suitable for inspecting image forming performance of an image forming apparatus in an entire region of an image represented by the image information. The image information processing apparatus includes a segment region extraction unit that extracts a segment region having a predetermined size from the entire region of the image; a color reproducibility prediction unit that predicts a result of color reproducibility of the entire image by using an algorithm in a case where the image forming performance is adjusted based on a color measurement result of the extracted segment region; and an object region determination unit that determines, as an object region, the segment region showing a best one of the plural results obtained by repeatedly performing extraction processing by the segment region extraction unit and prediction processing by the color reproducibility prediction unit. |
| US08792139B2 |
Image processing apparatus and method of controlling same
An image correcting method for an image processing apparatus that reads a bound document and corrects a shadow in a bound portion in obtained document image data includes extracting shadow image data from the document image data, generating a grid with which a ratio of changes in luminance between the grid lines in directions perpendicular to each other is smaller than in a square grid and which has grid points within a capacity of a memory for correction values, calculating first correction values that corrects luminance of pixels in the shadow image data corresponding to grid points, storing the first correction values in the memory, calculating second correction values for luminance of the pixels in the shadow image data based on first correction values of grid points close to each pixel, and correcting luminance of the document image data using the first and second correction values. |
| US08792138B2 |
System and methods for automatic color deficient vision correction of an image
A method that includes receiving an image, automatically determining at least one region of interest in the image based on at least one color deficiency type from a plurality of color deficiency types, modifying the image by correcting the at least one region of interest and producing an output of the modified image. |
| US08792134B2 |
Data generation method and data generation apparatus
Conventional calibration patches are designed such that gradation values of the patches are determined, based on the overall length of a trajectory of a monochrome ink color in an L*a*b* space, so that distances between patches become uniform, and therefore provide low interpolation accuracy in a region where measurement values change non-linearly in accordance with the change in gradation.According to the present invention, gradation values of patches to be used for color calibration are determined so that the patches are closely arranged in a region where measurement values change non-linearly in accordance with the change in gradation. Thus, interpolation accuracy can be improved in a region where measurement values change non-linearly. |
| US08792128B2 |
Apparatus, system, and method of inspecting image, and recording medium storing image inspection control program
An inspection apparatus, inspection system, inspection method, and inspection control program stored in a recording medium, each of which sets a reference point in a master image and a read image read from a printed image, which is to be used for detecting the positional shift between the read image and the master image, based on determination whether a pattern previously added to the printed image for detecting the positional shift is available or can be used to effectively detect the positional shift. |
| US08792127B2 |
Image forming apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium
An image forming apparatus includes a renderer configured to render a one page amount of image data based on intermediate data generated by either a first execution unit or a second execution unit, a printer engine configured to form image data of a page rendered by the renderer on a recording medium, and after forming the image data, stop each unit in the engine when there is no image data formation instruction corresponding to a next page of the page even after a cycle down time limit has elapsed, and a request unit configured to, during generation of intermediate data of a predetermined page by the first execution unit, request an extension of the cycle down time limit set in the printer engine based on a number of pages of rendered image data corresponding to intermediate data of pages following the predetermined page. |
| US08792124B2 |
Print control apparatus, image forming system, and non-transitory computer readable medium
A print control apparatus includes the following components. Drawing processing units each perform a drawing process. A sending unit sends the entire print instruction including multiple pages and written in a page description language, to the drawing processing units. The delivering unit delivers each processing request which specifies one of the multiple pages, to a corresponding one of the drawing processing units. When performing, to perform a drawing process in which a print instruction for a page specified by a processing request is converted into print data, an analysis process on the print instruction from the first page to the specified page, each drawing processing unit refers to an identifier in the page description language of the print instruction for pages other than the specified page, and does not perform the analysis process for a range not containing a command that influences a drawing process of other pages. |
| US08792122B2 |
Image forming apparatus, method for controlling image forming apparatus, and storage medium
An image forming apparatus to generate image data of print data containing a drawing object for reuse within a job includes a cache unit, an object parallel processing unit, a page parallel processing unit, and a processing control unit. The cache unit generates data based on the drawing object and caches generated data. The object parallel processing unit divides each page of the print data per drawing object unit and subjects a divided page to raster image processor (RIP) processing in parallel. The page parallel processing unit subjects the print data to the RIP processing per page unit. The processing control unit controls such that, in the print data, the object parallel processing unit executes processing sequentially from an initial page until the data having a value equal to or more than a threshold value is cached and the page parallel processing unit executes processing after the data is cached. |
| US08792119B2 |
Printing device and printing control method
A printing device includes data transfer control units that store an image data transferred from un upper level device into a storage unit and reads out the image data from the storage unit in response to an instruction to start a printing, printing units that print the data onto a recording medium, an output control unit that outputs each image data to a predetermined printing unit, and a printing control unit that instructs the data transfer units to transfer the stored image data corresponding to one page to the output control unit, when a storage report of the image data corresponding to one page is sent from any of the data transfer control units, and stops a conveyance of the recording medium after any of the printing units completes the printing onto the recording medium under the printing in a case that a predetermined specific trouble occurs. |
| US08792118B2 |
User interfaces and methods to provision electronic facsimiles
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to computing devices and systems, as well as software, computer programs, applications, and user interfaces, and more particularly, to provisioning electronic fax messages in a communication network including packetized and/or synchronous communications. According to one embodiment, a messaging can receive data representing an electronic document in a file format into a messaging system, convert fax components to a fax compatible format including the electronic document in the file format to form converted fax components, determine whether to generate an electronic facsimile to include the fax components as a pre-rendered electronic facsimile, and transmit the electronic facsimile as the pre-rendered electronic facsimile. |
| US08792116B2 |
Printing controller, GUI display method, printer driver, and recording medium
A printing controller having a printer driver configured to display a GUI using language-dependent files containing the display character strings of corresponding languages is disclosed. The printing controller includes a compressed language-dependent file into which the language-dependent files are compressed, a language selection part configured to cause one of the languages which one is used by the printer driver to be selected, and an expansion part configured to expand one of the language-dependent files related to the selected one of the languages from the compressed language-dependent file. The printer driver displays the GUI using the one of the language-dependent files expanded by the expansion part. |
| US08792112B2 |
Printing apparatus and error processing method thereof
When a simple error for which power off is unnecessary for the error resolution is generated, a movement process is executed without waiting to receive the button operation of the user, when conditions including a paper jam possibility condition are satisfied in a case where a motor error in which the CR motor is generated, a movement process is executed after waiting to receive the button operation of the user, and when the conditions including the paper jam possibility condition are not satisfied even when a motor error is generated, an error display process for a fatal error is performed. In this manner, when the process for a simple error with respect to the generated motor error is executed, the user may perform, for example, removal of the paper that is the cause of the paper jam or the like before the movement process is executed by the button operation. |
| US08792110B2 |
Secured document transmission
Systems and methods for securing a document for transmission are discussed. In one embodiment, a document is checked for an indication of confidentiality. The document is then passed to a secure driver, in response to a finding of the indication of confidentiality. The document is passed to a non-secure driver, in response to a failure to find the indication of confidentiality. The document is then transmitted after processing by the secure driver or the non-secure driver. |
| US08792108B2 |
Image processing apparatus having enhanced display mode and image processing method thereof
An image processing apparatus includes an image-processing designating unit that allows a user to designate predetermined image processing to be applied to image data for generating a preview image that represents a state of an output image before image output; a preview-image generating unit that generates a preview image in accordance with the designated image processing; a preview-image display unit that displays the preview image generated by the preview-image generating unit; and a display-mode switching control unit that, when the preview image is displayed, switches to a display mode with an enhanced viewability relative to a power-saving display state in accordance with a content of the designated image processing. |
| US08792102B2 |
Interferometric spectral imaging of a two-dimensional array of samples using surface plasmon resonance
A detection system for a two-dimensional (2D) array is provided. The detection system comprises an electromagnetic radiation source, a phase difference generator, a detection surface having a plurality of sample fields that can receive samples, and an imaging spectrometer configured to discriminate between two or more spatially separated points. |
| US08792101B2 |
Optical module and spectroscopic analyzer
A colorimetric sensor includes an etalon including a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a fixed mirror formed on a surface of the first substrate facing the second substrate, and a movable mirror formed on the second substrate so as to face the fixed mirror with a prescribed gap therebetween, a light receiving element that receives a test subject light having passed through the etalon, and a holding member holding the etalon. The etalon includes a light interference area facing the first and second substrates in a plan view as seen in a thickness direction of the substrate, and a protruding area protruding from the light interference area. The holding member holds the etalon at one end side of the protruding area opposite to the light interference area. |
| US08792099B1 |
Method and apparatus for phase detection in a beam steering laser array
A method and apparatus for measurement of individual phases of beams from a beam steering laser array relative to a reference laser beam. The disclosed method and apparatus is based on the use of a partially reflecting ellipsoidal reflector or dual paraboloidal reflector having two focal areas to make an image of the laser array located in one of the focal areas appear at the other focal area. Illumination of this image with a phase modulated beam from a reference laser coherent with the laser array allows the application of dithering techniques to measure individual phases of beams from array. Any laser beam in the array or a separate laser coherent with the laser array can be used as a reference beam. In addition, the partially reflecting ellipsoidal reflector or dual paraboloidal reflector can provide protection for the beam steering laser array from environmental impacts or damage. |
| US08792094B2 |
Apparatus, system and method for detecting defects of metallic lids
An apparatus for detecting defects of elements to be subjected to examination, particularly metallic lids, with means for lighting an element to be subjected to examination, an image acquisition unit, and a unit for processing images acquired by said image acquisition unit is described. |
| US08792093B2 |
Apparatus for inspecting film
A film inspection apparatus for inspecting the state of a film includes a transfer unit that fixes the film in a flat state and that transfers the film, and includes an inspection unit that inspects the film transferred through the transfer unit. The transfer unit includes a carrier that is movable to a direction of the inspection unit, a tray in the carrier and for mounting the film thereto, and an adsorption unit that is coupled to the carrier and that adsorbs the film to maintain the film mounted to the tray in the flat state. |
| US08792090B2 |
Document of value, method of manufacture and method of detecting soil or wear
A method of manufacturing a soil or wear test feature on a document of value is provided. The method comprises designating an area of the document of value for soil or wear testing and measuring an optical characteristic which is affected by the presence of soil or wear of the designated area on the document of value, or of the same area on an identical document of value. The measured optical characteristic is encoded to generate corresponding optical characteristic data and the encoded optical characteristic data is associated with the document of value by means of a machine readable element provided on the document of value. Also provided is a method of detecting soiling or wear of a document of value, comprising measuring an optical characteristic which is affected by the presence of soil or wear of a designated area on the document of value; reading data from a machine readable element provided on the document of value to retrieve encoded optical characteristic data generated from previous measurement of the optical characteristic of the designated area, or of the same area on an identical document of value; and comparing the measured optical characteristic with the encoded optical characteristic to identify any difference therebetween, a difference being indicative of soiling or wear of the document of value. |
| US08792089B2 |
Device for determining a concentration of a constituent of blood in a hose line
A device for determining the concentration of a constituent of blood in a hose line, in particular in the hose line of an extracorporeal blood circuit of an extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus, includes a clamping unit having an actuation mechanism configured to apply a clamping force such that first and second receiving elements are moved towards one another from a first position releasing the hose line into a second position clamping the hose line, in which the drive of the actuation mechanism takes place with an electric motor, and a monitoring unit configured to detect a hose line inserted into the receiving elements. A method for detecting a hose line in a clamping unit of a device for determining the concentration of a blood constituent in the hose line is also described. Automation of the measurement of the blood parameters is thus possible. |
| US08792088B2 |
Distance-measuring system
A distance-measuring system includes a light source, a light detector, and measuring optics for projecting light emitted by the light source to a target and for guiding light reflected from said target towards the light detector. The distance-measuring system also includes reference optics for guiding light emitted by the light source within the system towards the light detector as internal reference light and a variable attenuator for adjusting intensity of light incident on the light detector. The variable attenuator includes an attenuating filter arranged in a beam path between the measuring optics and the light detector and an actuator coupled to the attenuating filter for moving the attenuating filter. The distance-measuring system further includes an optical selector coupled to at least one of the actuator or the attenuating filter and moved by the actuator together with the attenuating filter. |
| US08792085B2 |
Lithographic apparatus, substrate table, and method for enhancing substrate release properties
A lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system constructed and arranged to condition a radiation beam, and a support constructed and arranged to support a patterning device. The patterning device is capable of imparting the radiation beam with a pattern in its cross-section to form a patterned radiation beam. The apparatus also includes a substrate table constructed and arranged to hold a substrate, and a projection system constructed and arranged to project the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate. The substrate table includes a chuck having a plurality of protrusions constructed and arranged to support corresponding parts of a bottom surface of a wafer. The top surface of at least one of the protrusions includes a plurality of elements that define a reduced contact area between the substrate and the top surface of the protrusion. |
| US08792081B2 |
Controller for optical device, exposure method and apparatus, and method for manufacturing device
An exposure method for exposing a mask pattern, which includes plural types of patterns, with a high throughput and optimal illumination conditions for each type of pattern. The method includes guiding light from a first spatial light modulator illuminated with pulse lights of illumination light to a second spatial light modulator and exposing a wafer with light from the second spatial light modulator, accompanied by: controlling a conversion state of the second spatial light modulator including a plurality of second mirror elements; and controlling a conversion state of the first spatial light modulator including a plurality of first mirror elements to control intensity distribution of the illumination light on a predetermined plane between the first spatial light modulator and the second spatial light modulator. |
| US08792079B2 |
Exposure apparatus, exposure method, and device manufacturing method having encoders to measure displacement between optical member and measurement mount and between measurement mount and movable body
An x linear encoder, which is configured of a pickup placed on a measurement mount and facing an x scale fixed on the lower surface of a barrel that houses a projection optical system, measures the displacement of the barrel with the measurement mount serving as a reference. With the configuration of the x linear encoder, a path of a measurement light that propagates back and forth between the pickup and the scale is significantly shortened, compared with the case of using an interferometer. |
| US08792077B2 |
Color filter, manufacturing method thereof, and liquid crystal panel with the same
The present disclosure provides color filter and a manufacturing method thereof, and a liquid crystal panel with the color filter. The color filter includes a substrate, a black matrix formed on the substrate, a number of spacers integrally formed with the black matrix; and a color filter with a thickness thereof being less than that of the black matrix. Color ink is disposed in the black matrix and is hardened to form the color filter layer. The black matrix and the spacers are integrally formed and made of the black film, which simplifies the manufacturing process of the color filter. Additionally, since the color filter layer is formed by the ink jet printing method, the height of the color filter is unlimited, which allows the black matrix and the spacers to be made of conventional material, and improves the yield rate of the color filter. |
| US08792075B2 |
Pixels having extra-planar fringe field amplifiers and sliced common electrodes for multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal displays
A multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display using fringe field amplification is disclosed. Each pixel is subdivided into color dots. Further more each pixel contains extra-planar fringe field amplifiers that separate the color dots of a pixel. The voltage polarity of the color dots and extra-planar fringe field amplifiers are arranged so that fringe fields in each color dot causes multiple liquid crystal domains in each color dot. Specifically, the color dots and the extra-planar fringe field amplifiers are arranged so that neighboring polarized elements have opposite polarities. The performance of the display is further enhanced by using a sliced common electrode having common electrode slices over the color dots. |
| US08792070B2 |
Polarization plate for use in a liquid crystal display
A polarization plate is provided for use between a light source and a display panel, where the light source is configured to emit light having a plurality of planes of polarization and the display panel is configured to have a predetermined polarization axis. The plate includes a repolarization region and a prepolarization region. The repolarization region is configured to diffuse and to depolarize or rotate at least one plane of polarization of the light passing therethrough. The prepolarization region is disposed adjacent to and in contact with the repolarization region. The prepolarization region is configured to be substantially nonabsorbent, to allow passage of light having a plane of polarization that is substantially aligned with the predetermined polarization axis, and to prevent passage of light having a plane of polarization that is not substantially aligned with the predetermined polarization axis. In another embodiment, an interface is provided between the regions. |
| US08792068B2 |
Lighting device and electronic device
A lighting device at least has: a plurality of light emitting elements that emit light by a forward direction current; a direct-current power supply; a first wiring and a second wiring for supplying electrical power to the plurality of light emitting elements from the direct-current power supply; and a switch for switching the polarity of the electrical power to be supplied to the first wiring and the second wiring; in which the plurality of light emitting elements include forward direction connection in which the forward direction current flows when the electrical power having a positive polarity is applied to the first wiring and reverse direction connection in which the forward direction current flows when the electrical power having a positive polarity is applied to the second wiring and being connected between the first wiring and the second wiring. |
| US08792066B2 |
Liquid crystal display module and front frame structure thereof
The present invention provides a liquid crystal display (LCD) module and a front frame structure thereof. The LCD module comprises a backlight module, a liquid crystal panel and a front frame structure. The front frame structure comprises a plurality of corner frame components, and the corner frame component comprises a top portion, a first side portion and a second side portion, all of which are perpendicular to each other. Each of the corner frame components is fixed on one corner of the backlight module, so as to fix the liquid crystal panel on the backlight module. The present invention can save material and achieve the object of the compactness design, and can fit different size specifications of the LCD module. |
| US08792065B2 |
Sub-pixel display structure and liquid crystal display panel using the same
The present invention discloses a sub-pixel display structure and a liquid crystal display panel using the same. The sub-pixel display structure includes two electrode portions. One of the electrode portions can perform charge-sharing via a charge-sharing switch. At least one of the two electrode portions is further connected to an extra electrode portion. When being used in a 3D liquid crystal display panel having a patterned phase retarder film, the sub-pixel display structure can satisfy the requirement of 3D view angle by making the extra electrode portion to be shielded by black matrix, and the two electrode portions still remain operatable so that a color washout phenomenon under a large viewing angle can be reduced even in a 3D liquid crystal display panel. |
| US08792057B2 |
Methods circuits devices and systems for wireless communication of video information
Disclosed are methods, circuits, devices systems for wireless communication of video information. According to some embodiments, an energy level of one or a group of transmit video block(s) to be transmitted as part of a wireless transmission frame may be adjusted so at to maintain a substantially constant transmission power (e.g. within a range of transmission power levels). |
| US08792054B2 |
Automatic subtitle resizing
A method, apparatus and computer program for displaying video and accompanying text data on a display are provided. The method includes receiving media content that includes video and determining whether text data associated with the video is to be presented on the display alongside the video. If associated text data is not to be presented, then the video content is output as normal, with the video content occupying a first area of the display (such as the entire display). If associated text data is to be presented, then the video output is automatically resized such that the video occupies a smaller area of the display, and the associated text data is automatically displayed alongside the video. By allowing for dynamic resizing it is possible to display subtitles or closed captions alongside portions of video content without obscuring the video. |
| US08792051B2 |
Driving device, lens barrel, and optical apparatus including the lens barrel
In a driving device, a distance from a guide member to a vibrator is less than that from the guide member to a permanent magnet in a plane perpendicular to a guiding direction of a guide member. An attraction force between the permanent magnet and a magnetic body acts as a force to rotate (i.e., a rotating force) a holding member about an axis of the guide member, and the vibrator is pressed against a contact member by the rotating force. |
| US08792050B2 |
Camera body, imaging unit mounted/removed on/from the camera body and imaging apparatus
An imaging apparatus comprising an imaging unit in which an optical system and an imaging device are provided, a camera body formed with a concave portion on/from which the imaging unit is mounted/removed, the imaging apparatus photographing the subject image by mounting the imaging unit on the camera body, wherein the concave portion includes three walls of a back wall portion, a side wall portion, and an upper wall portion, viewed from the subject side in a direction of an optical axis of the optical system, wherein the apparatus includes a locking member and a locking member to be locked, wherein an unlocking member for unlocking a lock of the camera body and the imaging unit by means of the locking member is disposed in an intersection portion of the side and upper wall portions, and wherein at least three wall portions which compose the concave portion, are opened. |
| US08792045B2 |
Video surveillance camera refocus
A method of refocusing a video surveillance camera includes performing a first focusing operation of a camera at a first time, sensing a first temperature of the camera at the first time, sensing a second temperature of the camera at a second time, determining if a change in temperature between the first temperature and the second temperature is greater than a predetermined temperature change, sensing a level of light in a field of view of the camera at the second time, determining if the level of light sensed in the field of view of the camera at the second time is within a predetermined light level range, determining if a period of time between the first time and second time is greater than a predetermined period of time, and performing a focus operation if the change in temperature between the first temperature and the second temperature is greater than the predetermined temperature change, the level of light sensed in the field of view of the camera at the second time is within the predetermined light level range, and the period of time between the first and second time is greater than a predetermined period of time. |
| US08792044B2 |
Image pickup device and method for manufacturing the image pickup device
Disclosed is an image pickup device, by which cut resistance at the time of cutting a wafer lens is reduced, high production efficiency is maintained, and excellent optical characteristics are obtained. The image pickup device has a first lens block, a second lens block, a spacer, and a sensor unit. The side surface section of the first lens block, the side surface section of the second lens block, and the side surface section of the spacer are formed on the same plane. A lens cover that covers the first and the second lens blocks is provided in a step formed by respective side surface sections of the first lens block, the second lens block and the spacer, and the side surface section of the sensor unit. |
| US08792042B2 |
Vibrating device and image equipment having the same
A vibrating device includes a dust-screening member and a vibrating member. The dust-screening member is disposed in front of an image surface of an image forming element having the image surface in which an optical image is generated. The dust-screening member has a box shape with about the same small plate thickness as a whole, and includes, in a bottom surface portion of the box shape, a transparent part which spreads from the center of the bottom surface portion. The vibrating member is disposed outside the transparent part of the dust-screening member. The vibrating member is configured to generate, in the bottom surface portion of the dust-screening member, vibration having a vibrational amplitude which is vertical to the bottom surface portion thereof. |
| US08792041B2 |
Control switch for a portable digital video camera
An integrated hands-free, point of view, action-sports, digital video camera (or camcorder) (10) includes: a rotary horizon adjustment controller (14) for adjusting the orientation of a horizontal image plane (16) recorded by an image sensor with respect to the orientation of a camera housing (22); a laser alignment system with laser sources (48) capable of projecting light to define a horizontal projection axis (52) that is coordinated with orientation of the horizontal image plane (16); a manually operable switch (80), which covers a microphone (90) whenever the switch (80) is in the OFF position, for controlling video data capture; and a “quick-release” mounting system (120) that retains a desired orientation of the camera (10). |
| US08792037B2 |
Solid-state imaging device and method of driving the same where three levels of potentials including a negative potential are applied in the transfer gate
A row scanning unit is configured to change a potential of a transfer signal from a second potential V2 to a third potential V3 prior to driving of a transfer operation for causing a transfer of signal charges from a photodiode to a floating diffusion, by supplying a transfer pulse having a first potential V1. The first potential V1 is a positive potential for turning a transfer transistor into ON state, the second potential V2 is a potential for causing pinning of holes under a gate of the transfer transistor and turning the transfer transistor into OFF state, and the third potential V3 is a potential for not causing the pinning of the holes under the gate of the transfer transistor and turning the transfer transistor into OFF state, the third potential being lower than the first potential and higher than the second potential. |
| US08792036B2 |
Image sensor and image capture apparatus
An image sensor comprises a pixel array formed by arraying pixels in a column direction and a row direction; a column common readout unit provided for each pixel column in the pixel array; at least three readout channels which sequentially read signals from the column common readout units, respectively; and a readout channel selection unit which selects readout channels so that the signal is output from each of the column common readout units to a corresponding one of the at least three readout channels, wherein the readout channel selection unit selects readout channels, to which the signals are output from the column common readout units, in a predetermined pattern that varies in each individual row of the pixel array. |
| US08792032B2 |
Dynamic range enhancement
A method of increasing dynamic range of pixels in an imaging sensor is disclosed. In one aspect, two image captures are performed, one at a first short integration time and one at a second optimum integration time. An electrical value obtained from a pixel or group of pixels at the first short integration time is used to predict the second integration time using a comparison with a set of reference values. The reference values relate to a saturation electrical value for each pixel or group of pixels to predict the second integration time. The first short integration time is determined as a fractional multiple of the saturation electrical value. The second integration times are such that there is no saturation of the pixel or group of pixels. Adjustments can be made to the reference values to allow for offset immunity and variability in light levels during the second integration time. |
| US08792031B2 |
Solid-state image pickup device and camera
A solid-state image pickup device including: a resin package which includes a recessed section; a solid-state image pickup element disposed in the recessed section; and a cover fixed to the recessed section via a fixing member so as to cover the solid-state image pickup element, wherein: the resin package includes a substrate integrated therewith; the substrate includes a first protruding section, a second protruding section and a branched section, the first and second protruding sections protruding from a first side of the resin package, and the branched section being disposed inside the resin package and disposed between the first and second protruding sections; and an outer peripheral section of the fixing member is disposed inside an end of the branched section when seen from the direction in which light is incident. |
| US08792028B2 |
Image sensor apparatus and method for line buffer efficient lens distortion correction
An image sensor apparatus is disclosed. The image sensor apparatus includes an image sensor for generating image data corresponding to an optical image. The image sensor apparatus also includes a color filter customized for a lens distortion model. A processor processes the image data with a plurality of distortion correction routines to generate a digital image. |
| US08792026B2 |
Video data reproducing apparatus and method utilizing acquired data structure including video data and related reproduction information, and non-transitory recording medium storing control program for causing computer to operate as reproducing apparatus
A video disk player includes (i) a disk reading section for reading out video data, a program, synchronization timing information from an optical disk; (ii) a clock for generating a clock signal; (iii) a decoder for converting, in accordance with the clock signal, the video data into decompressed video data for reproduction output; (iv) a video reproducing section including a synchronization control section for transmitting, in accordance with the clock signal, a synchronization control signal to the program executing section at a timing specified by a field timing contained in the synchronization timing information, and (v) a program executing section for executing a program in accordance with the synchronization control signal received from the synchronization control section. This makes it possible to efficiently execute the program in synchronization with reproduction of AV data or the like. |
| US08792024B2 |
Imaging system and method for error-reduction processing
An imaging apparatus is provided, which improves correction accuracy at the time of pixel addition reading and scarcely deteriorates in resolution of the image data. This apparatus comprises: a conversion unit comprising a plurality of unit-pixels and converting an incident radiation or a light into pixel information; a signal processing unit capable of reading the pixel information for each unit-pixel, or capable of reading additional added pixel information for a plurality of unit-pixels, based on a control from a control unit for controlling a driving of the conversion unit according to a plurality of operation modes; a storage unit for storing a plurality of correction information according to the plurality of operating modes; and a correction unit for performing the correction of the pixel information based on the correction information extracted from the plurality of correct information according to the operation mode. |
| US08792021B2 |
Image capturing apparatus and control method for the same
An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor having an effective pixel area composed of effective pixels that photoelectrically convert an object image and a reference pixel area composed of reference pixels that output pixel signals to be a reference; a first calculation unit that calculates a standard deviation of the pixel signals output from the reference pixel area; a second calculation unit that calculates an integrated value of the pixel signals output from the reference pixel area; a third calculation unit that calculates a correction value for correcting pixel signals output from the effective pixel area, with use of the integrated value; a correction unit that corrects the pixel signals output from the effective pixel area, based on the correction value; and a determination unit that determines whether correction is to be performed by the correction unit, according to the standard deviation. |
| US08792020B2 |
Method and apparatuses for pedestal level compensation of active signal generated from an output signal of a pixel in an image sensor
A pedestal level compensation method includes calculating a dark level difference error depending on temperature, calculating a pedestal level offset depending on an analog gain, and compensating a pedestal level according to the dark level difference error and the pedestal level offset. |
| US08792019B2 |
Video creation device, video creation method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
In a video creation device, a creator creates a frame of a first type and a frame of a second type. A difference determiner determines whether or not the difference between frames of a determination pair exceeds a threshold, wherein the determination pair contains two frames of the first type, or the frame of the first type and the frame of the second type. A frame creator creates a frame of a third type between frames of a data pair, wherein the data pair contains two frames of the first type next to each other. A synthesizer creates high-dynamic-range frame by synthesizing frames of synthesized pair, wherein synthesized pair contains the frame of the second type and the frame of the first type, or the frame of the second type and the frame of third type. And, a video creator creates video comprised of the frame synthesized by the synthesizer. |
| US08792018B2 |
Image capturing apparatus, image capturing method, and computer-readable recording medium
An image capturing apparatus includes: an optical system that includes a lens group including at least one lens, an optical axis of the optical system being able to be displaced; an image capturing unit that receives light collected by the optical system and generates electronic image data; a display unit that displays an image corresponding to the image data; and a display control unit that changes a display appearance of additional information, which is added to the image, according to a positional relationship between the optical axis and a light receiving surface of the image capturing unit. |
| US08792017B2 |
Image processing device, image processing method, and image pickup apparatus
An image processing device includes a corrector for performing an optical correction of correcting a distortion of an image by interpolating image data of the distorted picked-up image resulting from an optical characteristic of an image pickup section, and locally changing a resolution of the image; and a compressor for performing a dynamic range compression of compressing a dynamic range of the image data by extracting an illumination component from the image data based on a space frequency of the image, and compressing the extracted illumination component, wherein the compressor performs the dynamic range compression with respect to image data of an after-correction-image to be obtained after the optical correction is performed by the corrector. |
| US08792015B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, image pickup apparatus, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
An image processing apparatus that performs an image restoration processing of an image includes an optical transfer function obtaining portion configured to obtain an optical transfer function depending on an image pickup condition of the image, a threshold frequency obtaining portion configured to obtain a threshold frequency at which an absolute value of the optical transfer function is under a predetermined threshold value, a generating portion configured to generate an image restoration filter that has gain characteristics depending on the threshold frequency using the optical transfer function, and a processing portion configured to perform the image restoration processing of the image using the image restoration filter. |
| US08792014B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image pickup apparatus
An image processing apparatus includes a memory configured to store information of an OTF or a PSF of an optical system for at least one of capturing conditions, and an image processor configured to generate secondary and higher components of a phase of an OTF or a shape component of a PSF corresponding to a capturing condition of a captured image through an interpolation based on at least two OTFs or PSF in the memory, while center-of-gravity positions or maximum intensity positions are accorded with each other or differential root-mean-square values of the point spread functions are minimum, and to restore the image utilizing the generated OTF or an OTF derived from the generated PSF. |
| US08792013B2 |
Method for determining the extent of a foreground object in an image
Embodiments are directed towards determining within a digital camera whether a pixel belongs to a foreground or background segment within a given image by evaluating a ratio of derivative and deviation metrics in an area around each pixel in the image, or ratios of derivative metrics across a plurality of images. For each pixel within the image, a block of pixels are examined to determine an aggregate relative derivative (ARD) in the block. The ARD is compared to a threshold value to determine whether the pixel is to be assigned in the foreground segment or the background segment. In one embodiment, a single image is used to determine the ARD and the pixel segmentation for that image. Multiple images may also be used to obtain ratios of a numerator of the ARD, useable to determine an extent of the foreground. |
| US08792012B2 |
Image processing device, system, and method for correcting focal plane distortion using a motion vector
According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes a motion vector generator, a correction amount generator, and a correcting module. The motion vector generator is configured to generate a horizontal direction motion vector and a vertical direction motion vector of an input video signal photographed in an order of scanning lines. The correction amount generator is configured to generate a horizontal direction correction amount based on the horizontal direction motion vector and the vertical direction motion vector by each scanning line, and generate a vertical direction correction amount based on the vertical direction motion vector by a scanning line. The correcting module is configured to correct the input video signal to generate an output video signal based on the horizontal direction correction amount and the vertical direction correction amount. |
| US08792011B2 |
Image stabilization control apparatus and imaging apparatus
An image stabilization control apparatus including a mechanism which causes a vibration when the mechanism moves is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a vibration correction unit configured to correct image shake occurring due to vibration applied to the image stabilization control apparatus. A correction value of an angular velocity of the vibration is calculated based on signals based on the angular velocity and an acceleration of the vibration, frequency bands of the signals are narrowed. During the mechanism is moving, the image shake is corrected by driving the vibration correction unit based on the angular velocity of the vibration which is corrected by the corrected value calculated before the mechanism moves. |
| US08792006B2 |
Method and system for detecting error of auto focus calibration
Provided is a method and a system for detecting an error focus calibration, wherein a first DFOV value is measured in a state before the collimator lens is interposed between the resolution chart and the camera module, and a second DFOV value is measured in a state after the collimator lens is interposed between the resolution chart and the camera module, a determination is made whether a value obtained by subtracting the second DFOV value from the first DFOV value is smaller than a threshold value, and detecting as an error of auto calibration, in a case the subtracted value is greater than the threshold value. |
| US08792001B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program
An information processing apparatus is provided, in which content and position information generated independently of each other are recorded in a recording medium. The apparatus includes a recording medium in which the content and the position information are recorded and a deletion unit deleting position information temporally associated with a piece of the content from the recording medium when the piece of content is deleted from the recording medium. |
| US08792000B2 |
Image capturing apparatus, image displaying method and recording medium, image displaying program being recorded thereon
An image capturing apparatus for capturing the image of the physical object and displaying the captured image is provided for combining and displaying in real time the shape-distorted graded scale with the captured image, the apparatus comprising a graded scale generating part for generating the graded scale to be used for indicating the dimension of the physical object in the captured image; a data storing part for storing the data for correction to be used in order to correct the graded scale shape by adding the distortion to the generated graded scale in the similar degree to the distortion caused by the distortion aberration; a graded scale shape correcting part for generating the shape-distorted graded scale by correcting the graded scale shape according to the data for correction; and an image combining part for combining the generated shape-distorted graded scale with the captured image, and displays the captured image combined with the shape-distorted graded scale. |
| US08791998B2 |
Image processing apparatus and method for displaying images
An image processing apparatus includes a display section that displays a first image, which forms a streaming video obtained by capturing blades periodically arrayed in a jet engine, and also displays information indicating the position of a blade corresponding to the first image. |
| US08791997B2 |
Device and method for non-contact recording of spatial coordinates of a surface
A device and a method for non-contact recording of spatial coordinates of a surface includes a sensor head and a controller connected to the sensor head. The sensor head is designed as a portable hand-held device, a projector and two cameras. The controller is also designed as a portable device, with an electrochemical energy source housed in the controller or in the sensor head for power supply to the sensor head and the controller and no cable connection of the sensor head or the controller is provided to further stationary components of the device. |
| US08791994B2 |
Replay device, replay system, and television set
A replay device includes: a user recognition unit that performs user recognition processing; and a replay source selection unit that chooses a replay source, from among a plurality of replay sources, according to a user recognized by the user recognition unit. |
| US08791993B2 |
Medicine management system and method using the same
Disclosed herein is a medicine management system wherein a camera is installed in a camera tube to acquire a good-quality medicine image, thereby improving recognition efficiency. A method of setting the camera of the medicine image capturing device includes extracting a jig block from a medicine image captured by the medicine image capturing device, analyzing image elements of the jig block, and setting a capturing mode of the camera. |
| US08791991B2 |
Image display device and driving method thereof
The present application relates to method of driving an image display device comprising inserting a black data frame displaying black data between neighboring data frames alternately displaying left-eye data and right-eye data; comparing an nth frame corresponding to a current frame and an (n−2)th frame corresponding to a previous frame with each other when the data frames are input, reading a compensation value according to the comparison result from a lookup table and modulating input data of the nth frame using the read compensation value to output a modulated data; and bypassing data corresponding to the black data without modulating the data when the black data is input to output a bypass data, the application also relates to said image display device. |
| US08791990B2 |
Eyewear with segmented look-through elements
An eyewear is described comprising two segmented look-through elements each comprising an upper and a lower segment, wherein the upper segments are provided with means to selectively direct an image to the left and/or to the right eye. Preferably, said means are configured as LCD shutter glasses, optically polarized glasses, red and green glasses or as display units. The two lower segments of the two look-through elements are preferably configured as normal glasses including a pair of magnifying glasses. The eyewear can be used in a variety of environments including, in particular, the medical field and industrial processes. Furthermore, a system is described comprising such an eyewear as well as a display device to be looked at by means of said eyewear. |
| US08791986B2 |
Display apparatus and control method thereof
Disclosed are a display apparatus and a control method thereof. The display apparatus may include a signal receiving unit which receives a three-dimensional (3D) image signal, the 3D image signal including a left eye image and a right eye image; a converter which converts a format of the 3D image signal into a second transmission format if the format of the 3D image signal is of a first transmission format; a 3D processor which processes the converted 3D image signal for 3D display; and a display unit which performs the 3D display with regard to the processed 3D image signal. With this configuration, it is possible to convert a 3D image signal of a new standard into a format which can be processed by a system which processes a 3D image signal according to a previously existing standard. |
| US08791985B2 |
Tracking and characterizing particles with holographic video microscopy
In-line holography to create images of a specimen, such as one or more particles dispersed in a transparent medium. Analyzing these images with results from light scattering theory yields the particles' sizes with nanometer resolution, their refractive indexes to within one part in a thousand, and their three dimensional positions with nanometer resolution. This procedure can rapidly and directly characterize mechanical, optical and chemical properties of the specimen and its medium. |
| US08791984B2 |
Digital security camera
The systems and methods described herein provide imaging systems for imaging a scene. The imaging system includes an optical head, a processor, and an analog communication port. The processor receives captured digital image data from the optical head. The processor sends the image data to the analog communication port to generate an analog video stream that is protocol compatible with typical closed-circuit television (CCTV) networks, such as PAL or NTSC. The imaging system has a physical interface that allows the system to plug into a conventional CCTV network. To generate a video stream that is protocol compatible with the CCTV network, the analog communication port may down sample the digital image data to generate a PAL or NTSC compatible image. The down sampled digital image data is converted to a compliant analog signal and delivered over the physical layer of the CCTV network for display on a conventional television monitor. |
| US08791983B2 |
Image pickup apparatus and associated methodology for generating panoramic images based on location and orientation information
An imaging apparatus captures images of a subject and determines a location where each image is captured at the time of each image capture. The imaging apparatus also obtains the orientation at which an image is captured. With this information, the imaging apparatus generates a panoramic image by combining all of the captured images based on their corresponding capture locations and orientations. A location and orientation for the panoramic image is also calculated and recorded. |
| US08791982B1 |
Video multicast engine
Introduction of one or more multicast engines to a video conferencing system permits an improvement of overall network bandwidth used for a video conference. A video stream is received at a multicast engine connected to a participant of a plurality of participants in the conference where the video stream is supplied by the participant. The multicast engine selectively transmits the video stream to a server station based on determining whether the video stream is a candidate for a conference video stream to be transmitted to at least some of the plurality of participants. The conference video stream is received at the multicast engine from the server station, and the stream is transmitted from the multicast engine to any participants in the video conference that are connected to the multicast engine. |
| US08791981B2 |
Bit rate control apparatus and method thereof
A bit rate control apparatus applied in a video conference system is provided. The apparatus has a bit rate recording unit, configured to update a current bit rate; a bit rate reducing unit, configured to receive at least one event parameter and the current bit rate, and determine whether an event flag corresponding to the event parameters occurs; and a bit rate increasing unit, configured to increase the current bit rate periodically, wherein when the event flag occurs, the bit rate reducing unit reduces the current bit rate. |
| US08791980B2 |
Controlling CPU usage to balance fast and slow devices
A system for enabling communication between devices is described. The system includes the following: a media processing information receiver configured for receiving, at a first device, media processing information associated with a second device, wherein at least one of the first and second device is a mobile device; a comparer configured for comparing the media processing information to a processing time of the at least one media processing component of the first device; a target adjustment level determiner configured for determining a target adjustment level, wherein arriving at the target adjustment level enables the first and second device to achieve a matching media processing quality level; and a media processing component adjuster coupled with the computer and configured for adjusting the at least one media processing component of the first device to meet the target adjustment level. |
| US08791979B2 |
Access method for video call and video call apparatus
Disclosed in the present invention are an access method for performing a video call and a video call apparatus, wherein the method comprises the steps of: presetting an access password for a video call; after answering the video call, closing audio and video channels, and transmitting a command to a calling terminal for providing an access password for the video call so as to prompt said calling terminal to input an access password associated with the video call; determining if the access password associated with the video call and inputted by said calling terminal matches the preset access password; if so, performing the video call, and if not, refusing said calling terminal's request to perform the video call. According to the technical solution provided by the present invention, the function of automatically selecting whether to answer the video call according to the other party's identity is enabled. |
| US08791974B2 |
Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus
An optical scanning apparatus, including: a light source including a plurality of light emitting parts; a deflector including a deflecting surface; a first optical system configured to cause the plurality of light beams to enter the deflecting surface at an oblique angle; and a second optical system configured to focus the light beams on a surface to be scanned, in which: the light emitting parts are arranged away from each other; the second optical system includes an optical element including at least one optical surface having a non-arc shape, so that a wave optics interval between scanning lines based on barycentric positions of spot images on the surface to be scanned is aligned along the main scanning direction; the non-arc shape of the at least one optical surface of the optical element within the sub-scanning section is defined by a predetermined condition. |
| US08791970B2 |
Information processing device, laser irradiation device, drawing information generating method, control system, and program
An information processing device for generating a piece of drawing information of a line image, including a shape information storing part to store pieces of shape information for respective combinations of a thickness and a size of a line image, a thickness information obtaining part to obtain a piece of thickness information, a code information obtaining part to obtain a piece of code information of a target image, a size information obtaining part to obtain a piece of size information of a target image, a shape information selecting part to select a piece of shape information out of pieces of shape information for each character based on the thickness information and the size information, and a drawing information generating part to read out the selected shape information from the shape information storing part and to generate a piece of drawing information from the shape information. |
| US08791969B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a first display panel facing a second display panel with a liquid crystal layer between them. The first display panel has a first gate line, a second gate line spaced apart from the first gate line, a first and second storage lines both spaced apart from the first gate line, first and second switching elements controlled by a first gate signal applied through the first gate line, a first sub-pixel electrode connected to the first switching element, a second sub-pixel electrode connected to the second switching element, a third switching element controlled by a second gate signal applied through the second gate line, and a coupling electrode connected to the third switching element and having a portion overlapping the second storage line. Different voltages are applied to the first storage line and the second storage line. |
| US08791963B2 |
Responding to the receipt of zoom commands
Apparatus comprises at least one processor and at least one memory, having stored thereon computer-readable code, the at least one processor being configured under the control of the computer-readable code to cause primary content to be displayed on a display with a first magnification level, to be responsive to an indication of a receipt of a first zoom command, the first zoom command being for causing alteration of the magnification level from the first magnification level to a second magnification level, to determine if the second magnification level is beyond a threshold magnification level, if it is determined that the second magnification level is not beyond the threshold magnification level, to cause the primary content to be displayed on the display with the second magnification level, and if it is determined that the second magnification level is beyond the threshold magnification level, to cause a first set of one or more additional information items relating to the primary content to be displayed on the display in addition to the primary content. |
| US08791951B2 |
Image synthesis apparatus and method supporting measured materials properties
An image synthesis apparatus supporting measured materials properties includes an input unit for receiving from a user selected information on material information processing, sampling and rendering; a material information processing unit for converting measured material data into raw material data, performing material model fitting on the raw material data to generate material information and performing material mixing on the material information to generate mixed material information, wherein the model fitting and the material mixing is performed according to the selected information; and a sampling unit for sampling the raw material data to generate sampling information. The apparatus further includes a materials properties rendering unit for rendering scene information contained in the selected information, the mixed material information and the sampling information to generate surface material information; and an output unit for visualizing the material information and the surface material information. |
| US08791949B1 |
Investment management marketing tool
Various embodiments are directed to methods for marketing investment services. The methods may comprise receiving at least one signal from a position detector indicating a position of a viewer relative to a display screen in a first axis and a perpendicular distance of the viewer from the display screen. The display screen may be aligned along the first axis and a second axis. The methods may also comprise displaying with the display screen a user interface. The user interface may comprise an age scale aligned with the first axis, an asset scale aligned with a second axis and a chart of assets versus age. Upon determining that the perpendicular distance of the viewer from the display screen is less than a predetermined value, the methods may comprise modifying the interface to display an element at a first position on the age scale corresponding to a position of the viewer relative to the display screen in the first axis. The element may comprise information describing at least one of an investment-related event occurring at the first position on the age scale and an investment-related service related to the first position on the age scale. |
| US08791941B2 |
Systems and methods for 2-D to 3-D image conversion using mask to model, or model to mask, conversion
The present invention is directed to systems and methods for controlling 2-D to 3-D image conversion. In one embodiment, a mask is generated from an object model of the image. The mask is then used to from a 2-D mesh which is then converted to a 3-D volume mesh. The 3-D volume mesh is then used to produce 3-D image conversion. |
| US08791939B2 |
Display device, electronic device, and driving method
A display device is described. The device includes an active-matrix luminescence panel that has data lines and pixels for determining luminescence of the pixels. Each pixel includes a driving transistor that converts a signal voltage from a data line into a signal current, and a first switch between the data line and the gate of the driving transistor. The device includes a test current generator to supply a test current to one of the data lines, a voltage detector to detect the voltage of one of the data lines, and a controller to control switches, the test current generator and the voltage detector. |
| US08791936B2 |
LCD module and method for adjusting response time period thereof
The present invention relates to a LCD module and a method thereof. The LCD module includes a gate driver, a liquid crystal display panel having a plurality of pixel units, a temperature sensor for generating a temperature sensing signal based on a temperature of the liquid crystal display panel, and a voltage regulator for adjusting scan voltage according to the temperature sensing signal. The gate driver outputs a scan signal with the adjusted scan voltage to the plurality of pixel units. The LCD module can adjust the scan voltage based on a variety of the temperature of the LCD panel to further change current charging the pixel units, shortening a response time period of the LCD module. |
| US08791934B2 |
Driving of electro-optic displays
The invention relates to a method of driving of an electro-optic display having image regions. Each image region has: a first driving state in which a zero voltage, substantially equal to zero, is applied across the image region; and a second driving state in which a non-zero voltage, substantially different from the zero voltage, is applied across the image region. The method of the invention comprises applying: a common voltage signal to a plurality of the image regions; and an actuating voltage signal to one or more selected ones of the plurality of image regions. The method comprises varying both the common voltage signal and the actuating voltage signal when switching the selected regions between the first driving state and the second driving state. The invention further relates to electro-optic display apparatus having image regions and comprising driving circuitry adapted to perform the method of the invention. |
| US08791933B2 |
Method for driving plasma display panel
A method is provided for driving a plasma display panel having parallel first and second electrodes, third electrodes crossing the first and second electrodes, and discharge cells with electrodes crossing mutually in the form of a matrix. The method includes a reset period during which distribution of wall charges in the discharge cells is uniformed, an addressing period during which wall charges are produced in the discharge cells according to display data, and a sustain discharge period during which sustain discharge is induced in discharge cells in which wall charges are produced during the addressing period. The driving method includes during the reset period, in lines defined by the first and second electrodes, applying a first pulse, in which an applied voltage varies with time to induce first discharge, and applying a second pulse in which an applied voltage varies with time to induce second discharge as an erase discharge. |
| US08791929B2 |
Driving method of semiconductor device
The semiconductor device includes a transistor and a capacitor element which is electrically connected to a gate of the transistor. Charge held in the capacitor element according to total voltage of voltage corresponding to the threshold voltage of the transistor and image signal voltage is once discharged through the transistor, so that variation in current flowing in the transistor or mobility of the transistor can be reduced. |
| US08791927B2 |
Stylus having magnifying lens
A stylus for a portable electronic device includes a main body, a nib, and a lens. The main body defines a chamber in an end, the nib and the lens are connected to the other end of the main body. A space if formed between the nib and the lens. An extending direction of the nib intersects with an extending direction of the lens to form an angle, and the angle is in a range from 0°-90°. |
| US08791922B2 |
Resistive touch panel
A resistive touch panel is provided. The resistive touch panel includes a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer, and a plurality of electrodes is disposed on the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. A detection area of the resistive touch panel is separated into at least two sub-detection areas through configuration of the electrodes. Thus, the resistive touch panel can calculate coordinates of a contact point corresponding to each sub-detection area at the same time, so as to achieve functions of detecting multiple touch points at the same time and detecting touch point sliding. |
| US08791920B2 |
Phase compensation for multi-stimulus controller
Determining a compensated phase matrix for a multi-stimulus demodulation process is provided. A first drive line of a multi-stimulus sensing system is selected, and a stimulation signal is transmitted on the selected drive line. A channel gain resulting from the stimulation signal is measured from a received sense signal resulting from the stimulation signal. The measured channel gain is compared with a known channel gain to obtain an individual phase compensation for the selected drive line. A compensated phase matrix is formed of the individual phase compensation values for multiple drive lines. |
| US08791917B2 |
Touch display devices and formation methods thereof
A touch display device and a formation method thereof are provided. The touch display device includes a touch panel disposed on a first surface of a substrate of a display panel. A color filter layer is disposed on a second surface of the substrate. The touch panel includes a plurality of first and second conductive patterns arranged by two directions that are perpendicular to each other. A patterned isolation layer, having a first portion and a second portion, is formed over the first surface of the substrate, wherein the first portion is disposed at the intersection of the first and the second conductive patterns, and the second portion is disposed between the first and the second conductive patterns. The first portion has a height that is lower than a height of the second portion. |
| US08791915B2 |
Portable electronic device
A portable electronic device is provided suitable for operation by a single user. The portable electronic device comprises a main body and at least a thin film pattern. The main body has a display region and a non-display region coupled to the display region. The thin film pattern is disposed on a local region of the display region, on a local region of the non-display region, or on both a local region of the display region and a local region of the non-display region. The thin film pattern is visible while a user does not operate the portable electronic device. The thin film pattern is invisible while a user operates the portable electronic device. |
| US08791914B2 |
Input method applied in electronic devices
An input method applicable for inputting into an electronic device, which includes the steps of capturing a lip motion of a person; receiving an image of the lip motion; encoding the lip motion image to obtain a lip motion code; comparing the lip motion code with a plurality of standard lip motion codes to obtain a first text result matching the lip motion code; and displaying the first text result on the electronic device if the first text result is obtained. If the first text result is not obtained, the method may further include activating an auxiliary analyzing mode for the electronic device for recognizing a facial expression, a hand gesture, or an audio signal to be inputted. The input method can diversify input methods for the electronic device. |
| US08791913B2 |
Adaptive gesture recognition system and method for unstable work environments
Methods and apparatus for correcting gesture-based input commands supplied by a user to a gesture-based touch screen display include using one or more sensors to detect that at least one of the touch screen display or the user is being subjected to an instability. Corrections to gesture-based input commands supplied to the touch screen display by the user are at least selectively supplied, in a processor, based upon the detected instability. |
| US08791911B2 |
Multichannel controller
Multichannel device controllers are disclosed. In one embodiment, a multichannel device controller includes a plurality of user selectable control modes for controlling a multichannel device and a plurality of user configurable settings for adjusting parameters associated with the plurality of user selectable control modes. A touchscreen displays a user interface corresponding to a selected one of plurality of user selectable control modes and receives user input indicative of a command to send to the multichannel device. A processor generates the command to send to the multichannel device based at least in part on the user input and the plurality of user configurable settings. |
| US08791910B2 |
Capacitive keyboard with position-dependent reduced keying ambiguity
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving two or more output signals responsive to two or more capacitive couplings. Each of the capacitive couplings has occurred between a pointing object and one of two or more sensing areas within a sensing region, and each of the sensing areas has a position within the sensing region. The method includes, if two or more of the output signals each have an output-signal level that exceeds a predefined activation level, then selecting a particular one of the sensing areas with output-signal levels exceeding the predefined activation level as an intended one of the sensing areas based on a predefined ranking scheme that takes into account the positions of the sensing areas within the sensing region. |
| US08791905B2 |
Handheld electronic device and method for dual-mode disambiguation of text input
A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate text input. In response to an ambiguous editing input at a location preceding at least a portion of an output word, the software performs one disambiguation operation with respect to the editing input and another disambiguation operation with respect to the editing input in combination with the at least portion of the output word. The results are output in order of decreasing frequency value, with the results of the one disambiguation operation having the portion of the output word appended thereto. |
| US08791895B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and drive method therefor
In a memory liquid crystal display device, a potential of a storage capacitor line signal (CS) supplied to the CS lines (CSL(i)) are once decreased (ΔVcs) while the gate lines (GL(i)) are made simultaneously active (period t4, period t10) in the data holding period (T2), and the potential of the storage capacitor line signal (CS) is made back to its original potential while the gate lines (GL(i)) are made simultaneously inactive and the refresh output control lines (RC(i)) are made active (period t5, period t11). This reduces flicker, thereby allowing for improvement in display quality of the memory liquid crystal display device. |
| US08791894B2 |
Method and apparatus for adaptive black frame insertion
Systems and methods may provide for determining an operating mode of a display device that may include a flat panel display and a controller coupled to the flat panel display. The controller may be configured to determine an operating mode for the flat panel display among a plurality of operating modes including at least a first operating mode and a second operating mode. In the first operating mode, the controller may set the flat panel display to utilize a first frame rate and a first inversion mode to save power. In the second operating mode, the controller may set the flat panel display to utilize a second frame rate, a second inversion mode, and black frame insertion to improve image quality. The second frame rate may be faster than the first frame rate. The second inversion mode and black frame insertion may be mutually configured to maintain a DC balanced operation of the flat panel display. |
| US08791887B2 |
Method of compensating for capacitance of a programming line of an OLED display
This invention relates to active matrix OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) displays, in particular to display panels with integrated negative capacitance circuits and to active capacitance compensation. We describe an active matrix OLED display comprising a glass panel bearing a plurality of lines of OLED pixels, each with an associated active matrix driver circuit having a programming connection for programming a brightness of the associated OLED, programming connections of a line of pixels being connected to a programming line of said display, and wherein said active matrix OLED display further comprises a plurality of capacitors on said glass panel, each having a first plate connected to an end of a respective said programming line and having a second plate for connecting to a negative capacitor circuit to compensate for a capacitance of said programming line. |
| US08791886B2 |
DC-DC converter and organic light emitting display device including the same
An organic light emitting display device includes a DC-DC converter that is capable of reducing power consumption by increasing efficiency. The DC-DC converter includes: a variable resistor; an oscillator configured to output a frequency control signal having a frequency corresponding to a resistance value of the variable resistor; a booster configured to receive the control signal and to output a first power by switching an input voltage in accordance with the control signal; and an inverter configured to receive the control signal and to generate a second power by switching and inverting the input voltage in accordance with the control signal. |
| US08791882B2 |
Display device of active matrix type
A display device of active matrix type allows reducing display brightness non-uniformity that is caused by initial variation and fluctuation over time in a driving transistor for emissive elements in pixel circuits. The display device includes pixel circuits, a measurement circuit and a gradation voltage supplying circuit. Each pixel circuit includes the driving transistor and an input circuit. The measurement circuit includes a constant current supplying circuit for generating and supplying one or more constant currents to the input circuit of the pixel circuits in a time division manner. The measurement circuit A/D-converts output voltages of the constant current supplying circuit and calculates data relating to electron mobility and threshold value of the driving transistor. The gradation voltage supplying circuit supplies to the pixel circuits a corrected gradation voltage, which is data corrected on the basis of data calculated from the measurement circuit. |
| US08791879B2 |
Apparatus and method for driving display optical device
In order to prevent a burn-in phenomenon from occurring in a liquid crystal, the present invention provides a display apparatus including a liquid-crystal display device employing the liquid crystal and a driving circuit. In an operation to drive the liquid-crystal display device, the driving circuit inverts the polarity of a signal voltage applied between pixel electrodes and a facing electrode, which are employed in the liquid-crystal display device, every frame period of a moving-image signal. In the operation to drive the liquid-crystal display device, the driving circuit also changes the phase of a control signal for inverting the polarity. |
| US08791877B2 |
Image display system, image display device, and image display method
An image display system includes: a plurality of image supply devices each having an image display section, and an image transmission section adapted to generate a supply image and to externally transmit the supply image; and an image display device capable of dividing a common screen area into one or more screen areas, and of displaying the supply image supplied from each of the image supply devices in the one or more screen areas, wherein each of the image supply devices displays a common screen area operating image to operate a display state of the common screen area in the image display section, and supplies a display image of the image display section to the image display device as the supply image, and the image display device changes the display state of the common screen area in accordance with an operation in each of the image supply devices. |
| US08791876B2 |
Display apparatus, multi display system, and control method thereof
Display apparatus, multi display system, and control method are provided. The display apparatus which comprises a display unit displaying an image, the display apparatus include: a storing unit in which information about a maximum resolution of the display unit is stored; a signal processing unit which captures an area of an input image signal of a high resolution, and processes the captured image signal to enable the display unit to display the input image signal if the input image signal has a resolution higher than the maximum resolution of the display unit stored in the storing unit; and an output unit which outputs the image signal input to the signal processing unit to an outside. With this, display apparatus, a multi media system and a control method thereof are capable of displaying an input image signal having resolution higher than a maximum resolution of a display unit. |
| US08791872B2 |
Ultra wide band antenna or antenna member
The invention relates to an omni-directional ultra-wide band antenna including at least two metallic members (14, 15, 16) provided opposite an earth plane (11) and distributed about a symmetry axis (AA) perpendicular to the earth plane (11) and at the centre of the antenna, characterised in that the metallic members (14-16) each have a narrow quasi punctual geometry at their base that flares along the symmetry axis (BB) of said metallic members (14-16) in the direction of the upper end thereof, and in that said metallic members (14-16) are oriented in a direction extending from a common point (18) of said metallic members and opposite the earth plane (11). |
| US08791871B2 |
Open slot trap for a dipole antenna
A dipole antenna includes a circuit board with a first side and a second side, at least one dipole disposed on the circuit board comprising an upper half and a lower half, a microstrip transmission line disposed on the circuit board coupled to at least one of the upper half and lower half of the at least one dipole, and a choke element disposed on the circuit board. The choke element and the lower half of the at least one dipole form an open slot trap with a high impedance point. |
| US08791869B2 |
Portable dual-band antenna
An antenna provides two antenna elements, which are connected to one another. The second antenna element can be connected to a radio device. The first antenna element and the second antenna element together form a first antenna part. The second antenna element alone forms a second antenna part. The first antenna element comprises at least in part at least one flexible metal strip. The second antenna element comprises at least in part a flexible corrugated tube. |
| US08791868B2 |
Conformal high frequency antenna
An integrated driveshaft cover antenna includes a driveshaft cover including a conductive layer and having a generally curved cross-section. The driveshaft cover is hingeably secured and electrically coupled to a helicopter tail boom section to cover a driveshaft access opening. The integrated drive shaft cover includes a dielectric layer including a first surface shaped to conform to a curved outer surface of the driveshaft cover and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first surface of the dielectric layer is positioned over the curved outer surface of the driveshaft cover. The first surface is secured to the curved outer surface of the driveshaft cover. The integrated drive shaft cover includes a slotted patch high frequency (HF) antenna layer having an inner slot and extends a majority of a length of the dielectric layer. The slotted patch HF antenna layer is secured to the second surface of the dielectric layer. |
| US08791865B2 |
Multi-loop antenna system and electronic apparatus having the same
A multi-loop antenna system includes a substrate having opposite first and second surfaces, a first loop antenna disposed on the first surface, and a second loop antenna disposed on one of the first and second surfaces. Each of the first and second loop antennas is operable in a corresponding one of first and second frequency bands, and includes a signal-feed portion and a grounding portion that are disposed adjacent to each other and that are disposed proximate to a respective one of peripheral edges of the substrate, and a radiator portion that has opposite ends connected electrically and respectively to the signal-feed and grounding portions and that cooperates therewith to form a loop. |
| US08791862B1 |
Semiconductor package having integrated antenna pad
An apparatus for a semiconductor-package includes a semiconductor device having a radio frequency (RF) input or output, an antenna pad, and a package structured to house the semiconductor device and the antenna pad. The antenna pad may be coupled to the radio frequency (RF) input or output, and the antenna pad is structured to reduce the inductance of the package. The antenna pad may include a pad disposed above the semiconductor device, a pad disposed to a side of the semiconductor device, or an antenna chip. An antenna may be coupled to the antenna pad. The antenna may include a trace antenna, a staggered antenna, or a helical antenna. |
| US08791861B2 |
Determination of state vector, timing, and navigation quality metrics from reception of ADS-B transmissions
A technique for determining the position of a mobile device includes receiving messages from respective mobile reference devices. Each of the messages is broadcast beginning at one of several predetermined message start opportunity (MSO) times that have known timings relative to a reference time. Each of the messages contains a MSO value identifying the MSO time at which transmission of the message started. The MSO value is used to determine the time of transmission of each of the messages received at the mobile device, and the position of the mobile device is determined via multi-lateration. According to another approach, the mobile device receives a set of ADS-B messages from a respective set of mobile reference devices. The time of transmission of each of the ADS-B messages is supplied in the ADS-B message itself or in a subsequent message and used to determine the position of the mobile device. |
| US08791859B2 |
High precision radio frequency direction finding system
High precision radio frequency direction finding systems are described that can determine an angle-of-arrival and geo-location of a RF emitter with respect to a mobile platform. A radio frequency direction finding (RFDF) system for determining a position of a RF emitter with respect to a mobile platform can include an angle-of-azimuth (AoA) system configured to determine an azimuth of a RF emitter with respect to the mobile platform; an attitude measurement system configured to measure the attitude of the mobile platform; a geo-location system configured to calculate the geo-location of the RF emitter; and a processor system configured to calculate a position of the RF emitter. |
| US08791847B1 |
Sigma-delta modulator with trimmed reference voltage for quantizer
A sigma delta modulator includes a first circuit that receives an analog signal and provides an intermediate signal and a first quantizer signal and further includes a first quantizer that receives the first quantizer signal and provides a first quantizer output. Also included are a second input circuit that receives the intermediate signal and provides a second quantizer signal and a second quantizer that receives the second quantizer signal and provides a second quantizer output. The first quantizer includes a programmable circuit having a first reference and a negative of the first reference, a first comparator having a first input coupled to the first quantizer signal, a second input coupled to the first reference and a second comparator having a second input coupled to the first quantizer signal a second input coupled to the negative. The first and second comparators have outputs that form the output of the first quantizer. |
| US08791846B2 |
Apparatus and method for calibrating offset voltage and continuous time delta-sigma modulation apparatus including the same
When an enable signal representing an offset calibration mode is received, a continuous time delta-sigma modulation apparatus generates a first signal using first and second pulse signals representing outputs of the continuous time delta-sigma modulation apparatus and an operation frequency of the continuous time delta-sigma modulation apparatus, generates first and second output bits by performing a counting operation according to a counting method that is determined according to a pulse signal of first and second comparators, applies a voltage corresponding to the first output bit to a body of a first transistor of a primary integrator, and applies a voltage corresponding to the second output bit to a body of a second transistor of the primary integrator. |
| US08791844B2 |
Modified dynamic element matching for reduced latency in a pipeline analog to digital converter
A circuit in an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) includes an amplifier configured to receive an output of a backend DAC; a harmonic distortion correction circuit (HDC) coupled to the amplifier and configured to correct distortion components due to the residue amplifier present in a digital signal from the backend ADC, the HDC circuit providing an output to an adder, the adder receiving a coarse digital output from a coarse ADC; and a DAC noise cancellation circuit (DNC) configured to provide an output to the adder, wherein the DNC circuit is configured to correct distortion components due to the DAC present in the digital signal from the backend ADC; wherein the output of the adder is an ADC digital output and wherein the ADC digital output forms an input to the HDC and the DNC. |
| US08791843B2 |
Optimized bitstream encoding for compression
An apparatus includes a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to generate (i) a compressed representation of an input sequence of characters and (ii) statistics regarding one or more types of information in the compressed representation of the input sequence of characters. The second circuit may be configured to generate a compressed bitstream representation of the input sequence of characters in response to the compressed representation of the input sequence of characters and one or more of the statistics regarding the one or more types of information in the compressed representation of the input sequence of characters. The bitstream values encoding the one or more types of information are generally determined based upon a frequency of occurrence of the one or more types of information in the compressed representation of the input sequence of characters. |
| US08791837B2 |
Control of traffic signal due to obstructed view
Traffic signal timing may be altered as a function of determining occluded signal viewing. More particularly, processing units may determine that a view of a traffic signal by a person is obstructed by a vehicle located on a first ingress path to a roadway intersection with a second ingress path. The traffic signal controls the right of way of the first ingress path, and the person with the obstructed view is travelling along the first ingress path toward the intersection and is located behind the vehicle relative to a view sightline of the person to the traffic signal. In response to the occluded view determination, a transition of the traffic signal may be delayed from a current visual display of a proceed signal to a subsequent visual display of a stop signal, until an end of a delay period. |
| US08791833B2 |
Housings for automatic meter reading devices
Preferred embodiments of housings for an automatic meter reading device permit the automatic meter reading device to be mounted on a meter such as a water meter, or on a wall remote from the meter. A removable portion of the housing can be separated from a body of the housing when the housing is used to mount the automatic meter reading device on the meter. |
| US08791832B2 |
Apparatus, system, and method for communicating while logging with wired drill pipe
Aspects of the inventions generally provide a method and apparatus for coupling a communication sub to a wired drill pipe. In one aspect, a surface of a coupler head is non threaded and configured to provide a retaining force. In another aspect, a coupler head is coupled to a body, and a support mechanism is coupled to the body and configured to secure the coupler head within a receiving end of the wired drill pipe. In another aspect, a method of placing a communication sub involves inserting the communication sub into the receiving end of the wired drill pipe, adjusting the position of the communication sub until an indication of signal communication between the communication sub and the wired drill pipe is observed, and after the indication of signal communication is observed, retaining the communication sub within the receiving end until removal of the communication sub is desired. |
| US08791821B2 |
Meter maintenance and tampering detection system and method
Methods, systems, and devices for managing an end-device connected to a commodity delivery network. One device includes computer-readable medium containing instructions for managing the end-device and a processor for executing the instructions. The instructions include instructions for detecting tampering of the end-device, ignoring the detected tampering when the end-device has been placed in an ignore mode, and automatically disconnecting the end-device from the commodity delivery system based on the detected tampering when the end-device has not been placed in the ignore mode. |
| US08791820B2 |
Device locking systems, lock trees, and lockout methods
Device locking systems, lock trees, and lockout methods are described according to some aspects. In one aspect, a device locking system includes a lock system configurable into a first configuration to lock a device to be secured and a second configuration wherein the lock system is configured to be attached to or removed from the device, wherein the lock system is configured to be locked into the first configuration at a desired moment in time by at least one lock, and circuitry configured to generate an alarm responsive to a change of the configuration of the lock system from the first configuration to the second configuration. |
| US08791818B2 |
Virtual watch
Embodiments of the disclosed invention include a system and a method for monitoring a location. For example, the disclosed embodiments may be utilized to monitor a border, such as, but not limited to, the border between the United States and Mexico. In addition, the disclosed embodiments may be utilized to monitor any location including, but not limited to, residential locations, businesses, warehouses, and mass transportation facilities. In one embodiment, a web portal is provided in which the general public may view streaming video and/or still images associated with cameras placed along the monitored location. A user viewing one or more selected cameras is provided with an option to report suspicious activities seen on the one or more selected cameras. The report is sent to one or more local law enforcement agencies associated with the location of the camera. |
| US08791816B2 |
Situational awareness for an electrical distribution system
A method and apparatus for managing events in an electrical distribution system. A number of events in the electrical distribution system are identified for an operator based on a profile for the operator. A wireless mobile device is assigned to the operator and the profile includes a role of the operator. The number of events is sent to the wireless mobile device assigned to the operator. |
| US08791809B2 |
Optimal electric vehicle battery recommendation system
An optimal vehicle battery recommendation system includes at least one sensor to detect a manipulation of the vehicle. A driver behavior module determines a driving behavior of a driver of the vehicle. A vehicle consumption module determines battery information of an on-board battery currently connected to the vehicle, and determines energy consumption of the vehicle. A battery capacity advisor module is in electrical communication with the driver behavior module and the vehicle consumption module. The battery capacity module determines a replacement battery option that changes at least one battery characteristic of the on-board battery based on the driver behavior model and the vehicle consumption model. |
| US08791808B2 |
Wireless communication method between a control unit and an electronic housing mounted on a vehicle member
In a method for wireless communication between a control unit and an electronic housing mounted on a vehicle member, information for the electronic housing is transmitted in the form either of continuous signals, or of signals modulated by encoded data. Each electronic housing includes a switching strategy between reception modes for the two types of signals, including establishing a permanent standby state for continuous signal reception and, upon the reception of a continuous signal, controlling a switchover to the modulated-signal reception mode for a time T, after which the electronic housing processes the data of the potential detected modulated signal and, if no such modulated signal is detected, processes the continuous signal at the origin of the switchover. Furthermore, after the time T, a reverse switchover control to the permanent standby state is delivered. |
| US08791807B2 |
Method for allocating identifiers of wheel electronics of a tire pressure monitoring system of a vehicle to the positions of ABS sensors on the vehicle
Allocates identifiers of units of a tire pressure monitoring system to the positions of ABS-sensors which are each assigned to the wheels of the vehicle. The identifiers are contained in signals that are emitted by the units. Each unit, which is called a wheel electronic, has a pressure sensor, which is sensitive to the tire pressure of the wheel, a motion sensor, which provides information on the rotation speed of the wheel, a memory with the individual identifier of the wheel stored therein, and a transmitter, which transmits signals only containing information on the rotation speed of the respective wheel, to a receiver. An evaluation device receives the transmitted identifier and compares the information on the rotation speed of the wheel transmitted along with the identifier, with rotation speed information, which were acquired by the ABS sensors for the same time span and transferred to the evaluation device. |
| US08791806B2 |
Real-time detection of hazardous driving
A system is disclosed which provides real-time detection of hazardous driving behavior. The system collects information about the motion of a vehicle along a path, for example, using a global positioning satellite system receiver. Roadside signs along the path are detected and their content determined. That information is compared with information about the motion of the vehicle to provide information with regard to potentially hazardous driving behavior. |
| US08791804B2 |
Bi-directional portable electronic device for interaction with vehicle systems
A portable electronic device for displaying information from a vehicle having a first transceiver to a user carrying the portable electronic device includes a second transceiver. The portable electronic device uses the second transceiver to conduct bi-directional communications with the vehicle systems. The portable electronic device may be a key-fob and include a display for displaying the information from the vehicle. |
| US08791803B2 |
Abnormality detection apparatus
An abnormality detection apparatus has: an abnormality detection portion that detects at least one of an abnormality of a vehicle and an abnormality of an in-vehicle device based on an output of the in-vehicle device that indicates a state of a vehicle; an environmental drive condition information obtaining portion that obtains information regarding an environmental drive condition that affects the output of the in-vehicle device; and an abnormality detection criteria changing portion that changes an abnormality detection criteria used by the abnormality detecting portion based on the environmental drive condition information obtained by the environmental drive condition information obtaining portion. |
| US08791799B2 |
Eccentric rotating mass actuator optimization for haptic effects
A system that generates a haptic effect using an Eccentric Rotating Mass (“ERM”) actuator determines a back electromotive force (“EMF”) of the ERM actuator and receives a haptic effect signal comprising one or more parameters, where one of the parameters is a voltage amplitude level as a function of time. The system varies the voltage amplitude level based at least on the back EMF, and applies the varied haptic effect signal to the ERM actuator. |
| US08791797B2 |
Motion-activated remote control backlight
An apparatus for performing remote control operations is provided. A remote control detects a particular movement, and performs operations based on the detected movement. |
| US08791795B2 |
Terminal for line-of-sight RFID tag reading
There is provided a terminal for use in determining which of one or more candidate RFID tags having unique data stored thereon is a target RFID tag within a line-of-sight of the terminal. The terminal can comprise program instructions to direct an RFID reading device of the terminal to perform a number of reads of the one or more candidate RFID tags in response to determining that an object is present in the line-of-sight, to calculate an accumulated RSSI of each of the one or more candidate RFID tags, and to determine the target RFID tag from a highest accumulated RSSI. In one embodiment, the unique data can be an EPC. There is also provided a terminal for use in converting an EPC into a decoded bar code. The terminal can comprise program instructions to transmit the decoded bar code to a computer such as an electronic cash register. |
| US08791783B2 |
Electronic component to be embedded in substrate and component-embedded substrate
An electronic component to be embedded in a substrate is configured so that planar coils protected by insulators are sandwiched be a pair of magnetic layers. Ports, or openings or absent parts are provided at predetermined positions of one or both of the magnetic layers, and the predetermined positions correspond to the positions opposite to terminal electrodes of the planar coils. Accordingly, a contribution to reduction of the size and weight of electronic equipment can be made. |
| US08791781B2 |
Spherical magnet
A spherical magnet is formed as a hollow sphere having a fluid tight outer surface of a first magnetic pole and an inner surface having a second magnetic pole that is magnetically opposite the first pole. A plurality of individual thin flexible rectangular plate magnets are arranged as a continuous outer layer of the spherical magnet. Each individual plate magnet has four sides, an inner magnetic portion and an outer non-magnetic portion that extends around all four sides of the magnetic portion. Each inner magnetic portion includes a first face disposed on the outer surface and having the first pole and a second face opposite the first face, disposed on the inner surface and having the second pole. |
| US08791777B2 |
Alternating current contactor with mechanical short circuit self-locking function
An AC contactor with a mechanical short circuit self-locking function includes an AC contactor body. The AC contactor body includes a shell body, wherein a mechanical short circuit self-locking unit is provided therein. The mechanical short circuit self-locking unit includes a short circuit detecting and triggering device for generating a triggering action when a fault of short circuit occurs; and a self-locking acting device for generating a self-locking action after receiving the triggering action, so as to disable the AC contactor to automatically reset after the fault of short circuit is removed. |
| US08791774B2 |
Branching filter
A branching filter includes a ladder-type elastic wave filter unit connected between an antenna terminal and a transmission signal terminal and a longitudinally coupled resonator-type elastic wave filter unit connected between an antenna terminal and first and second balanced reception signal terminals while maintaining the isolation characteristics between the transmission signal terminal and the first and second reception signal terminals. In a duplexer, a transmission signal propagation direction is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to each of a first reception signal propagation direction and a second reception signal propagation direction. |
| US08791772B2 |
LCL high power combiner
A combiner includes N coaxial cables each configured to connect to a respective output of N radio frequency power amplifiers, where N is an integer greater than one. Each of the N coaxial cables is configured to receive an amplified radio frequency signal from a respective one of the N radio frequency power amplifiers. A board includes capacitances and is configured to connect to each of the N coaxial cables and combine the radio frequency signals. The N coaxial cables and the capacitances provide N inductance and capacitance combinations. A connector is configured to connect an output of the board to a load. |
| US08791769B2 |
Figure 8 balun
A balun includes a first conductor winding having a first figure eight shape and a second conductor winding have a second figure eight shape. The first figure eight shape includes a first loop and a second loop. The second figure eight shape includes a third loop and a fourth loop. The first loop and the second loop are not concentric. The third loop and the fourth loop are not concentric. |
| US08791767B2 |
Package inductance compensating tunable capacitor circuit
An integrated circuit (IC) for compensating for a package inductance is disclosed. A first ground pad is directly connected to an on-chip ground node. A second IC ground pad is connected to the on-chip ground node via a tunable capacitor circuit, where the capacitance of the tunable capacitor circuit resonates with the package inductance at the operating frequency of the IC. |
| US08791764B2 |
Digitally controlled oscillator, and phase locked loop (PPL) circuit including the same
Disclosed is a digitally controlled oscillator which includes a ring oscillator; and a variable resistance bank connected between one power node of the ring oscillator and a power supply terminal and having the resistance value varied according to the number of active bits of a control code. The frequency of an clock signal output by the ring oscillator is changed non-linearly according to the resistance value of the variable resistance bank. The frequency of the output clock signal is changed stepwise linearly according to the number of active bits of the control code. |
| US08791760B2 |
Closed loop bias control
This disclosure relates to radio frequency (RF) amplification devices and methods for amplifying an RF input signal. To set the quiescent operating level of the RF output signal, a bias signal to be applied to the RF input signal is received prior to amplifying the RF input signal. The bias signal is amplified to generate the RF output signal at the quiescent operating level and a feedback signal is received that is indicative of the quiescent operating level of the RF output signal. Prior to amplifying the RF input signal, the bias signal level of the bias signal is adjusted such that the quiescent operating level is set to a reference signal level based on the feedback signal level. This allows for adjustments to be made to the quiescent operating level and maintain the quiescent operating level at a desired value. |
| US08791756B2 |
Amplifying circuit and wireless communications apparatus including the same
The amplifying circuit includes: an input transistor having a gate electrode connected to a signal input terminal inputting a wireless signal, a drain electrode connected to a power supply terminal, and a source electrode connected to a ground terminal; a first switch installed between the signal input terminal and the gate electrode; and a second switch installed between the power supply terminal and the drain electrode, wherein the input transistor has a predetermined bias voltage applied to the gate electrode thereof to simultaneously turn the first and second switches on during reception of the wireless signal and simultaneously turn the first and second switches off while applying the predetermined bias voltage to the gate electrode during transmission of the wireless signal. |
| US08791749B2 |
Semicondcutor integrated circuit including power generation block and power supply control block
A power generation block configured to generate internal power by a charge pump circuit and a power supply control block configured to control the power generation block are provided. First and second power supply interconnects individually separated from an external power supply interconnect are connected to the power generation block and the power supply control block, respectively. At least any one of the power supply interconnects is provided with a filter section configured to remove noise propagating through the power supply interconnect. |
| US08791746B1 |
Over-temperature protection of semiconductor components
A device includes an over-temperature protection circuit configured to protect against over-temperature. The over-temperature protection circuit is coupled to receive a signal representative of temperature at the temperature sensor. The over-temperature protection circuit is coupled to adjust a temperature at which over-temperature protection is triggered based at least in part on a rate of change of the temperature at the temperature sensor. |
| US08791742B2 |
Distributed resonate clock driver
A clock driver includes a clock interconnect running to multiple lanes of an integrated circuit chip, the interconnect including a positive clock line and a negative clock line. A clock generator generates a clock signal and a source inductor, through which the clock generator draws DC power, helps drive the clock signal down the interconnect. The source inductor may be tunable. A distributed (or tunable) inductor is connected to and positioned along the positive and negative clock lines between the source inductor and an end of the interconnect. Multiple distributed inductors may be positioned and optionally tuned such as to create a resonant response in the clock signal with substantially similar quality and amplitude as delivered to the multiple lanes. Any of the distributed and source inductors may be switchable to change inductance of the distributed inductors and thus change the clock frequency in the lanes for different communication standards. |
| US08791736B2 |
Adjustable pole and zero location for a second order low pass filter used in a phase lock loop circuit
This invention provides a loop filter device and a method for IC designers to adjust the pole or zero location of a phase lock loop (PLL) circuit. The pole and zero location are controlled by an amplifier and some on-chip resistor and capacitor components. The effective capacitance is magnified by the gain of the amplifier. The advantage of the loop filter device and the method according to embodiments of the present invention provides a feasible way to achieve a very low bandwidth in the PLL circuit without a huge external surface-mount capacitor. |
| US08791732B2 |
Phase locked loop
A phase locked loop is provided. The phase locked loop includes a detector, a controlled oscillator and a filtering unit coupled between the detector and the controlled oscillator. The detector generates a phase difference signal according to a reference frequency and an oscillation signal. The controlled oscillator generates the oscillation signal according to a filtered signal. The filtering unit filters the phase difference signal to generate the filtered signal, and the filtering unit has a high frequency filter of which a pole is greater than the reference frequency and less than a frequency of the oscillation signal. |
| US08791731B2 |
Reset circuit and method of portable terminal
A reset circuit and a reset method of a portable terminal are provided. The reset circuit of a portable terminal includes an input unit for generating a certain input signal for reset according to a user input, a reset unit for generating a manual reset input signal according to an input of the certain input signal, for performing a control operation to cut-off power to be supplied to a Power Management IC (PMIC) using a signal generated during an operation maintenance time interval of the portable terminal and the manual reset input signal, and for performing a control operation to resupply the power to the PMIC according to an input signal from the input unit or completion of a preset timer, and a power supply unit for supplying the power. |
| US08791729B2 |
Multi-phase frequency divider having one or more delay latches
A multi-phase frequency divider comprises first and second latches configured to receive a first input clock having a first frequency and a first phase, wherein the second latch receives the inverted first input clock. The first and second latches generate a plurality of output clocks each having a frequency that equals the first frequency divided by a predetermined divider ratio. The plurality of output clocks each have different phases staggered from the first phase. The frequency divider also comprises at least a first delay latch electrically connected between the first and second latches. The first delay latch is configured to generate, based on an output clock generated by the first latch and a second input clock at the first frequency and a second phase, two delayed output clocks. These two delayed output clocks have a frequency that equals the first frequency divided by the predetermined ratio with different staggered phases. |
| US08791728B2 |
High frequency CMOS programmable divider with large divide ratio
A dynamic latch has a pair of parallel pass gates (a first parallel pass gate that receives a seed signal, and a second parallel pass gate that receives a data signal). A first latch logic circuit performs logic operations using signals output by the parallel pass gates to produce an updated data signal. An additional pass gate is operatively connected to the first latch logic circuit. An additional pass gate controls passage of the updated data signal. An inverter receives the updated data signal from the pass gate, and inverts and outputs the updated data signal as an output data signal. Thus, the dynamic latch comprises two inputs into the pair of parallel pass gates and performs only one of four logical operations on a received data signal. The four logical operations are performed using the signals applied to the two inputs. |
| US08791725B2 |
High voltage offset detection circuit
A high voltage half-bridge driver circuit has a high voltage terminal and a floating node to be connected with a high side switch therebetween. When turning on the high side switch, a high voltage offset detection circuit detects a voltage related to the voltage at the floating node for triggering a zero voltage switching signal. |
| US08791722B2 |
Output buffer, operating method thereof and devices including the same
A method of buffering data from core circuitry includes generating a first sourcing control signal responsive to indication signals indicating an operating voltage and output data, generating a second sourcing control signal responsive to the indication signals, and applying the operating voltage to an output terminal in response to the first sourcing control signal and the second sourcing control signal. The first sourcing control signal swings between the operating voltage and a reference voltage. The reference voltage is a signal selected from among a plurality of internal voltages in response to selection signals generated as a result of decoding the indication signals. |
| US08791720B2 |
Circuit for reducing negative bias temperature instability
A control circuit comprises a first NOR gate, a first NMOS transistor, and a first PMOS transistor. The control circuit also comprises an output node. The control circuit further comprises a half latch keeper circuit coupled to a gate of the first NMOS transistor and to a gate of the first PMOS transistor. The half latch keeper circuit is configured to keep the output node at a logical 1 during a standby mode. The control circuit additionally comprises an operational PMOS transistor coupled to the output node. An output of the first NOR gate is coupled to a gate of the operational PMOS transistor. The control circuit is configured to turn off the operational PMOS transistor during the standby mode. |
| US08791717B2 |
Asynchronous-logic circuit for full dynamic voltage control
Pre-Charge Static Logic (PCSL), is an asynchronous-logic Quasi-Delay-Insensitive architecture based on Static-Logic, featuring fully-range Dynamic Voltage Scaling including robust operation in the sub-threshold voltage regime, with simultaneous low hardware overheads, high-speed and yet low power dissipation. The invented PCSL logic circuit achieves this by integration of the Request sub-circuit into the Static-Logic cell. During the initial phase, the output of Static-Logic cell (within the PCSL logic circuit) is pre-charged. During the evaluate phase, the Static-Logic cell computes the input and the PCSL logic circuit outputs the computation. |
| US08791714B2 |
Fault detection apparatuses and methods for fault detection of semiconductor processing tools
Fault detection apparatuses and methods for detecting a processing or hardware performance fault of a semiconductor production tool have been provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a method for detecting a fault of a semiconductor production tool includes sensing a signal associated with a test component of the production tool during operation of the production tool and converting the signal to an electronic test signal. A prerecorded signature signal corresponding to the test component is provided and the test signal and the prerecorded signature signal are compared. |
| US08791712B2 |
3-dimensional integrated circuit testing using MEMS switches with tungsten cone contacts
A test system for testing a multilayer 3-dimensional integrated circuit (IC), where two separate layers of IC circuits are temporarily connected in order to achieve functionality, includes a chip under test with a first portion of the 3-dimensional IC, and a test probe chip with a second portion of the 3-dimensional IC and micro-electrical-mechanical system (MEMS) switches that selectively complete functional circuits between the first portion of the 3-dimensional IC in a first IC layer to circuits within the second portion of the 3-dimensional IC in a second IC layer. The MEMS switches include tungsten (W) cone contacts, which make the selective electrical contacts between circuits of the chip under test and the test probe chip and which are formed using a template of graded borophosphosilicate glass (BPSG). |
| US08791710B2 |
Battery simulation system having fault simulation
A battery emulation device for simulating a battery cell voltage at a terminal of a battery control unit in accordance with a setpoint value includes a control unit configured to determine the setpoint value and provide the determined setpoint value via a galvanically isolated interface; and at least one emulation channel, each including: a voltage source; an amplifier unit; connection lines for connecting the emulation channel; measurement lines; and a fault simulation device configured to simulate fault states. |
| US08791706B2 |
Signal acquisition system having a compensation digital filter
A signal acquisition system has a signal acquisition probe having probe tip circuitry coupled to a resistive center conductor signal cable. The resistive center conductor signal cable is coupled to a compensation system in a signal processing instrument via an input node and input circuitry in the signal processing instrument. The signal acquisition probe and the signal processing instrument have mismatched time constants at the input node with the compensation system having an input amplifier with feedback loop circuitry and a compensation digital filter providing pole-zero pairs for maintaining flatness over the signal acquisition system frequency bandwidth. |
| US08791701B2 |
Electromagnetic proximity detection method and unit
Electromagnetic proximity detection method for a buried structure executed with a mobile detection device, including sensing an electromagnetic field emitted from the structure as an analog electrical signal and digitalizing the analog electrical signal as a digital signal, performed after or while filtering the analog and/or digital signal. The proximity of the buried structure is determined by analyzing the digital signal, wherein the detection method can be alternatively executed in at least two of the following modes of detection: Power-Mode of detection, Radio-Mode of detection or Active-Mode of detection. An additional Switching-Mode of operation includes a repeated sequential detection in at least two of the mentioned modes of detection and is done by automatic subsequent alternating of the mode of detection with a minimum rate of alternation that an area of detection is coverable by the at least two modes of detection in a single execution of the detection method. |
| US08791700B2 |
Method of MR (=magnetic resonance) with spatial encoding to generate an image or spectroscopic data
A method of MR with spatial encoding to generate an image or spectroscopic data of an object of investigation inside an MR apparatus comprises the steps of (a) selecting a volume of interest within the object of investigation, (b) applying an RF pulse to generate a transverse magnetization within the object of investigation, (c) preparing a nonlinear phase distribution within the object of investigation by application of spatially encoding magnetic fields (SEMs), the SEMs comprising of a nonlinear gradient field or a combination of linear and nonlinear gradient fields, (d) effecting primary spatial encoding through application of SEMs, and (e) recording MR signals originating from the object of investigation. Step (c) or (d) thereby comprises applying a sequence of at least two SEMs, at least one of which contains a nonlinear field gradient and at least two of the SEMs having different field geometries. The sequence of SEMs is applied at a point in time from and including the excitation of the object of interest in step (b) up to and including the recording of the MR signals in step (e), to thereby introduce a temporal shift of the signals arising from spatially different locations within the selected volume of interest, that is to thereby introduce a shift of local spatial frequency components. A sampling window for recording of the respective MR signals is set and signals originating from the volume of interest are recorded in step (e) and undesired signals originating from outside the volume of interest are suppressed. |
| US08791698B2 |
MRI apparatus and MRI method
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a spectrum acquisition unit and a determining unit. The spectrum acquisition unit acquires a frequency spectrum of magnetic resonance signals from a metabolic product in a target region in an object. The determining unit determines the number of (a) integrations and/or (b) phase encodes of magnetic resonance signals for obtaining the frequency spectrum depending on a factor influencing the frequency spectrum. |
| US08791690B2 |
Current sensor, inverter circuit, and semiconductor device having the same
A semiconductor device having a lateral semiconductor element includes a semiconductor substrate, a first electrode on the substrate, a second electrode on the substrate, and an isolation structure located in the substrate to divide the substrate into a first island and a second island electrically insulated from the first island. The lateral semiconductor element includes a main cell located in the first island and a sense cell located in the second island. The main cell causes a first current to flow between the first electrode and the second electrode so that the first current flows in a lateral direction along the surface of the substrate. The first current is detected by detecting a second current flowing though the sense cell. |
| US08791683B1 |
Voltage-mode band-gap reference circuit with temperature drift and output voltage trims
A monolithic voltage reference circuit may include a voltage-mode band-gap reference circuit, a temperature independent differential current source, and a temperature dependent differential current source. The voltage-mode band-gap reference circuit may include an error amplifier having differential input nodes. The temperature independent differential current source may be configured to add in or subtract from the differential input nodes a substantially temperature independent differential current with an allocation between the nodes that is controlled by a selectable output voltage trim setting. The temperature dependent differential current source may be configured to add in or subtract from the differential input nodes a substantially temperature dependent differential current with an allocation between the nodes that is controlled by a selectable temperature drift trim setting. |
| US08791682B2 |
Noise rejecting high-side power switch
An apparatus includes a pass element comprising an input, an output and a control input. The pass element, with a first signal on the control input, passes a voltage from the input to the output and, with a second signal on the control input, blocks the voltage on the input from passing to the output. A differential amplifier includes a non-inverting input coupled to the input, an inverting input coupled to the output, an amplifier output coupled to the control input and a bias current connection. The differential amplifier, with a bias current supplied, supplies the first signal along with a closed feedback loop from the output and supplies the second signal in absence of the bias current. A current source is coupled to the bias current connection and an enable input. The current source supplies the bias current and, in absence of an enable signal, disables the bias current. |
| US08791679B2 |
Self-sustaining, high voltage tolerant power supply
A power supply system is provided that provides voltage clamping capabilities to provide over voltage protection to circuit elements and circuit systems. The power supply includes isolation mechanisms that generate a regulated power supply that is independent of an input power source. Voltage addition/multiplication techniques may be utilized to generate a reference voltage, from the regulated power supply, that is capable of setting a maximum voltage on a clamped power supply. The power supply system may operate without input from other circuits/systems associated with an integrated circuit. |
| US08791678B2 |
Offset and delay cancellation circuit for a switching DC-DC power supply
A control circuit of a switching DC-DC power supply includes a feedback circuit detecting an output voltage of the power supply to generate a feedback signal, an error comparator detecting an error between the output voltage and a design value of the output voltage, a control logic circuit generating a control signal according to the error for regulating the output voltage, and an offset and delay cancellation circuit generating an offset adjust signal according to the feedback signal and a second reference voltage for adjusting an offset of the error comparator to pull the output voltage toward the design value. |
| US08791675B2 |
Mobile wireless communications device including removable electrical power supply module and related methods
A mobile wireless communications device may include a device housing, and mobile wireless communications device circuitry carried by the device housing. The device may also include a removable electrical power supply module coupled to the mobile wireless communications device circuitry. The removable electrical power supply module may include a module housing, and within the module housing, a battery cell, a DC-to-DC converter coupled to the battery cell, and an output inductor coupled to the DC-to-DC converter. The removable electrical power supply module may also include, within the module housing, a spark suppression circuit coupled to the output inductor, and an output voltage clamp circuit coupled to the output inductor. The removable electrical power supply module may further include a pair of output terminals carried by the module housing and coupled to the output voltage clamp circuit. |
| US08791674B2 |
Voltage regulating circuit and a method for producing a regulated DC output voltage from an unregulated DC input voltage
A voltage regulator receives an unregulated DC input voltage supply and provides a regulated DC output voltage. A primary pass element and an external resistor are located in a primary current path through which a load current flows from the input terminal to the output terminal. The voltage regulator includes two control circuits that control the impedances of two pass elements. Power dissipation can be improved and the dropout voltage can be reduced by maintaining the voltage on an internal node of the voltage regulator. |
| US08791672B2 |
Regulated power supply system with high input voltage dynamics
This regulated power supply system with high input voltage dynamics, of the type having a shared inductance buck/boost transformer and having at least two controllable semiconductor switching members, one associated with the buck function of the transformer and the other with the boost function of the transformer, is characterized in that one of the controllable semiconductor switching members is driven by control means as a function of the system's input voltage, and the other is driven continuously by enslavement means on the output voltage. |
| US08791670B2 |
Battery management system and method of dynamically allocating charging current
A battery management system includes a power converter, a first switch, a second switch, a first detecting unit, and a CPU. The power converter is configured to divide current provided by the power supply into a first and a second output current, according to a working current of a system load in a normal state, the first output current is used to power the system load, and the second output current is used to charge a battery unit. The CPU is configured to determine whether the value of current detected by the first detecting unit is greater than a threshold value, and further controls turning on the first switch to power the system load using the first output current, and turn on the second switch to charge the battery unit using the second output current. |
| US08791667B2 |
Inductive charge balancing
Disclosed is a method for charge balancing in a charge storage arrangement having a plurality of charge storage cells connected in series, and a charge balancing circuit. |
| US08791661B2 |
Linear actuator
A linear actuator comprising a spindle, a spindle nut, a transmission, an electrical motor, and an actuation element, is arranged to linearly move the actuation element by means of an interaction of the spindle and the spindle nut, which interaction is being driven by the electrical motor through the transmission. A position of the actuation element, the relative position between spindle and spindle nut, is determined by means of an absolute rotary position sensor and a counter. The counter keeps track of the number of under-flows and over-flows the absolute rotary position sensor generates during movement of the actuation element. A combination of a value from the absolute rotary position sensor and a count from the counter determines the position. |
| US08791650B2 |
LED lighting system
An LED lighting system is provided for connection to a variable power source providing input power, the LED lighting system having at least one power analyzing and processing circuitry connecting to the variable power source, and being configured to identify one or more characteristics of the input power, where the characteristics are selected from amplitude, frequency and pulse width of the input power, compare one or more of the characteristics of the input power to preset control criteria either in hardware or software or both to yield a comparison result, and then control the current control circuitry according to the comparison result. |
| US08791648B2 |
LED driver circuits with current envelope control
A light emitting diode (LED) driver circuit controls switching of an output transistor. The LED driver circuit monitors inductor current flowing through an output inductor that is coupled to one or more LEDs. In response to detecting that the inductor current has reached a peak value, the LED driver circuit switches OFF the output transistor. The LED driver circuit switches ON the output transistor in response to detecting zero crossing of the inductor current. The LED driver circuit may detect zero crossing of the inductor current from a gate voltage of the output transistor by detecting for a negative spike. |
| US08791645B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling light sources
A system for controlling a set of light sources may include a set of light sources, at least one optical conduit arranged relative to the set of light sources so as to collect excess light from the set of light sources, and at least one sensor coupled to the optical conduit and configured to sense light collected by the optical conduit. The system may also include a controller configured to control the emittance of the set of light sources based on the light sensed by the sensor. A method for controlling a set of light sources may comprise individually varying power supplied to at least some of the light sources in an imperceptible manner, sensing light emitted by a light source for which the power has been varied, and controlling the emittance of the set of light sources based on the sensed light. |
| US08791644B2 |
Offset correction circuit for voltage-controlled current source
Novel circuitry and methodology are provided for correcting the offset associated with a voltage-controlled current source. An offset correction circuit is coupled to the current source to prevent the output current produced by the current source from deviating from a desired level. The current source may include a transconductance amplifier or a chopper amplifier, and may be configured to produce a zero or non-zero value of the output current. |
| US08791643B2 |
AC LED lamp
An alternating current (AC) light-emitting diode (LED) lamp includes a first AC power end, a second AC power end, a lighting module and a direct current (DC) power output circuit. The lighting module has a first end, a second end and at least one LED unit, wherein the first end is electrically coupled to the first AC power end. The at least one LED unit has one or more LEDs connected in series. The DC power output circuit has a first end and a second end, wherein the second end of the DC power output circuit is electrically coupled to the second AC power end, while the first end of the DC power output circuit is electrically coupled to the second end of the lighting module. The DC power output circuit has a DC output side. |
| US08791637B2 |
Vehicle turn signal device
A turn signal device for a vehicle for activating a turn signal in accordance with operation of an operation lever. The turn signal device includes a turning state detection unit, which detects a turning state of the vehicle. The turning state detection unit monitors a temporal change in the turning state of the vehicle after the turn signal is activated. The turning state detection unit deactivates the turning signal when detecting that the vehicle first turns in an activation direction of the turn signal, then turns in a direction opposite to the activation direction, and afterward turns again in the activation direction. |
| US08791635B2 |
Short arc discharge lamp
Disclosed herein is a short arc discharge lamp which has a cathode electrode structure formed by solid-phase bonding a tip part made of thoriated tungsten to a body part made of tungsten. According to the present invention, the bonding strength between the body part and the tip part is increased to the same level as the mechanical strength of tungsten, thus preventing a breakage from being caused on a junction interface. For this, on a section of the cathode electrode taken along a line perpendicular to the junction interface, in an arbitrary portion of 500 μm or more in length along the junction interface, when a length of the arbitrary portion along the junction interface is set to L0, and a sum of lengths of tungsten crystal grains, along the junction interface, that are present through the junction interface is set to L, (L/L0)≧0.16 is satisfied. |
| US08791634B2 |
Organic light emitting display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
In an organic light emitting display apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same, the organic light emitting display apparatus comprises: a first substrate, one surface of which is divided into a non-display area and a display area including an organic light emitting diode (OLED); a second substrate, one surface of which faces the one surface of the first substrate; and a bonding member disposed between the first and second substrates so as to surround the display area of the first substrate, and bonding the first and second substrates to each other to define an inner portion including the display area and an outer portion including the non-display area. A bonding portion formed by the bonding member includes an effective bonding portion and a non-effective bonding portion. The non-effective bonding portion includes an inner non-effective bonding portion contacting one side of the effective bonding portion and disposed adjacent to the inner portion, and an outer non-effective bonding portion contacting another side of the effective bonding portion and disposed adjacent to the outer portion by interposing the effective bonding portion between the inner and outer non-effective bonding portions. |
| US08791631B2 |
Light emitting device
A light emitting device is described. The light emitting device includes a base; a light emitting diode supported by the base; a first layer spaced apart from the light emitting diode and including a light emitting material, the first layer having a refractive index nfirst—layer; a transparent optic having a refractive index noptic that is greater than or equal to nfirst—layer, the transparent optic having a convex surface facing away from the light emitting diode and the first layer being positioned between the transparent optic and the light emitting diode. A gap between the light emitting diode and the first layer has a refractive index ngap that is less than nfirst—layer, and the convex surface has a radius of curvature sufficiently large relative to a dimension of the first layer to eliminate total internal reflection of light entering the transparent optic from the first layer. |
| US08791615B2 |
Electric generating device having a gearbox having flywheels
An electric generating device includes a motor having a spindle and a bevel gear, an electric generating mechanism having a pivot axle and another bevel gear, and a speed increasing device includes a flywheel and a bevel gear attached to a secondary shaft and engaged with the bevel gear of the motor spindle, another flywheel and two further bevel gears attached to a primary shaft and engaged with the bevel gears of the secondary shaft and the electric generating mechanism for increasing a momentum of the shafts and for increasing the driving speed of the electric generating mechanism and for decreasing the noise of the electric generating mechanism. |
| US08791610B2 |
Anti-separating structure of sensing magnet for EPS motor
Disclosed is an anti-separating structure of a sensing magnet for EPS motor, capable of applying a mechanical coupling force to a magnet and a plate to stably prevent the magnet from being disengaged to an axial and rotational direction, the structure including a plate, and a magnet formed on an upper surface of the plate and injection molded along with the plate, whereby a manufacturing process can be simplified to achieve an excellent adhesive strength. |
| US08791606B2 |
System and method to detect child presence
Systems and methods are disclosed that include reading passive engine status, detecting vibration, caused by the transfer of kinetic energy from at least one machine into the engine, and inhibiting active operation of the engine. |
| US08791605B2 |
DC interconnect scheme for PSU
An ATX compatible power supply unit having at least one DC power outlet and at least one DC power cable, the DC power outlet configured to support nominal contact resistances of less than 2.5 milliohms per contact or the DC power cable configured to support series resistances of less than 4 milliohms per linear foot of individual conductor is disclosed. |
| US08791602B2 |
System and method for controlling a solar panel output
A control system includes a control module and one or more input sources. The control module is coupled to an output of the solar module in order to operate the solar panel so that an output of the solar panel is at a maximum power level. The control module is able to selectively decrease a current level of the solar panel's output in response to a condition that is indicative of a temperature of the solar panel while maintaining the power output of the solar panel at or within a designated percentage of the maximum level. The input source is coupled to the control module to provide an input that is indicative of the temperature. |
| US08791598B2 |
System and method for selectively controlling a solar panel in segments
A control system is provided for a solar panel. The control system includes a plurality of control elements that are individually connected to a corresponding segment of the solar panel. The control system also includes control logic that is structured to individually signal each of the plurality of control elements in order to cause the signaled control element to either switch-off or alter performance output to maximize the over all output of a solar panel or solar power generating system utilizing such panels. |
| US08791597B2 |
Uninterruptible power supply with a dual gain voltage regulator controlling an inverter output voltage based on active and reactive components of current
An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system has an inverter having an output coupled to a primary side of an output transformer. The UPS system has a controller having a dual gain voltage regulator for controlling the output voltage of the inverter of a UPS system that uses active and reactive current components of a load current flowing out an output of the UPS system. |
| US08791596B2 |
System and method for creating a networked infrastructure distribution platform of small fixed and vehicle based wind energy gathering devices along roadways
A roadway system for energy generation and distribution is presented. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the roadway system comprises a plurality of wind energy generating devices, and a roadway system electricity grid. The wind energy generating devices are electrically connected to the roadway system electricity grid and are positioned on part of or near to a road in a system of roads and are optionally fixed in a position such that a multi-form, wind energy gathering network can be formed. |
| US08791587B2 |
Airflow power generator
Converting an air flow into a source of electricity by an airflow generator includes disposing the airflow generator in an air flow path of a machine for receiving the air flow to rotate a turbine bladed portion of the airflow generator that causes a plurality of permanent magnets disposed along the circumference of the bladed portion to cyclically move in close proximity to a plurality of fixed position stator coils thereby generating electrical currents in the coils that can be harvested. |
| US08791584B2 |
Structurally integrated electric/heat generating energy recovery (SIEGER)
A structurally integrated modular system for energy recovery from vehicular traffic as further disclosed. The system comprises an “X” & “Y” axis horizontal array of Linear Electromagnetic Generators, (LEGs), in a close packed hexagonal or other shaped structural grid, as further disclosed. Each LEG is spring-less, using a high strength main core magnet, and a fixed lower magnet to repel the main core magnet at a designed coercive restoring force. The plurality of LEGs are contained within Modular Prefabricated Structural Sandwich Composite Panels, (MPSSCPs), designed to be placed upon a roadway surface, (whose upper surfaces are flexible and lower surfaces semi-rigid). The resultant energy recovery is thereby converted to electric power and heat. The MPSSCPs, and their accessory panels are thereby installed upon a roadway bearing surface to generate clean electric power and heat, which thaws ice and snow, when and where necessary. |
| US08791576B2 |
Semiconductor device having groove-shaped via-hole
The semiconductor device has insulating films 40, 42 formed over a substrate 10; an interconnection 58 buried in at least a surface side of the insulating films 40, 42; insulating films 60, 62 formed on the insulating film 42 and including a hole-shaped via-hole 60 and a groove-shaped via-hole 66a having a pattern bent at a right angle; and buried conductors 70, 72a buried in the hole-shaped via-hole 60 and the groove-shaped via-hole 66a. A groove-shaped via-hole 66a is formed to have a width which is smaller than a width of the hole-shaped via-hole 66. Defective filling of the buried conductor and the cracking of the inter-layer insulating film can be prevented. Steps on the conductor plug can be reduced. Accordingly, defective contact with the upper interconnection layer and the problems taking place in forming films can be prevented. |
| US08791565B2 |
Electrode foil and organic device
There are provided an electrode foil which has all the functions of a supporting base material, an electrode and a reflective layer and also has a superior thermal conductivity; and an organic device using the same. The electrode foil comprises a metal foil, wherein the electrode foil has at least one outermost surface which is an ultra-smooth surface having an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 10.0 nm or less as measured in accordance with JIS B 0601-2001. |
| US08791564B2 |
Method of Manufacturing a semiconductor module and device for the same
In the disclosed method for manufacturing a semiconductor module, a metal layer and a cooler, which have different coefficients of thermal expansion from each other, are joined into a single unit via an insulating resin sheet. A work, comprising a semiconductor element placed on the metal layer with solder interposed therebetween, is fed into a reflow furnace. The work, in that state, is heated in the reflow furnace, thereby mounting the semiconductor element to the metal layer. The heating is carried out such that the temperature of the cooler and the temperature of the metal layer differ by an amount that make the cooler and the metal layer undergo the same amount of thermal expansion as each other. |
| US08791563B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
Terminal assembly portions, lying on a front surface side of a case, are aligned in a left-right direction in a portion raised from a bottom of the case so that opening faces of the terminal assembly portions are positioned above circuit formation regions. Wiring terminal plates are led out into the terminal assembly portions, and disposed adjacent to each other. After each wiring terminal plate is connected by a laser welding to one end of one external connection terminal plate formed integrally with a cover, these welded portions are sealed with a second mold resin portion made of gel or an insulating resin such as epoxy. By so doing, even when the terminal junction area and distance between terminal junctions in the terminal assembly portions are small, it is possible to increase the joint strength of the terminals, and also secure withstand voltage. |
| US08791560B2 |
Interdigitated conductive support for GaN semiconductor die
A GaN die having a plurality of parallel alternating and closely spaced source and drain strips is contacted by parallel coplanar comb-shaped fingers of source and drain pads. A plurality of enlarged area coplanar spaced gate pads having respective fingers contacting the gate contact of the die. The pads may be elements of a lead frame, or conductive areas on an insulation substrate. Other semiconductor die can be mounted on the pads and connected in predetermined circuit arrangements with the GaN die. |
| US08791559B2 |
Semiconductor package with package on package structure
A semiconductor package of a package on package structure reducing an overall thickness of the package and simplifying design complexity of wiring paths is provided. The package includes a first package including a first substrate and a first semiconductor chip portion mounted thereon, a second package disposed on the first package and including a second substrate and a second semiconductor chip portion mounted thereon, and a connection member connecting the first and second substrates. The second semiconductor chip portion includes at least one semiconductor chip including a group of chip pads corresponding to one channel, and the group of chip pads is concentrated on a first edge of the semiconductor chip. An intellectual property core corresponding to the one channel is formed on an edge of the first semiconductor chip portion and the IP core corresponds to the edge on which the group of chip pads is concentrated. |
| US08791557B2 |
Microelectromechanical device with integrated package
A BioMEMS microelectromechanical apparatus and for fabricating the same is disclosed. A substrate is provided with at least one signal conduit formed on the substrate. A sacrificial layer of sacrificial material may be deposited on the signal conduit and optionally patterned to remove sacrificial material from outside the packaging covered area. A bonding layer may be deposited on at least a portion of the signal conduit and on the sacrificial layer when included. The bonding layer may be planarized and patterned to form one or more cap bonding pads and define a packaging covered area. A cap may be bonded on the cap bonding pad to define a capped area and so that the signal conduit extends from outside the capped area to inside the capped area. Additionally, a test material such as a fluid may be provided within the capped area. |
| US08791545B2 |
Interconnect structures and design structures for a radiofrequency integrated circuit
Interconnect structures that include a passive element, such as a thin film resistor or a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor, methods for fabricating an interconnect structure that includes a passive element, and design structures embodied in a machine readable medium for designing, manufacturing, or testing an integrated circuit, such as a radiofrequency integrated circuit. A top surface of a dielectric layer is recessed relative to a top surface of a conductive feature in the dielectric layer. The passive element is formed on the recessed top surface of the dielectric layer and includes a layer of a conductive material that is coplanar with, or below, the top surface of the conductive feature. |
| US08791537B2 |
Flexible radiation detectors
Disclosed is a flexible radiation detector including a substrate, a switching device on the substrate, an energy conversion layer on the switching device, a top electrode layer on the energy conversion layer, a first phosphor layer on the top electrode layer, and a second phosphor layer under the substrate. |
| US08791535B2 |
Semiconductor storage device
A memory includes a semiconductor substrate. Magnetic tunnel junction elements are provided above the semiconductor substrate. Each of the magnetic tunnel junction elements stores data by a change in a resistance state, and the data is rewritable by a current. Cell transistors are provided on the semiconductor substrate. Each of the cell transistors is in a conductive state when the current is applied to the corresponding magnetic tunnel junction element. Gate electrodes are included in the respective cell transistors. Each of the gate electrodes controls the conductive state of the corresponding cell transistor. In active areas, the cell transistors are provided, and the active areas extend in an extending direction of intersecting the gate electrodes at an angle of (90−atan(⅓)) degrees. |
| US08791533B2 |
Semiconductor package having an interposer configured for magnetic signaling
There are disclosed herein various implementations of semiconductor packages having an interposer configured for magnetic signaling. One exemplary implementation includes a die transmit pad in an active die for transmitting a magnetic signal corresponding to a die electrical signal produced by the active die, and an interposer magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) pad in the interposer for receiving the magnetic signal. A sensing circuit is coupled to the interposer MTJ pad for producing a receive electrical signal corresponding to the magnetic signal. In one implementation, the sensing circuit is configured to sense a resistance of the interposer MTJ pad and to produce the receive electrical signal according to the sensed resistance. |
| US08791532B2 |
Sensor mounted in flip-chip technology on a substrate
The sensor assembly comprises a substrate (1), such as a flexible printed circuit board, and a sensor chip (2) flip-chip mounted to the substrate (1), with a first side (3) of the sensor chip (2) facing the substrate (1). A sensing area (4) and contact pads (5) are integrated on the first side (3) of the sensor chip (2) and located in a chamber (17) between the substrate (1) and the sensor chip (2). Chamber (17) is bordered along at least two sides by a dam (16). Underfill (18) and/or solder flux is arranged between the sensor chip (2) and the substrate (1), and the dam (16) prevents the underfill from entering the chamber (17). An opening (19) extends from the chamber to the environment and is located between the substrate (1) and the sensor chip (2) or extends through the sensor chip (2). |
| US08791527B2 |
Device layout in integrated circuits to reduce stress from embedded silicon—germanium
An integrated circuit including one or more transistors in which source and drain regions are formed as embedded silicon-germanium (eSiGe). Guard ring structures in the integrated circuit are formed in single-crystal silicon, rather than in eSiGe. In one example, p-channel MOS transistors have source/drain regions formed in eSiGe, while the locations at which p-type guard rings are formed are masked from the recess etch and the eSiGe selective epitaxy. Defects caused by concentrated crystal strain at the corners of guard rings and similar structures are eliminated. |
| US08791526B2 |
Vertical type integrated circuit devices and memory devices including conductive lines supported by Mesa structures and methods of fabricating the same
A vertical type integrated circuit device includes a substrate and a pillar vertically protruding from the substrate. The pillar includes a lower impurity region and an upper impurity region therein and a vertical channel region therebetween. A portion of the pillar including the lower impurity region therein includes a mesa laterally extending therefrom. The device further includes a first conductive line extending on a first sidewall of the pillar and electrically contacting the lower impurity region, and a second conductive line extending on a second sidewall of the pillar adjacent the vertical channel region. The second conductive line extends in a direction perpendicular to the first conductive line and is spaced apart from the mesa. Related devices and methods of fabrication are also discussed. |
| US08791525B2 |
Power semiconductor device including a double metal contact
A power semiconductor device that includes a stack of a thin metal layer and a thick metal layer over the active region thereof, and a method for the fabrication thereof. |
| US08791522B2 |
Non-volatile memory
A non-volatile memory and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A first oxide layer having a protrusion is formed on a substrate. A pair of doped regions is formed in the substrate at two sides of the protrusion. A pair of charge storage spacers is formed on the sidewalls of the protrusion. A second oxide layer is formed on the first oxide layer and the charge storage spacers. A conductive layer is formed on the second oxide layer. |
| US08791520B2 |
Non-volatile memory devices having a floating gate cap between a floating gate and a gate insulating layer
Provided are nonvolatile memory devices and a method of forming the same. A tunnel insulating pattern is provided on a substrate, and a floating gate is provided on the tunnel insulating pattern. A floating gate cap having a charge trap site is provided on the floating gate, and a gate dielectric pattern is provided on the floating gate cap. A control gate is provided on the gate dielectric pattern. |
| US08791518B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is disclosed. In the method for manufacturing the semiconductor device, a capacitor structure is modified to ensure capacitance of the capacitor, and the height of the capacitor is reduced to prevent defects such as a leaning capacitor or a poor bridge from being generated, such that the fabrication process of semiconductor devices is simplified and therefore the semiconductor devices can be stably manufactured. |
| US08791517B2 |
Semiconductor device
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes at least one semiconductor region provided in a semiconductor substrate, and a capacitor group including a plurality of capacitors provided in the semiconductor region, each capacitor including a capacitor insulating film provided on the semiconductor region, a capacitor electrode provided on the capacitor insulating film, and at least one diffusion layer provided in the semiconductor region adjacent to the capacitor electrode. |
| US08791516B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device having a novel structure is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first p-type transistor, a second n-type transistor, a third transistor, and a fourth transistor. One of a source and a drain of the third transistor is connected to a wiring supplying first potential, and the other is connected to one of a source and a drain of the first transistor. One of a source and a drain of the second transistor is connected to the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor, and the other is connected to one of a source and a drain of the fourth transistor. The other of the source and the drain of the fourth transistor is connected to a wiring supplying second potential lower than the first potential. An oxide semiconductor material is used in channel formation regions of the third transistor and the fourth transistor. |
| US08791515B2 |
Spin field effect logic devices
Provided are spin field effect logic devices, the logic devices including: a gate electrode; a channel formed of a magnetic material above the gate electrode to selectively transmit spin-polarized electrons; a source on the channel; and a drain and an output electrode on the channel outputting electrons transmitted from the source. The gate electrode may control a magnetization state of the channel in order to selectively transmit the electrons injected from the source to the channel. |
| US08791512B2 |
Matrix imaging device having photosites with global shutter charge transfer
An imaging device is formed in a semiconductor substrate. The device includes a matrix array of photosites. Each photosite is formed of a semiconductor region for storing charge, a semiconductor region for reading charge specific to said photosite, and a charge transfer circuit configured so as to permit a transfer of charge between the charge storage region and the charge reading region. Each photosite further includes at least one buried first electrode. At least one part of that buried first electrode bounds at least one part of the charge storage region. The charge transfer circuit for each photosite includes at least one second buried electrode. |
| US08791507B2 |
Semiconductor device
A layout of a semiconductor device is capable of reliably reducing a variation in gate length due to the optical proximity effect, and enables flexible layout design to be implemented. Gate patterns (G1, G2, G3) of a cell (C1) are arranged at the same pitch, and terminal ends (e1, e2, e3) of the gate patterns are located at the same position in the Y direction, and have the same width in the X direction. A gate pattern (G4) of a cell (C2) has protruding portions (4b) protruding toward the cell (C1) in the Y direction, and the protruding portions (4b) form opposing terminal ends (eo1, eo2, eo3). The opposing terminal ends (eo1, eo2, eo3) are arranged at the same pitch as the gate patterns (G1, G2, G3), are located at the same position in the Y direction, and have the same width in the X direction. |
| US08791506B2 |
Semiconductor devices, assemblies and constructions
Embodiments disclosed herein include methods in which a pair of openings are formed into semiconductor material, with the openings being spaced from one another by a segment of the semiconductor material. Liners are formed along sidewalls of the openings, and then semiconductor material is isotropically etched from bottoms of the openings to merge the openings and thereby completely undercut the segment of semiconductor material. Embodiments disclosed herein may be utilized in forming SOI constructions, and in forming field effect transistors having transistor gates entirely surrounding channel regions. Embodiments disclosed herein also include semiconductor constructions having transistor gates surrounding channel regions, as well as constructions in which insulative material entirely separates an upper semiconductor material from a lower semiconductor material. |
| US08791501B1 |
Integrated passive device structure and method
An integrated passive device (IPD) structure includes an electronic component having an active surface and an opposite inactive surface. The IPD structure further includes a passive device structure extending through the electronic component between the active surface and the inactive surface and having a portion(s) formed on the active surface, the inactive surface, or both the active and inactive surfaces. Accordingly, the IPD structure includes the functionality of the electronic component, e.g., an integrated circuit chip, and of the passive device structure, e.g., one or more capacitors, resistors, inductors, or surface mounted components. By integrating the passive device structure with the electronic component to form the IPD structure, separate mounting of passive component(s) to the substrate is avoided this minimizing the substrate size. |
| US08791499B1 |
GaN containing optical devices and method with ESD stability
An improved laser light emitting diode. The device has a gallium nitride substrate structure, which includes a surface region. The device also has an epitaxial layer overlying the surface region and a p-n junction formed within a portion of the epitaxial layer. In a preferred embodiment, the device also has one or more plane or line defects spatially configured in a manner to be free from intersecting the p-n junction, the one or more plane or line defects being at least 1×106 cm−2. |
| US08791498B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting device and method for manufacturing same
A semiconductor light emitting device, includes: a stacked structural unit including a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type, and a light emitting layer provided therebetween; and an electrode including a first and second metal layers, the first metal layer including silver or silver alloy and being provided on a side of the second semiconductor layer opposite to the light emitting layer, the second metal layer including at least one element selected from gold, platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium, and osmium and being provided on a side of the first metal layer opposite to the second semiconductor layer. A concentration of the element in a region including an interface between the first and second semiconductor layers is higher than that of the element in a region of the first metal layer distal to the interface. |
| US08791487B2 |
Zinc oxide-containing transparent conductive electrode
A transparent conductive electrode stack containing a work function adjusted zinc oxide is provided. Specifically, the transparent conductive electrode stack includes a layer of zinc oxide and a layer of a work function modifying material. The presence of the work function modifying material in the transparent conductive electrode stack shifts the work function of the layer of zinc oxide to a higher value for better hole injection into the OLED device as compared to a transparent conductive electrode that includes only a layer of zinc oxide and no work function modifying material. |
| US08791483B2 |
High efficiency light emitting diode and method for fabricating the same
A high-efficiency light emitting diode including: a semiconductor stack positioned on a support substrate, including a p-type compound semiconductor layer, an active layer, and an n-type compound semiconductor layer; an insulating layer disposed in an opening that divides the p-type compound semiconductor layer and active layer; a transparent electrode layer disposed on the insulating layer and the p-type compound semiconductor layer; a reflective insulating layer covering the transparent electrode layer, to reflect light from the active layer away from the support substrate; a p-electrode covering the reflective insulating layer; and an n-electrode is formed on top of the n-type compound semiconductor layer. The p-electrode is electrically connected to the transparent electrode layer through the insulating layer. |
| US08791481B2 |
Light emitting device and manufacturing method for same
Disclosed are a light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same. The light emitting device includes a support substrate, a reflective ohmic contact layer on the support substrate, a functional complex layer including a process assisting region and ohmic contact regions divided by the process assisting region on the reflective ohmic contact layer, and a light emitting semiconductor layer including a second conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a first conductive semiconductor layer on each ohmic contact region. |
| US08791477B2 |
Light emitting device array
Disclosed is a light emitting device array. The light emitting device array comprises a light emitting device and a body comprises first and second lead frames electrically connected to the light emitting device and a substrate on which the light emitting device package is disposed, the substrate comprises a base layer and a metal layer disposed on the base layer and electrically connected to the light emitting device package, wherein the metal layer comprises first and second electrode patterns electrically connected to the first and second lead frames and a heat dissipation pattern insulated from at least one of the first or(and) second electrode patterns, absorbing heat generated from at least one of the base layer or(and) the light emitting device package and then dissipating the heat. |
| US08791476B2 |
Active matrix substrate having a meander structure
The present invention provides an active matrix substrate and a display device that have sufficient resistance to a surge current without formation of a short ring and that enable narrowing of a picture-frame region. The present invention is an active matrix substrate on which a plurality of pixels are formed in a matrix shape. The active matrix substrate includes, on one principal surface side of the substrate: a terminal; a semiconductor element; wiring that is formed in a picture-frame region of the substrate and that connects the terminal and the semiconductor element; and an annular conductive portion formed through an insulation layer on at least one of an upper layer side and a lower layer side of the wiring. The wiring comprises a meander structure including a meander-shaped portion. A portion of the conductive portion is disposed along the meander-shaped portion. |
| US08791473B2 |
Nitride semiconductor light-emitting element, illuminating device, liquid crystal display device, method for producing nitride semiconductor light-emitting element and method for manufacturing illuminating device
An illuminating device according to the present invention includes at least a first nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element and a second nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element, in which: the first nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element and the second nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element each include a semiconductor chip; the semiconductor chip includes a nitride-based semiconductor multilayer structure 45 formed from an AlxInyGazN (x+y+z=1, x≧0, y≧0, z≧0) semiconductor, and the nitride-based semiconductor multilayer structure 20 includes an active layer region 24 having an m-plane as an interface; the first nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element and the second nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element each emit polarized light from the active layer region 24; and, when the polarized light emitted from the first nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element and the polarized light emitted from the second nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element have wavelengths λ1 and λ2, respectively, and thicknesses of the semiconductor chips 45 of the first nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element and the second nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element are given as d1 and d2, respectively, the following relations are satisfied: λ1<λ2 and d1 |
| US08791469B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting element having a plurality of substrate cutouts and semiconductor layer side surface projections
In a semiconductor light emitting element (1) having a sapphire substrate (100), and lower (210) and upper (220) semiconductor layers laminated on the sapphire substrate, the substrate includes a substrate top surface (113), a substrate bottom surface (114), first substrate side surfaces (111) and second substrate side surfaces (112); plural first (121a) and second (122a) cutouts are provided at a border between the first substrate side surface, the second substrate side surface and the substrate top surface; the lower semiconductor layer includes a lower semiconductor bottom surface, a lower semiconductor top surface (213), first lower semiconductor side surfaces (211) and second lower semiconductor side surfaces (212); plural first projecting portions (211a) and plural first depressing portions (211b) are provided on the first lower semiconductor side surface; and plural second protruding portions (212a) and second flat portions (212b) are provided on the second lower semiconductor side surface. |
| US08791468B2 |
GaN film structure, method of fabricating the same, and semiconductor device including the same
A method of fabricating a gallium nitride (GaN) thin layer, by which a high-quality GaN layer may be grown on a large-area substrate using an electrode layer suspended above a substrate, a GaN film structure fabricated using the method, and a semiconductor device including the GaN film structure. The method includes forming a sacrificial layer on a substrate, forming a first buffer layer on the sacrificial layer, forming an electrode layer on the first buffer layer, forming a second buffer layer on the electrode layer, partially etching the sacrificial layer to form at least two support members configured to support the first buffer layer and form at least one air cavity between the substrate and the first buffer layer, and forming a GaN thin layer on the second buffer layer. |
| US08791467B2 |
Light emitting diode and method of making the same
An embodiment of the present invention discloses a light-emitting structure having a light output power of more than 4mW at 20 mA current. Another embodiment of the present invention discloses a method of making a light-emitting structure having a light output power of more than 4mW at 20 mA current, and a layer with a thickness of 0.5 μm˜3μm. |
| US08791465B2 |
Compound semiconductor device and manufacturing therefor
A compound semiconductor device includes a compound semiconductor laminated structure, a passivation film formed on the compound semiconductor laminated structure and having a through-hole, and a gate electrode formed on the passivation film so as to plug the through-hole. A grain boundary between different crystalline orientations is formed in the gate electrode, and a starting point of the grain boundary is located apart from the through-hole on a flat surface of the passivation film. |
| US08791461B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device
In a semiconductor device including a digital circuit portion and an analog circuit portion having a capacitor portion provided over a substrate, the capacitor portion is provided with a first wiring, a second wiring and a plurality of blocks each having a plurality of capacitor elements. Further, each the plurality of capacitor elements provided in each block has a semiconductor film having a first impurity region and a plurality of second impurity regions provided apart with the first impurity region interposed therebetween, and a conductive film provided over the first impurity region with an insulating film therebetween. A capacitor is formed from the first impurity region, the insulating film, and the conductive film. |
| US08791459B2 |
Array substrate, manufacturing method of the same, and fabricating method of display device including the array substrate
An array substrate for a display device includes an insulation substrate, a gate line formed on the insulation substrate, a data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel area, a thin film transistor including a gate electrode connected to the gate line, a source electrode connected to the data line, and a drain electrode, a passivation layer covering the gate line, the data line and the thin film transistor and including a drain contact hole to expose the drain electrode, and a pixel electrode formed on the pixel area and being connected to the drain contact hole through the drain contact hole. Each of the data line, the source electrode and the drain electrode includes a lower layer having copper and an upper layer covering upper and side surfaces of the lower layer, and the upper layer is thinner than the lower layer. |
| US08791456B2 |
Non-linear element, display device including non- linear element, and electronic device including display device
A non-linear element, such as a diode, in which an oxide semiconductor is used and a rectification property is favorable is provided. In a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor in which the hydrogen concentration is less than or equal to 5×1019/cm3, the work function φms of a source electrode in contact with the oxide semiconductor, the work function φmd of a drain electrode in contact with the oxide semiconductor, and electron affinity χ of the oxide semiconductor satisfy φms≦χ<φmd. By electrically connecting a gate electrode and the drain electrode of the thin film transistor, a non-linear element with a more favorable rectification property can be achieved. |
| US08791454B2 |
Organic light emitting diode device and method of manufacturing the same
An organic light emitting diode device and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The organic light emitting diode device including a substrate, stacks disposed between a first electrode and a second electrode on the substrate, wherein the stacks including a first stack having a first blue layer and a second stack disposed on the first stack and having a second blue layer, and a first emission layer is formed at a partial region of the first stack, and a second emission layer is formed at a partial region of the second stack. |
| US08791453B2 |
Thin-film semiconductor device for display apparatus, method for manufacturing thin-film semiconductor device for display apparatus, EL display panel, and EL display apparatus
A thin-film semiconductor device for a display apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a gate electrode above a substrate; a gate insulating film above the gate electrode; a semiconductor layer above the gate electrode; a first electrode above the semiconductor layer; a second electrode in a same layer as the first electrode; an interlayer insulating film covering the first electrode and the second electrode; a gate line above the interlayer insulating film; a first power supply line electrically connected to the second electrode and in a same layer as the second electrode; and a second power supply line in a same layer as the gate line. Furthermore, the gate electrode and the gate line are electrically connected via a first conductive portion, and the first power supply line and the second power supply line are electrically connected via a second conductive portion. |
| US08791449B2 |
Nanostructured silicon for battery anodes
A process is provided for etching a silicon-containing substrate to form nanowire arrays. In this process, one deposits nanoparticles and a metal film onto the substrate in such a way that the metal is present and touches silicon where etching is desired and is blocked from touching silicon or not present elsewhere. One submerges the metallized substrate into an etchant aqueous solution comprising HF and an oxidizing agent. In this way arrays of nanowires with controlled diameter and length are produced. |
| US08791448B2 |
Semiconductor memory devices having strapping contacts
Semiconductor memory devices having strapping contacts are provided, the devices include cell regions and strapping regions between adjacent cell regions in a first direction. Active patterns, extending in the first direction throughout the cell regions and strapping regions, are spaced apart from one another in a second direction intersecting the first direction. First interconnection lines, extending in the first direction throughout the cell regions and strapping regions, are spaced apart from one another in the second direction while overlapping with the active patterns. Second interconnection lines, extending in the second direction, intersect the active patterns and first interconnection lines in the cell regions. The second interconnection lines are spaced apart from one another in the first direction. Memory cells are positioned at intersection portions of the first and second interconnection lines in the cell regions. The active patterns contact the first interconnection lines through strapping contacts in the strapping regions. |
| US08791446B2 |
Semiconductor device
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate and an interconnect region on the substrate. The interconnect region includes a first interconnect having a first contact portion whose plane shape is a ring-like plane shape, a second interconnect disposed below the first interconnect, and a contact electrode passing through the ling-like portion of the first contact portion and electrically connecting the first interconnect and the second interconnect. |
| US08791441B1 |
Ultraviolet radiation system
The present invention provides an ultraviolet radiation system which generates UVC radiation with maximal radiation output and little or no degradation in radiation output during operation of the lamps. The system provides UVC radiation at a wavelength of 253.7 nm, which is effective to kill or deactivate pathogens on surfaces irradiated by the emitted UVC radiation and is simultaneously effective to decontaminate air which passes uniformly over the entire length of the UVC lamps. Uniformly flowing air cools the lamps to maximize the conversion efficiency of power input to the lamps to UVC radiation from the lamps, and at the same time decontaminates the flowing air such that air in the room is also decontaminated. |
| US08791440B1 |
Target for extreme ultraviolet light source
Techniques for forming a target and for producing extreme ultraviolet light include releasing an initial target material toward a target location, the target material including a material that emits extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light when converted to plasma; directing a first amplified light beam toward the initial target material, the first amplified light beam having an energy sufficient to form a collection of pieces of target material from the initial target material, each of the pieces being smaller than the initial target material and being spatially distributed throughout a hemisphere shaped volume; and directing a second amplified light beam toward the collection of pieces to convert the pieces of target material to plasma that emits EUV light. |
| US08791437B2 |
Device for shaping an electron beam of a machine for intraoperative radiation therapy
The present invention concerns a device for shaping an electron beam of a machine for intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT—Intra Operative Radiation Therapy) using a tubular applicator (3) having a duct through which the electron beam is transmitted, the device being characterised in that it comprises a slab (1), provided with a hole (2) corresponding to the duct of the tubular applicator (3), and at least one planar element (10) comprising an upper plate (11) and a lower plate (12) removably attachable to each other through first mechanical coupling means (13), said at least one planar element (10) being removably attachable to the slab (1) through second mechanical coupling means (13, 14) so that the arrangement of said at least one planar element (10) with respect to the slab (1) is adjustable so as to define an aperture (20) of lower area than that of the section of the duct of the tubular applicator (3), the upper plate (11) of each planar element (10) being made of a first sterilisable biocompatible material with a first atomic number, the lower plate (12) of each planar element (10) being made of a second sterilisable biocompatible material with a second atomic number larger than the first atomic number, whereby the lower plate (12) attenuates X-rays produced by the upper plate (11).The present invention further concerns an automatic method for computing distribution of dose radiated by a IORT machine through such device for shaping an electron beam. |
| US08791436B1 |
Circuit tracing using a focused ion beam
Methods and systems for tracing circuitry on integrated circuits using focused ion beam based imaging techniques. A first component or node on an integrated circuit is coupled to a second component or node on the same integrated circuit. After an external bias is applied to the first component or node, a focused ion beam is applied to the integrated circuit and an image is taken using an electron detector. The features or components on the integrated circuit which are coupled to the second component or node will show up in high contrast on the resulting image. The method may also involve applying a bias to a node or component and then using focused ion beam imaging techniques (through an electron detector) to arrive at an image of the integrated circuit. Components coupled to the node will appear in high contrast in the resulting image. |
| US08791433B2 |
Ion implanting apparatus
An ion implanting apparatus is provided, which can accurately measure a quantity of atoms that are implanted. The ion implanting apparatus according to the present invention has an object to be measured, and the object to be measured is arranged in an irradiating range in which ions are irradiated. When atoms are implanted into an object to be processed by irradiating ions of a processing gas and neutralized particles thereof, the object to be measured is heated through the irradiation with the processing gas ions and the neutralized particles. A control unit determines a quantity of the atoms that are implanted into the object to be processed from the temperature of the object to be measured. |
| US08791430B2 |
Scanner for GCIB system
Disclosed are an apparatus, system, and method for scanning a substrate or other workpiece through a gas-cluster ion beam (GCIB), or any other type of ion beam. The workpiece scanning apparatus is configured to receive and hold a substrate for irradiation by the GCIB and to scan it through the GCIB in two directions using two movements: a reciprocating fast-scan movement, and a slow-scan movement. The slow-scan movement is actuated using a servo motor and a belt drive system, the belt drive system being configured to reduce the failure rate of the workpiece scanning apparatus. |
| US08791428B2 |
Authentication systems for discriminating value documents based on variable luminescence and magnetic properties
A value document authentication system comprising a value document substrate having a luminescent compound disposed on or in at least a portion of the value document substrate, wherein the luminescent compound (i) comprises a host lattice having at least one metallic ion with magnetic properties and is doped with at least one rare earth ion capable of emitting infrared radiation with at least one distinct infrared wavelength when excited with an exciting light source having sufficient energy to excite emission from the luminescent compound and (ii) has a pre-determined ratio of metallic ions to rare earth ions such that the ratio corresponds to a parameter of a pre-selected decision criteria, both of which properties are measured at the same location on the value document and used to authenticate the value document. |
| US08791423B2 |
Aberration correction device and charged particle beam device employing same
An aberration correction device includes, between a TEM objective lens and an STEM objective lens, a transfer lens group for transferring a coma-free surface of the TEM objective lens to a multipolar lens, a transfer lens group for transferring the coma-free surface of the TEM objective lens to a multipolar lens, and a transfer lens for correcting fifth-order spherical aberration of the STEM objective lens. |
| US08791422B2 |
Charged particle beam writing apparatus and charged particle beam writing method
Provided is a charged particle beam writing apparatus including a stage which a sample can be mounted thereon, an irradiation unit which emits a charged particle beam to be irradiated on the sample, and an aperture plate which includes a first opening portion to shape the charged particle beam. The aperture plate has a stacked structure of a first member and a second member, and a position of an end portion of the first opening portion in the second member is recessed from the position of the end portion of the first opening portion in the first member. |
| US08791420B2 |
Radiation imaging device
An electronic cassette has a top plate, an anisotropic heat transfer plate, a detection panel, and a scintillator disposed in this order from an X-ray irradiation side. The scintillator converts X-rays transmitted through the top plate, the anisotropic heat transfer plate, and the detection panel into visible light. The detection panel performs photoelectric conversion of the visible light. The anisotropic heat transfer plate is composed of a lamination of first prepregs in which all carbon fibers are oriented in a heat flow direction. The top plate is composed of an alternate lamination of the first prepregs and second prepregs that have carbon fibers oriented in a signal line direction. Body heat of a patient is transferred to the top plate, and is transferred in the heat flow direction in the anisotropic heat transfer plate, and then is released from a housing through heat absorbing members. |
| US08791415B2 |
Electron microscope device
The present invention provides an electron microscope device, comprising a scanning electron microscope 2 provided with scanning means 10 for scanning an electron beam and an electron detector 12 for detecting an electron 11 issued from a specimen 8 where the electron beam is projected for scanning, wherein a scanning electron image is acquired based on a detection result from the electron detector, wherein the electron detector comprises a fluorescent substance layer for performing photoelectric conversion, a wavelength filter giving restriction so that all or almost all of wavelength ranges of fluorescent lights from the fluorescent substance layer can be transmitted, and a wavelength detecting element for receiving the fluorescent light transmitted through the wavelength filter and for performing photoelectric conversion. |
| US08791414B2 |
Dynamic focus adjustment with optical height detection apparatus in electron beam system
The present invention generally relates to dynamic focus adjustment for an image system. With the assistance of a height detection sub-system, present invention provides an apparatus and methods for micro adjusting an image focusing according the specimen surface height variation by altering the field strength of an electrostatic lens between objective lens and sample stage/or a bias voltage applied to the sample surface. Merely by way of example, the invention has been applied to a scanning electron inspection system. But it would be recognized that the invention could apply to other system using charged particle beam as observation tool with a height detection apparatus. |
| US08791410B2 |
Mass spectrometry system with molecular dissociation and associated method
A mass spectrometry system based on the general principle of accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) is disclosed. An ion source (10) generates a beam (B) of ions having a negative charge state. A first mass analyzer (20) transmits only ions having a predetermined mass. The ions are passed through a stripper target (80) comprising helium and/or hydrogen as a stripping gas to change the charge state of said ions from negative to positive charge and to dissociate molecular ions by collisions. A second mass analyzer (110, 130) transmits ions in charge state 1+ having the predetermined mass, which are detected by a detector (140). By using helium and/or hydrogen gas and detecting ions in charge state 1+, it becomes possible to use kinetic energies below 200 keV without excessive transmission losses due to angular straggling. At sufficiently low energies, no additional acceleration is required after ions have been extracted from the ion source. In alternative embodiments, no mass selection is carried out before charge exchange takes place. |
| US08791407B2 |
Gamma-gamma density measurement system for high-pressure, high-temperature measurements
A downhole gamma ray density measurement system is described. The gamma ray density measurement system includes a pressure housing and a gamma ray source within the pressure housing. One or more detectors within the pressure housing detect gamma radiation. One or more low-attenuation inserts may be located in the pressure housing near the gamma ray source and/or one or more of the detectors. One or more high-attenuation inserts may be located in the pressure housing near the gamma ray source and/or one or more of the detectors. |
| US08791406B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining a fluid density
The invention provides an apparatus and method for measuring a property of a gas, such as the amount of liquid in a stream of the gas. The apparatus comprises a source of beta particles (20), a detector (23) capable of detecting beta particles, means (18) to support said source and said detector spaced apart from each other such that gas may enter the space between the source and detector and that the source is positioned to emit beta particles towards said detector; wherein said detector comprises a scintillation material in optical communication with a photodetector (26), and means (24) to physically isolate said photodetector from said gas. |
| US08791400B2 |
Storing data in dummy pixels in an image sensor
An image sensor includes a dummy pixel array with at least one dummy pixel, a pixel array with a plurality of main pixels, and a data processing unit configured to process a signal provided from the main pixels. The dummy pixel includes: a first switch having a first terminal receiving a first voltage and a second terminal coupled to a floating node; a second switch having a first terminal receiving a second voltage; a third switch coupled between a second terminal of the second switch and the floating node; and a driving element configured to drive a first terminal thereof according to a voltage level applied to the floating node. |
| US08791399B2 |
Induction heating cooker, induction heating cooking method, induction heating cooking program, resonance sound detection device, resonance sound detection method, and resonance sound detection program
An object of the invention is to accurately detect a state of an object to be heated in a cooking vessel and effectively avoid cooking failure. An induction heating section (13) inductively heats a cooking vessel (11). A vibration detecting section (14) detects a vibration of the cooking vessel (11) via a top plate (12). A vibration waveform extracting section (15) extracts a vibration waveform of a frequency component having a frequency equal to a predetermined multiplication product of an induction heating frequency, from a waveform of the vibration detected by the vibration detecting section (14). A determining section (16) determines a state of an object to be heated, based on the vibration waveform extracted by the vibration waveform extracting section (15). |
| US08791397B2 |
Induction heating device for fuel cell system
The present invention provides an induction heating device for a fuel cell system, which can rapidly heat coolant during cold start-up, control the power consumption depending on the voltage of a fuel cell stack, and ensure the insulation resistance by separating a heating unit, which is in contact with the coolant, from the outside. That is, the present invention provides an induction heating device for a fuel cell system, in which an insulating housing is provided in a coolant circulation line, a heater for heating coolant is provided in the housing, and a high frequency controller for controlling the power consumption of the heater is provided at the outside of the housing such that the coolant can be rapidly heated during cold start-up, precisely control the power consumption depending of the voltage of a fuel cell stack, and improve the insulation performance by separating the heater as a heating unit, which is in contact with the coolant, and the high frequency controller and a coil as a power unit with respect to the insulating housing. |
| US08791389B2 |
Electric arc welding wire
An electric arc welding wire having an outer cylindrical surface and an electrically conductive layer on the surface wherein the layer comprises an alloy of copper with the copper content being about 60% to about 90% by weight of said alloy. Furthermore, the layer can be made thin with a thickness of less than about 0.50 microns while using essentially pure copper. |
| US08791386B2 |
Method for cutting materials using a laser beam
This invention relates to a method for cutting materials using a laser beam, which emerges from a cutting head comprising a cutting nozzle with an inner edge, and is absorbed by the cutting front. The axis of the laser beam is displaced in relation to a workpiece along a cutting line with a fixed orientation in the cutting direction of said workpiece. In this method the position (p) of the cutting head is modulated with regard to its time averaged value, or the laser power and gas pressure in the cutting head are modulated. |
| US08791385B2 |
High speed laser scribing method of fragile material
In a method for scribing fragile material, a laser beam is irradiated onto a work plate of the fragile material. The work plate is heated by absorption of the irradiated laser beam and generating thermal stress by the heating. The laser beam is formed by a plurality of laser beam groups arranged along a beam scanning direction on a same line, and the plurality of laser beam groups are divided into two groups. One takes charge of initial heating and rising up temperature of the work plate, and another takes charge of temperature holding of the work plate. The laser beam intensity corresponding to each of the laser beam groups is adjusted so as to obtain optimum values.By the method, it is possible to remarkably increase scribing speed of the work plate of the fragile materials without increasing heating temperature. |
| US08791374B1 |
Snap-in electrical connector
A connector assembly including a connector body with a spring clip including a first free end for engaging a side wall of an electrical box upon installation. During insertion of the connector body the first free end engages the knock-out hole perimeter and deforms so as to permit further insertion. Once the connector body is fully inserted, the spring clip cooperates with a lug on the connector body to hold the connector assembly onto the electrical box. Clamp mechanisms are provided to securing the connector assembly to a cable end. |
| US08791369B2 |
Electronic component
An electronic component that can be mounted with good balance includes a substrate, a plurality of first terminals located on a peripheral portion of one main surface of the substrate, a ground electrode located in a center of the one main surface of the substrate and including openings, and at least two second terminals located on the one main surface of the substrate and within the openings of the ground electrode and that are electrically isolated from the ground electrode. The second terminals are arranged at positions that are point symmetrical about a center of the ground electrode. |
| US08791367B2 |
Network cabinet fitting system
A fitting system for sealing an opening in a top cap of a network cabinet includes a grommet and at least one of a fitting assembly and a cover. The grommet is secured to the opening in the top cap of the network cabinet. The fitting assembly and the cover are secured to the grommet and may include at least one finger lift. A sleeve or a tube may be secured to the fitting assembly. |
| US08791357B2 |
Micro-gap thermal photovoltaic large scale sub-micron gap method and apparatus
The present invention relates to micron-gap thermal photovoltaic (MTPV) technology for the solid-state conversion of heat to electricity. The problem is forming and then maintaining the close spacing between two bodies at a sub-micron gap in order to maintain enhanced performance. While it is possible to obtain the sub-micron gap spacing, the thermal effects on the hot and cold surfaces induce cupping, warping, or deformation of the elements resulting in variations in gap spacing thereby resulting in uncontrollable variances in the power output. A major aspect of the design is to allow for intimate contact of the emitter chips to the shell inside surface, so that there is good heat transfer. The photovoltaic cells are pushed outward against the emitter chips in order to press them against the inner wall. A high temperature thermal interface material improves the heat transfer between the shell inner surface and the emitter chip. |
| US08791351B2 |
Magnetic flux concentrator for increasing the efficiency of an electromagnetic pickup
An electromagnetic pickup adapted to be secured to a stringed musical instrument, such as a guitar or bass or the like, of the type having a plurality of magnetic strings of ferromagnetic composition such as steel tensioned to provide musical notes under mechanical stimulation such as picking is disclosed. The electromagnetic pickup comprises at least one magnetized core having a length and a width. An electrically conductive material is wound into at least one coil around the magnetized core, and a ferromagnetic material such as iron, nickel, cobalt or alloys thereof is positioned on at least one side of the length and internally of at least a portion of the electrically conductive material. The electromagnetic pickup is mounted proximate the strings in such a manner that magnetic field of the pickup extends to the strings for the purpose of generating an output electrical signal analogous to the musical notes. |
| US08791348B2 |
Adjustment assembly for snare wires
An adjustment assembly for snare wires includes an adjustment unit and a pressing unit respectively located on two opposite positions of the shell of a snare drum. The adjustment unit has a body with a slide slot. A shifting member is slidably connected to the body and driven by a driving member connected to the body. The shifting member has a wire carrier which is adjusted by rotating an adjusting bolt. The pressing unit includes another wire carrier which is controlled by another adjusting bolt. By adjustment of the two adjustment bolts, the tension of the snare wires can be adjusted. |
| US08791346B2 |
Variety corn line NPID3649
The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated NPID3649, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line NPID3649 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line NPID3649, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line NPID3649, and plants produced according to these methods. |
| US08791342B1 |
Soybean cultivar 21202
Disclosed is the seed of a novel soybean cultivar, designated 21202, a sample of which is deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-120877. Also disclosed are plants, or parts thereof, grown from the seed of the cultivar, plants having the morphological and physiological characteristics of the 21202 cultivar, and methods of using the plant or parts thereof in a soybean breeding program. |
| US08791340B1 |
Soybean cultivar 76983
Disclosed is the seed of a novel soybean cultivar, designated 76983, a sample of which is deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-120858. Also disclosed are plants, or parts thereof, grown from the seed of the cultivar, plants having the morphological and physiological characteristics of the 76983 cultivar, and methods of using the plant or parts thereof in a soybean breeding program. |
| US08791335B2 |
Soybean cultivar WN0913535
The present invention is in the field of soybean variety WN0913535 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety WN0913535 and it progeny, and methods of making WN0913535. |
| US08791334B2 |
Soybean variety XB26W12
A novel soybean variety, designated XB26W12 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB26W12, cells from soybean variety XB26W12, plants of soybean XB26W12, and plant parts of soybean variety XB26W12. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB26W12 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB26W12, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB26W12, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB26W12. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB26W12 are further provided. |
| US08791332B2 |
Lettuce variety carini (LS9499)
A lettuce cultivar, designated Carini, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of lettuce cultivar Carini, to the plants of lettuce cultivar Carini and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the cultivar Carini with itself or another lettuce cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic lettuce plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to lettuce cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar Carini, to methods for producing other lettuce cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar Carini and to the lettuce plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid lettuce seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar Carini with another lettuce cultivar. |
| US08791331B2 |
Spinach hybrid RX 06692157
The invention provides seed and plants of spinach hybrid RX 06692157 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of spinach hybrid RX 06692157 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a spinach plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another spinach plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the leaf and gametes of such plants. |
| US08791325B2 |
Chloroplast transit peptides for efficient targeting of DMO and uses thereof
The invention provides for identification and use of certain chloroplast transit peptides for efficient processing and localization of dicamba monooxygenase (DMO) enzyme in transgenic plants. Methods for producing dicamba tolerant plants, methods for controlling weed growth, and methods for producing food, feed, and other products are also provided, as well as seed that confers tolerance to dicamba when it is applied pre- or post-emergence. |
| US08791322B2 |
Absorbent sheets
A fluid absorption device is provided. The device having a plurality of absorbent sheets. The absorbent sheets formed in a stack and removably attached to each other by an adhesive. The sheets are designed to be removed from each other one at a time for use in the absorption of fluids. |
| US08791321B2 |
Disposable absorbent lift device
The present invention relates to a disposable absorbent pad comprising multiple layers. In particular, the absorbent pad of the present invention maintains skin dryness by absorbing moisture while preventing leakage to the skin or the bed linens, allowing air circulation at the surface of the patient's skin to prevent heat buildup, and is strong enough to allow the patient to be repositioned, even when the pad is wet. In a particular embodiment the first layer is comprised of a fluid-permeable, porous material, the second layer is disposed under the first layer and is comprised of at least one super absorbent material, and a base layer disposed under the second layer. |
| US08791314B2 |
Additive for reducing coking and/or carbon monoxide in cracking reactors and heat exhangers and use of same
The present invention concerns an additive for reducing the formation of coke and/or carbon monoxide in thermal hydrocarbon cracking units and/or of other organic compounds in heat exchangers. The additive according to the invention is essentially composed of diethyl disulphide (DEDS) or dipropyl disulphide(s) (DPDS) or dibutyl disulphide(s) (DBDS) and can be used on the metal walls of a cracking reactor and on the metal walls of a heat exchanger placed downstream from the cracking reactor, and during the process of cracking hydrocarbons and/or other organic compounds. |
| US08791313B2 |
Process for isomerizing an aromatic C8 cut
The invention concerns a process for the isomerization of aromatic compounds containing 8 carbon atoms per molecule in the presence of a catalyst comprising at least one zeolite with structure type EUO, wherein said process is operated in the presence of water in the feed at the end of a catalyst activation period. |
| US08791308B2 |
Process for the hydroxylation of phenols and of phenol ethers
A process for the hydroxylation of phenols and of phenol ethers by hydrogen peroxide is described. More particularly a process for the hydroxylation of phenol by hydrogen peroxide is described. The described process can include hydroxylation of a phenol or of a phenol ether having at least one hydrogen atom at the ortho and para position of the hydroxyl group or of the ether group, by reaction of said phenol or phenol ether, with hydrogen peroxide, in the presence of an acid catalyst, wherein the reaction is carried out in the presence of an effective amount of a catalyst which is a mixture of at least two strong acids and wherein one of the acids is chosen from strong protonic acids and the other acid is chosen from superacids. |
| US08791307B2 |
Process for producing α, β-unsaturated ether
A process of producing α,β-unsaturated ethers includes pyrolyzing an acetal represented by Formula (2) below in a gas phase in the presence of a catalyst and a compound having at least one hydrogen atom capable of hydrogen bonding to produce an α,β-unsaturated ether represented by Formula (3) below: R1R2CH—CR3(OR4)2 (2) R1R2C═C—R3(OR4) (3) In Formulae (2) and (3), R1, R2 and R3 are each independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group or an aryl group; R4 is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group or an aryl group; the plurality of R4 in Formula (2) may be the same or different from each other. |
| US08791303B2 |
Herbicides
Compounds of formula (I) are suitable for use as herbicides: wherein R is methyl, ethyl, vinyl, ethynyl or cyclopropyl, R1 is hydrogen, C1-C6alkyl, C1-C6haloalkyl, C3-C7cycloalkyl, C1-C6alkoxy, C1-C6haloalkoxy, vinyl, propenyl, ethynyl, propynyl, halogen, or optionally substituted phenyl, R2 is methyl, ethyl, vinyl, ethynyl or methoxy, R3 and R4 are hydrogen or together form a double bond, A is C3-C7cycloalkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted once or twice by C1-C6alkyl, C1-C6haloalkyl, C1-C6alkoxy, C1-C6alkylcarbonyloxy, C2-C6alkenyl, ═O or ═N—R10, or A is cyclohexyl substituted once, at the 4-position, by one (C3-C6cycloalkyl)methoxy, C3-C6cycloalkyloxy, C2-C5alkenyl-CH2-oxy, or benzyloxy substituent, or A is decahydro-1-naphthyl or decahydro-2-naphthyl, or A is optionally substituted phenyl, and G is hydrogen or an agriculturally acceptable metal, sulfonium, ammonium or a latentiating group. |
| US08791300B2 |
Process for preparing a substituted dimethyl-(3-arylbutyl)amine compound by homogeneous catalysis
Compounds of the formula II can be hydrogenated to the corresponding butane derivatives in the presence of homogeneous cataslysts composed of metal salts or complexes containing metals selected from the group consisting of Rh, Ir, and Ru and preferably containing diphosphine ligands, with, in addition, excellent optical yields being achieved when one of R2 and R3 is not a hydrogen atom and the diphosphine ligand is chiral. |
| US08791292B2 |
Dimethyl disulphide derived at least partially from renewable materials
One subject of the invention is a dimethyl disulphide in which the content of biocarbon is at least 1%. Another subject of the invention is processes for preparing this dimethyl disulphide. Yet another subject of the invention is the use of such a dimethyl disulphide for the manufacture of methanesulphonic acid. |
| US08791288B2 |
Acid-labile ester monomer having spirocyclic structure, polymer, resist composition, and patterning process
An acid-labile ester monomer of spirocyclic structure has formula (1) wherein Z is a monovalent group having a polymerizable double bond, X is a divalent group which forms a cyclopentane, cyclohexane or norbornane ring, R2 is H or monovalent hydrocarbon, R3 and R4 are H or monovalent hydrocarbon, or R3 and R4, taken together, stand for a divalent group which forms a cyclopentane or cyclohexane ring, and n is 1 or 2. A polymer obtained from the acid-labile ester monomer has so high reactivity in acid-catalyzed elimination reaction that the polymer may be used to formulate a resist composition having high resolution. |
| US08791285B2 |
Activatable nanoprobes for intracellular drug delivery
An activatable nanoprobe is provided having a core component and an active agent associated with the core component via a bond configured to be cleaved upon exposure to an endogenous compound. |
| US08791284B2 |
Organometallic compound and production method thereof
It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel organometallic compound functioning usefully as a chain transfer agent and the like in polymerization reaction of a double-bond containing compound. The present invention provides an organometallic compound represented by the following general formula (1) and a production method thereof. (in the general formula (1), M is a magnesium atom, a zinc atom, an Al—R11 group, or a Ga—R11 group; R1 and R10 are each independently a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or R1 and R10 may be united with each other to form a divalent connecting group (R101) having 4 or more carbon atoms and thus form a ring; R2 to R9 are each independently a hydrogen atom, or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; Q1 and Q3 are each independently a divalent hydrocarbon group; Q2 is a divalent connecting group containing a linkage by a heteroatom excluding carbon; h, j, k, m, and p are each independently 0 or 1; n is an integer of 0 to 10; and r is an integer of 0 to 1000. |
| US08791283B1 |
Process for fractionating refined triglyceride oil
The present invention relates to a process for fractioning refined triglyceride oil. The process according to the present invention attains a reproducible crystallization by introducing a controlled temperature profile and ensuing crystal development that reduce the amount of entrapped olein inside the crystals or crystal aggregates. The process of the present invention may be used to fractionate refined and or refined, bleached and deodorized vegetable oils especially refined and or refined, bleached and deodorized palm oil. |
| US08791281B2 |
Method for the production of lignoceric acid
The invention is related to a process for production of lignoceric acid from mixtures of long-chain aliphatic alcohols that contain lignoceric alcohol, wherein the process consists in oxidizing the mixture in a biphasic catalytic system using quaternary ammonium peroxotungstophosphate as a catalyst and hydrogen peroxide as an oxidant, followed by several physical or chemical unitary steps to separate and purify the lignoceric acid. |
| US08791276B2 |
Process for the preparation and isolation of 2-substituted tetrahydropyranols
Process for the preparation of 2-substituted 4-hydroxy-4-methyltetrahydropyrans of the formula (I) where the radical R1 is a straight-chain or branched alkyl or alkenyl radical having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an optionally alkyl-substituted cycloalkyl radical having in total 3 to 12 carbon atoms or an optionally alkyl- and/or alkoxy-substituted aryl radical having in total 6 to 12 carbon atoms, comprising the reaction of 3-methylbut-3-en-1-ol of the formula (II) with an aldehyde of the formula (III) R1—CHO (III), where the radical R1 has the same meaning as in formula (I) and where the reaction is carried out in the presence of water and in the presence of a strongly acidic cation exchanger, and then the isolation and/or the distillative separation is carried out in a dividing wall column or in an interconnection of (at least) two distillation columns in the form of a thermal coupling and one or more side take-off points at an absolute operating pressure of up to 500 mbar. |
| US08791275B2 |
Methods and systems for treating cell proliferation disorders with psoralen derivatives
Psoralen compounds of Formula (I): wherein (N+ Aryl) is a member selected from the group consisting of nitrogen containing aromatic heterocycles of formulae (i)-(iii): wherein Z is a group of formula: wherein R is C1-C30 hydrocarbyl, which may be linear, branched or cyclic and contains from 1 to 15 carbon-carbon double bonds, which may be conjugated or unconjugated with one another or may include an aryl ring, and may contain one or more substituents; R1 is hydrogen, aryl, heteroaryl, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkene-aryl, alkene-heteroaryl, alkene-heterocyclyl, alkene-cycloalkyl, fused cycloalkylaryl, fused cycloalkylheteroaryl, fused heterocyclylaryl, fused heterocyclyheteroaryl, alkylene-fused cycloalkylaryl, alkylene-fused cycloalkylheteroaryl, alkylene-fused heterocyclylaryl, alkylene-fused heterocyclyheteroaryl; n is an integer from 1 to 8 and X is a pharmaceutically acceptable counter ion; and their use in methods for the treatment of a cell proliferation disorder in a subject, pharmaceutical compositions containing the psoralen derivatives, a kit for performing the method, and a method for causing an autovaccine effect in a subject using the method. |
| US08791274B2 |
Coordination complexes and process of producing polycarbonate by copolymerization of carbon dioxide and epoxide using the same as catalyst
Provided are a complex prepared from ammonium salt-containing ligands and having such an equilibrium structural formula that the metal center takes a negative charge of 2 or higher, and a method for preparing polycarbonate via copolymerization of an epoxide compound and carbon dioxide using the complex as a catalyst. When the complex is used as a catalyst for copolymerizing an epoxide compound and carbon dioxide, it shows high activity and high selectivity and provides high-molecular weight polycarbonate, and thus easily applicable to commercial processes. In addition, after forming polycarbonate via carbon dioxide/epoxide copolymerization using the complex as a catalyst, the catalyst may be separately recovered from the copolymer. |
| US08791273B2 |
4R,5S-enantiomer of 2-(5-methyl-2-oxo-4-phenyl-pyrrolidin-1-yl)-acetamide with nootropic activity
The invention relates to the 5S,4R-enantiomer of 2-(5-methyl-2-oxo-4-phenyl-pyrrolidin-1-yl)-acetamide with cognition enhancing activity of high pharmacological value and to its preparation method which includes the synthesis of 5S-methyl-4R-phenylpyrrolidin-2-one, its N-alkylation with ethyl haloacetate and the treatment of intermediate ethyl 2-(5S-methyl-2-oxo-4R-phenyl-pyrrolidin-1-yl)-acetate with ammonia. |
| US08791272B2 |
Pyrazole compounds as CRTH2 antagonists
The present invention relates to pyrazole compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof having CRTH2-activity, wherein W, L1, L2, X, L3, Y, R1 and R2 are as defined in the specification and claims, to their use as medicaments and to pharmaceutical formulations, containing said compounds or containing a combination of said compounds with one or more active substances. |
| US08791270B2 |
Bendamustine pharmaceutical compositions
The present invention provides pharmaceutical formulations of lyophilized bendamustine suitable for pharmaceutical use. The present invention further provides methods of producing lyophilized bendamustine. The pharmaceutical formulations can be used for any disease that is sensitive to treatment with bendamustine, such as neoplastic diseases. |
| US08791265B2 |
Sulfonamido derivatives of 3,4-diarylpyrazoles as protein kinase inhibitors
Compounds which are sulfonamido 3,4-diarylpyrazole derivatives, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, their preparation process and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are disclosed; these compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases caused by and/or associated with an altered protein kinase activity such as cancer, viral infection, prevention of AIDS development in HIV-infected individuals, cell proliferative disorders, autoimmune and neurodegenerative disorders; also disclosed is their use as prodrugs. |
| US08791262B2 |
Asymmetric friedel-crafts alkylations catalyzed by bifunctional cinchona alkaloids
In certain embodiments, the present invention relates to methods for asymmetric Friedel-Crafts alkylation catalyzed by bifunctional cinchona alkaloids. In certain embodiments, the catalyst is a 6′-OH cinchona alkaloid. In certain embodiments, the electrophile is an α-ketoester or aldehyde. In certain embodiments, the nucleophile is an aromatic heterocycle. In certain embodiments, the nucleophile is an aromatic N-containing heterocycle. In certain embodiments, the nucleophile is an indole. In certain embodiments, the methods of the invention are relatively insensitive to concentration, temperature, air and moisture. |
| US08791261B2 |
Polyhedraltransition metal complex, transition metal complex containing ultrafine particles therein, and process for producing same
Provided is a polyhedral transition metal complex including a hollow shell, the hollow shell including n1 (where n1 is an integer from 6 to 60) transition metal atoms and 2(n1) bidentate organic ligands, the bidentate organic ligands including a group derived from a polyhydroxy compound via a linking group, and formed so that the group derived from the polyhydroxy compound is oriented toward an inner space of the hollow shell. Also provided are: an ultrafine particle-containing transition metal complex including the polyhedral transition metal complex, and ultrafine particles of a metal oxide, the ultrafine particles being included within the hollow shell of the polyhedral transition metal complex; a method of producing the same. The invention thus provides a polyhedral transition metal complex that makes it possible to efficiently produce metal oxide particles having a uniform particle size of several nanometers, an ultrafine particle-containing polyhedral transition metal complex in which metal oxide particles are included within a polyhedral structure and the method of producing the same. |
| US08791253B2 |
Rebaudioside A composition and method for purifying rebaudioside A
Exemplary embodiments of this invention encompass a method for purifying crude rebaudioside A. In particular, this invention relates to a method for purifying crude rebaudioside A compositions comprising purities from approximately 40% to approximately 95% rebaudioside A to obtain a substantially pure rebaudioside A product with a single crystallization step. Resulting polymorph and amorphous forms of rebaudioside A and methods for preparing polymorph and amorphous forms of rebaudioside A from crude rebaudioside A compositions and substantially pure rebaudioside A compositions also are disclosed. |
| US08791252B2 |
Therapy-enhancing glucan
This invention provides a composition comprising an effective amount of glucan capable of enhancing efficacy of antibodies. This invention further provides the above compositions and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. This invention also provides a method for treating a subject with cancer comprising administrating the above-described composition to the subject. This invention provides a composition comprising effective amount of glucan capable of enhancing efficacy of vaccines. This invention also provides a method of treating a subject comprising administrating the above pharmaceutical composition to the subject. This invention provides a composition comprising effective amount of glucan capable of enhancing efficacy of natural antibodies. This invention provides a composition comprising effective amount of glucan capable of enhancing host immunity. This invention also provides a composition comprising effective amount of glucan capable of enhancing the action of an agent in preventing tissue rejection. |
| US08791251B2 |
Non-ionic acid-labile surfactants and methods of use
A compound may generally comprise the formula: wherein R1 is independently selected from C2-C10 alkyl or substituted alkyl, R2 is independently selected from the group consisting of —H and C1-C6 alkyl or substituted alkyl, X is selected from the group consisting of —NH— and —O—, Y is a carbohydrate, and m is an integer from 1 to 8. The compound may comprise a non-ionic acid labile surfactant. The compound may be used to facilitate solubilization of proteins and other molecules in an aqueous environment. |
| US08791250B2 |
Compositions and methods for inhibiting expression of the HAMP gene
The invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) for inhibiting the expression of the HAMP gene (HAMP gene), comprising an antisense strand having a nucleotide sequence which is less that 30 nucleotides in length, generally 19-25 nucleotides in length, and which is substantially complementary to at least a part of the HAMP gene. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the dsRNA together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier; methods for treating diseases caused by HAMP gene expression and the expression of the HAMP gene using the pharmaceutical composition. |
| US08791249B2 |
Nucleic acid encoding humanized c-kit antibody
This invention relates to compositions and methods for treating c-Kit associated disorders such as fibrosis, and more particularly, to compositions containing humanized c-Kit antibodies. |
| US08791247B2 |
Recombinant expression vector system for variants of coagulation factor VIII and von willebrand factor
Disclosed is an expression vector system for variants of coagulation factor VIII (FVIII) and von Willebrand factor (vWF). In detail, mutant vWF the size of which is significantly reduced by deleting exons but which has remarkably increased FVIII stabilizing and activating efficiency, and an expression vector system useful for the treatment of hemophilia which is capable of expressing the same along with FVIII are disclosed. Use of the mutant vWF with a reduced size enables effective expression of FVIII in a viral vector and significantly enhanced FVIII activity. Further, the viral vector may be effectively used to treat hemophilia through gene therapy. |
| US08791246B2 |
Enzymatic substrates for multiple detection systems
An inventive substrate is provided which includes a substrate compound of formula A-B1-B2-B3-B4: wherein A is a sugar moiety; B1 is a linker moiety allowing the conjugation of moiety A and the remaining structure of the substrate; B2 is a linker moiety with a free reactive amino group so as to be available for reaction with carboxylic acids or detectable tags; B3 contains a permanently charged element such as a quaternary ammonium group so as to increase sensitivity for mass spectrometry analysis; and B4 of various carbon length conferring specificity amongst individual substrates in detection methods. Also provided is a molecule of the formula B1-B2-B3-B4, with similar structural characteristics to an enzymatic product produced by the action of a target enzyme on an inventive substrate. Further provided are methods for using inventive substrates for detecting enzymatic activity. |
| US08791243B2 |
Treatment and prophylaxis of amyloidosis
Methods useful for effecting prophylaxis or treatment of amyloidosis, including AA Amyloidosis and AL amyloidosis, by administering peptides comprising neoepitopes, such as AA fragments from a C-terminal region of AA, and antibodies specific for neoepitopes of aggregated amyloid proteins, for example, antibodies specific for the C-terminal region of AA fibrils. Antibodies for inhibition of formation and/or increasing clearance of amyloid deposits in a patient thus effecting prophylaxis or treating amyloid disease. |
| US08791242B2 |
Canine thymic stromal lymphopoietin protein and uses thereof to treat allergic symptoms
The present invention discloses a canine TSLP protein and a nucleic acid that encodes that protein. Peptide fragments of the protein that comprise specific epitopes of the canine TSLP protein are also disclosed. The canine TSLP protein and related peptide fragments may be used as an antigen for immunological assays, as well as for vaccines that induce anti-TSLP antibodies. The present invention further discloses methods of making and using the canine TSLP gene, the canine TSLP protein, and the related peptide fragments. |
| US08791238B2 |
Artificial binding proteins based on ubiquitin
The invention relates to modified proteins of the superfamily of “ubiquitin-like proteins”, proteins that have a ubiquitin-like fold and fragments or fusion proteins thereof. As a result of said modification, the proteins have a binding affinity with respect to a predetermined binding partner that did not exist previously. The invention also relates to a method for the production and utilization of said proteins. |
| US08791235B2 |
Selective caspase inhibitors and uses thereof
The present invention relates to compounds of Formula I, IA, II, HA, III, or IHA and their pharmaceutical uses. Particular aspects of the invention relate to the use of those compounds for the selective inhibition of one or more caspases. Also described are methods where the compounds of Formula I, IA, II, IIA, III, or IIIA are used in the prevention and/or treatment of various diseases and conditions in subjects, including caspase-mediated diseases such as sepsis, myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, spinal cord injury (SCI), traumatic brain injury (TBI) and neurodegenerative disease (e.g. multiple sclerosis (MS) and Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's diseases). |
| US08791230B2 |
Method for producing particulate water absorbent resin
A method for reducing colored foreign substances in a water absorbent resin by a convenient and simple technique in the production of a water absorbent resin, without requiring any modification of raw materials or high capital investment, is provided. The method for producing a particulate water absorbent resin includes a step of polymerizing an aqueous solution of an unsaturated monomer; and a step of drying a particulate water-containing gel-like cross-linked polymer having a solids concentration of 30% by weight or greater that is obtainable in a gel grain refining step during polymerization or after polymerization, with one or more apparatuses for aerating a water absorbent resin with a high temperature gas stream being installed in the drying step and/or in at least one of the subsequent steps, while in the aerating apparatus, the high temperature gas stream is passed through a filter and then is reused in the same step as the step where the aerating apparatus is installed, or in a different step. |
| US08791229B2 |
Phosphorus-containing compounds and their preparation process and use
A series of novel phosphorus-containing compounds having the following formula is provided: in which: R1-R4, A, Q and m are as defined in the specification. A process for the preparation of the compound of formula (I) is also provided. A polymer of formula (PA), and preparation process and use thereof are further provided. A polymer of formula (PI), and preparation process and use thereof are also provided. |
| US08791227B1 |
Crosslinked aromatic polyimides and methods of making the same
A crosslinked aromatic polyimide having shape memory properties and methods of making the same. The crosslinked aromatic polyimide comprises at least one aromatic diamine, at least one dianhydride monomer, and a tri(oxybenzene-amine) crosslinker. The crosslinked aromatic polyimide polymers and films possess superior shape memory properties at temperatures above 225° C. |
| US08791225B2 |
Titanium-nitride catalyzed polyester
A method for making polyethylene terephthalate resin in which a titanium-nitride polycondensation catalyst is introduced during the initial stages of esterification or transesterification. The titanium-nitride polycondensation catalyst may be added to a mixture containing a terephthalate component and a diol component during the formation of a polyethylene terephthalate precursor. Subsequent polycondensation of the polyethylene terephthalate precursor forms a polyethylene terephthalate polymer. |
| US08791218B2 |
Water/oil repellent composition, method for production thereof, and article
To provide a water/oil repellent composition which can impart water/oil repellency to a surface of an article without having its texture deteriorated, and has excellent durability against washing and stability, a method for producing such a composition, and an article treated with such a water/oil repellent composition. A water/oil repellent composition which comprises a copolymer having polymerized units derived from monomer (a), polymerized units derived from monomer (b) and polymerized units derived from monomer (c). Here, monomer (a) is a compound represented by the formula: (Z—Y)nX; wherein Z is a C1-6 perfluoroalkyl group or the like; Y is a bivalent organic group or a single bond; n is 1 or 2; and X is a polymerizable unsaturated group; monomer (b) is a (meth)acrylate having no Rf group and having a C12-18 alkyl group; and monomer (c) is monomer (c1) having no Rf group and having a blocked isocyanate group or monomer (c2) having no Rf group and having at least two polymerizable unsaturated groups. |
| US08791215B2 |
System and reactor for improved polymer homogeneity
The present invention relates to a process for the polymerization of an olefin monomer. In particular, the present invention relates to a process for the polymerization of an olefin monomer and one or more optional comonomers in presence of a polymerization catalyst and hydrogen, said process being characterized by an improved control of the hydrogen concentration in the polymerization reactor. In addition, the present invention provides for an improved hydrogen feeding system to a polymerization reactor. Furthermore, the present invention provides for a polymerization reactor comprising such an improved hydrogen feeding system. |
| US08791212B2 |
Fluorinated block copolyesters
Disclosed are block copolyesters comprising blocks of fluoroether functionalized aromatic polyester and blocks of unmodified aromatic polyester, the block copolyesters having a blockiness index, B, in the range of 0.25 to 1.0. The block copolymers incorporated into blends with unmodified aromatic polyester impart oil and soil resistance to shaped articles prepared from the blends. |
| US08791211B2 |
High refractive polymers, optical elements, and photoelectric device employing the same
High refractive polymers, optical elements, and optical elements employing the same are provided. The polymer includes a repeat unit represented by Formula (I): wherein: R1 is independently an H, C1-8 alkyl group, C1-8 alkoxy group, or halides; R2 is independently an C1-8 alkyl group, C1-8 alkoxy group, or C1-8 alkanol group; n is 0, or 1; Y is R3 and R4 are each independently an H, C1-8 alkyl group, C1-8 alkoxy group, cycloalkyl group, aryl group, heteroaryl group, or heterocycloalkyl group, and two adjacent R3 groups are optionally combined with the carbon atoms which they are attached thereto, to form a cycloalkyl group, aryl group, heteroaryl group, or heterocycloalkyl group; and Z is independently a residual group of polycaprolactone diol, or a residual group of polyethylene glycol. |
| US08791206B2 |
Polypropylene composition and molded article of the same
The present invention relates to a polypropylene composition containing: 100 parts by weight of a blending mixture containing 35 to 45% by weight of a polypropylene copolymer having an ethylene content of 4 to 20% by weight, 7 to 12% by weight of high-density polyethylene, 40 to 50% by weight of an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer rubber, and 5 to 10% by weight of a compatibilizer, and 0.05 to 0.1 parts by weight of a flow adjuster. |
| US08791202B2 |
Phase change ink compositions
A phase change ink composition including (a) an ink vehicle; (b) a dispersing agent; (c) a colorant; and (d) organic fiber shaped nanowhiskers, inorganic fiber shaped nanowhiskers, or a combination of organic and inorganic fiber shaped nanowhiskers, wherein the organic fiber shaped nanowhiskers, the inorganic fiber shaped nanowhiskers, or a combination thereof, are encapsulated or functionalized to enhance compatibility with the ink vehicle; and wherein the colorant and the organic fiber shaped nanowhiskers, the inorganic fiber shaped nanowhiskers, or combination of organic and inorganic fiber shaped nanowhiskers are substantially resistant to aggregation and settling in the ink vehicle. |
| US08791199B2 |
Associative monomer with an oxo alcohol base, an acrylic polymer containing this monomer, use of the said polymer as a thickening agent in an aqueous formulation, formulation obtained
A HASE-type rheology modifier containing an associative monomer which is functionalised by a hydrophobic group of an oxo alcohol base is provided. A method to prepare the HASE rheology modifier and its use in a method to thicken and create a Newtonian rheological profile in an aqueous formulation such as a water based paint is also provided. |
| US08791196B2 |
Adhesive composition for labels
Provided is an adhesive composition for labels, which can be easily applied at a relatively low temperature and has satisfactory die cutting properties so that the adhesive composition can contribute to an improvement of the productivity of labels, and which is capable of producing labels having excellent holding power and tackiness. There is disclosed an adhesive composition for labels comprising: a block copolymer A represented by the following general formula (A); a polymer C, which is a polymer having a glass transition temperature of −30° C. or lower, or a block copolymer that has a polymer block having a glass transition temperature of −30° C. or lower at an end of the polymer chain; and a tackifier resin D. Ar1a-Da-Ar2a (A), in the general formula (A), Ar1a represents an aromatic vinyl polymer block having a weight average molecular weight of 6,000 to 20,000; Ar2a represents an aromatic vinyl polymer block having a weight average molecular weight of 22,000 to 400,000; and Da represents a conjugated diene polymer block having a vinyl bond content of 1 mol % to 20 mol %. |
| US08791193B2 |
Non-black rubber membranes
A roofing membrane comprising an olefinic rubber; and from about 20 to about 250 parts by weight of a silica filler per 100 parts by weight rubber; wherein the silica filler is chemically coupled to the olefinic rubber; and wherein the roofing membrane is non-black. |
| US08791191B2 |
Zinc oxide particles which have been modified with phosphonocarboxylic acid and use of zinc oxide particles
Nanoscale ZnO particles are used in aqueous binder systems for increasing the blocking resistance, for reducing the drying time and/or for increasing the resistance to chemicals, detergents, heat, weathering or biological assault on the dried or cured systems. Described further more are nanoscale zinc oxide particles surface-modified with phosphonocarboxylic acid, and their use. |
| US08791190B2 |
Stabilized aqueous compositions comprising cationic polymers that deliver paint and primer properties in a coating
The present invention provides one component aqueous compositions comprising (i) a cationic stain blocking polymer chosen from (a) 0.01 to 7 wt. % of anion exchange resin copolymer gelular or dual morphology beads that have a weight average particle size of from 0.1 to 20 μm and a low copolymerized crosslinker content of from 0.5 to 2.0 wt. %, (b) from 1 to 30 wt. % a crosslinked cationic addition polymer and (c) mixtures thereof, (ii) one or more emulsion copolymer having a copolymerized residue of at least one phosphorus acid monomer, and (iii) a stabilizer of from 0.1 to 2 wt. % of an inorganic phosphorus containing dispersant, and from 0.2 to 5.0 wt. % of a mixture of a nonionic surfactant and an anionic surfactant, both wt. % s based on the total weight of emulsion copolymer solids. The compositions provide stabilized binders for in a single coat primer plus topcoat coatings and paints. |
| US08791188B2 |
Process for the production of polystyrene in an ionic liquid and novel polymers thereof
The present disclosure relates a polymer composite comprising a polystyrene or a polystyrene derivative comprising styrene or styrene derivative monomer units in which at least about 1% (mole fraction) of a phosphonium ion salt ionic liquid is incorporated into the structure of the polystyrene or polystyrene derivative, and processes for the production thereof. |
| US08791187B2 |
Aluminum/alkyline or alkali/titanium containing polyesters having improved reheat, color and clarity
A polyester composition containing: a) aluminum atoms; and b) alkaline earth atoms or alkali metal atoms or alkali compound residues such as lithium atoms; and c) particles comprising titanium, zirconium, vanadium, niobium, hafnium, tantalum, chromium, tungsten, molybdenum, iron, or nickel atoms or combinations thereof, where the particles improve the reheat rate of the polyester composition. The polyester polymer compositions may also contain phosphorus catalyst deactivators/stabilizers. The polyester compositions and the articles made from the compositions such as bottle preforms and stretch blow molded bottles have improved reheat rate while maintaining low haze, high L*, a b* below 3, and have low levels of acetaldehyde. In the process for making the polyester polymer, the polymer melt is polycondensed in the presence of a) and b), with the particles c) added in a melt phase process or added to the polymer in an injection molding machine or extruder. The polyester polymer composition can be made to high IV from the melt phase while avoiding solid state polymerization. |
| US08791180B2 |
Process for production of a heat-stabilized acrylate polymer
Polyamide-reinforced polyacrylate polymer compositions comprising a continuous polyacrylate polymer phase and a discontinuous polyamide phase are produced by a melt mixing process. When crosslinked with peroxide curatives the polyamide-reinforced polyacrylate polymer compositions exhibit enhanced resistance to heat aging compared to carbon black-reinforced polyacrylate polymer compositions. |
| US08791179B2 |
Laser-transparent polyesters
Thermoplastic molding compositions comprising A) from 29 to 99.7% by weight of a thermoplastic polyester, B) from 0.3 to 3% by weight (based on 100% by weight of A)+B)) of an imide salt of the formula or a mixture of these, where Me is intended to be an alkali metal, C) from 0 to 70% by weight of further additives, where the total of the percentages by weight of A) to C) is 100%. |
| US08791178B2 |
Fiber for fiber cement and resulting product
A fiber-cement product which includes a treated cellulose wood pulp fiber. The fiber is treated with fibrillated carboxymethyl cellulose or a carboxyethyl cellulose and poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride). The fiber can be bleached or partially bleached, refined or unrefined or a mixture of refined and unrefined fiber. |
| US08791176B2 |
Process and apparatus for carrying out multi-phase reactions
The invention is directed to a process and apparatus for carrying out reactions with reaction mixtures comprising different physical phases. In a first aspect, the present invention is directed to a process for carrying out chemical reactions comprising a step wherein a reaction mixture comprising at least two different physical phases, wherein at least one of these phases being liquid, is subjected to the action of Dean vortices, which Dean vortices result from said liquid flowing through a channel having at least two curvatures, wherein the channel comprises for at least a fraction of its total length a smooth inner surface. |
| US08791173B2 |
Ink composition for forming insulating film and insulating film formed from the ink composition
An insulating ink composition for forming an insulating film, which sufficiently achieves a low calcination temperature, solvent resistance and an insulating property, is provided. Furthermore, an ink composition for forming an insulating film which can form, by the printing method, fine insulating film patterns necessary for formation of highly integrated organic transistors is provided. The present invention provides an ink composition which forms an insulating film, and includes an organic solvent, a polyvinylphenol-based resin, an epoxy resin and a cross-linking aid. Particularly, the ink composition is a composition wherein the organic solvent includes an organic solvent which has a vapor pressure of 11.3×102 Pa or higher at 20° C. and a boiling point of lower than 115° C. under atmospheric pressure and an organic solvent which has a vapor pressure of less than 11.3×102 Pa at 20° C. and a boiling point of 115° C. or higher under atmospheric pressure; the ink composition includes a extender component having a volume average particle diameter of 1 to 150 nm and a silicone-based releasing component. |
| US08791172B2 |
Three-component bone cement
A paste is provided from which bone cement can be formed, which is to the largest extent possible bubble-free and has a high impact strength. The paste includes (i) 15-50 weight percent of at least one mono-functional, hydrophobic methacrylic acid ester, (ii) 40-85 weight percent of at least one filler, (iii) 0.01-4 weight percent of at least one radical initiator soluble in the methacrylic acid ester (i) and having at least one peroxide group, (iv) 0.01-4 weight percent of at least one radical initiator soluble in the methacrylic acid ester (i) and having no peroxide groups, (v) 0.000001-3 weight percent of at least one accelerator soluble in the methacrylic acid ester (i) and capable of forming radicals from the radical initiators according to (iii) and (iv), (vi) 0.001-5 weight percent of at least one halide salt, and (vii) 0.2-3 weight percent of at least one cross-linking agent. |
| US08791170B2 |
Photocurable organopolysiloxane composition
Disclosed is a photocurable organopolysiloxane composition including (A) 100 parts by weight of diorganopolysiloxane having at least two silicon atoms having a hydroxyl group and/or hydrolyzable group attached thereto in one molecule; and (B) 0.1 to 30 parts by weight of a complex compound composed of titanium(meth)acrylate-trialkoxide and β-diketone. It will find use as a sealing agent, adhesive, coating material. It is particularly suitable for micro pars and precision molding on account of its good curability and very little cure shrinkage. |
| US08791165B2 |
Synthesis of DME using a fluid pluralized bed reactor
This invention discloses a method for making a dimethylether (DME) product from a synthesis gas (syngas) in the presence of a catalyst in a fluid pluralized bed reactor operating in the gas phase. The reactions generate a significant amount of heat and the heat management is balanced between supplying quench recycle syngas to the pluralized sections along the reactor and also by controlling the preheat temperature of the reactant streams. Gas phase fluidization of the catalyst is controlled so that the pluralized reactive zones are maintained in a backmix configuration. |
| US08791161B2 |
Sulfur derivatives as chemokine receptor modulators
The present invention relates to novel sulfur derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of chemokine receptors. |
| US08791160B2 |
Tranexamic acid formulations
Disclosed are modified release oral tranexamic acid formulations and methods of treatment therewith. |
| US08791159B2 |
Compound capable of binding S1P receptor and pharmaceutical use thereof
A compound having an ability to bind to an SIP receptor and represented by formula (I), a salt thereof, a solvate thereof or a prodrug thereof is useful for prevention and/or treatment of rejection of transplantation, graft-versus-host disease, autoimmune disease, allergic disease and the like: wherein ring A is a cyclic group; ring B is a cyclic group which may have substituent(s); X is a spacer having 1 to 8 atoms in its main chain, etc.; Y is a spacer having 1 to 10 atoms in its main chain, etc.; n is 0 or 1, wherein when n is 0, m is 1 and R1 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and wherein when n is 1, m is 0 or an integer of 1 to 7 and R1 is a substituent, and wherein m is 2 or more, R1s are the same or different. |
| US08791157B2 |
5-substituted benzofurans as inhibitors of cytochrome P450 2D6
Methods of inhibiting cytochrome P450 2D6 enzymes are provided that can be used for improving the treatment of diseases by preventing degradation of drugs or other molecules by cytochrome P450 2D6. Pharmaceutical compositions are provided that can act as boosters to improve the pharmacokinetics, enhance the bioavailability, and enhance the therapeutic effect of drugs that undergo in vivo degradation by cytochrome P450 2D6 enzymes. The compositions comprise 5-substituted benzofuran compounds having the formula I: |
| US08791156B2 |
Polyacetylene compound, an extract containing the same and application thereof
A polyacetylenes and application thereof. The polyacetylenes is isolated from an extract of the sporophores of Antrodia Cinnamomea and has a function of inhibiting the production of nitric oxide. Therefore, the polyacetylenes can be used for preparing a pharmaceutical composition for anti-inflammation. The present invention also teaches the representative metabolites of the sporophores of Antrodia Cinnamomea, which can be used to evaluate the quality thereof. |
| US08791153B2 |
Topical avermectin formulations and methods for elimination and prophylaxis of susceptible and treatment-resistant strains of head lice
An avermectin-based topical formulation is disclosed which is useful for prevention and treatment of head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis). This topical formulation may be formulated as a shampoo-condition which comprises an effective amount of avermectin, solubilizers, suspending agents, preservatives, non-ionic surfactants, humectants, a silicone compound, and water. Also disclosed are methods of using the topical formulations disclosed within this specification to treat either a susceptible or treatment-resistant strain of lice, as well as uses in the manufacture of a medicament for treating or preventing a lice infestation from a susceptible or treatment-resistant strain in a human patient. |
| US08791148B2 |
Substituted benzimidazolone derivatives, medicaments comprising them and their use
The present invention relates to novel benzimidazolone derivatives of the general formula (I) in which the substituents R1, R2, R3, A1, A2, and B are as defined in claim 1, medicaments comprising these, and the use thereof for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of vasopressin-dependent diseases. |
| US08791144B2 |
Substituted N-phenyl-1-(4-Pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-amines
The present invention relates to N-phenyl-1-(4-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-amine derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy, according to formula (I) Wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 have the meaning defined in the claims. The invention particularly relates to positive allosteric modulators of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, such positive allosteric modulator having the capability to increase the efficacy of nicotinic receptor agonists. |
| US08791142B2 |
Oxazole pyridine derivatives useful as S1P1 receptor agonists
The present invention provides oxadiazole pyridine derivatives of Formula (I), their use as medicaments and their use for treating multiple sclerosis and other diseases. |
| US08791141B2 |
Organic compounds
The present invention provides novel organic compounds of Formula (I): methods of use, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. |
| US08791137B2 |
Therapeutic compounds
The invention provides a compound of formula I: wherein R1-R6, X, Y, and B have any of the values described herein, as well as salts of such compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and therapeutic methods that comprise the administration of such compounds. The compounds are inhibitors of MAO-B enzyme function and are useful for improving cognitive function and for treating psychiatric disorders in animals. |
| US08791136B2 |
Substituted pyridine, pyridazine, pyrazine and pyrimidine compounds and methods for using the same
Disclosed are substituted pyridine compounds as well as pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use. One embodiment is a compound having the structure wherein E, J, T, the ring system denoted by “B”, T, R3, R4, w and x are as described herein. In certain embodiments, a compound disclosed herein activates the AMPK pathway, and can be used to treat metabolism-related disorders and conditions. |
| US08791132B2 |
Compounds and methods for treatment of hypertension
Hydrogenated pyrido[4,3-b]indoles, pyrido[3,4-b]indoles and azepino[4,5-b]indoles are described. The compounds may bind to and are adrenergic receptor α2B antagonists. The compounds may also bind to and antagonize adrenergic receptor α1B. The compounds may find use in therapy, e.g., to (i) reduce blood pressure and/or (ii) promote renal blood flow and/or (iii) decrease or inhibit sodium reabsorption. The compounds may also be used to treat diseases or conditions that are, or are expected to be, responsive to a decrease in blood pressure. Use of the compounds to treat cardiovascular and renal disorders is particularly described. |
| US08791124B2 |
Use of phosphordiesterase inhibitors in the treatment of prostatic diseases
The present invention pertains to the use of inhibitors of phosphodiesterase I, IV and V for the prophylaxis and treatment of prostatic diseases, in particular the use of a) 2-(2-propoxy-phenyl)-8-azapurin-6-one (zaprinast); b) dipyridamole; c) 1-(3-chlorophenylamino)-4-phenylphthalazine (M5445); d) 2-(N-(4-carboxypiperidine-6-chloro-4-(3,4-(methylendioxy)benzyl)amino)quinazoline (E 4021, ER 21355); e) 2,3-dihydro-8-hydroxy-7-nitro-1,4-benzodioxine-2-methanol, alpha-nitrate (E 4701); f) 4-((3,4-(methylendioxy)benzyl)amino)-6,7,8-trimethoxy-quinazoline; g) 1-methly-3-propyl-6-(5-(N-(4-methylmorpholino)sulfonyl)-2-ethoxyphenyl)pyrazole[4,5]pyrimidin-4(5H)one (sildenafil); i) 1-cyclopentyl-3-methyl-6-(4-pyridinyl)pyrazolo(3,4-d)pyrimidin-4(5H)-one (WIN 58237); j) 7-(3-(4-acetyl-3-hydroxy-2-propyl-phenoxy)-2-hydroxypropoxy)-2-carboxy-2,3-didehydro-chronan-4-one (PPL-557212); k) quinazolines and their trimethoxy derivatives; l) Pyrazolopyrimidones; as well as pharmacologically compatible salts thereof, quinazolines and their trimethoxy derivatives, pyrazolopyrimidones or compatible salts thereof, in local and systemic administration. |
| US08791121B2 |
Oligooxopiperazines and methods of making and using them
The present invention relates to oligooxopiperazines and their use. Methods for preparing oligooxopiperazines are also disclosed. |
| US08791120B2 |
Fast-dissociating dopamine 2 receptor antagonists
The present invention relates to 4-aryl-6-piperazin-1-yl-3-substituted-pyridazines of formula (I) that are fast dissociating dopamine 2 receptor antagonists, processes for preparing these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds as an active ingredient. The compounds find utility as medicines for treating or preventing central nervous system disorders, for example schizophrenia, by exerting an antipsychotic effect without motor side effects. |
| US08791117B2 |
Cyclic glycyl-2-allyl proline improves cognitive performance in impaired animals
Embodiments of this invention provide methods for therapeutic use of cyclic G-2-Allyl Proline to treat cognitive disorders as well as manufacture of medicaments including tablets, capsules, injectable solutions that are useful for treatment of such conditions. |
| US08791114B2 |
Dihydropyrazoles
Novel dihydropyrazole derivatives of formula (I) wherein L, R, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, X1, X2, X3, X4, Y, m and n have the meaning according to the claims, are positive allosteric modulators of the FSH receptor, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of fertility disorders. |
| US08791112B2 |
Substituted 5-(pyrazin-2-yl)-1H-pyrazolo [3, 4-B] pyridine and pyrazolo [3, 4-B] pyridine derivatives as protein kinase inhibitors
Substituted 5-(pyrazin-2-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine, 5-(pyrazin-2-yl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine and pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine derivatives according to formula I, II and VII, and methods for making same, which are inhibitors of constitutively activated Tyrosine Kinase-Like (TKL), CMGC protein kinases family members and can be useful in the treatment of Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Down's Syndrome, Huntington's disease, other neurodegenerative and central nervous system disorders, cancer, metabolic disorders and inflammatory diseases. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds and methods of inhibiting wild type and/or mutated protein kinase activities of these families and the treatment of disorders associated therewith using compounds and pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds. |
| US08791109B2 |
Compositions containing micronized tanaproget prepared by wet granulation
Compositions, preferably pharmaceutical compositions, containing micronized tanaproget, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, microcrystalline cellulose, croscarmellose sodium, sodium lauryl sulfate, butylated hydroxyanisole, povidone, and magnesium stearate, are provided. The compositions are useful in contraception and hormone replacement therapy and in the treatment and/or prevention of uterine myometrial fibroids, benign prostatic hypertrophy, benign and malignant neoplastic to disease, dysfunctional bleeding, uterine leiomyomata, endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome, and carcinomas and adenocarcinomas of the pituitary, endometrium, kidney, ovary, breast, colon, and prostate and other hormone-dependent tumors, and in the preparation of medicaments useful therefor. Additional uses include stimulation of food intake. |
| US08791107B2 |
N-substituted oxazinopteridines and oxazinopteridinones
Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Ar, R1, R2, R3, G1, G2, and m are defined in the specification. This disclosure also relates to materials and methods for preparing compounds of Formula 1, to pharmaceutical compositions which contain them, and to their use for treating inflammatory disorders, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and other conditions associated with PI3Kδ. |
| US08791105B2 |
Methods for alleviating chronic pain and improving performance of cattle undergoing dehorning or castration
Methods of improving performance, increasing weight gain, and decreasing incidence of disease in ruminant and pre-ruminant animals, such as cattle, after undergoing painful processing procedures, such as castration and dehorning, are provided. Veterinary formulations for use in methods of the invention are also provided. The formulations comprise a compound selected from the group consisting of meloxicam, gabapentin, the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and combinations thereof. Methods of treating pathological pain in cattle are also provided. |
| US08791101B2 |
Aryl- and heteroaryl-substituted tetrahydrobenzazepines and use thereof to block reuptake of norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin
The compounds of the present invention are represented by the following aryl- and heteroaryl-substituted tetrahydrobenzazepine and dihydrobenzazapine derivatives having formulae I(A-E) and formula (II): where the carbon atom designated * is in the R or S configuration, and the substituents X and R1-R9 are as defined herein. |
| US08791094B2 |
Treatment of prostate cancer
Described herein are compounds, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat androgen receptor mediated diseases or conditions. Such compounds include inhibitors of cytochrome C17α-hydroxylase/C17,20-lyase such as 3-β-Hydroxy-17-(1H-benzimidazol-1-yl)androsta-5,16-diene. |
| US08791088B2 |
Compositions and methods for modulation of LMNA expression
Disclosed herein are compounds, compositions and methods for modulating the expression of LMNA in a cell, tissue or animal. Also provided are methods of target validation. Also provided are uses of disclosed compounds and compositions in the manufacture of a medicament for treatment of diseases and disorders. Further provided are methods of identifying cis splicing regulatory elements of a selected mRNA using the disclosed compounds. |
| US08791078B2 |
Cell protection in dialysis patients by administration of a creatine compound
The invention relates to a dialysis solution for haemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis, said solution having a theoretical osmolarity within the range of from 250 to 550 mosm/L and a pH value within the range of from 4.9 to 8.0, said solution comprising a creatine compound and one or more electrolytes, wherein the concentration of the creatine compound is not more than 50 mM. |
| US08791076B2 |
Agonists of neurotrophin receptors and their use as medicaments
The invention relates to compounds of Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein R1, R2, and R3 are defined as set forth in the specification. The compounds are agonists of neurotrophin (such as nerve growth factor) receptors. |
| US08791074B2 |
Mutated anthrax toxin protective antigen proteins that specifically target cells containing high amounts of cell-surface metalloproteinases or plasminogen activator receptors
The present invention provides methods of specifically targeting compounds to cells overexpressing matrix metalloproteinases, plasminogen activators, or plasminogen activator receptors, by administering a compound and a mutant protective antigen protein comprising a matrix metalloproteinase or a plasminogen activator-recognized cleavage site in place of the native protective antigen furin-recognized cleavage site, wherein the mutant protective antigen is cleaved by a matrix metalloproteinase or a plasminogen activator overexpressed by the cell, thereby translocating into the cell a compound comprising a lethal factor polypeptide comprising a protective antigen binding site. |
| US08791073B2 |
Peptide-modified polyurethane compositions and associated methods
Peptide-modified polyurethanes comprising the reaction product of an isocyanate, a chain extender, and a peptide are provided. Also provided processes for making a peptide-modified polyurethane comprising: providing an isocyanate; providing a chain extender; providing a peptide; and allowing the isocyanate, chain extender, and peptide to react thereby forming the peptide-modified polyurethane, as well as methods for treating a subject comprising: providing a peptide-modified polyurethane that comprises the reaction product of an isocyanate, a chain extender, and a peptide; and administering the peptide-modified polyurethane to the subject. |
| US08791068B2 |
Control of growth and repair of gastro-intestinal tissues by gastrokines and inhibitors
A novel group of gastrokines called Gastric Antrum Mucosal Protein is characterized. A member of the group is designated AMP-18. AMP-18 genomic DNA, cDNA and the AMP-18 protein are sequenced for human, mouse and pig. The AMP-18 protein and active peptides derived from it are cellular growth factors. Surprisingly, peptides capable of inhibiting the effects of the complete protein, are also derived from the AMP-18 protein. Cytoprotection and control of mammalian gastro-intestinal tissue growth and repair (restitution) is facilitated by the use of the proteins, making the proteins candidates for therapies in inflammatory bowel disease and gastric ulcers. |
| US08791064B2 |
Beta-lactoglobulin-polysaccharide nanoparticles for hydrophobic bioactive compounds
The present invention provides colloidally stable dispersions of nanoparticles comprising beta-lactoglobulin and a polysaccharide which are transparent when diluted in aqueous media. In particular these colloidally stable dispersions of nanoparticles are useful as delivery vehicles of hydrophobic nutraceuticals and fat-soluble vitamins, for enrichment of food products, especially of transparent beverages and other non-fat or low fat foods and drinks. The present invention further provides methods for the preparation of said colloidally stable dispersions. |
| US08791062B2 |
Skin permeating and cell entering (SPACE) peptides and methods of use thereof
The present disclosure provides peptides and peptide compositions, which facilitate the delivery of an active agent or an active agent carrier wherein the compositions are capable of penetrating the stratum corneum (SC) and/or the cellular membranes of viable cells. |
| US08791061B2 |
Peptides for treating and preventing immune-related disorders, including treating and preventing infection by modulating innate immunity
In one aspect, the present invention provides isolated novel peptides that can be used to modulate innate immunity in a subject and/or for the treatment of an immune-related disorder, including treating and preventing infection by modulating innate immunity. Also provided are an agent reactive with the peptide, a pharmaceutical composition that includes the peptide, an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding the peptide, a recombinant nucleic acid construct that includes the nucleic acid molecule, at least one host cell comprising the recombinant nucleic acid construct, and a method of producing the peptide using the host cell. The present invention further provides a method for treating and/or preventing infection in a subject by administering the peptide of the invention to the subject, thereby modulating innate immunity in the subject. Additionally, the present invention provides a method for predicting whether a subject would be responsive to treatment with a peptide of the invention. |
| US08791055B2 |
Titanium compounds and complexes as additives in lubricants
A lubricating composition comprising an oil of lubricating viscosity, 1 to 80 parts per million by weight of titanium in the form of an oil-soluble titanium-containing material, and a salicylate detergent provides beneficial effects on properties such as deposit control, oxidation, and filterability in engine oils. |
| US08791051B2 |
Solutions of CIPC and of a terpene or of a terpene oil and their uses for the antigerminative treatment of bulbs or tubers
The present invention relates to solutions of CIPC and of one or more terpenes or terpene oils for the antigerminative treatment of bulbs and tubers. This use is particularly appropriate for the treatment of potato tubers. The CIPC solution contains from 50 to 80% by weight of CIPC relative to the total volume of the solution. Examples of the terpenes and terpene oils are eugenol, isoeugenol, clove oil and their salts and mixtures thereof. |
| US08791050B2 |
Herbicidal compositions
A herbicide combination comprising of components (A) and (B) exhibit synergistic herbicidal effects, where (A) is one or more herbicides selected from the group consisting of heteroaryloxy- and aryloxy-phenoxypropionic acids, their salts and esters and cyclohexanediones, and (B) is one or more herbicides selected from the group consisting of (B1) herbicides which are selective in rice, mainly against monocotyledonous plants, (B2) herbicides which are selective in rice, mainly against dicotyledonous harmful plants and cyperaceae, (B3) herbicides which are selective in rice, mainly against cyperaceae and (B4) herbicides which are selective in rice, mainly against monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants and cyperaceae. |
| US08791049B2 |
Plant treatment compositions particularly effective in the control of Heteranthera limosa on rice crops, and methods for their use
Provided are improved agricultural processes for the improved cultivation of rice wherein the crops are treated to control undesired vegetative growth using a plant treatment composition comprising both halosulfuron and thifensulfuron to provide improved herbicidal efficacy against Heteranthera limosa, commonly referred to as “duck salad”. Also provided are compositions useful in the improved agricultural processes, as well as herbicidal treatment regimens. Unexpectedly high rates of efficacy against Heteranthera limosa, amongst rice plant in rice crops are disclosed. |
| US08791047B2 |
Plant growth regulation
The present invention relates to a method for improving the plant growth regulation of and/or enhancing crop plants, by applying to the crop plants a mixture of a plant growth regulator, and jasmonic acid or a salt or ester thereof. |
| US08791045B2 |
Non-tacky wetness indicator composition for application on a polymeric substrate
The invention describes a color-developing composition that contains at least three major components: (1) a leuco dye or a combination of leuco dyes, (2) an color-developer or a combination of color-developers that can form colored complexes with the leuco dyes, and (3) a desensitizer to temporarily remove the effect of the developer so the leuco dye appears in its colorless form. An optional binder may be included so that the composition may be applied to a substrate as an ink. The ink composition may be applied to synthetic polymeric substrates and other substrates that are incorporated into absorbent articles or personal care products. |
| US08791042B2 |
Process for the preparation of an unsupported, solid metallocene catalyst system and its use in polymerization of olefins
Process for the preparation of an unsupported, heterogeneous olefin polymerization catalyst system, comprising an organometallic compound of a transition metal of Group 3 to 10 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC 2007) in the form of solid particles comprising the steps of a) preparing a solution (A) comprising ai) an organometallic compound of a transition metal of Group 3 to 10 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC 2007) or of an actinide or lanthanide, a2) a cocatalyst comprising an element of group 13 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC 2007) and a3) a solvent (A-1), b) preparing a liquid/liquid emulsion system by dispersing the solution (A) in a solvent (B) essentially immiscible with said solution (A) in the presence of a polystyrene-b-fluoro polystyrene copolymer of the formula (I) in which n is a number from 10 to 100, m is a number from 1 to 40, x is a number from 5 to 16, y is a number from 11 to 33, provided that m, n, x and y are selected in a way that the block copolymer is soluble in the solvent B or the solution A in such an extent that a stable emulsion is formed by adding the block copolymer, b1) the solvent (B) constitutes the continuous phase of the emulsion, b2) the solution (A) constitutes in the form of droplets the dispersed phase and b3) the organometallic compound and the cocatalyst are present in the droplets, c) solidifying said dispersed phase to convert said droplets to solid particles and optionally recovering said particles to obtain said catalyst system; an unsupported, heterogeneous olefin polymerization catalyst, obtainable by the process and the use of the catalyst in olefin polymerization. |
| US08791033B2 |
Wafer backside coating process with pulsed UV light source
A process for coating a semiconductor wafer with a coating composition comprises curing the coating with a pulsed UV light, thereby preventing delamination during reflow operations. In a particular embodiment, the coating composition comprises both epoxy and acrylate resins. The epoxy resin can be cured thermally; the acrylate resin is cured by UV irradiation. |
| US08791032B2 |
Method of manufacturing thin film transistor, thin film transistor manufactured by using the method, method of manufacturing organic light-emitting display apparatus, and organic light-emitting display apparatus manufactured by using the method
A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor (TFT), a TFT manufactured by the method, a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display apparatus that includes the TFT, a display including the TFT. By including a buffer layer below and an insulating layer above a silicon layer for the TFT, the silicon layer can be crystallized without being exposed to air, so that contamination can be prevented. Also, due to the overlying insulating layer, the silicon layer can be patterned without directly contacting photoresist. The result is a TFT with uniform and improved electrical characteristics, and an improved display apparatus. |
| US08791031B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, method of processing substrate and substrate processing apparatus
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: (a) supplying a first process gas from a first process gas supply unit into a process chamber via a flow rate control device to form a film on a substrate; (b) transmitting a signal representing an exhaust pressure detected by a pressure detector to a controller after the first process gas is supplied into the process chamber; (c) controlling a pressure adjustor and the flow rate control device once the signal is received by the controller such that the exhaust pressure reaches a predetermined pressure; (d) supplying a purge gas from a purge gas supply unit into the process chamber to purge an inside atmosphere after forming the first film; and (e) supplying a second process gas from a second process gas supply unit into the process chamber via the flow rate control device to form a second film. |
| US08791030B2 |
Coating treatment method and coating treatment apparatus
In the present invention, a masking solution is supplied to an edge portion of a front surface of a substrate rotated around a vertical axis to form a masking film at the edge portion of the substrate, a hard mask solution is supplied to the front surface of the substrate to form a hard mask film on the front surface of the substrate, a hard mask film removing solution dissolving the hard mask film is supplied to the hard mask film formed at the edge portion of the substrate to remove the hard mask film formed at the edge portion of the substrate, and a masking film removing solution dissolving the masking film is supplied to the masking film to remove the masking film at the edge portion of the substrate. |
| US08791029B2 |
Stamp having nanoscale structure and applications therefore in light-emitting device
A stamp having a nanoscale structure and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The stamp includes a substrate, a buffer layer, and a nanoscale stamp layer. The method comprises forming a buffer layer on the substrate, and forming a stamp layer having a nanoscale structure on the buffer layer. |
| US08791028B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of semiconductor device
According to one embodiment, a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes a step of forming a dummy-fin semiconductor on a semiconductor substrate; a step of forming an insulating layer, into which a lower part of the dummy-fin semiconductor is buried, on the semiconductor substrate; a step of forming a fin semiconductor, which is bonded to a side face at an upper part of the dummy-fin semiconductor, on the insulating layer; and a step of removing the dummy-fin semiconductor on the insulating layer with the fin semiconductor being left on the insulating layer. |
| US08791023B2 |
Patterned thin film dielectric layer formation
A method of producing an inorganic thin film dielectric material layer includes providing a substrate. A first inorganic thin film dielectric material layer is deposited on the substrate using an atomic layer deposition process. The first inorganic thin film dielectric material layer is treated after its deposition. A patterned deposition inhibiting material layer is provided on the substrate. A second inorganic thin film dielectric material layer is selectively deposited on a region of the substrate where the deposition inhibiting material layer is not present using an atomic layer deposition process. |
| US08791022B2 |
Method for reducing wordline bridge rate
The method of forming a wordline is provided in the present invention. The proposed method includes steps of: (a) etching a metal-silicide layer and a POLY layer via a hard mask, wherein the metal-silicide layer is disposed on the POLY layer; (b) forming a POLY recess in the POLY layer; and (c) forming a liner film covering the metal-silicide layer. |
| US08791015B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of forming shielding layer over active surface of semiconductor die
A semiconductor wafer contains a plurality of semiconductor die separated by a non-active area of the semiconductor wafer. A plurality of contact pads is formed on an active surface of the semiconductor die. A first insulating layer is formed over the semiconductor wafer. A portion of the first insulating layer is removed to expose the contact pads on the semiconductor die. An opening is formed partially through the semiconductor wafer in the active surface of the semiconductor die or in the non-active area of the semiconductor wafer. A second insulating layer is formed in the opening in the semiconductor wafer. A shielding layer is formed over the active surface. The shielding layer extends into the opening of the semiconductor wafer to form a conductive via. A portion of a back surface of the semiconductor wafer is removed to singulate the semiconductor die. |
| US08791013B2 |
Pattern forming method
A pattern forming method is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: forming a dielectric layer on a substrate; forming a first patterned mask on the dielectric layer, wherein the first patterned mask comprises an opening; forming a material layer on the dielectric layer and covering the first patterned mask; forming a second patterned mask on the material layer, wherein the second patterned mask comprises a first aperture; forming a second aperture in the second patterned mask after forming the first aperture, wherein the second aperture and the first aperture comprise a gap therebetween and overlap the opening; and utilizing the second patterned mask as an etching mask for partially removing the material layer and the dielectric layer through the first aperture and the second aperture. |
| US08791010B1 |
Silver interconnects for stacked non-volatile memory device and method
A method of forming a memory device. A first thickness of dielectric material overlies a surface region of a substrate. A first wiring material including a first lining material and a silver material are formed overlying the dielectric material. A first adhesion material and an amorphous silicon switching material including a contact material are deposited overlying the first wiring material. The method forms one or more first structures configured to spatially extend in a first direction from the amorphous silicon switching material, the contact material, and the first wiring material. A thickness of second dielectric material is deposited overlying the one or more first structures. The method forms a second wiring structure comprising at least a second silver material and a second lining material spatially extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction overlying the second dielectric material and in electrical contact with the switching material. |
| US08791003B2 |
Methods for fabricating integrated circuits with fluorine passivation
Methods for fabricating integrated circuits are provided. In an embodiment, a method for fabricating an integrated circuit includes providing a semiconductor substrate and forming a gate structure on the semiconductor substrate. The gate includes a high-k dielectric material. In the method, a fluorine-containing liquid is contacted with the high-k dielectric material and fluorine is incorporated into the high-k dielectric material. |
| US08790999B2 |
Method for manufacturing nitride semiconductor crystal layer
According to one embodiment, a method is disclosed for manufacturing a nitride semiconductor crystal layer. The method can include forming the nitride semiconductor crystal layer having a first thickness on a silicon crystal layer. The silicon crystal layer is provided on a base body. The silicon crystal layer has a second thickness before the forming the nitride semiconductor crystal layer. The second thickness is thinner than the first thickness. The forming the nitride semiconductor crystal layer includes making at least a portion of the silicon crystal layer incorporated into the nitride semiconductor crystal layer to reduce a thickness of the silicon crystal layer from the second thickness. |
| US08790998B2 |
Method of forming core-shell type structure and method of manufacturing transistor using the same
Example embodiments relate to a method of forming a core-shell structure. According to a method, a region in which the core-shell structure will be formed is defined on a substrate, and a core and a shell layer may be sequentially stacked in the defined region. A first shell layer may further be formed between the substrate and the core. When the core and the shell layer are sequentially stacked in the core-shell region, the method may further include forming a groove on the substrate, forming the first shell layer covering surfaces of the groove, forming the core in the groove of which surfaces are covered by the first shell layer, and forming a second shell layer covering the core. |
| US08790995B2 |
Processing method and processing device of semiconductor wafer, and semiconductor wafer
According to one embodiment, a substrate processing method is disclosed. The above method includes: grinding an outer edge portion on a back surface of a semiconductor wafer with a semiconductor element formed on its front surface with a first grindstone or blade to thereby form an annular groove; grinding a projecting portion on an inner side of the groove with a second grindstone to thereby form a recessed portion integrally with the groove on the back surface of the semiconductor wafer; and grinding a bottom surface of the recessed portion including a ground surface made by the second grindstone with a third grindstone. |
| US08790992B2 |
Low-temperature bonding process
The invention relates to a process for assembling a first element that includes at least one first wafer, substrate or at least one chip, and a second element of at least one second wafer or substrate, involving the formation of a surface layer, known as the bonding layer, on each substrate, at least one of these bonding layers being formed at a temperature less than or equal to 300° C.; conducting a first annealing, known as degassing annealing, of the bonding layers, before assembly, at least partly at a temperature at least equal to the subsequent bonding interface strengthening temperature but below 450° C.; forming an assembling of the substrates by bringing into contact the exposed surfaces of the bonding layers, and conducting an annealing of the assembled structure at a bonding interface strengthening temperature below 450° C. |
| US08790989B2 |
Modularized three-dimensional capacitor array
A modularized capacitor array includes a plurality of capacitor modules. Each capacitor module includes a capacitor and a switching device that is configured to electrically disconnect the capacitor. The switching device includes a sensing unit configured to detect the level of leakage of the capacitor so that the switching device disconnects the capacitor electrically if the leakage current exceeds a predetermined level. Each capacitor module can include a single capacitor plate, two capacitor plates, or more than two capacitor plates. The leakage sensors and switching devices are employed to electrically disconnect any capacitor module of the capacitor array that becomes leaky, thereby protecting the capacitor array from excessive electrical leakage. |
| US08790986B2 |
Methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method including: preparing a semiconductor substrate including a mold layer and a support layer disposed on the mold layer; forming multiple holes that pass through the mold layer and the support layer; forming multiple bottom electrodes in the holes; exposing at least a portion of the bottom electrodes by removing at least a portion of the mold layer; removing a portion of the bottom electrodes from an exposed surface of the bottom electrodes; and sequentially forming a dielectric layer and a top electrode layer on the bottom electrodes. |
| US08790982B2 |
Methods for reoxidizing an oxide and for fabricating semiconductor devices
Oxidation methods and resulting structures including providing an oxide layer on a substrate and then reoxidizing the oxide layer by vertical ion bombardment of the oxide layer in an atmosphere containing at least one oxidant. The oxide layer may be provided over diffusion regions, such as source and drain regions, in a substrate. The oxide layer may overlie the substrate and is proximate a gate structure on the substrate. The at least one oxidant may be oxygen, water, ozone, or hydrogen peroxide, or a mixture thereof. These oxidation methods provide a low-temperature oxidation process, less oxidation of the sidewalls of conductive layers in the gate structure, and less current leakage to the substrate from the gate structure. |
| US08790981B2 |
Low cost high voltage power FET and fabrication
A power field effect transistor (FET) is disclosed which is fabricated in as few as six photolithographic steps and which is capable of switching current with a high voltage drain potential (e.g., up to about 50 volts). In a described n-channel metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) embodiment, a drain node includes an n-well region with a shallow junction gradient, such that the depletion region between the n-well and the substrate is wider than 1 micron. Extra photolithographic steps are avoided using blanket ion implantation for threshold adjust and lightly doped drain (LDD) implants. A modified embodiment provides an extension of the LDD region partially under the gate for a longer operating life. |
| US08790980B2 |
Implant damage control by in-situ C doping during sige epitaxy for device applications
Some example embodiments of the invention comprise methods for and semiconductor structures comprised of: a MOS transistor comprised of source/drain regions, a gate dielectric, a gate electrode, channel region; a carbon doped SiGe region that applies a stress on the channel region whereby the carbon doped SiGe region retains stress/strain on the channel region after subsequent heat processing. |
| US08790979B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same
According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a fin in an upper surface of a semiconductor substrate to extend in a first direction, forming a mask film, making a plurality of first trenches in the mask film to extend in a second direction to reach the fin, filling sidewall members into the first trenches, making a second trench by removing the mask film from a portion of a space between the sidewall members, forming a gate insulating film and a gate electrode on a surface of a first portion of the fin disposed inside the second trench, making a third trench by removing the mask film from the remaining space between the sidewall members, and causing a second portion of the fin disposed inside the third trench to become a conductor. |
| US08790974B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor integrated circuit device
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device which includes a semiconductor substrate; and multiple semiconductor elements disposed on the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor elements include an n-channel MOS transistor and a p-channel MOS transistor. The n-channel MOS transistor is covered by a tensile stress film, and the p-channel MOS transistor is covered by a compressive stress film. A dummy region, the entire surface of which is covered by a combination of the tensile stress film and the compressive stress film, is disposed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate. |
| US08790972B2 |
Methods of forming CMOS transistors using tensile stress layers and hydrogen plasma treatment
Methods of forming integrated circuit devices include forming a PMOS transistor having a SiGe channel region therein and then exposing at least a portion of the PMOS transistor to a hydrogen plasma. A tensile stress layer may be formed on the PMOS transistor. The exposing step may include exposing source and drain regions of the PMOS transistor to the hydrogen plasma. |
| US08790968B2 |
Recessed gate silicon-on-insulator floating body device with self-aligned lateral isolation
Embodiments of a manufacturing process for recessed gate devices on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate with self-aligned lateral isolation are described. This allows the creation of true in-pitch recessed gate devices without requiring an extra isolation dimension. A lateral isolation trench is formed between pairs of recessed gate devices by etching the silicon-on-insulator area down to a buried oxide layer on which the silicon-on-insulator layer is formed. The position of the trench is self-aligned and defined by the gate width and the dimension of spacers disposed on either side of the gate. The isolation trench is filled with a dielectric material and then etched back to the middle of the SOI body and the remaining volume is filled with a doped conductive material. The doped conductor is subject to a thermal cycle to create source and drain regions of the device through out-diffusion of the doped material. |
| US08790967B2 |
Method of fabricating polycrystalline silicon layer, TFT fabricated using the same, method of fabricating TFT, and organic light emitting diode display device having the same
A method of fabricating a polycrystalline silicon layer includes: forming an amorphous silicon layer on a substrate; crystallizing the amorphous silicon layer into a polycrystalline silicon layer using a crystallization-inducing metal; forming a metal layer pattern or metal silicide layer pattern in contact with an upper or lower region of the polycrystalline silicon layer corresponding to a region excluding a channel region in the polycrystalline silicon layer; and annealing the substrate to getter the crystallization-inducing metal existing in the channel region of the polycrystalline silicon layer to the region in the polycrystalline silicon layer having the metal layer pattern or metal silicide layer pattern. Accordingly, the crystallization-inducing metal existing in the channel region of the polycrystalline silicon layer can be effectively removed, and thus a thin film transistor having an improved leakage current characteristic and an OLED display device including the same can be fabricated. |
| US08790966B2 |
High voltage device
A method of forming a device is disclosed. The method includes providing a substrate having a device region. The device region includes a source region, a gate region and a drain region defined thereon. The substrate is prepared with gate layers on the substrate. The gate layers are patterned to form a gate in the gate region and a field structure surrounding the drain region. A source and a drain are formed in the source region and drain region respectively. The drain is separated from the gate on a second side of the gate and the source is adjacent to a first side of the gate. An interconnection to the field structure is formed. The interconnection is coupled to a potential which distributes the electric field across the substrate between the second side of the gate and the drain. |
| US08790963B2 |
LED array formed by interconnected and surrounded LED chips
A light emitting diode array includes a first light emitting diode having a first electrode and a second light emitting diode having a second electrode. The first and second light emitting diodes are separated. A first polymer layer is positioned between the light emitting diodes. An interconnect located at least partially on the first polymer layer connects the first electrode to the second electrode. A permanent substrate is coupled to the light emitting diodes. The permanent substrate is coupled to the side of the light emitting diodes opposite the interconnect. A second polymer layer at least partially encapsulates the side of the light emitting diodes with the interconnect. |
| US08790950B2 |
Method of manufacturing optical sensor, optical sensor, and camera including optical sensor
A method of manufacturing an optical sensor includes providing a semiconductor wafer including a plurality of pixel areas, providing a light transmissive substrate including a light transmissive wafer with a plurality of light transmissive members attached thereto, the plurality of light transmissive members being arranged on a first main surface of the light transmissive wafer and each of plurality of light transmissive members emitting α rays, an amount of the α rays being smaller than or equal to 0.05 c/cm2·h, fixing the light transmissive substrate onto the semiconductor wafer together by a fixing member, and dividing the semiconductor wafer and the light transmissive substrate that are fixed together into individual pieces. |
| US08790948B2 |
Method for manufacturing a solar cell
In the existent method for manufacturing a solar cell, manufacture of a solar cell having a quantum well having a crystalline well layer and capable of controlling the thickness of the well layer was difficult. A quantum well having an amorphous well layer, comprising a barrier layer and an amorphous well layer is formed and then the quantum well having the amorphous well layer is annealed thereby crystallizing the amorphous well layer to form a quantum well having a crystalline well layer. By applying energy density applied to the amorphous well layer at an energy density of 1.26 J/mm2 or more and 28.8 J/mm2 or less, the crystalline well layer can be formed and the lamination structure of the quantum well can be maintained simultaneously. |
| US08790945B2 |
Method of manufacturing nitride semiconductor device having metal electrode formed on silicon substrate
A nitride semiconductor device includes a silicon substrate, a nitride semiconductor layer formed on the silicon substrate, and metal electrodes formed in contact with the silicon substrate. The metal electrodes has first metal layers which are formed in a shape of discrete islands and in contact with the silicon substrate, and second metal layers which are in contact with the silicon substrate exposed among the islands of the first metal layers and are formed to cover the first metal layers. Further, the second metal layers are made of a metal capable of forming ohmic contact with silicon, and the first metal layers are made of an alloy containing a metal and silicon, in which the metal is different than that in the second metal layer. |
| US08790941B2 |
Array substrate for fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing an array substrate for an FFS mode LCD device includes forming a gate line, a gate electrode and a pixel electrode on a substrate; forming a gate insulating layer; forming a data line, source and drain electrodes, and a semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer, the drain electrode overlapping the pixel electrode; forming a passivation layer on the data line, the source and drain electrodes; forming a contact hole exposing the drain electrode and the pixel electrode by patterning the passivation layer and the gate insulating layer; and forming a common electrode and a connection pattern on the passivation layer, wherein the common electrode includes bar-shaped openings and a hole corresponding to the contact hole, and the connection pattern is disposed in the hole, is spaced apart from the common electrode and contacts the drain electrode and the pixel. |
| US08790938B2 |
Light emitting device
An objective is to increase the reliability of a light emitting device structured by combining TFTs and organic light emitting elements. A TFT (1201) and an organic light emitting element (1202) are formed on the same substrate (1203) as structuring elements of a light emitting device (1200). A first insulating film (1205) which functions as a blocking layer is formed on the substrate (1203) side of the TFT (1201), and a second insulating film (1206) is formed on the opposite upper layer side as a protective film. In addition, a third insulating film (1207) which functions as a barrier film is formed on the lower layer side of the organic light emitting element (1202). The third insulating film (1207) is formed by an inorganic insulating film such as a silicon nitride film, a silicon oxynitride film, an aluminum nitride film, an aluminum oxide film, or an aluminum oxynitride film. A fourth insulating film (1208) and a partitioning layer (1209) formed on the upper layer side of the organic light emitting element (1202) are formed using similar inorganic insulating films. |
| US08790934B2 |
Nanoparticles
Materials and methods for studying and modulating the interaction of carbohydrate-containing moieties with other species are described, in particular, small particles, e.g. clusters of metal or semiconductor atoms, which can be employed as a substrate for immobilising a plurality of ligands comprising carbohydrate groups. These “nanoparticles” can then be used to study carbohydrate mediated interactions, e.g. with other carbohydrates or proteins, and as therapeutics and diagnostic reagents. |
| US08790933B2 |
Screening
A method of producing a conformational specific binding partner of a GPCR, the method comprising: a) providing a mutant GPCR of a parent GPCR, wherein the mutant GPCR has increased stability in a particular conformation relative to the parent GPCR; b) providing a test compound; c) determining whether the test compound binds to the mutant GPCR when residing in a particular conformation; and d) isolating a test compound that binds to the mutant GPCR when residing in the particular conformation. Methods of producing GPCRs with increased stability relative to a parent GPCR are also disclosed. |
| US08790929B2 |
Reagent for diluting blood sample and method for measuring mean corpuscular volume by using the same
The invention provides a reagent for diluting a blood sample, comprising water, polyoxyethylene alkyl ether having a hydroxyl value of 52 to 60, and an osmo-regulator for regulating the osmotic pressure of the reagent in the range of 150 to 400 mOsm/kg, as well as a method for measuring the mean corpuscular volume of a blood sample. |
| US08790927B2 |
Anticancer method comprising plant stem cell line derived from Taxus cambium or procambium
The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating cancer, which contains, as an active ingredient, a Taxus cambium- or procambium-derived cell line; a lysate thereof; an extract thereof; or a culture medium thereof. The cell line, the lysate, the extract, and the culture medium has minimized side effects compared to the conventional therapeutic drugs, is safe to the human body, is involved directly in the growth of cancer to induce cancer cell death, and shows anticancer activity of inhibiting angiogenesis occurring in carcinogenesis. Accordingly, the cell line, the lysate, the extract and the culture medium is useful for the prevention, treatment and alleviation of cancer. |
| US08790920B2 |
Decellularized bone marrow extracellular matrix
The invention is directed to compositions comprising decellularized bone marrow extracellular matrix and uses thereof. Methods for repairing or regenerating defective, diseased, damaged or ischemic tissues or organs in a subject, preferably a human, using the decellularized bone marrow extracellular matrix of the invention are also provided. The invention is further directed to a medical device, preferably a stent or an artificial heart, and biocompatible materials, preferably a tissue regeneration scaffold, comprising decellularized bone marrow extracellular matrix for implantation into a subject. |
| US08790915B2 |
Isolation of a protein responsible for uranium (VI) reduction
The present invention relates to the isolation and characterization of a protein responsible for the reduction of uranium (VI) to uranium (IV). The present invention extends to the use of the isolated protein in the reduction of uranium (VI) to uranium (IV) and further extends to a process for the bioremediation, or at least partial remediation, of a site contaminated with a source of U (VI). According to a first aspect thereof, the present invention provides an isolated polypeptide derived from Thermus scotoductus strain SA-01 that is responsible for the reduction of uranium (VI), in a source of uranium (VI), to uranium (IV), wherein the polypeptide comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No: 1. |
| US08790909B2 |
Strains of Helicobacter pylori and uses thereof
The present invention relates to strains of Helicobacter pylori useful for the delivery of biologically active agents. In particular, the present invention provides an isolated strain of H. pylori having: (a) low pathogenicity; (b) ability to naturally transform; and (c) ability to colonise mouse stomach mucosa without host adaptation. |
| US08790907B2 |
Method for detachment and preparation of living microorganisms
A method for immobilizing living microorganisms includes a step (1) of disposing a solution containing microorganisms as an electrolyte on the surface of a substrate at least one portion of which is an electrode, and applying a constant potential to the electrode to cause at least a portion of the microorganisms to attach to the surface of the substrate. The constant potential in step (1) is greater than −0.5 V but not greater than −0.2 V (vs Ag/AgCl) or greater than +0.2 V but not greater than +0.4 V (vs Ag/AgCl). The electrolyte in step (1) does not contain a source of nutrition for the microorganisms. |
| US08790899B2 |
Real-time PCR assays for rapid detection and differentiation of the Clostridium botulinum toxin genes A, B, E, and F
Provided herein is a method for detecting the presence or absence of at least one of Clostridium botulinum toxin gene A, B, E, and F in a biological sample by means of PCR amplification using toxin specific primers and labeled probes in connection with real time or delayed detection. Also provided are specific primer and probe sequences, a diagnostic method and a kit comprising primers and probes for detection of toxin genes A, B, E, or F in a biological sample. |
| US08790896B2 |
Method for increasing protein expression in cells
The present invention relates to a method for increasing the expression of a protein in cells, preferably in eukaryotic cells, by reducing the number of RNase L cleavage sites in the coding and/or non-coding region of the nucleic acid sequence of said protein. Furthermore, it relates to nucleic acid sequences exhibiting a reduced number of RNase L cleavage sites as well as to the proteins translated from such sequences. |
| US08790895B2 |
Generation of artificial binding proteins on the basis of ubiquitin proteins
The invention relates to modified proteins of the superfamily of “ubiquitin-like proteins”, proteins that have a ubiquitin-like fold and fragments or fusion proteins thereof. As a result of said modification, the proteins have a binding affinity with respect to a predetermined binding partner that did not exist previously. The invention also relates to a method for the production and utilization of said proteins. |
| US08790892B2 |
Substituted anthraquinone dyes for cellular stains and enzyme detection
The invention discloses new substituted anthraquinone dyes that may be useful as cellular stains. In some aspect of the invention, the nuclear stains are useful for staining the nuclei of dead or fixed cells. Another aspect of the invention relates to substituted anthraquinone dyes comprising an enzyme substrate moiety that is transformable or cleavable by an enzyme such that the transformation or cleavage of the substrate moiety causes a detectable change in the functionality or spectral properties of the dye. |
| US08790887B2 |
Screening methods for compounds that modulate ARF-6 mediated endosomal redistribution
The invention relates to the field of disorders of the peripheral or central nervous system, in particular, Alzheimer's disease, and the prevention and/or treatment thereof. In particular, the invention relates to ARF6 and/or ARF6 effector proteins as new targets in Alzheimer's disease, and based thereon, screening methods for compounds that reduce amyloid beta peptide formation in mammalian cells by affecting ARF6-mediated endosomal sorting. |
| US08790886B2 |
Methods to assay kinase activity
Methods to assay kinase activity are provided herein. The methods employ elemental analysis, including inductively charged plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The methods allow for the convenient and accurate analysis of post-translation modifications of substrates by kinase enzymes involved in post-translational modifications. |
| US08790879B2 |
Probes for detecting the presence of Trichomonas vaginalis in a sample
Oligonucleotides useful for determining the presence of Trichomonas vaginalis in a test sample. |