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| US08805144B1 |
Stretchable fiber optic cable
A fiber optic cable includes a strength member, tubes coupled to the strength member, and optical fibers. The strength member provides tensile and anti-buckling strength. The tubes have a cavity into which the optical fibers are packed. The cable is stretchable in that the optical fibers experience less than 0.5 dB/km of increased average attenuation at 1310 nanometers wavelength when the cable experiences strain of up to 2×10−3. |
| US08805143B2 |
Optical-fiber cable having high fiber count and high fiber density
Disclosed is a reduced-diameter optical-fiber cable that possesses a high fiber count and a high cable fiber density. |
| US08805141B2 |
Optical fiber illumination systems and methods
An illumination system that includes at least one light-diffusing optical fiber is disclosed. The illumination system includes at least one low-scatter light-conducting optical fiber that optically couples the at least one light-diffusing optical fiber to at least one light source. The light-diffusing optical fiber includes a light-source fiber portion having a length over which scattered light is continuously emitted. The light-source fiber portion can be bent, including wound into a coil shape. The light-diffusing optical fiber includes a plurality of nano-sized structures configured to scatter guided light traveling within the light-diffusing optical fiber out of an outer surface of the fiber. |
| US08805139B2 |
Optical waveguide directional coupler and method for making same
An optical waveguide directional coupler includes a base and a Y-shaped optical waveguide formed in the base. The base includes a planar member and a ridge member extending from a side of the planar member. The planar member includes a top surface. The ridge member includes a recessed planar portion and a raised portion raised relative to the recessed planar portion and perpendicularly extending from the planar member. The raised portion has an upper surface coplanar with the top surface. The Y-shaped optical waveguide is exposed to the upper surface and the top surface. One end of the Y-shaped optical waveguide is exposed to an end of the ridge member, and the other two ends are exposed to an end of the planar member. |
| US08805134B1 |
Methods and apparatus for photonic integration in non-polar and semi-polar oriented wave-guided optical devices
A monolithically integrated optical device. The device has a gallium and nitrogen containing substrate member having a surface region configured on either a non-polar or semi-polar orientation. The device also has a first waveguide structure configured in a first direction overlying a first portion of the surface region. The device also has a second waveguide structure integrally configured with the first waveguide structure. The first direction is substantially perpendicular to the second direction. |
| US08805133B1 |
Low-loss UV to mid IR optical tellurium oxide glass and fiber for linear, non-linear and active devices
A tellurium oxide glass that is stable, strong and chemically durable exhibits low optical loss from the UV band well into the MIR band. Unwanted absorption mechanisms in the MIR band are removed or reduced so that the glass formulation exhibits optical performance as close as possible to the theoretical limit of a tellurium oxide glass. The glass formulation only includes glass constituents that provide the intermediate, modifiers and any halides (for OH— reduction) whose inherent absorption wavelength is longer than that of Tellurium (IV) oxide. The glass formulation is substantially free of Sodium Oxide and any other passive glass constituent including hydroxyl whose inherent absorption wavelength is shorter than that of Tellurium (IV) oxide. The glass formulation preferably includes only a small residual amount of halide. |
| US08805131B2 |
Optical module and fabrication method
An optical module includes an optical waveguide that transmits and outputs signal light; a circuit board that transmits the signal light output from the optical waveguide, and includes a low refractive-index portion that neighbors and surrounds a transmissive portion and has a lower refractive index than the transmissive portion, which transmits the signal light; and a light-receiving element that includes, on a side toward the circuit board, a light-receiving portion that receives the signal light that has transmitted through the circuit board, where the signal light is reflected toward the light-receiving element at a boundary surface between the transmissive portion and the low refractive-index portion. |
| US08805128B2 |
Multi-point pressure sensor and uses thereof
A sensing device for detecting a physical parameter exemplified by pressures, strains, temperatures, indices of refraction, and combinations thereof. The sensing device comprises a probe having a housing for sealably mounting therein an optical fiber. The optical fiber is provided at its distal end with at least two spaced apart fiber Bragg gratings. The proximal end of the probe is engagable with a holder, and is in communication with fiber Bragg grating interrogation systems. Spacers and seals may be provided about the optical fiber between the fiber Bragg gratings. An orifice may be provided and sealed with a resilient membrane to provide a contained airspace around each fiber Bragg grating. The contained airspace may be optionally filled with a fluid or a gas. |
| US08805125B1 |
Comparing extracted card data using continuous scanning
Comparing extracted card data from a continuous scan comprises receiving, by one or more computing devices, a digital scan of a card; obtaining a plurality of images of the card from the digital scan of the physical card; performing an optical character recognition algorithm on each of the plurality of images; comparing results of the application of the optical character recognition algorithm for each of the plurality of images; determining if a configured threshold of the results for each of the plurality of images match each other; and verifying the results when the results for each of the plurality of images match each other. Threshold confidence level for the extracted card data can be employed to determine the accuracy of the extraction. Data is further extracted from blended images and three-dimensional models of the card. Embossed text and holograms in the images may be used to prevent fraud. |
| US08805124B2 |
System and method for automatically creating a photo calendar
System and method are disclosed for creating a photo calendar. A computer storage medium stores images taken in a time period spanning a plurality of capture months. A computer processor automatically divides the images into groups based the capture months, distributes the images in one of the capture month to one or more calendar months according to an adjacency distribution function, and creates a design of a photo calendar comprising a plurality of calendar months and images distributed in the calendar months. |
| US08805121B2 |
Method and device for video image processing, calculating the similarity between video frames, and acquiring a synthesized frame by synthesizing a plurality of contiguous sampled frames
To acquire a high-resolution frame from a plurality of frames sampled from a video image, it is necessary to obtain a high-resolution frame with reduced picture quality degradation regardless of motion of a subject included in the frame. Because of this, between a plurality of contiguous frames FrN and FrN+1, there is estimated a correspondent relationship. Based on the correspondent relationship, the frames FrN+1 and FrN are interposed to obtain first and second interpolated frames FrH1 and FrH2. Based on the correspondent relationship, the coordinates of the frame FrN+1 are transformed, and from a correlation value with the frame FrN, there is obtained a weighting coefficient α(x°, y°) that makes the weight of the first interpolated frame FrH1 greater as a correlation becomes greater. With the weighting coefficient, the first and second interpolated frames are weighted and added to acquire a synthesized frame FrG. |
| US08805116B2 |
Methods and apparatus for visual search
For each image of a set of images, the each image is characterized with a set of fixed-orientation texture descriptors and a set of color descriptors. The set of images is indexed in a color index and a texture index. Similarly, a query image is characterized with a set of fixed-orientation texture descriptors. The set of fixed orientation texture descriptors of the query image includes a set of fixed orientation descriptors for each of a set of rotated query images, and a set of color descriptors of the query image. A rotated local Bag-of-Features (BoF) operation is performed upon the set of rotated query images and the set of images. Each of the set of images is ranked based on the rotated local Bag-of-Features operation. |
| US08805113B2 |
Image processing device and method and image display device
An image processing device includes an edge-enhancing image enlarger that converts an input image to a high-resolution image with edge enhancement. A difference calculator determines differences between the high-resolution image and the input image. A high-resolution image corrector corrects the high-resolution image by diffusing the differences to pixels of the high-resolution image, thereby generating a corrected image in which edges are enhanced without image degradation in textured areas. |
| US08805110B2 |
Methods and systems for content processing
Mobile phones and other portable devices are equipped with a variety of technologies by which existing functionality can be improved, and new functionality can be provided. Some aspects relate to visual search capabilities, and determining appropriate actions responsive to different image inputs. Others relate to processing of image data. Still others concern metadata generation, processing, and representation. Yet others concern user interface improvements. Other aspects relate to imaging architectures, in which a mobile phone's image sensor is one in a chain of stages that successively act on packetized instructions/data, to capture and later process imagery. Still other aspects relate to distribution of processing tasks between the mobile device and remote resources (“the cloud”). Elemental image processing (e.g., simple filtering and edge detection) can be performed on the mobile phone, while other operations can be referred out to remote service providers. The remote service providers can be selected using techniques such as reverse auctions, through which they compete for processing tasks. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed. |
| US08805109B2 |
Apparatus and methods for re-compression having a monotonic relationship between extent of compression and quality of compressed image
A computerized method for independent disjoint block-level recompression of a first image generated by independent coding of disjoint blocks in a precursor image, the first image having at least one first quantization matrix associated therewith, the method comprising performing at least one independent disjoint block-level compression operation, using a processor on the first image, thereby to generate a re-compressed second image including generating a new quantization matrix and using the new quantization matrix for the independent disjoint block-level compression, including computing a rounding error created by the quantization process utilizing the new quantization matrix and, if needed, adjusting at least one value of the new quantization matrix to reduce a rounding error created by the quantization process utilizing the new quantization matrix. |
| US08805107B2 |
Image data coding apparatus, method of controlling operation of same, and program therefor
A wavelet transform, binary arithmetic coding and pass-by-pass partitioning of coded data streams according to JPEG 2000 are carried out and first and second layers for which the decoded image will have distortion ratios within a desired range are generated. If the total amount of code in the first layer is smaller than a target amount of code, then, from among coded data streams contained in the second layer, coded code up to a pass within a coded data stream having little influence upon image quality is added to the first layer. If the total amount of code in the first layer is greater than the target amount of code, then, from among coded data streams contained in the first layer, coded code within a coded data stream having little influence upon image quality is deleted from the first layer. |
| US08805106B2 |
System and method for compressing and decompressing images and video
A system and method for image and video compression and decompression using compressive sensing is provided. A method for decompressing a compressed image, where the compressed image having a plurality of compressed image blocks, and the method is performed on a processor, includes selecting a compressed image block, entropy decoding the selected compressed image block, and recovering an image block corresponding to the decoded selected compressed image block using compressive sensing recovery. |
| US08805105B2 |
Image compression apparatus, image expansion apparatus, and methods and programs thereof
An image compression apparatus capable of compressing an input image that includes a predetermined target object at a high compression ratio while allowing high quality image restoration. In the apparatus, the input image is reduced and compressed. A region of interest corresponding to a predetermined target object is set in the input image. A partial area image of an expanded image of the compressed reduced image corresponding to the region of interest is converted to a high resolution image by applying a prediction process that uses a learning result obtained by learning the predetermined object in advance. With respect to the region of interest portion, a differential image between the image converted to the high resolution and the input image is generated and encoded. Reduced image compression data and differential image encoded data are outputted. |
| US08805104B1 |
Selecting example-based predictors based on spatial continuity
An image processing system is provided for encoding images based on example-based compression. The system selects a set of candidate dictionary predictor entries to encode a portion of an image based at least in part on the neighbors of the portion. The spatial continuity between portions of the image is exploited by the image processing system by selecting corresponding dictionary predictor entries that have the same offset vector as the portion of the image and its neighboring portions. |
| US08805102B2 |
Application based adaptive encoding
A system and method for encoding dynamic image information for an image generated by a computer application executing on a processor. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise determining a first set of information describing a reference image. A second set of information may be determined for describing an image, wherein the second set of information comprises information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image. For example, a set of primary movement directions may be determined based at least in part on the computer application generating the image. Such set of primary movement directions may be utilized for analyzing the image relative to the reference images. The difference between the image and the reference image may, for example, be analyzed using at least one of the set of primary movement directions. A movement direction may, for example, be utilized to describe the image. |
| US08805100B2 |
Filter device, image decoding device, image encoding device, and filter parameter data structure
A loop filter section according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a BF section selectively acting on a block boundary of an image processed block by block; and an adaptive filter section including a first linear filter section that acts on an input image to be supplied to the BF section and a second linear filter section that acts on an output image of the BF section. The adaptive filter section performs addition of an output image of the first linear filter section and an output image of the second linear filter section to output a result of the addition. |
| US08805099B2 |
Image decoding method and image coding method
An image decoding method is an image decoding method of decoding coded image data, including selecting, based on a type of a decoding target signal, an arithmetic decoding method that is used to decode the decoding target signal, from among a plurality of arithmetic decoding methods that include: a first arithmetic decoding method which is performed based on a symbol occurrence probability obtained according to a context, and which involves update of the symbol occurrence probability according to a decoding symbol; and a second arithmetic decoding method which is performed based on a symbol occurrence probability obtained according to a context, and which maintains the symbol occurrence probability that is other than 50%. |
| US08805096B2 |
Video compression noise immunity
A method of improving run length video encoding commands is described in which all compression commands that require a current pixel value to be compared to a previously sent pixel value to determine whether compression can take place in a longer run is adjusted to relieve stringent match conditions. Instead of requiring an exact match, the compression engine subtracts one pixel value from another, and compares the absolute value of the result to a threshold value. In this way, run lengths can be lengthened for purposes of compression and compression efficiency can be increased. |
| US08805092B2 |
Store system, reading apparatus, and sales registration apparatus
A store system includes a reading unit that includes an image acquiring unit and an image output unit, and a sales registration apparatus that includes a similar image detection unit and a sales registration unit. The image acquiring unit acquires an image that is captured by an image capturing unit. The image output unit outputs the acquired image. The similar image detection unit detects an image of a product that is similar to at least a portion of the output image by referencing product management information in which information relating to sales registration of a product and an image of the product are associated for each product. The sales registration unit registers sales of a product based on information relating to the sales registration associated with the image of the detected product. |
| US08805089B2 |
Moving information between computing devices
A computer-implemented method for moving information between computing devices includes capturing a digital image of a display of a first computing device using a camera of a second computing device, transmitting, to the first computing device, data that corresponds to the digital image; analyzing the transmitted data on the first computing device to determine whether the digital image matches a current display of the first computing device, and using the analysis to cause one of the first or second computing devices to invoke an application and match a state of an application that is executing on the other of the first or second computing devices. |
| US08805088B1 |
Specularity determination from images
Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to determine specularity of an object. As an example an object or area of geometry may be selected. A set of images that include the area of geometry may be captured. This set of images may be filtered to remove images that do not show the area of geometry well, such as if the area is in a shadow or occluded by another object. A set of intensity values for the area are determined for each image. A set of angle values for each image is determined based on at least a direction of a camera that captured the particular image when the particular image was captured. The set of average intensities and the set of angle values are paired and fit to a curve. The specularity of the area may then be classified based on at least the fit. |
| US08805087B2 |
Image processing device and image processing method
An image processing device for identifying a characteristic of an eye from a face image comprising: a first differentiation unit configured to differentiate an eye region in at least a vertical direction of the eye to obtain a first luminance gradient; a first edge extraction unit configured to extract a first edge point according to the first luminance gradient; and a curve identification unit configured to identify a curve, which is a B-spline curve or a Bezier curve expressed by a control point and both end points and fits to the first edge point, as a curve expressing an upper-eyelid or lower-eyelid outline, the end points being an inner corner point of eye and a tail point of eye, by voting for the control point that is a voting target with respect to the first edge point using the Hough transform. |
| US08805086B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method and computer-readable recording device
An image processing apparatus to detect a bubble region included in image includes: a bubble candidate region setting unit which sets, from the image, a region as a bubble candidate region, the region having shape corresponding to a bubble region shape model stored in a storage unit; and a bubble region determination unit which determines, on the basis of information belonging to the bubble candidate region, whether the bubble candidate region is a bubble region. |
| US08805083B1 |
System and method for discriminating constituents of image by complex spectral signature extraction
A system and method are provided to operate upon image data electronically captured with complex spectral content in a plurality of image data pixels within a spatial image plane. A plurality of reference components are provided. A discovery processor is coupled to the general dictionary, and is programmably configured to execute a simultaneous sparse approximation process upon image data pixels of at least a portion of the captured image. The discovery processor discovers therefor a set of core spectral signatures defined in terms of selected reference components from the general dictionary. A match processor programmably configured to execute a selective matching process is also provided for transforming individual image data pixels into linear combinations of selected core spectral signatures. The constituent features of the captured image portion corresponding to the selectively matched core spectral signatures are discriminated according to the linear combination thereof. |
| US08805076B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method and computer readable medium
An image processing apparatus includes a measuring unit that measures lengths of segments in an image; a first evaluating unit that evaluates each segment based on the length of the segment measured by the measuring unit and a position of the segment; a second evaluating unit that evaluates each segment based on a similarity of the length of the segment measured by the measuring unit and the position of the segment; and a determining unit that determines whether each segment is a ruled line based on an evaluation result obtained by the first evaluating unit and an evaluation result obtained by the second evaluating unit. |
| US08805070B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method
An image processing apparatus is configured to reduce a color blur in a color image, and includes a color blur process determination part configured to change at least one of a color blur that serves as a reduction object and an estimation method of an amount of the color blur according to at least one of a characteristic of an image and an imaging condition. |
| US08805066B2 |
Method, system and computer program product for image modification and manipulation of a scene
An automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. The method includes the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, performing an image segregation operation on the image file to generate a set of intrinsic images corresponding to the image, modifying a preselected one of the set of intrinsic images according to a set of preselected operations and merging the modified one of the set of intrinsic images relative to the set of intrinsic images to provide a modified output image. |
| US08805057B2 |
Method and system for generating structured light with spatio-temporal patterns for 3D scene reconstruction
A structured light pattern including a set of patterns in a sequence is generated by initializing a base pattern. The base pattern includes a sequence of colored stripes such that each subsequence of the colored stripes is unique for a particular size of the subsequence. The base pattern is shifted hierarchically, spatially and temporally a predetermined number of times to generate the set of patterns, wherein each pattern is different spatially and temporally. A unique location of each pixel in a set of images acquired of a scene is determined, while projecting the set of patterns onto the scene, wherein there is one image for each pattern. |
| US08805056B2 |
Automatic detection and grouping of straight lines in images for personalization
As set forth herein, a computer-implemented method is employed to place personalized text into an image. A location within the image is selected where the text is to be placed, and region is grown around the selected location. The 3D geometry of the surface is estimated proximate to the location and sets of parallel straight lines in the image are identified and selected to define a bounding polygon into which text may be inserted. Optionally, a user is permitted to adjust the bounding polygon once it has been automatically generated. |
| US08805052B2 |
Apparatus and method for measuring three-dimensional shape of wood block
An apparatus and a method for measuring three-dimensional shape of a wood block are disclosed. A planar light beam is projected by a light emitting device against a wood block rotatably supported on its tentative spin axis in such a way that two continuous lines extending parallel to the tentative spin axis for the entire block length are illuminated on the outer peripheral surface of the block. The block with the illuminated lines is photographed at a plurality of its angular positions by a imaging device. Based on data of the photographed line images, distances between the tentative spin axis and each of the illuminated lines on the outer peripheral surface of the block are computed at a plurality of cross-sections of the block along the tentative spin axis. Distances from the tentative spin axis to the outer peripheral surface of the block, including shapes of various irregularities on the surface of the block, are measured. |
| US08805049B2 |
Reducing false positives in computer-aided detection
Methods, systems, and related computer program products for computer-aided detection (CAD) of anatomical abnormalities in digital (or digitized) x-ray mammograms are described. The inventive techniques are based on using a foundational CAD processing algorithm that is characterized by at least one of non-shift-invariance, non-rotational-invariance, and non-inversional-invariance. According to one preferred embodiment, a first x-ray mammogram image of a breast is received, and at least one altered version thereof is generated that differs therefrom by at least one of image shift, image rotation, and image inversion. The first x-ray mammogram image and each of the at least one altered versions thereof are individually processed using the foundational CAD algorithm to generate a respective plurality of individual CAD detection sets. The plurality of CAD detection sets are then compared to generate an overall CAD detection set. |
| US08805048B2 |
Method and system for orthodontic diagnosis
A method for generating a cephalometric analysis of an orthodontic patient is disclosed. A sequence of images that may each correspond to a specific anatomical plane of the patient is received. Then, a volumetric representation of the patient is derived from a combination of the sequence of the images. One or more markers associated with particular anatomical landmarks of the patient according to a predefined analysis method are received. The markers are defined by a set of coordinate values, and are designated via an interactive user interface to a two-dimensional representation derived from the volumetric representation. Connectors between one or more of the markers are generated in accordance with the predefined analysis method, and a visual representation of the markers and the connectors are overlaid on the volumetric representation. |
| US08805047B2 |
Systems and methods for adaptive volume imaging
Systems and methods which provide volume imaging by implementing survey and target imaging modes are shown. According to embodiments, a survey imaging mode is implemented to provide a volume image of a relatively large survey area. A target of interest is preferably identified within the survey area for use in a target imaging mode. Embodiments implement a target imaging mode to provide a volume image of a relatively small target area corresponding to the identified target of interest. The target imaging mode preferably adapts the beamforming, volume field of view, and/or other signal and image processing algorithms to the target area. In operation according to embodiments, the target imaging mode provides a volume image of a target area with improved volume rate and image quality. |
| US08805046B2 |
Method and device for correcting a shimming device
Disclosed in the present embodiments are a method and a device for correcting a shimming device. A phase image in a coronal plane direction of a phantom is used to make an estimation of a degree of symmetry of the phase image for each test position of the shimming device. From the image symmetry estimation result corresponding to each test position, a test position with the best image symmetry estimation result is selected to be an optimum deployment point of the shimming device. |
| US08805045B2 |
Interaction method for regions of-interest in time series images
A method for identifying a region of interest within a time sequence of images includes acquiring a time sequence of images comprising a plurality of image frames. Image segmentation is performed to segment a region of interest (ROI) from within each of the plurality of image frames of the time sequence of images. Manual edits are received for the ROI within one or more of the plurality of image frames. The manual edits are propagated to other image frames of the plurality of images. An extent to which each of the manual edits are propagated to other image frames is dependent upon a transformation function or deformation field used to propagate the manual edits and a weighing factor that is influenced by a distance in time between the other image frames and the frames that have been manually edited. |
| US08805035B2 |
Systems and methods for contouring a set of medical images
In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for contouring a set of medical images. An example system may include an image database, an image deformation engine and a contour transformation engine. The image database may be used to store a set of medical images. The image deformation engine may be configured to receive a source image and a target image from the set of medical images in the image database, and further configured to use a deformation algorithm with the source image and the target image to generate deformation field data that is indicative of changes between one or more objects from the source image to the target image. The contour transformation engine may be configured to receive source contour data that identifies the one or more objects within the source image, and further configured to use the deformation field data and the source contour data to generate automatic target contour data that identifies the one or more objects within the target image. The image deformation engine and the contour transformation engine may comprise software instructions stored in one or more memory devices and executable by one or more processors. |
| US08805032B2 |
System and method for identifying an individual
The present invention provides a system for identifying an individual provided with a portable communication device. In a system for identifying an individual using a portable communication device with a display, the display is a sensor-incorporated display, the sensor-incorporated display reads the biological information of a user, and, based on the read information, identifies an individual. |
| US08805029B1 |
Visual security mechanism for a device with a front-facing camera
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and computer readable media for locking a computing device. Periodic images are received from a camera on a computing device. Each of the images is compared to a stored image of a user. A determination is made that one of the images does not match the stored image, and the computing device is locked upon determining that one of the images does not match the stored image. |
| US08805028B2 |
Personal identification device using vessel pattern of fingers
Personal identification is implemented by picking up finger vein patterns when the user naturally grasps a grip such as doorknob. The device for personal identification has a light source provided to irradiate light on the finger from the palm side, a camera to pick up the vessel image of the finger, and a processor to extract features of the vessel from the image and compare the obtained features with the registered ones. The camera picks up the light that exits from the backside of the finger after penetrating it. |
| US08805026B1 |
Scoring items
A system identifies an image and determines whether the image contains inappropriate content based on first data associated with the image, second data associated with a document that contains the image or refers to the image, and/or third data associated with a group of documents with which the image is associated. |
| US08805022B2 |
Velocity detection apparatus having two detectors
A velocity detection apparatus detects a position of a moving object at a first timing and a second timing to detect a velocity of the moving object based on a difference between the first timing and the second timing. The first timing is a timing at which an identifiable mark position of the moving object is detected by a first detector and the second timing is a timing at which the mark position is detected by a second detector. The velocity detection apparatus includes a light source and first and second detectors which detects the mark position based on light obtained by illuminating the moving object using the light source. A vertical projection position of the light source onto a plane which is parallel to a main surface of the first or second detector is located between vertical projection positions of the first and the second detector onto the plane. |
| US08805012B2 |
Monitoring state display apparatus, monitoring state display method, and monitoring state display program
The present invention allows to grasp a problem area of a system quickly and accurately. The present invention has: a reference position allocation unit 13 that allocates reference positions, when displaying indexes to indicate a plurality of monitoring targets on a display area, to the indexes respectively; a data acquisition unit 11 that acquires monitoring data on the monitoring targets; a significance level determination unit 12 that determines a significance level of monitoring for each of the monitoring targets based on the content of the monitoring data; a display position change unit 14 that changes positions where indexes of monitoring targets existing around a significant monitoring target are displayed to post-movement positions which are concentrically scattered from the index of the significant monitoring target, so that the index of the significant monitoring target, which corresponds to the significance level higher than normal, does not overlap with the indexes of the other monitoring targets on the display area; and a display control unit 15 that displays the indexes on the display area based on the reference positions and the post reference positions. |
| US08805011B2 |
Method and apparatus for examining an item in which an automated evaluation unit undergoes a learning process
An examination apparatus examines an item including a person or a container and has a determination unit for determining a relevance level which can be assigned to the item under examination, in particular a hazard level, and an image capture unit for capturing an image of the item under examination. The examination apparatus has a database, an automated evaluation unit for automatically evaluating at least one section of the image using the database, an evaluation unit operated by a user for the visual evaluation of a section of the image by the user, and an input unit for inputting at least one evaluation input by the user, and a database processing unit for processing the database. The database processing unit processes a database entry using the evaluation input in conjunction with the determination of the relevance level. |
| US08805010B2 |
Gesture identification using an ad-hoc multidevice network
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for establishing an ad hoc network of devices that can be used to interpret gestures. Embodiments of the invention use a network of sensors with an ad hoc spatial configuration to observe physical objects in a performance area. The performance area may be a room or other area within range of the sensors. Initially, devices within the performance area, or with a view of the performance area, are indentified. Once identified, the sensors go through a discovery phase to locate devices within an area. Once the discovery phase is complete and the devices within the ad hoc network are located, the combined signals received from the devices may be used to interpret gestures made within the performance area. |
| US08805007B2 |
Integrated background and foreground tracking
Systems and methods for tracking the foreground and background objects in a video image sequence. The systems and methods providing for determining a camera model based on a first group of feature points extracted from a video frame, extracting three-dimensional (3D) information for the first group of feature points based on the camera model and a previous camera model for a previous video frame, reassigning feature points to the first group or a second group, based on mapping each feature point to a corresponding 3D model using the extracted 3D information for each feature point and determining a new camera model when a number of reassigned feature points is greater than a predetermined threshold. |
| US08805006B2 |
Information processing device configured to detect a subject from an image and extract a feature point from the subject, information processing method, program and electronic apparatus
An information processing device, method, program, and electronic apparatus are provided for operating an information processing device without a sense of discomfort regardless of a distance between the information processing device and a user. The information processing device, method, program, and electronic apparatus detect a subject from an image and extract a feature point from the subject. The feature point is converted into a coordinate point based on a movement distance of the subject and an image distance. The image distance being a distance between the subject and where the image is captured. |
| US08805005B2 |
System and method for processing radar imagery
The present invention relates to a system and method for processing imagery, such as may be derived from a coherent imaging system e.g. a synthetic aperture radar (SAR). The system processes sequences of SAR images of a region taken in at least two different passes and generates Coherent Change Detection (CCD) base images from corresponding images of each pass. A reference image is formed from one or more of the CCD base images images, and an incoherent change detection image formed by comparison between a given CCD base image and the reference image. The technique is able to detect targets from tracks left in soft ground, or from shadow areas caused by vehicles, and so does not rely on a reflection directly from the target itself. The technique may be implemented on data recorded in real time, or may be done in post-processing on a suitable computer system. |
| US08805003B2 |
Device and method for localizing an object of interest in a subject
A device for localization of an object of interest in a subject includes a registration unit for registering a 3D-representation of the subject having a plurality of segments corresponding to a plurality of structural regions of the subject, with a 2D-image. The registration unit is configured to define a plurality of areas in the image such that at least one area of the plurality of areas is associated with a respective region of the plurality of regions. A localization unit is configured to localize the object, and extract an indication of the object from the image by processing the image. The processing is limited to an object area of the plurality of areas which is associated with a predetermined object region. |
| US08804999B2 |
Video recommendation system and method thereof
A video recommendation system is provided. The video recommendation system has: an interaction device configured to receive feedback information of a video from a user, wherein the videos are composed of a plurality of video segments; a feature calculating module configured to calculate object features of at least a first video segment corresponding to the feedback information in the plurality of video segments; and an analysis module configured to recommend at least one first recommended video segment to the user from the plurality of video segments according to the calculated object features and the feedback information. |
| US08804991B2 |
Loudspeaker assembly and system
A loudspeaker assembly is disclosed for use in a loudspeaker system having infinite baffle topology. The assembly comprises a driver including a cone and a basket and at least one Helmholtz resonator including a chamber and a vent duct communicating with the chamber and adapted to pass through the infinite baffle. The chamber is dimensioned to provide a tuned frequency well above an operating band associated with the driver. The cross sectional area and length of the vent duct may be set to provide control over duct air noise and low frequency extension. A method of tuning a loudspeaker assembly for use in a loudspeaker system having infinite baffle topology is also disclosed. |
| US08804989B2 |
Flexible resonance unit for a speaker
A resonance device for a speaker is provided. The device includes a speaker unit and a resonance unit. The speaker unit outputs a sound corresponding to a signal. The resonance unit is fixed to the speaker unit to provide a space for allowing a sound to resonate. The resonance unit is flexible, and the space for allowing a sound to resonate is variable. |
| US08804985B2 |
Systems and methods for high pass filtering with smart saturation
An audio processing system that includes an audio filter having one or more elements capable of having state, such as a capacitor, an inductor or a delay. A saturation detector is configured to detect saturation of the audio filter and to generate an output when saturation of the filter is detected, such as a switch control signal. A switch is connected to the audio filter and the saturation detector, wherein the state of one or more of the elements of the audio filter is changed when the saturation detector provides the output to the switch, such as when the switch shorts the element and causes the energy stored in the element to be dissipated. |
| US08804983B2 |
Microphone and microphone apparatus
A microphone includes a microphone unit having a diaphragm, a fixed electrode and a FET as an impedance converter; a plug outputting audio signals output from the microphone unit; and a jack into which audio signals inputted in the microphone unit are inputted. While the plug of the other microphone is inserted in the jack of the microphone, the audio signals output from the other microphone unit are added to the audio signals output from the microphone unit and are output. |
| US08804981B2 |
Processing audio signals
According to an embodiment, a method of reducing noise in a signal received at a processing stage of an acoustic system includes, at the processing stage identifying at least one frequency which causes a system gain of the acoustic system to be above an average system gain of the acoustic system; providing a noise attenuation factor for reducing noise in the signal for the at least one frequency, the noise attenuation factor for the at least one frequency based on the system gain for that frequency; and applying the noise attenuation factor to a component of the signal at that frequency. |
| US08804975B2 |
Digital sound leveling device and method to reduce the risk of noise induced hearing loss
Devices and methods for digital sound leveling are disclosed. The subject devices and methods can be used to reduce the risk of noise induced hearing loss. According to an embodiment, an audio file can be parsed into frames that are filtered using an A-weighted digital filter and scaled to a desired power level. Accordingly, the dynamic range of an audio output at a particular volume level can be controlled. |
| US08804970B2 |
Low bitrate audio encoding/decoding scheme with common preprocessing
An audio encoder has a common preprocessing stage, an information sink based encoding branch such as spectral domain encoding branch, a information source based encoding branch such as an LPC-domain encoding branch and a switch for switching between these branches at inputs into these branches or outputs of these branches controlled by a decision stage. An audio decoder has a spectral domain decoding branch, an LPC-domain decoding branch, one or more switches for switching between the branches and a common post-processing stage for post-processing a time-domain audio signal for obtaining a post-processed audio signal. |
| US08804965B2 |
Methods for decrypting, transmitting and receiving control words, recording medium and control word server to implement these methods
A method of transmitting control words to terminals that are mechanically and electronically independent of one another includes transmitting, to a terminal, an absent control word in response to a request from the terminal that contains a cryptogram corresponding to the absent control word, for the terminal, selectively determining a number of additional control words to be transmitted to the terminal as a function of a probability that security of the additional control words is compromised, and transmitting, to the terminal, in addition to the absent control word, the determined number of additional control words to enable the terminal to descramble at least one additional cryptoperiod of the multimedia content in addition to the cryptoperiod of the multimedia content that can be descrambled using the absent control word. |
| US08804952B2 |
System and method for securing scalar multiplication against differential power attacks
The system and method for securing scalar multiplication against differential power attacks (DPAs) delays required point additions in elliptic curve cryptosystem scalar multiplication. A buffer is used to store the points that will be added later in a random manner. Then, a randomly selected one of the stored points in the buffer is added to the accumulation point, or several randomly selected points are added consecutively. This makes the power trace appear as a repeated sequence of consecutive point doubling followed by consecutive point additions, which makes it very difficult for an attacker to know the exact value of the inspected bit during the scalar multiplication process. |
| US08804951B2 |
Speeding up galois counter mode (GCM) computations
Methods and apparatus to speed up Galois Counter Mode (GCM) computations are described. In one embodiment, a carry-less multiplication instruction may be used to perform operations corresponding to verification of an encrypted message in accordance with GCM. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US08804946B2 |
Stochastic vector based network echo cancellation
An apparatus generally having a first circuit and a second circuit is disclosed. The first circuit may be configured to generate a first sample by filtering an input vector based on (a) a filter vector and (b) a stochastic vector. Each of a plurality of components in the stochastic vector generally has a respective random value. The first circuit may also be configured to generate a second sample as a difference between a third sample and the first sample. The third sample may be received from a network as an echo. The second circuit may be configured to update a subset of a plurality of taps of the filtering where a corresponding one of the components of the stochastic vector has a first value of the random values. |
| US08804945B1 |
Detecting events occurring on remote telephone
A process and a system are disclosed for detecting activity, e.g., three way calling, call forwarding, or the like, during a phone call. The process includes, and the system is configured for, establishing the call path between a first party and a second party, adding a reference tone to the call path, observing a reflected tone from the call path, and determining a relationship between the reference tone and the reflected tone. Information relating to the relationship may be reported for further analysis. |
| US08804944B1 |
Systems and methods for queuing incoming call within interactive voice response(IVR) system
A system, method, and computer-usable medium are disclosed for improved processing of calls within an interactive voice response (IVR) system. An inbound call comprising a call origination identifier is received by a call processing module, which uses the call origination identifier to retrieve call record and call processing information associated with a prior call session. The call record and call processing information is processed to determine the state of the prior call session and its point of termination when it was terminated. If the point of termination was associated with a human operator, then the call processing module determines whether the same human operator is available. If not, the user is provided a choice of call session options including being placed in a hold queue until the same or another human operator is available, requesting a return call from a human operator, or selecting another call session process. |
| US08804943B2 |
Systems and methods for routing calls
An IP-based call center is able to route video and audio calls. The call routing is skills-based, and can be configured to give preference first to representatives or agents associated with an entity, and then to representatives or agents within a network associated with that entity. If no representative is available in-house or in-network, the call can be transferred to an external representative or agent. In other embodiments, an entity can configure prioritized layers for routing calls, in order to favor specific service providers. |
| US08804942B2 |
Routing and queuing information for video conferencing in banking centers
Embodiments of the present invention provide apparatuses and methods for providing improved customer service and sales experiences through collaborative face-to-face interaction between a customer and an expert in another location. Some embodiments of the invention comprise apparatuses and methods for video collaboration between an associate of the business located on-site at the point of inquiry, the customer who requires customer service, and an expert located off-site, typically at a call center. Other embodiments of the invention comprise apparatuses and methods for queuing video collaboration and non-video collaboration calls within a call center. The embodiments of the invention relate to apparatuses and methods that can be used for any business that has on-site point of inquiry centers, but the apparatuses and methods are particularly useful for banking customers who enter banking centers to interact on a face-to-face basis with an expert in the area of the customer's needs. |
| US08804940B2 |
Networked contact center
This document discusses, among other things, a networked contact center that includes multiple platforms to host multiple tenants. Example embodiments include receiving a message associated with one of the tenants and identifying one or more of the platforms associated with the message. For some example embodiments, the networked contact center may allow the platform to access a data location that is both associated with the tenant and shared by two or more of the multiple tenants. |
| US08804932B2 |
Protection of services in mobile network against CLI spoofing
An anti-CLI spoofing procedure controls access of a mobile communication device to a service on a communication network via a connection from outside the network. The device issues a unique identifier for identifying the device to the service. If the identifier is received from outside the network and over a secure signaling channel, a first time stamp is stored in a memory, representative of a first time of receipt of the identifier. The connection is set up and then a second time stamp is generated representative of a second time at which the connection is established to a node on the network. A first instruction is issued to establish unconditional access to the service if a time difference between the time stamps falls within a predetermined time window. A second instruction is issued to grant conditional access to the service if the time difference falls outside the predetermined window. |
| US08804930B1 |
Method and apparatus for content presentation in association with a telephone call
A method and apparatus are provided for presenting multimedia content to a caller and/or a called party in association with a telephone call. Content may be presented pre-ring (before the called party's telephone rings), in-call and/or post-call. Content presented to a party may be related to another party participating in the call or may be related to a third party (e.g., an advertiser that paid for the ability to have its content presented). Presented content may be actuable, and allow a caller to change the destination of a call, take advantage of an offer presented to him, redeem a coupon, schedule or queue a subsequent call, etc. To find a desired destination party, a caller may initiate a manual or automatic search of his local contacts (on his telephone) and/or a central or global directory or contact list. |
| US08804929B2 |
System and method for generating subscriber churn predictions
A system and method for generating a subscriber churn prediction includes receiving call detail records from a network operator detailing communication between subscribers of the network operator and determining tie-strengths between subscribers based on the call detail records. The system and method further includes generating a net churn influence accumulated at each subscriber from the tie-strengths by propagating churner influence between subscribers due to churn events. |
| US08804924B2 |
Telephone communication method and system
The invention concerns telecommunications methods and systems, and more particularly methods and systems for enabling respondents, who may be potential customers, to respond to advertisements for items (goods or services) advertised by or on behalf of advertisers. Telecommunications methods and systems of the invention provide selective communication routing or forwarding to advertisers of communications made to anonymous contact identifiers selected from a pool of anonymous contact identifiers, each anonymous contact identifier able to be allocated to an item to be advertised by or on behalf of the advertiser. The anonymous contact identifier is a public telephone number or an email address, for example. The service is provided by way of hosted system for use by a plurality of advertisers. The invention has particular application in the area of classified or personal advertising in printed or online publications, such as for real estate, automotive, travel or job advertising, for sale or auction item advertising, or for dating agency advertising. |
| US08804921B2 |
System for collaborative content creation on the telecom web
A system and method that enables the collaborative creation and editing of content on a VoiceSite over a telephone. The system and method enables the collaborative creation and editing of content on the VoiceSite by allowing one or multiple users (authors) to generate and edit the content of the VoiceSite at the same or different times. A Collaboration Manager is utilized to manage calls to/from one or more users. A VoiGen component utilizes voice-activated prompts to allow the one or more users to perform at least one of specify user preferences, load templates, store user preferences and service options, parse through obtained data, and generate/edit the VoiceSite based on the inputs provided by the one or multiple users. A Session Manager stores user specific information and ensures that the content provided by multiple users, including edits/changes, is integrated without conflicts. |
| US08804915B2 |
Remote virtual supervision system
An apparatus and method that enables a case officer to monitor in remotely to P/Ps. The remote supervision server receives GPS data/time-date data/text/audio/video reporting periodically from the parolees and probationers and the GPS data/time-date data/text/audio/video reporting is analyzed. The remote supervision server will send an alert to the case officer if a suspicious behavior is detected. If no suspicious is detected, the remote supervision server will store the analysis result and send a notification to the case officer. The case officer can then check the audio/video reporting and the analysis result later. The remote supervision server also calculates the likelihood of recidivism for each post-release supervised client, parolee or probationer and advises the officer of such risk in order of greatest risk to lowest risk. |
| US08804909B2 |
System and method for regulating data acquistion
A method for regulating the acquisition of an analog input signal from a digital X-ray panel is provided. The method includes opening a switch disposed between an integrator and the digital X-ray panel prior to an integrator event or upon detection of a fault in the digital X-ray panel to decouple the integrator from the digital X-ray panel, wherein the integrator is configured to integrate the analog input signal from the digital X-ray panel. Also, a system for data acquisition is provided. Further, a method for fault protection of the digital X-ray panel is provided. |
| US08804908B2 |
Mobile X-ray apparatus
A mobile X-ray apparatus is provided with an X-ray source, an X-ray planar detector being arranged in such a manner as opposed to the X-ray source, a support (C-shaped arm) for linking and supporting the X-ray source and the X-ray planar detector, an angle input part for inputting a rotation angle at which the X-ray planar detector is rotated within a plane including the X-ray incidence plane, a rotation controller and a rotation mechanism for rotating the X-ray planar detector according to the rotation angle being inputted, an image generator for generating an image of the test subject based on the transmitted X-rays being detected, displays for displaying the image, and an image rotor for subjecting the image being displayed on the displays to a rotation process according to an amount of the rotation of the X-ray planar detector. |
| US08804900B2 |
Method and device to assist in dose reduction of X-ray radiation applied to a patient
In a method and x-ray device to assist in the reduction of the dose of x-ray radiation applied to the patient in the acquisition of at least one x-ray projection of the patient, a selected protocol is entered by a user into an x-ray device, the selected protocol being defined for the acquisition of the at least one x-ray projection and including a measure or measures for reduction of the dose of x-ray radiation to be applied to the patient in the acquisition of the at least one x-ray projection. The does reduction measure or measures in the selected protocol are automatically compared in a processor of the x-ray device, with the dose reduction measures that are installed at the x-ray device for reduction of the dose of x-ray radiation to be applied to a patient in the acquisition of the at least one x-ray projection. If the result of the comparison indicates a discrepancy between the dose reduction measure or measures in the selected, defined protocol and those installed in the x-ray device, at least one such measure installed at the x-ray device is visualized as a measure that can be set or activated by the user, that is not yet included in the selected protocol. |
| US08804896B2 |
Method for depressurizing a nuclear power plant, depressurization system for a nuclear power plant, and associated nuclear power plant
A method and a device depressurize a nuclear power plant. A depressurization flow is conducted out of a containment shell into the atmosphere via a depressurization line having a filter system. The filter system contains a filter chamber having an inlet, an outlet, and a sorbent filter. The depressurization flow is first conducted in a high-pressure section, then is depressurized by expansion at a throttle device, then conducted through the filter chamber having the sorbent filter, and finally blown out. To enable an effective retention of activity carriers contained in the depressurization flow, including organic compounds containing iodine, the depressurization flow depressurized by the throttle device is conducted through a superheating section before the depressurization flow enters the filter chamber, in which superheating section the depressurization flow is heated from the not yet depressurized depressurization flow to a temperature that is at least 10° C. above the dew point temperature. |
| US08804895B2 |
Cask intended to receive a canister containing radioactive material, and transfer method for said canister
The invention concerns a cask for a canister containing radioactive material, comprising a canister extraction assembly and designed so that it can bring the canister to an extraction position inside the cask housing in which this canister is free of any contact with the inner surface. Also, one of two elements from among a carriage and a support structure of the assembly is provided with a guide ramp cooperating with a ramp follower provided on the other of the two elements, the ramp being designed so that a relative translational movement between the carriage and the structure, in the longitudinal direction of the cask, causes the changeover of the two elements from a drawn-together position to a drawn-apart position, or conversely. |
| US08804894B2 |
Method of producing mixed in-core maps and application to the calibration of fixed instrumentation
The object of the present invention is a method for establishing so-called “mixed IN-CORE mappings”. Its essential purpose is to compensate a loss of density of a reference instrumentation, called “RIC instrumentation” (or “RIC system”), when a significant number of locations, initially used by the sensors of the RIC system, are occupied by fixed collectron-type rods. An obvious physical interest lies in the increase of the measurement density, and thus of the level of confidence, associated with the operating results deduced from the processing of these measurements. One application of the method according to the invention concerns a collectron-type detector calibration method placed inside a nuclear reactor core. |
| US08804891B2 |
Frequency detector and method for detecting frequencies
A frequency detector includes a multi-phase clock generation unit, a sampling unit connected to the multi-phase clock generation unit and a digital logic unit connected to the sampling unit. An inputted single-phase clock is received by the multi-phase clock generation unit and transformed into a multi-phase clock. Inputted random data are received by the sampling unit and sampled by the multi-phase clock. Each data bit of the random data is divided into several sampling intervals according to a phase number of the multi-phase clock. The digital logic unit analyzes sampling values logically, judges the corresponding sampling interval of each sampling value and outputs signals for indicating that a frequency of the random data is higher or lower than the frequency of the single-phase clock based on differences in the corresponding sampling intervals of the sampling values at two adjacent times. A method for detecting frequencies is further provided. |
| US08804890B2 |
Digital phase locked loop circuitry and methods
Phase locked loop circuitry operates digitally, to at least a large extent, to select from a plurality of phase-distributed candidate clock signals the signal that is closest in phase to transitions in another signal such as a clock data recovery (“CDR”) signal. The circuitry is constructed and operated to avoid glitches in the output clock signal that might otherwise result from changes in selection of the candidate clock signal. Frequency division of the candidate clock signals may be used to help the circuitry support serial communication at bit rates below frequencies that an analog portion of the phase locked loop circuitry can economically provide. Over-transmission or over-sampling may be used on the transmit side for similar reasons. |
| US08804887B2 |
Transmission and receiving apparatus and method having different sending and receiving clocks
A transmission apparatus, a signal sending apparatus, and a signal receiving apparatus, and a transmission method, a signal sending method, and a signal receiving method capable of solving a problem of metastability and suppressing a delay of a signal when sending and receiving apparatuses having different operation clock frequencies send/receive the signal representative of control information, for example. Included are a sending part that operates in synchronization with a first clock having a first period to output a transmission signal having a signal level that is inverted in response to an input of a first pulse signal corresponding to the first period and a receiving part that operates in synchronization with a second clock having a second period to output a second pulse signal corresponding to the second period in response to inversion of a signal level of the transmission signal. |
| US08804880B2 |
Methods for fast and low-power UWB IR baseband receiver synchronization
The invention relates to methods for synchronizing a device to a signal containing a train of pulses representing a programmable number of repetitions of a predetermined code. Pulse position and code phase are searched for. In a first aspect, a programmable number of samples is taken per pulse frame in function of the available number of repetitions of said predetermined code. In a second aspect, the method comprises a signal detection stage from which, after performing a confirmation stage, information can be kept for a subsequent stage. In a third aspect, only a limited number of rotated versions of the predetermined code are checked, using a presumed code phase which is kept from a preceding stage. |
| US08804875B1 |
Polar receiver architecture and signal processing methods
Compressing a variable phase component of a received modulated signal with a second harmonic injection locking oscillator, and generating a delayed phase-compressed signal with a fundamental injection locking oscillator, and combining the phase-compressed signal and the delayed phase-compressed signal to obtain an estimated derivative of the variable phase component, and further processing the estimated derivative to recover data contained within the received modulated signal. |
| US08804873B1 |
Communication system and method with PAPR; and backoff configured for equilibrium
A communication system (20) includes a transmitter (22) having a peak controller (38) which controls PAPR to operate in accordance with a noise constraint. A backoff controller (60) operates in conjunction with an amplifier section (46) to cause the amplifier section (46) to maximize the amplification it applies while maintaining a predetermined degree of amplifier linearity. The noise constraint is provided by an equilibrium estimator (64) that provides a noise target parameter (66) to the peak controller (38). The noise target parameter (66) is configured to identify the transmitter's equilibrium point (126). The equilibrium point (126) is that signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for the signal (26) broadcast from the transmitter (22) where a demodulator (118) in a receiver (24) will experience a reduced SNR if the transmitted signal (26) SNR either increases or decreases. |
| US08804868B2 |
System and method for sending and receiving a digital signal over a radio pathway
A constant-amplitude and continuous-phase modulation method for modulating digital data and for demodulating said modulated signal, said data taking the form of symbols a(n) that can take a number M of states at least equal to 2, the method including, in transmission, use of a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) for which the control is the sum of pulses he(a(n), t−n T), the form and the amplitude of which depends on the value of a(n); and, in reception, use of a single impulse response filter C0(t) regardless of the value of M in transmission, said functions he and C0 having a number of parameters that are optimized in the design of the system in order to obtain at the output of the filter C0 a constellation that is as close as possible to the theoretical constellation. |
| US08804867B2 |
Method and apparatus for using factorized precoding
According to one or more aspects, the teachings herein improve user equipment (UE) Channel State Information (CSI) feedback, by letting the precoder part of a CSI feedback report comprise factorized precoder feedback. In one or more such embodiments, the factorized precoder feedback corresponds to at least two precoder matrices, including a recommended “conversion” precoder matrix and a recommended “tuning” precoder matrix. The recommended conversion precoder matrix restricts the number of channel dimensions considered by the recommended tuning precoder matrix and, in turn, the recommended tuning precoder matrix matches the recommended precoder matrix to an effective channel that is defined in part by said recommended conversion precoder matrix. |
| US08804865B2 |
Delay adjustment using sample rate converters
A method and apparatus for adjusting the delay of a first data stream relative to a second data stream is disclosed. An apparatus receives first and second data streams having identical content. A timing difference between the first and second data streams is estimated. At least the leading one of the data streams is applied to a sample rate converter. The sample rate converter is configured to receive a data stream at an input sampling rate and to output the data stream at an output sampling rate. Based on the estimated timing difference, delay is applied to the leading one of the data streams by changing the sampling rate of the sampling rate converter. The output sampling rate of the sampling rate converter may be adjusted until both data streams are aligned in time. |
| US08804862B2 |
Method of performing peak reduction and clipping mitigation
The method of performing peak reduction and clipping mitigation provides a compressive sensing algorithm at the receiver of a peak-reducing sparse clipper applied to an OFDM signal at the transmitter. By exploiting the sparsity of the OFDM signal in the time domain relative to a pre-defined clipping threshold, the method depends on partially observing the frequency content of extremely simple sparse clippers to recover the locations, magnitudes, and phases of the clipped coefficients of the peak-reduced signal. |
| US08804861B2 |
Peak-to-average power ratio reduction in a multicarrier signal
A method and apparatus for multicarrier transmission of a signal representing a source signal. The source signal includes symbols including a set of subcarriers, transmitted simultaneously and having pilot subcarriers intended for at least one processing operation for assisting and/or improving decoding in at least one receiver, and data subcarriers, the location in time-frequency space and a reference value of the pilot subcarriers being known to the at least one receiver. The method of transmission includes: a phase of modifying, for a given symbol, the reference value of at least one subset of the pilot subcarriers, by correction data configured to correct phase and/or amplitude for each of the pilot subcarriers of the subset, so as to minimize peak-to-average power ratio, the correction data taking at least three distinct values, a transition between the values of two successive pilot subcarriers of the subset on a frequency axis being constant. |
| US08804857B2 |
Signal processing method for terrestrial repeater
A signal processing technology for allowing a repeater to transmit a signal received from an external apparatus to a terminal is provided. In a satellite system, a signal transmitted from a satellite or transmitted to a satellite is subject to a low order modulation, and a terrestrial repeater performs a high order modulation on signals and retransmits the signals. |
| US08804856B2 |
Programmable engine having a reconfigurable accelerator data path for testing and calibration of analog front ends in radio devices
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a radio device comprises an analog front end comprising a radio to transmit and/or receive radio-frequency signals, and a programmable engine coupled to the analog front end. The programmable engine is capable of being programmed to perform one or more tests on the analog front end and includes a reconfigurable data path reconfigurable by the programmable engine to perform one or more tests on the analog front end. |
| US08804855B2 |
Network infrastructure for mobile machines which can be used in areas at risk of explosion
A network infrastructure for mobile machines which are usable in explosive areas, having inherently safe participants and not inherently safe network participants the latter being arranged in pressure-resistant housings. The machine has at least one controller for actuating at least one not inherently safe participant. In order to provide a network infrastructure which avoids the drawbacks of the prior art, the machine has, outside the pressure-resistant housing for the first controller, at least one second, inherently safe controller for actuating at least one inherently safe participant, wherein the first controller forms a data distributor for a plurality of not inherently safe participants and the second controller forms a data distributor for a plurality of inherently safe participants, and wherein the first data distributor and the second data distributor are linked via an electrically decoupled data communication link. |
| US08804852B2 |
High bandwidth decompression of variable length encoded data streams
Mechanisms are provided for decoding a variable length encoded data stream. A decoder of a data processing system receives an input line of data. The input line of data is a portion of the variable length encoded data stream. The decoder determines an amount of bit spill over of the input line of data onto a next input line of data. The decoder aligns the input line of data to begin at a symbol boundary based on the determined amount of bit spill over. The decoder tokenizes the aligned input line of data to generate a set of tokens. Each token corresponds to an encoded symbol in the aligned next input line of data. The decoder generates an output word of data based on the set of tokens. The output word of data corresponds to a word of data in the original set of data. |
| US08804848B2 |
Systems and methods for error resilience and random access in video communication systems
Systems and methods for error resilient transmission and for random access in video communication systems are provided. The video communication systems are based on single-layer, scalable video, or simulcast video coding with temporal scalability, which may be used in video communication systems. A set of video frames or pictures in a video signal transmission is designated for reliable or guaranteed delivery to receivers using secure or high reliability links, or by retransmission techniques. The reliably-delivered video frames are used as reference pictures for resynchronization of receivers with the transmitted video signal after error incidence and for random access. |
| US08804847B2 |
Image encoding method and image encoding apparatus
An image encoding method of encoding units that are included in a picture is provided. The image encoding method generates a first flag which indicates whether or not a removal time of encoded data from a buffer by a hypothetical decoder is set per unit. The buffer is for storing the encoded data. The image encoding method further generates a second flag indicating whether an interval between removal times of the units is constant or arbitrary when the removal times are set per unit, and also generates an encoded bitstream which includes the encoded data, the first flag, and the second flag. |
| US08804844B2 |
Adaptive early exit techniques in image correlation
Images are obtained for image compression. The images are compared using sum of absolute difference devices, which have arithmetic parts, and accumulators. The sign bits of the accumulators are determined at a time of minimum distortion between two images. These sign bits are associated with sets of probabilistically-similar parts. When other sets from that set are obtained later, an early exit is established. |
| US08804842B2 |
Process and system for encoding and playback of stereoscopic video sequences
A method for decoding a compressed image stream, the image stream having a plurality of frames, each frame consisting of a merged image including pixels from a left image and pixels from a right image. The method involves the steps of receiving each merged image; changing a clock domain from the original input signal to an internal domain; for each merged image, placing at least two adjacent pixels into an input buffer and interpolating an intermediate pixel, for forming a reconstructed left frame and a reconstructed right frame according to provenance of the adjacent pixels; and reconstructing a stereoscopic image stream from the left and right image frames. The invention also teaches a system for decoding a compressed image stream. |
| US08804841B2 |
Method for turbo transmission of digital broadcasting transport stream, a digital broadcasting transmission and reception system, and a signal processing method thereof
A digital broadcasting transmission/reception system, and a signal processing method thereof for turbo-processing digital broadcasting transport stream and transmitting the processed stream, includes a parity area generating unit preparing a first area for parity insertion with respect to a dual transport stream (TS) which includes a normal stream and a turbo stream as multiplexed, a first interleaver interleaving the dual TS which is transmitted from the parity area generating unit, a turbo processing unit detecting the turbo stream from the interleaved dual TS, exclusively encoding the detected turbo stream for turbo-processing, and stuffing the encoded turbo stream into the dual TS, a deinterleaver deinterleaving the dual TS which is processed by the turbo processing unit, and a transmitting unit transmitting the dual TS which is processed at the deinterleaver. |
| US08804836B2 |
Video coding
A method comprising: for each target image portion to be encoded in a frame, selecting one of a set of encoding modes by optimizing a function comprising an estimate of distortion for the target image portion and a measure of bit rate required to encode the target image portion, encoding the target image portion into the encoded video stream using the selected mode. The encoded video stream is transmitted over a lossy channel. An error propagation distortion map is maintained, which comprises a plurality of error propagation distortion values mapping to respective frame partitions, the error propagation distortion values being based on previous encoding mode selections. The estimate of distortion used to select the encoding mode for each of the target image portions is based on a corresponding portion from the error propagation distortion map, and that corresponding portion is constrained to being co-located with the target image portion. |
| US08804835B2 |
Fast motion estimation in scalable video coding
Scalable Video Coding is recently attracting attentions due to its high flexibility. The current H.264/AVC scalable extension has adopted the Motion Compensated Temporal Filter (MCTF) framework to provide temporal scalability. In this paper, described is another fast motion estimation (ME) algorithm based on the MCTF framework. Simulation results show that the herein described algorithm can reduce the encoding complexity significantly while maintaining similar bit rate and PSNR, comparing with existing fast ME algorithms implemented in the reference software. |
| US08804831B2 |
Offsets at sub-pixel resolution
This disclosure describes techniques applied during video encoding and decoding processes. In one example, a method of encoding video data comprises calculating a plurality of offset values for a coded unit of the video data, wherein the offset values are associated with a plurality of different integer and sub-integer pixel locations, applying the offset values to predictive video blocks to generate offset predictive video blocks, and encoding video blocks of the coded unit based on the offset predictive video blocks. In another example, a method of decoding video data comprises receiving a plurality of offset values for a coded unit of the video data, wherein the offset values are associated with a plurality of different integer and sub-integer pixel locations, applying the offset values to predictive video blocks to generate offset predictive video blocks, and decoding video blocks of the coded unit based on the offset predictive video blocks. |
| US08804830B2 |
Method for performing motion estimation
A motion estimation method includes: setting multiple block patterns and dividing respectively the current macro block into calculating blocks based on each of the block patterns; calculating respectively the motion vectors of all the calculating blocks of the current macro block in each of the block patterns; calculating respectively the sum of matching values between all the calculating blocks of the current macro block and the blocks respectively corresponding to the calculating blocks of the current macro block in each of the block patterns, acquiring the block pattern corresponding to the minimum sum, and regarding the motion vector corresponding to the acquired block pattern as the motion vector of the current macro block. Thereby, time for calculating block matching values in motion estimation may be reduced greatly and the speed of video data compression may be increased. Thus, the demand of video data in real time may be met. |
| US08804828B2 |
Method for direct mode encoding and decoding
Disclosed is a method of encoding a direct mode when coding moving images, the method includes finding a prediction and a cost for each of a plurality of direct modes including a backward-based temporal direct mode and a forward-based temporal direct mode with respect to a current block to be encoded and determining one mode having the lowest cost as a result of comparing the costs as an optimal encoding mode, thereby performing encoding the direct mode. |
| US08804826B2 |
Methods and devices for incorporating deblocking into encoded video
Encoders and methods of encoding that incorporate deblocking into the encoding process. An encoder performs a two-cycle encoding process. First, an original block is processed and then reconstructed and deblocked. The reconstruction and the deblocked reconstruction are compared to the original and an intermediate block is created that contains the portions of the reconstruction or the deblocked reconstruction that are more similar to the original. In the second cycle, the intermediate block serves to generate a modified original block, which is then used in a prediction process to create a new prediction block. The new prediction block as compared to the original gives new residuals. The new prediction and new residuals are entropy coded to generate the encoded video data. The new prediction block and new residuals incorporate the deblocking elements selectively identified during the first cycle, thereby eliminating the need for deblocking at the decoder. The prediction operation may be motion prediction or spatial prediction. |
| US08804825B2 |
Bi-pred mode decision in GOP architecture
A method for encoding pictures within a groups of pictures using prediction, where a first reference picture from a group of pictures and a second reference pictures from the subsequent group of pictures are used in predicting pictures in the group of pictures associated with the first reference picture. A plurality of anchor pictures in the group of pictures associated with the first reference picture may be predicted using both the first and second reference pictures to ensure a smooth transition between different groups of pictures within a video frame. |
| US08804821B2 |
Adaptive video processing of an interactive environment
Embodiments are configured to provide interactive communication functionality including adaptive video processing functionality that can be used to process aspects of a video signal, but the embodiments are not so limited. In an embodiment, components of a video conferencing system can operate to provide a video signal based in part on the use of adaptive processing features which include scaling and/or other pixel processing features. In one embodiment, components of an interactive video system can operate to adaptively manage and control video payload parameters to adapt to various communication conditions associated with a real-time or near-real time interactive video environment. |
| US08804818B2 |
Method of content adaptive video encoding
A method of content adaptive encoding video comprising segmenting video content into segments based on predefined classifications or models. Based on the segment classifications, each segment is encoded with a different encoder chosen from a plurality of encoders. Each encoder is associated with a model. The chosen encoder is particularly suited to encoding the unique subject matter of the segment. The coded bit-stream for each segment includes information regarding which encoder was used to encode that segment. A matching decoder of a plurality of decoders is chosen using the information in the coded bitstream to decode each segment using a decoder suited for the classification or model of the segment. If scenes exist which do not fall in a predefined classification, or where classification is more difficult based on the scene content, these scenes are segmented, coded and decoded using a generic coder and decoder. |
| US08804817B2 |
Digital television transmitting system and receiving system and method of processing broadcast data
A DTV transmitting system includes a frame encoder, a randomizer, a block processor, a group formatter, a deinterleaver, and a packet formatter. The frame encoder builds an enhanced data frame and adds parity data into the data frame. The frame encoder further divides the data frame into first and second sub-frames including first and second portions of the parity data, respectively, and permutes a plurality of the first sub-frames and a plurality of the second sub-frames, respectively. The randomizer randomizes enhanced data in the permuted sub-frames, and the block processor codes the randomized data at a rate of 1/N1. The group formatter forms a group of enhanced data having one or more data regions and inserts the 1/N1 coded data into at least one of the data regions. The deinterleaver deinterleaves the group of enhanced data, and the packet formatter formats the deinterleaved data into enhanced data packets. |
| US08804812B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting reception acknowledgement information in wireless communication system
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting reception acknowledgement for an HARQ (hybrid automatic repeat request) in a wireless communication system. A terminal receives the information on downlink resource allocation through at least one downlink carrier among plural downlink carriers. In addition, the terminal receives a downlink transmission block through a downlink shared channel indicated by the downlink resource allocation. The terminal transmits an ACK/NACK signal for the downlink transmission block through an uplink control channel. If at least one downlink carrier is a primary carrier, the uplink control channel uses a primary resource. Otherwise, the uplink control channel uses a secondary resource. |
| US08804807B2 |
Iterative equalization with non-linear soft interference cancellation in non-linear satellite channels
A method for removing distortions in a transmitted signal transmitted by a high power amplifier in a satellite communications system. The method characterizes the high power amplifier to define a series of Volterra coefficients and uses those coefficients in an equalizer in a receiver in the communications system to remove the distortions. The equalizer is a non-linear soft interference cancellation and minimum mean square error equalizer that employs three processing operations including parallel soft interference cancellation, minimum mean square error filtering and a priori log-likelihood ratio calculations. |
| US08804806B2 |
Symbol timing recovery circuit
Disclosed is a symbol timing recovery circuit which includes an interpolator to generate, using a first filter, interpolation data of an input signal; a forward equalizer to eliminate, using a second filter, a forward interference wave from the input signal based on the interpolation data, and to output the resultant signal after the elimination, a first identification signal, and a first error signal; a backward equalizer to eliminate, using a third filter, a backward interference wave from the input signal based on the interpolation data, and to output the resultant signal after the elimination, a second identification signal, and a second error signal; and a timing recovery unit to generate a tap coefficient of the first filter, based on a tap coefficient of the second filter, a tap coefficient of the third filter, the first identification signal, the first error signal, the second identification signal, and the second error signal. |
| US08804805B2 |
Digital broadcasting transmitter, digital broadcasting receiver, and method for composing and processing streams thereof
Disclosed is a method of processing a stream of a digital broadcasting receiver. The method comprises: arranging at least one of new mobile data and known data in at least a portion of an existing mobile data region and in at least a portion of a normal data region, in a stream which includes the normal data region and the existing mobile data region; and composing a transmission stream where at least one of the new mobile data and the known data is arranged, and wherein the arranging combines a block of data arranged in the existing mobile data region and a block of the new mobile data in the stream, and performs serially concatenated convolution code (SCCC) coding on the combined blocks. |
| US08804804B1 |
Estimation and compensation for carrier frequency offset and sampling clock offset in a communication system
A system for estimating clock frequency offset and sampling clock offset in a communication system is provided. A receiver is configured to receive a communication signal having been transmitted from a transmitter via a communication channel. The receiver has a signal processor, wherein the signal processor is configured to generate an estimate of a carrier frequency offset and an estimate of a sampling clock offset from the received communication signal by: extracting a vector of pilot symbols from the received signal; performing equalization on the pilot symbols; performing clock frequency offset and sampling clock offset compensation on the pilot symbols; generating the estimate of a carrier frequency offset by estimating a common phase rotation using a first Taylor series approximation; and generating the estimate of the sampling clock offset by estimating phase differences between pairs of pilot symbols using a second Taylor series approximation. |
| US08804801B2 |
Peak suppressor, radio communication apparatus and peak suppression method
There is provided a peak suppressor including a first peak position detector to detect a first time when amplitude of a transmission signal changes in a convex manner and exceeds a specific level as a first peak position, a second peak position detector to detect a second time that is different by a predetermined time from the first peak position when the amplitude of the transmission signal exceeds the specific level as a second peak position, a suppression signal generator to generate a suppression signal for suppressing the amplitude of the transmission signal to a value that is equal to or lower than the specific level, based on amplitude and phase of the transmission signal corresponding to the first and second peak positions detected by the first and second peak position detectors, and an adder to add the suppression signal generated by the suppression signal generator to the transmission signal. |
| US08804799B2 |
Signal quality measuring apparatus and method thereof
A signal quality measuring apparatus includes a binary signal generating unit to generate a binary signal from an input signal; a level information extracting unit to extract level information from a relationship between the input signal and the binary signal using at least two window lengths; and a quality calculating unit to calculate a quality of the input signal based on the level information. |
| US08804796B2 |
Wireless apparatus and wireless communication system
In a wireless apparatus, a first receiver receives, from a wireless reception apparatus, a transmit beam pattern with better reception quality among transmit beam patterns of a transmitter switched to by a first switching unit. A generation unit generates a transmit beam pattern obtained by rotating a phase of the received transmit beam pattern. A second switching unit switches a transmit beam pattern of the transmitter to the received transmit beam pattern and the generated transmit beam pattern. A second receiver receives, from the wireless reception apparatus, the transmit beam pattern of a combination with better reception quality out of combinations of the switched transmit beam patterns and receive beam patterns switched to by the wireless reception apparatus. A setting unit sets a transmit beam pattern of the transmitter in the transmit beam pattern received by the second receiver. |
| US08804794B2 |
Adjustable latency transceiver processing
Embodiments of methods, apparatuses and systems for transceiver processing are disclosed. One method includes a transceiver receiving a data stream from a link partner transceiver. A link parameter of a link between the transceiver and the link partner transceiver is determined. Allocation of transceiver processing between high-latency processing and low-latency processing is based at least in part on the link parameter. |
| US08804792B1 |
Intermediary signal conditioning device with interruptible detection mode
Disclosed are embodiments for an intermediary signal conditioning device with an input adaptable detection mode. In one embodiment, an intermediary signal conditioning device has a control module, an input module, and an output module. The input module and the control module are for receiving an input signal. The control module is configured to interrupt the output module within a duration of time to allow at least a minimum pulse length of the input signal to be output as an output signal from the output module. The intermediary signal conditioning device is configured to condition the input signal for retransmission as the output signal. |
| US08804789B2 |
Configurable multimode despreader for spread spectrum applications
A configurable multimode despreader for spread spectrum applications is disclosed herein. The despreader includes a plurality of data lines, at least one selective coupler coupled to the plurality of data lines, at least one multiplier coupled to the selective coupler, and a code input line coupled to the multiplier. The selective coupler selectively couples one of the plurality of data lines with the multiplier per any one of a plurality of despreading protocols. The multiplier then multiplies a desired input data type received from the selective coupler with a despreading code chip received from the code input line to produce an observation. The programmable multimode despreader supports variable code and data modulation schemes and variable spreading factors. |
| US08804784B2 |
Semiconductor laser driving device and image forming apparatus having the semiconductor laser driving device
A semiconductor laser driving device that drives a semiconductor laser with a driving current output from a driving current output terminal is disclosed. The semiconductor laser driving device includes a driving current monitoring terminal configured to output a driving current monitoring current having a value of 1/α of the driving current; a current-voltage conversion resistor connected to the driving current monitoring terminal and configured to convert the driving current monitoring current having the value of 1/α of the driving current into a corresponding driving current monitoring voltage; and a detector configured to generate a reference voltage and detect whether the corresponding driving current monitoring voltage has reached the reference voltage. |
| US08804781B2 |
Macro channel water-cooled heat-sink for diode-laser bars
A diode-laser bar is mounted on water-cooled heat-sink between two ceramic sub-mounts for electrically isolating cooling-water in the heat-sink from the diode-laser bar. Mounting between the two ceramic sub-mounts also provides for balancing stresses due to differences in coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) between the sub-mounts and the diode-laser bar. Both sub-mounts are in thermal communication with the heat-sink for providing two-sided cooling of the diode-laser bar. |
| US08804779B2 |
System, method, and apparatus to provide laser beams of two or more wavelengths
A system, apparatus, and method may provide laser beams of two or more wavelengths from diode pumped solid-state laser sources (220, 222, 224). The beam paths of these laser beams with different wavelengths, which are generated by the laser sources (220, 222, 224), may be aligned along a common optical axis 280 by an optical configuration, to treat at least one target area. Frequency-doubled laser beams, output from a plurality of diode pumped solid state laser cavities, may be passed through fold mirrors (M2, M5, M8), and combined on a common optical axis 280, using one or more combiner mirrors (M10, M11, M12), to unify the beam paths. Selected laser beams may be delivered to a target using one or more delivery systems. |
| US08804774B2 |
Radio communication apparatus and radio communication method
Disclosed is a radio base station (100) provided with: a reception unit (111) that receives, from a radio terminal, a reference signal multiplexed with an ACK or a NACK; an ACK/NACK detection unit (121) that detects the ACK or NACK multiplexed onto the reference signal, using a detection criterion (1) set such that the ACK false-positive rate is lower than the NACK false-positive rate; an ACK/NACK detection unit (123) that detects the ACK or NACK multiplexed onto the reference signal, using a detection criterion (2) set such that the relationship between the ACK false-positive rate and the NACK false-positive rate is different from that in the detection criterion (1); a transmission/retransmission control unit (122) that controls retransmission of data in accordance with the detection result from the ACK/NACK detection unit (121); and a channel estimation unit (124) that performs channel estimation using the reference signal from which the ACK/NACK is removed in accordance with the detection result from the ACK/NACK detection unit (123). |
| US08804770B2 |
Communications system and related method for reducing continuity check message (CCM) bursts in connectivity fault management (CFM) maintenance association (MA)
In accordance with a non-limiting example, a system and method minimizes collisions between transmitted connectivity fault management (CFM) packets. Maintenance association endpoints are formed from a plurality of network switch elements to form a maintenance association. The clocks between each network switch element within the maintenance association are synchronized. A unique transmission window is assigned to each maintenance association endpoint as part of the maintenance association. A respective CFM packet is transmitted as a continuity check message (CCM) within the unique transmission window. |
| US08804768B2 |
Apparatus and method for transmitting a plurality of information signals in flexible time-division multiplexing
Exact data-rate analysis of the information signal portions to be transmitted in a subsequent transmission cycle per time-division multiplexing process shall be initially omitted. Instead, on the basis of highly accurate estimated values for the subsequent data rates, estimated values for relative waiting times are transmitted, in a current transmission cycle, from the current time slice to the subsequent time slice of the same service. In the subsequent transmission cycle, actual data rates may be set which may deviate from the estimated data rates for the individual information signals, as a result of which predicted time-slice boundaries for the subsequent transmission cycle may shift. However, the potential shift in the time-slice boundaries is subject to several boundary conditions. No time slice of the subsequent transmission cycle can start prior to its signaled estimated starting time. With constant data rates, the estimated time-slice structure and the actual time-slice structure are identical. |
| US08804763B2 |
Transmission of data over parallel links
A method of transmitting data over a plurality of parallel transmission links, including dividing the data into a plurality of portions, and for each one of the portions in consecutive order providing the portion to a transmitter, and sending the portion over a transmission link connected to the transmitter, wherein the providing is made according to a plan which is independent of addressing information associated with the data. A method for reassembling data from a plurality of portions of the data received over a plurality of parallel transmission links including copying a first portion, according to an order among the portions, thereby producing partially reassembled data, from each one of the plurality of parallel transmission links, copying and appending a next portion to the partially reassembled data, according to the order among the portions, and continuing the copying and appending until the data has been completely reassembled. Related apparatus and methods are also described. |
| US08804762B2 |
Method and system for timestamp inclusion in virtual local area network tag
A method, system and apparatus time-stamp a data frame. The data frame includes a type field and data for transmission to a communication network. The data frame is received and a reception time for the data frame is determined. The value of the type field is determined. If the value of the type field indicates the data frame is a time-stamped frame, a timestamp field is inserted in the data frame. The timestamp field indicates the reception time. |
| US08804756B2 |
Method and apparatus for improving interaction between scheduling request procedure and random access procedure
The present invention provides a method for improving interaction between a Scheduling Request procedure and a Random Access procedure in a user equipment (UE) of a wireless communication system. The method includes steps of triggering a Scheduling Request procedure; repeatedly sending a Dedicated Scheduling Request (D-SR) message on a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) until an uplink transmission resource for a new transmission is received or the number of D-SR transmissions reaches to a specific value when the PUCCH is configured for the UE; and deactivating all pre-configured transmission resources before performing a Random Access procedure corresponding to the Scheduling Request procedure when the number of D-SR transmissions reaches to the specific value. |
| US08804746B2 |
Network based on identity identifier and location separation architecture backbone network, and network element thereof
The present invention provides a network based on identity identifier and location separation architecture and each component in the network. The network based on identity identifier and location identifier separation architecture includes access networks and a backbone network, and the access networks and the backbone network have no overlap in topology relation, wherein, the access network is located at an edge of the backbone network, and is set to achieve endpoint access in the access network; the backbone network is set to achieve routing and forwarding of data messages between the endpoints which access via the access networks; in the network, an access identifier (AID) is taken as an identity identifier of an endpoint user, and a routing identifier (RID) is used as a location identifier of the endpoint. The present invention achieves the identity identifier and location separation based on the network. |
| US08804744B2 |
Method and device for transmitting data based on a relay mobile communication system
A method for data transmission based on a relay mobile communication system and an equipment thereof are provided by the present invention. The method includes: at least two transport planes are configured on the Un interface protocol stack of the relay equipment and the base station eNode B; the relay equipment and the eNode B transmit the data via at least two transport planes configured on the Un interface protocol stack. With the present invention, the throughput rate of the Un interface between the relay equipment and the eNode B in the relay mobile communication system is improved, and the time delay of the Un interface is reduced. |
| US08804741B2 |
Method and system for handling out-of-order segments in a wireless system via direct data placement
A method for processing information in a wireless system including a host device, the host device including a wireless network processor, the method including receiving by the wireless network processor, at least one out-of-order frame. The wireless network processor may place data of the received at least one out-of-order frame in a memory, and may manage information relating to one or more holes resulting from the at least one out-of-order frame in a TCP receive window. The wireless network processor may set a programmable limit with respect to a number of holes allowed in the TCP receive window. The memory may include a local memory outside of the host device and/or a host memory within the host device. |
| US08804740B2 |
Systems and methods for reassembly of packets distributed across a cluster
The present application is directed towards systems and methods for handling fragmented packets in a cluster environment. Fragments received by the cluster may be hashed based on a tuple of network layer information, such as source and destination IP addresses. The tuple of network layer information may be used to identify a device of the cluster as a “fragment owner” or node responsible for assembling the fragments of the packet. The fragment may be transmitted or steered to the fragment owner for accumulation and assembly. Once all fragments of the packet have been received by the fragment owner, the packet may be assembled and a second hash may be calculated based on a four-tuple of network and transport layer information, such as source and destination IP addresses and port numbers. The packet may then be steered or transmitted to the “packet owner” or node responsible for processing the packet. |
| US08804739B2 |
Processing packets by a network device
A method and apparatus for performing a lookup in a switching device of a packet switched network where the lookup includes a plurality of distinct operations each of which returns a result that includes a pointer to a next operation in a sequence of operations for the lookup. The method includes determining a first lookup operation to be executed, executing the first lookup operation including returning a result and determining if the result includes a pointer to another lookup operation in the sequence of operations. If the result includes a pointer to another lookup operation, the lookup operation indicated by the result is executed. Else, the lookup is terminated. |
| US08804737B2 |
Encoding watermarks in a sequence of sent packets, the encoding useful for uniquely identifying an entity in encrypted networks
A method includes sending over the network from a source entity to a destination entity a sequence of a plurality of packets. Each packet in the sequence includes a same identifier corresponding to a network entity on the network. Sending includes modifying a property of the sequence of packets to uniquely identify the sequence of packets. The method includes receiving information indicating the identifier corresponds to the modification of the property. Another method includes examining a sequence of packets sent over a network from a source entity to a destination entity, each packet in the sequence comprising a same identifier corresponding to a network entity on the network. The method includes determining whether a property of the sequence of packets was modified when sent to uniquely identify the sequence of packets; and responsive to the determining, associating the identifier with the network identity. Apparatus and program products are also disclosed. |
| US08804734B2 |
Unified vehicle network frame protocol
A network node module includes a processing module and memory. The processing module is operable to generate a header section of a frame for transmission within a unified vehicle communication network. The header section includes a preamble, routing information, and a vehicle network field, which includes information that identifies a type of the frame. The processing module is further operable to generate a payload section of the frame. The payload section includes data payload and an integrity check field. The processing module is further operable to transmit the frame to the unified vehicle communication network in accordance with a global vehicle network communication protocol. |
| US08804733B1 |
Centralized packet processor for a network
A centralized packet processor device for use in a communication system includes a plurality of physical ports to couple the centralized packet processor device to a plurality of network devices, a port manager coupled to the plurality of physical ports and configured to assign to a packet received at the centralized packet processor device a virtual port that uniquely identifies at least one of a physical port and a trunk of the network device from which the packet is received and that is used with the centralized packet processor to process the packet, and a packet processor unit coupled to the plurality of physical ports, where the packet processor is configured to process the packet using the assigned virtual port. |
| US08804732B1 |
Methods and apparatus for separate control and data planes in a wireless network
In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a wireless access point controller configured to receive information associated with a topology of a network including information associated with which access switch from a set of access switches each virtual local area network (VLAN) from a set of VLANs is associated. The wireless access point controller is configured to associate each VLAN from the set of VLANs with a unique tunnel identifier from a set of tunnel identifiers. The wireless access point controller is configured to provide each wireless access point from a set of wireless access points control information including the set of tunnel identifiers such that a wireless access point from the set of wireless access points can send a data packet received from a wireless device to an access switch from the set of access switches associated with a destination VLAN from the set of VLANs using the tunnel identifier associated with the destination VLAN. |
| US08804731B2 |
Generating platform identification for certification version signaling
A method for generating platform identification is presented. In one embodiment, the method includes determining whether a hash value collision indication is present in a table based on one or more platform attributes. The method includes generating a hash value based at least on the one or more platform attributes if there is no hash value collision indication and setting a platform identifier to a string generated based on the hash value. The method further includes sending a message including at least the platform identifier during network entry. |
| US08804730B2 |
Layer-2 extension services
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for providing layer-2 extension services through a non-routed ground segment network, are described. The method includes providing a Layer-2 (L2) interface between a node of the non-routed ground segment network and a service provider, assigning a virtual tagging tuple to the service provider and receiving service provider traffic at a node of the non-routed ground segment network. The method further includes tagging the service provider traffic with the virtual tagging tuple, and switching the tagged service provider traffic through the non-routed ground segment network according to the virtual tagging tuple. |
| US08804729B1 |
IPv4, IPv6, and ARP spoofing protection method
A method of detecting address spoofing includes receiving an ARP packet at a network device. The ARP packet includes a first address associated with a first network layer and a second address associated with a second network layer. The method also includes accessing a first memory searchable by the first address to obtain a memory reference and retrieving a third address associated with the second network layer from a second memory using the memory reference. The method further includes comparing the second address with the third address and detecting address spoofing if a match is not present between the second address and the third address. |
| US08804727B1 |
Signal processing apparatus and methods
A unified system of programming communication. The system encompasses the prior art (television, radio, broadcast hardcopy, computer communications, etc.) and new user specific mass media. Within the unified system, parallel processing computer systems, each having an input (e.g., 77) controlling a plurality of computers (e.g., 205), generate and output user information at receiver stations. Under broadcast control, local computers (73, 205), combine user information selectively into prior art communications to exhibit personalized mass media programming at video monitors (202), speakers (263), printers (221), etc. At intermediate transmission stations (e.g., cable television stations), signals in network broadcasts and from local inputs (74, 77, 97, 98) cause control processors (71) and computers (73) to selectively automate connection and operation of receivers (53), recorder/players (76), computers (73), generators (82), strippers (81), etc. At receiver stations, signals in received transmissions and from local inputs (225, 218, 22) cause control processors (200) and computers (205) to automate connection and operation of converters (201), tuners (215), decryptors (224), recorder/players (217), computers (205), furnaces (206), etc. |
| US08804724B2 |
Efficient multicast in a smart grid
In a wireless and/or power line communication (PLC) network environment, techniques for multicast of data and management of multicast groups assist in regulating bandwidth consumption and provision of desired multicast data. Nodes indicate interest in multicast groups by transmission of reports upstream. Report transmission may be suppressed to balance bandwidth with need for multicast data. Multicast data packets may be retransmitted downstream to fulfill requests indicated by the reports at a rate and/or frequency based on multicast packet duplication or redundancy. Information, such as broken links or “leave” packets, may indicate that one or more downstream nodes should be removed from a forwarding state. However such removal may impact other nodes. A query may be transmitted downstream, to determine if retransmission/forwarding of multicast retransmissions should continue. Query transmission may be based on a balance between query bandwidth consumption and the needs of downstream nodes. |
| US08804715B2 |
Communication processing apparatus and address learning method
A communication processing apparatus includes a first storage unit, a second storage unit, and a processor. The first storage unit stores, for each of a plurality of port identifiers, a port identifier and a network identifier in association with each other. The second storage unit stores address information and a set of port identifiers in association with each other. The processor extracts a first network identifier associated with a first port identifier for identifying a reception port from the first storage unit, extracts second port identifiers associated with the extracted first network identifier from the first storage unit, and stores source address information of the received data and a first set of port identifiers in association with each other in the second storage unit. The first set of port identifiers includes the first port identifier and the extracted second port identifiers. |
| US08804714B2 |
Recovery of media gateway resources for terminations
The invention relates to a method for controlling a media gateway by a switching center having a cluster structure with a plurality of blades using a partial wildcarding mechanism by including a blade identifier in the wildcard field. |
| US08804712B2 |
Determining target access routers for handover
An apparatus and method is provided for facilitating the seamless handoff of IP connections between access routers in an IP network. The mobile IP network includes two or more access routers each serving a different geographic service area. When a mobile terminal moves from the first service area to the second service area, the mobile terminal transmits to the second access router the IP address of the previous access router. The second access router uses this information to learn capabilities of the first access router (e.g., bandwidths supported, security schemes, and the like) for use in future handoff decisions, and exchanges capability information with the first access router. The assumption is made based on the exchanged information that the access routers are geographically proximate. When another mobile terminal transitions from one service area to another, the system selects an optimal target access router based on the previously learned information, including the inferred geographic proximity between access routers. |
| US08804708B1 |
Methods and apparatus for implementing access control at a network switch
A switch device is configured to receive a data unit from a virtual port from a first set of virtual ports. The switch device is configured to associate an identifier of each virtual port from the first set of virtual ports with an identifier of a first access group that is associated with an access set. The switch device is configured to prohibit the data unit from being sent to a remaining virtual port from the first set of virtual ports if the data unit is addressed to that virtual port. The switch device is configured to otherwise allow the data unit to be sent to a virtual port from a second set of virtual ports associated with a second access group when the second access group is associated with the access set. The second set of virtual ports is mutually exclusive from the first set of virtual ports. |
| US08804707B2 |
Switching fabrics and control protocols for them
A network unit for use in a switching fabric includes multiple units collectively constituting a single network entity, each having ports for the reception and forwarding of data packets. The network unit has at least one fabric port for connection to a partner port on another one of the units by at least one link. The network unit is organized to send and receive via the at least one fabric port protocol packets which contain information on the path costs between said units in the fabric and to perform an algorithm to determine, on the basis of said information, routes for data packets within the fabric to other units of the fabric. |
| US08804701B2 |
Reliable reporting of location data
A machine, such as a mobile device having telephony features, such as a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony application, is configured with a secure environment in which a location provider within (more reliable) or external to (less reliable) the machine may determine location data for the machine and securely provide it to a telephony application program for incorporation into a call setup for calling a callee. The secure environment may be created through use of one or more of Intel's LaGrande Technology™ (LT), Vanderpool Technology (VT), or a Trusted Platform Module (TPM). The LT and VT allow defining secure independent components within the machine, such as by instantiating them as Virtual Machines, and the TPM allows components to cryptographically sign data, such as to facilitate ensuring the location data is not tampered with. A recipient of a telephone call setup including cryptographically secured location data may validate the location data and accept the call. Other embodiments may be described. |
| US08804699B2 |
System and method for switching between phone services
The present invention concerns a gateway device and a method at the gateway, the gateway device comprising an interface to a residential phone wiring comprising more than one plugging means for connecting at least one analogue phone, a broadband interface to a network comprising a central office, the central office being adapted to provide a first voice service type to the at least one analog phone, an FXS module for providing a voice over IP service over the broadband interface to the at least one analogue phone when the first voice service type is disabled, unbundling detection means for detecting the presence of the first voice service type, connecting the FXS module to the residential phone wiring when the first voice service type is disabled, and disconnecting the FXS module from the residential phone wiring when the first voice service type is enabled, and a management agent for informing a gateway management server when changing from the first voice service type to the voice over IP service and vice versa, so that the same phone number can be used when using the first voice service type or the voice over IP service. |
| US08804698B2 |
Method and system for find me/ follow me in IMS through editing of IMS registrations at S-CSCF
A method for operation of a Serving Call Session Control Function (S-CSCF) server is provided. The method includes storing a plurality of records, each record corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of Internet Protocol Multimedia Services (IMS) terminals associated with a user, the plurality of records indicating an order of the IMS terminals for attempting to establishing a communication link with the user. The method also includes receiving an input from an application server indicating a request to change at least one of the records to indicate a different order, and changing the record. A system for operation of a Serving Call Session Control Function (S-CSCF) server, and a computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, the computer-executable instructions causing a processor to perform a method for operation of a Serving Call Session Control Function (S-CSCF) server when executed, are provided. |
| US08804693B2 |
Reverse link throughput management for flexible bandwidth systems
Methods, systems, and devices for increasing reverse link throughput by coordination of multiple wireless systems using reverse link blanking are provided. Some embodiments involve utilizing the bandwidth of one carrier bandwidth that partially overlaps with the bandwidth of another carrier bandwidth. This overlap may create interference. Different indicators may be utilized to prompt a device, such as a mobile device, to coordinate reverse link transmission blanking on at least one of the carrier bandwidths to increase throughput for the other overlapping carrier bandwidth. For example, a base station may transmit such an indicator to the mobile device to prompt the transmission blanking. Some embodiments also include increasing transmission power for the overlapping carrier bandwidth during the transmission blanking of other carrier bandwidth. Some embodiments utilize flexible carrier bandwidths systems that may utilize portions of spectrum that may not be big enough to fit a normal bandwidth waveform. |
| US08804686B2 |
Signaling of precoder related information in a MIMO system
Techniques are disclosed for signaling a pattern of cyclic shifts and orthogonal cover codes for use by a wireless device in multi-layer transmissions. In one example method, a signal includes B bits for identifying a reference signal is received, wherein each of several available reference signals is defined by a cyclic shift and an orthogonal cover code. The B bits are used to identify the cyclic shift and orthogonal cover code according to pre-determined tables that map each value of the B bits to a pattern of cyclic shift and orthogonal cover code combinations for a multi-layer transmission scheme. The patterns for the multi-layer transmission scheme include first and second patterns based on the same cyclic shifts, but where some, but not all, of the cyclic shifts in the first pattern are associated with the same corresponding orthogonal cover codes in the second pattern. |
| US08804685B2 |
Dual mode operation in a wireless network
Provided is dual mode operation by a communicating device in wireless network. The communicating device selects a radio frequency (RF) channel and a physical layer type. The communicating device processes signals received via the selected RF channel based on the selected physical layer type. The communicating device may determine whether a beacon frame has been detected base on the signals that were received via the selected RF channel and processed based on the selected physical layer type. When a frame is not detected, the communicating device may determine a signal energy level for the received signals. The communicating device may establish an association with an existing network based on detection of the beacon frame or the communicating device may transmit an originating beacon frame based on the determined signal energy level. |
| US08804679B2 |
Method and apparatus for data transfer with signaling
A radio system comprises a transmitter, an intermediate station, and a receiver for data transfer from the transmitter to the receiver. The intermediate station receives at least one data packet addressed to the receiver from the transmitter, transmits each data packet to the receiver, and performs signaling of the receiver to the transmitter in conjunction with the data transfer. |
| US08804671B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining UE mobility status
A radio user equipment (UE) mobility status is determined in a communications node. UE mobility status measurements associated with the UE communicating over a radio channel are performed. The UE mobility status corresponds to a degree of variation of the radio channel over time. Channel characteristics of the radio channel at a first time and at a second later time are determined. Based on the determined channel characteristics, a channel characteristic error metric is determined and compared to a predetermined threshold. The UE mobility status is determined based on one or more iterations of the threshold comparison. |
| US08804669B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for transmitting and receiving channel quality indicator (CQI) in broadband wireless communication system
A terminal is operable to transmit and receive CQI in a broadband wireless communication system. An operating method of the terminal for transmitting a CQI in a broadband wireless communication system includes requesting a band Adaptive Modulation and Coding (AMC) subchannel to a base station; after requesting the band AMC subchannel, transmitting a broadband CQI to the base station over a first control channel; and transmitting a first differential CQI relating to a band AMC allocated using the broadband CQI, over a second control channel. Thus, the overhead in the CQI feedback can be minimized and the CQI reception performance can be enhanced through the most robust encoding. |
| US08804665B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing uplink data by DRX-mode terminal in mobile telecommunication system
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for transmitting uplink data by a terminal performing a DRX operation in a mobile telecommunication system. According to the method and apparatus, when a UE transmits the uplink data, the UE variably controls given active and sleep periods in consideration of whether or not retransmission for the uplink data is performed, thereby more flexibly operating in the DRX mode. |
| US08804660B2 |
Resource reservation during handover in a wireless communications system
A serving base station provides time slot allocation information to a target base station for a mobile station that will likely undergo handover. The target base station uses the time slot allocation information to determine when resources should be reserved to facilitate the handover of the mobile station. |
| US08804656B2 |
Inter-eNode B handover procedure
Methodologies are described that facilitate inter-eNode B handover. In various embodiments, logical protocol termination can be implemented between the user equipment and the target eNode B for inter-eNode B handover signaling. The provided handover forwarding and encapsulation mechanisms enable improved inter-operability between eNode Bs implementing different protocol versions or from different vendors, which in turn enables frequent protocol upgrades. Additionally, the invention enables the target eNode B to implement new radio configurations even if the configuration is unsupported by the source eNode B. |
| US08804654B2 |
Method for performing packet switched handover in a mobile communication system
The invention relates to a method and system for performing packet switched handover in a mobile communication network. The system comprises a mobile node, a first and a second packet switching node. The method enables the parallel sending of logical link layer frames from the first and the second packet switching node. This is achieved so that the mobile node does not reject incoming frames received from two logical link layer entities having different states. The benefits of the invention are related to improved quality of service and the avoiding of gaps in received data during handover. |
| US08804652B2 |
System, method, and computer-readable medium for processing call originations by a femtocell system
A system, method, and computer readable medium comprises receiving, by a femtocell system, a call origination from a user equipment performing a calling operation to a called telephone device generating a configuration management service request message and transmitting the configuration management service request message to a session initiation protocol to Internet operating system adapter (SIA), generating a channel assignment request by the SIA and transmitting the channel assignment request to the femtocell system, allocating a channel for the user equipment and transmitting the allocated channel to the user equipment, receiving an acknowledgement from the user equipment in receipt of the transmitted channel assignment, performing a service connection with the user equipment, creating a connection for an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem, completing a call setup between the user equipment and the called telephone device via the allocated channel. |
| US08804648B2 |
Wireless communication system, base station apparatus, mobile station apparatus, communication control method, and communication control program
A mobile station apparatus can stably communicate with a base station apparatus even when interference occurs due to a signal from another apparatus in a part of a frequency band used for communication. A second base station apparatus communicates with the mobile station apparatus using a common frequency band, which is all or part of a frequency band to be used for communication by the first base station apparatus, and a dedicated frequency band to be unused by the first base station apparatus. A communication band selection unit a256 of the second base station apparatus selects the common frequency band as a frequency band to be used for communication with the mobile station apparatus in case that radio quality of the common frequency band in the mobile station apparatus is greater than a predetermined threshold value, and selects the dedicated frequency band as the frequency band to be used for the communication with the mobile station apparatus in case that the radio quality of the common frequency band in the mobile station apparatus is less than the predetermined threshold value. |
| US08804644B2 |
Method, apparatus and system of dynamic bandwidth management
A wireless communication device, a wireless communication system and a method of transmitting by a piconet controller (PNC) a poll request frame using beamforming techniques to one or more devices, wherein the poll request frame includes a time offset for sending a poll response frame by the device. The PNC receives the poll response frame with a channel bandwidth allocation request and dynamically allocating a channel bandwidth to the one or more devices according to the channel bandwidth allocation request. |
| US08804641B2 |
Method and device for detecting downlink control information
A method and a device for detecting downlink control information. The method includes: a Relay Node (RN) receiving control information born in a Relay Physical Downlink Control Channel (R-PDCCH) sent by an evolved Node B (eNB) to acquire a control resource; the RN performing detection on the control resource according to an index of the control resource to acquire own control information; wherein the control resource is a Relay Control Channel Element (R-CCE) or a Physical Resource Block (PRB). System overhead can be saved and system transmission efficiency can be improved. |
| US08804640B2 |
Method and apparatus for obtaining hybrid automatic repeat request information of common control channel
The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for obtaining the Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) information of a CCCH, wherein the method for obtaining the HARQ information of the CCCH comprises: a base station receiving a request message from a Radio Network Controller (RNC), wherein the request message is used to indicate the HARQ information used by the CCCH; the base station obtaining the HARQ information used by the CCCH according to the request message. According to the present invention, the base station obtains the HARQ information of the CCCH according to the message from the radio network controller, thus which is convenient for both the base station and a UE to know exactly the corresponding relationship between the CCCH logical channel and the HARQ used by the CCCH logical channel, thereby guaranteeing Node B to perform decoding correctly and improving the reception success rate of signal and data. |
| US08804639B2 |
Control channel resources for multi-bit ACK/NAK
A method of wireless communication includes receiving an upper layer configuration of multiple sets of ACK/NAK resources for uplink transmission. The receives resources correspond to at least one secondary downlink component carrier in a multicarrier configuration. The method also includes receiving a physical layer indicator of ACK/NAK resources in the sets. |
| US08804638B2 |
Method and user equipment for transmitting multiple A/N information
A method and a user equipment (UE) for transmitting multiple A/N information are provided. The method includes: determining reserved resources; determining A/N information that needs to be transmitted; and determining that the number of transmission resources is N (N is an integer greater than or equal to 2) and corresponding modulation symbols according to the number of the reserved resources and the A/N information that needs to be transmitted; and transmitting multiple A/N information by transmitting the modulation symbols by using the transmission resources. By transmitting multiple A/N information, a downlink frequency band where an error occurs can be correctly located. The A/N information includes acknowledgement (ACK) information, negative acknowledgement (NACK) information or Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) state information. |
| US08804634B2 |
Method and apparatus for managing CSG priorities in idle and connected modes
A method comprising detecting closed subscriber group (CSG) proximity based on an autonomous search function; signaling a proximity indication to a network, wherein the proximity indication includes at least one priority of at least one allowed neighbor CSG cell. A method comprising, performing measurements on neighboring CSG cells; and generating a measurement report including measurements of at least one neighboring CSG cell; and transmitting a message including a measurement report and a CSG priority for at least one CSG cell. |
| US08804633B2 |
Method and apparatus to trigger a random access procedure for carrier aggregation in a wireless communication network
A method and apparatus for a base station to trigger a random access procedure for carrier aggregation in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The method includes sending a dedicated radio resource control signal to configure a user equipment with a plurality of secondary component carriers (SCCs) that include uplink SCCs and/or downlink SCCs for carrier aggregation. The method further includes sending an activation signal to the user equipment to activate a configured downlink SCC. The method also includes transmitting a physical downlink control channel order only on the downlink primary CC to trigger a random access procedure. |
| US08804631B2 |
Method and apparatus for communicating carrier configuration in multi-carrier OFDM systems
A message contains global carrier configuration is provided in a wireless multi-carrier orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system. The global carrier configuration contains global carrier configuration information such as the center frequencies for multiple available RF carriers of different base stations in the OFDM network. In one embodiment, the global carrier configuration comprises information of single or multiple carrier groups, each carrier group comprises single or multiple contiguous RF carriers, and each carrier group is associated with a multi-carrier configuration index that refers to carrier configuration information contained in a carrier configuration lookup table and a frequency assignment index that refers to a global frequency location contained in a frequency assignment lookup table. |
| US08804630B2 |
Radio base station, mobile station, and communication method
A radio base station improved in the efficiency of processing random accesses from mobile stations. The radio base station designates a random access signal when transmitting downlink data to a mobile station. The mobile station transmits the designated random access signal to the radio base station. The radio base station transmits, to the mobile station, timing adjustment information prepared based on the result of reception of the random access signal and allocation information about an uplink radio resource allocated to the mobile station. If there is control data to be transmitted to the radio base station, the mobile station transmits the control data by using the allocated uplink radio resource, and if there is no control data to be transmitted, the mobile station transmits a synchronization completion report prepared in reply to the timing adjustment information. |
| US08804629B2 |
Method for the early establishment of uplink TBFs
A mobile station operating in EGPRS mode needs to the early establishment of an uplink TBF although has not data to send, at the only precautionary purpose of preventing an intolerable latency negatively affecting the subsequent delay-sensitive transmissions. To this aim, the mobile sends a Packet Channel Request message in one phase access mode including a new establishment cause called “Early TBF establishment”. The network establishes an uplink TBF indicating the requester and assigns a radio resource on one PDCH channel or more. Then the network schedules the transmission from the mobile station also when it does not have data to transmit other than dummy packets. This is performed through the USF flags in the usual manner. As soon as actual data become available for transmission, the mobile send them instead of dummy packets. In an alternative embodiment the mobile sends the Packet Channel Request message in two phase access mode. As soon as the Packet Uplink Assignment message is received by the mobile station, it sends a Packet resource Request message including an extended Uplink TBF information. The network behaves as in the previous case. |
| US08804627B2 |
Method and apparatus for improving performance of erasure sequence detection
Attributes of access terminals are employed in determining durations for erasure sequences. Transmissions from access terminals are analyzed to determine different attributes are based at least on these attributes traffic models are estimated. Those terminals whose traffic models tend towards more frequent occurrences of longer erasures are assigned longer erasure durations to improve performance in erasure sequence detection. |
| US08804626B2 |
Transmission rate control method, mobile station, radio network controller, and radio base station
A transmission rate control method for controlling a transmission rate of uplink user data which is transmitted from a mobile station located in a predetermined cell to a radio base station, includes: notifying, from the radio base station to the mobile station, a transmission power offset of an Enhanced Dedicated Physical Data Channel to a Dedicated Physical Control Channel using a Common Absolute Grant transmission rate control signal which is transmitted through an E-DCH Absolute Grant Channel; transmitting, at the mobile station, the uplink user data based on the notified transmission power offset, at a determined portion of HARQ process after receiving the Common Absolute Grant transmission rate control signal. |
| US08804624B1 |
Wireless communication device with transmission characteristic control of coexistent transceivers
A wireless communication device including a first transceiver, a second transceiver, and a coexistence module. The first transceiver transmits a first signal and operates according to a first wireless communication standard. The second transceiver selects a first channel of multiple channels and transmits a second signal on the first channel. The second transceiver operates according to a second wireless communication standard. The first channel is associated with a frequency. The coexistence module, based on the frequency of the first channel, alters a transmission characteristic of the first signal to be transmitted by the first transceiver and alters a transmission characteristic of the second signal to be transmitted by the second transceiver. The transmission characteristic of the first signal and the transmission characteristic of the second signal, as altered by the coexistence module, prevent interference with the first signal and the second signal. |
| US08804622B1 |
Wireless access points with modular attachments
A wireless access point may include a processor to communicate with a management device over a network; a wired Ethernet interface to the network; and a wireless interface to connect, using a local wireless protocol, to one or more client computing devices, where the wireless access point provides an access point for the one or more client computing devices to connect to the network. The wireless access point may further include an interface to provide a local connection to a modular device, where the processor is to transmit, over the network, data received from the modular device to the management device or data received from the management device to the modular device; and a housing to contain the processor, the wired Ethernet interface, the wireless interface, and the interface to provide the local connection. |
| US08804618B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining the configuration mode of special subframe and the usage mode of time-domain resource
A method and an apparatus for determining the configuration mode of special subframe of a cell are provided, and the method includes: receiving notification messages sent from adjacent cells, and the notification messages containing the information indicating the configuration modes of special subframes of the adjacent cells; determining the configuration modes of special subframes of the adjacent cells in accordance with the notification messages; among the possible configuration modes of special subframes of the current cell, selecting preferably a configuration mode of special subframe, which meets the interference requirement of the current cell and has less interference with the adjacent cells, as the current configuration mode of special subframe. The embodiments of the present invention also provide a method and an apparatus for determining the usage mode of the time-domain resource of a cell. |
| US08804616B2 |
Signaling mechanism for inter-RAT carrier aggregation
A signaling mechanism informs a Radio Network Controller of the radio access technology associated with data packets forwarded to the Radio Network Controller from base stations supporting multiple radio access technologies. With this information, the Radio Network Controller can associate received data with the corresponding radio access technologies, and thus manage differing physical layer procedures, such as outer-loop power control, for the radio access technologies. In an example method, first and second data units transmitted by a mobile station over first and second radio access technologies, respectively, are forwarded from one or more base stations to a network control node for further processing. A control message associated with at least some of the data units is also sent to the network control node, the control message indicating the radio access technology over which the associated data units were transmitted. |
| US08804613B2 |
Wireless mesh network system and control method thereof, and wireless device
A wireless mesh network system having a plurality of wireless devices is adapted to forward a message packet. Each of the wireless devices includes a transmitting unit, a receiving unit, a communications controller, and a RAM. Further, if a message packet received is an acknowledgement signal, the communications controller controls such that an original source address, a destination address, and a packet number contained in the acknowledgement signal are stored in the RAM, and, in case the message packet received is a data signal, if information contained in the message packet received is consistent with the original source address, the destination address, and the packet number contained in the acknowledgement signal stored in the RAM, the communications controller controls such that the acknowledgement signal is forwarded to a original source wireless device. |
| US08804611B2 |
Method and apparatus for acknowledging successful reception of a data transmission for multi-access compatibility in a wireless communication system
A method of wireless communication for acknowledging receipt of a packet is disclosed that includes determining that the packet has been received successfully; and, generating an acknowledgment (ACK) message upon the determination that the packet is received successfully, wherein the ACK message includes a unique identifier associated with a receiver used to receive the packet. An apparatus for performing the method is also disclosed herein. |
| US08804609B2 |
Systems and methods for use with orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
Systems and methods are provided for enabling H-ARQ communication between a base station and one or more wireless terminals. Methods for enabling incremental redundancy (IR) based H-ARQ, Chase based H-ARQ and Space-Time Code combining (STC) based H-ARQ between devices for down-link and up-link direction transmissions are provided in the form of an information element (IE) for use with a Normal MAP convention as currently accepted in the draft version standard of IEEE 802.16. In addition, embodiments of the invention provide a resource management scheme to protect a network from abuse of resources from a wireless terminal not registered with the network. Components of the down-link and up-link mapping components of a data frame transmitted from the base station to one or more wireless terminals included messages that are readable by all wireless terminals as well as some messages that are encrypted and only readable by wireless terminals that are authenticated as being registered with the network. |
| US08804607B2 |
Method and apparatus for maintaining synchronization in a communication system
A central entity and/or a remote device in a communication system are designed to address the problem of maintaining upstream synchronization in the remote device after loss of the downstream signal. One issue of particular importance is maintaining upstream transmissions from the remote device in an S-CDMA (or perhaps S-TDMA) mode that do not degrade performance of the communication system via poor upstream timing or a need for re-ranging. By providing novel functionality at the central entity for synchronizing first and second downstream signals and/or by providing novel functionality at the remote device for determining a symbol clock offset between a first terminated downstream signal and a second re-acquired downstream signal, embodiments of the present invention facilitate maintenance of synchronization through the loss of the downstream signal, thereby minimizing the need for re-ranging and avoiding poorly timed upstream bursts. |
| US08804606B2 |
Transparent mesh overlay in hub-spoke satellite networks
In a satellite-based communication network comprised of a central hub and plurality of remote terminals configured to transmit data to and receive data from the central hub in accordance with EN 301 790 (DVB-RCS), and where one or more of these remote terminals may be configured to include an additional receiver module configured to receive MF-TDMA transmission of other remote terminals, a mesh receiver and methods for coupling the mesh receiver with the host remote terminal. In addition, described herein are methods for synchronizing the mesh receiver on the network's timing and frequency and for utilizing the available link power for achieving efficient connectivity. |
| US08804604B2 |
Space time block code communications with co-operative relays
Methods, systems and apparatuses are provided for transmitting and receiving space-time block coded data in a wireless communications system with co-operative relays. A source node transmits RF signals representing first and second sets of data symbols in respective first and second channels (in time frequency code or any combination) of a wireless communications system, the first and second sets of data symbols being for transmission from separate antennas respectively according to a space-time block code. A relay node receives the RF signals representing the first set of data symbols in the first channel and transmits RF signals representing the first set of data symbols in the second channel. A destination node received the RF signals representing the second set of data symbols from the source node and the RF signals representing the first set of data symbols from the relay node. This enables decoding of the received RF signals representing the first and second sets of data symbols according to the space-time block code. |
| US08804603B2 |
TDMA wireless communications system and related methods
A wireless communications system may include wireless communications devices communicating with one another via time division multiple access (TDMA). The wireless communications devices may include a time master device that may transmit a first synchronization message, a first maintenance message, and a timing head relay designation message. The wireless communications devices also include a timing head relay device corresponding to the timing head relay designation and may receive the first synchronization message, first maintenance message and timing head relay designation message. The timing head relay device may also transmit a second synchronization message and a second maintenance message. The wireless communications devices may also include a time forwarding device that may receive the second synchronization message and the second maintenance message, transmit a third synchronization message when a downstream wireless communications device is outside a range of the timing head relay device, and transmit a third maintenance message. |
| US08804600B2 |
Relay apparatus, transmitting apparatus, communication system, receiving apparatus, and communication method
In a communication system that further includes a receiving apparatus and a transmitting apparatus that after a given period that starts after transmission of a wireless signal to the receiving apparatus, receives delivery confirmation information concerning the wireless signal, a relay apparatus includes a receiver that receives and decodes the wireless signal transmitted by the transmitting apparatus; a determiner that determines whether the decoded wireless signal is subject to relay; a notifier that, if the determiner determines that the wireless signal is subject to relay, notifies the transmitting apparatus of relay information indicating that the wireless signal is to be regenerated and relayed; and a transmitter that transmits to the receiving apparatus, the wireless signal that has been determined to be subject to relay. |
| US08804597B2 |
Apparatus and method for adding and deleting relay link in communication system
An apparatus and a method effectively adds and deletes a relay link in a communication system that includes a multiple relay system. The apparatus and method include determining by a relay mode controller whether to add or delete the relay link with consideration of at least one of a movement velocity of User Equipment (UE), a signal intensity of a Node-B and at least one relay station, and a channel state value of the UE. When addition or deletion of the relay link is determined, a message requesting addition of the relay link or a message informing deletion of the relay link is transmitted by a signaling processor to a relay station corresponding to the relay link whose addition or deletion has been determined. |
| US08804596B2 |
Architecture for termination at access device
A method is provided for handing over a user equipment (UE). The method includes a donor access node with which the UE is in communication via a relay node receiving UE context information from the relay node. The method further includes the donor access node using the UE context information to identify data packets that belong to the UE. |
| US08804587B2 |
Methods and arrangements for downlink multi-carrier power control in a wireless communications system
A method, User Equipment (UE), and radio base station or NodeB for controlling the downlink transmit power of a Fractional Downlink Physical Control Channel (F-DPCH) in a multi-carrier High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) system. Single-carrier Transmit Power Control (TPC) commands are modified to support different kinds of multi-carrier scenarios. The UE defines at least one TPC command for adjustment of the transmit power of the F-DPCH of N downlink carriers, the number of TPC commands being equal to or less than N, and transmits the TPC command(s) on at least one of M uplink carriers. The NodeB receives the TPC command(s) and adjusts the transmit power of the F-DPCH of the N downlink carriers based on the received TPC command(s). |
| US08804584B2 |
Periodic synchronization link quality in a mesh network
Wireless mesh network nodes in a mesh network are operable to receive a periodic beacon from at least one other mesh network node, where the received beacon comprises received beacon link quality information for the at least one other mesh network node. The nodes are further operable to record the sender identity and link quality of the received periodic beacon, record the received beacon link quality information in the beacon from the wireless mesh network node to the at least one other mesh network node, and retransmit a received periodic beacon to other network nodes, the retransmitted beacon comprising link quality information for beacons received in the wireless mesh network node. |
| US08804581B2 |
OFDMA scheduling method for avoiding leakage at the mobile stations
The present invention relates to scheduling of uplink and downlink resources between mobile terminals (110, 120) and a base station (130). To reduce the power leakage between the transmitter and the receiver of the mobile terminal (110), the scheduler allocates uplink frequency carriers and downlink frequency carriers with a large duplex distance to those mobile terminals (110, 120) that have to transmit with high power. This means that the requirements on the external SAW filter could be reduced. |
| US08804578B2 |
Method and system for jitter and frame balance and/or rebalance for EEE refresh cycles
Ethernet network link partners may be configured for operation in a low power mode. The link partners may generate new frames and/or signals and/or may modify characteristics of existing frames and/or signals to be communicated via one or more channels of an Ethernet link during the low power mode. The new and/or modified frames and/or signals may be utilized as refresh frames and/or signals to control communication during low power mode and/or to enable refresh and/or synchronization of the link partners. The new and/or modified frames and/or signals may be generated and/or modified based on a desired frequency distribution and/or spectral density. New and/or modified frames and/or signals may comprise jitter, random and/or pseudo random bit patterns and/or varied bit patterns and/or energy levels. Data packets and/or active idle symbols may be forced during low power mode to mitigate undesired periodic energy. |
| US08804576B2 |
Browsing management apparatus, browsing management method, and program product thereof
A browsing management apparatus includes a location information generating portion that generates unique location information that includes a location of a content used in a conference and identification information identifying a participant of the conference, a transmitting portion that transmits the unique location information to the participant of the conference, and an identifying portion that receives an access designating the unique location information from a terminal device used by the participant of the conference and identifies the participant of the conference with the unique location information. |
| US08804575B2 |
Central entity to adjust redundancy and error correction on RTP sessions
An example embodiment may include an apparatus comprising a message buffer to receive messages from a voice over packet endpoint if impairments in a media stream pass a threshold, and a processor coupled with the message buffer, the processor to determine changes to media characteristics for the voice over packet endpoint in relation to the impairments and to signal the voice over packet endpoints to adjust media characteristics of the media stream in both directions. Another example embodiment may be a method comprising monitoring a voice over packet media stream for impairments, computing Voice over packet quality metrics based on the impairments, sending or receiving the Voice over packet quality metrics to or from a session peer, when a threshold is crossed for the Voice over packet quality metrics, sending an event notification to a central entity, and changing media characteristics of the voice over packet media stream in relation to the impairments as directed by the central entity. |
| US08804573B2 |
Method and system for inferring presence of a principal based on past presence information
Systems, methods, and machine-readable media are disclosed for using past presence information to help determine a current presence of a principal. In one embodiment, determining presence of a principal on one or more devices or communication channels can comprise periodically querying a plurality of devices to determine a presence of the principal on one or more of the plurality of devices. An indication of the presence of the principal on the one or more of the plurality of devices can be received and presence information related to the indication of the presence of the principal on the one or more devices can be stored. A request for a presence of the principal can be received and, in response, the stored presence information can be retrieved. The stored presence information and, in some cases, current presence information can be provided in response to the request for the presence of the principal. |
| US08804566B1 |
Tracking area reconfiguration based on sector load
A method and corresponding system is provided to help mitigate sector congestion. In one embodiment of the method, a RAN entity evaluates load among sectors of a tracking area and determines that the load is at least a threshold level of load. In response, the RAN entity enlarges the tracking area. In another embodiment of the method, when the RAN entity makes a decision to reconfigure a tracking area, it may consider one or more factors when determining how to reconfigure. In one example, the RAN entity may identify a particular border sector that has at least a threshold level of load or is a border sector in another network. Responsively, the RAN may reconfigure the tracking area such that the identified border sector is no longer a border sector. Other examples are possible. |
| US08804562B2 |
Broadband network system and implementation method thereof
This disclosure discloses a broadband network system and an implementation method thereof. The method comprises the steps that: a terminal transmits an IP address request message to the network side (S10); after receiving the IP address request message, the network side returns the non-IP-address EID of the terminal (S20); the terminal uses the received EID as the address to transmit and receive packets (S30). With this disclosure, the demands of the broadband network on the IP address are reduced. |
| US08804561B2 |
Physical cell identifier (PCI) adaptation to mitigate interference in heterogeneous cellular network
A first radio network node (HBS1) adapts its physical cell identifier (PCI1) based on a comparison of its PCI1 to a second PCI (PCI2) used by a neighboring interfering second radio network node (e.g., another HBS2 or a macro node). The first radio network node HBS1 determines the second PCI based on one or more radio measurements performed on a cell 402 and/or on a UE 404 served by the second node. The adaptation of the cell identifier PCI1 is used for one or more radio network management tasks, e.g., resource management such as interference mitigation in a heterogeneous network, radio network planning, etc. |
| US08804550B2 |
Method and apparatus for reuse of adaptive partial frequency in a cellular mobile communication system
Disclosed is an adaptive partial frequency reuse method and system in a cellular mobile communication system. The adaptive partial frequency method includes the steps of: receiving interference feedback information transmitted from at least one terminal; determining if there is a terminal located in a cell boundary, based on the received interference feedback information; when there is the terminal located in the cell boundary, dividing the frequency band into multiple frequency sub-bands, and allocating different power to the respective multiple frequency sub-bands for each of the at least one base station; and providing data service to the terminal by using the power allocated the respective frequency sub-bands. |
| US08804548B2 |
Enhanced uplink user entity rate limitation signalling
A method for a user entity (UE) transmitting data said data being receivable by at least a serving node (B1) and a non serving node (B2); the user entity (UE) being adapted for receiving a first signal (ABS GRNT E-AGCH) (4, 6) from a serving node (B1) granting the user entity permission to transmit at a given signalling rate; the user entity (UE) being adapted for receiving a second signal (8) from a non-serving node (B2) instructing the user entity to limit its signalling rate (DOWN E-RGCH). The user entity (UE) is being adapted to transmit data packets and associating a third signal (HAPPY, 7) and the user entity (UE) is being adapted to transmit data packets and associating a fourth signal (NOT HAPPY, 1, 9) with the data packet transmission indicating the user entity wishing to being granted permission to use a higher signalling rate than it is currently being permitted to use by the serving node (B1). The user entity is being adapted for issuing a signalling rate limitation signal (UE RATE LMT, 9′) to the serving node, indicating the user entity having limited its signalling rate signal below the signalling rate granted to it by the serving node B. There is moreover provided a method for a Node B, which as a non-serving Node B (B2) is transmitting on the E-RGCH, a situation signal (E-RGCH CEASE 14, 15′) being indicative of a cease ceased 9″ of an interference situation. |
| US08804545B2 |
Architecture and method for traffic management of a monitoring sensor network
A monitoring network is formed by a terrestrial network and a satellite network. The terrestrial network has a plurality of sensor nodes which send a data packets. The data packets are forwarded through sink nodes toward a satellite and a monitoring station in the satellite network. The monitoring station performs a dynamic selection process for dynamically associating each sensor node to at least one selected sink node among the plurality of sink nodes, thereby the data packets sent by the sensor nodes are transmitted to the satellite through only the selected sink node. |
| US08804542B2 |
Method of transmitting feedback data in a multiple antenna system
A method of transmitting feedback data in a multiple antenna system comprises receiving a request message of feedback data on a downlink channel, the request message comprising uplink scheduling information, selecting a set of M (M≧1) subbands within a plurality of subbands, generating the feedback data, the feedback data comprising a frequency selective PMI (precoding matrix indicator), a frequency flat PMI, a best band CQI (channel quality indicator) and a whole band CQI, and transmitting the feedback data on a uplink channel allocated to the uplink scheduling information. |
| US08804538B1 |
Ethernet Y-cables and Y-switches
Ethernet Y-cables are provided that include first, second and third Ethernet cable segments, each of which has a first end and a second end and at least eight insulated conductors. These cables further include a housing that receives the respective first ends of the first, second and third Ethernet cable segments and a switching mechanism that is disposed at least partly in the housing. The switching mechanism is configured to selectively connect the at least eight conductors of the first Ethernet cable segment to respective ones of either the at least eight conductors of the second Ethernet cable segment or the at least eight conductors of the third Ethernet cable segment. Related Ethernet Y-switches and methods of using the Ethernet Y-cables and Y-switches are also provided. |
| US08804537B2 |
Loop detecting device, system, method and program
A loop detecting device is provided which is capable of detecting a loop packet or a loop flow with less processing load. A sorting means 82 classifies packets from each of which information is extracted by a packet information extracting device, based on first predetermined information included in packet information, counts the number of the classified packets for each first predetermined information, and specifies first predetermined information in which a count result reaches greater than or equal to a first threshold value. A determining means 83 determines whether each packet having the first predetermined information specified by the sorting means 82 is a loop packet or whether each flow specified by the first predetermined information is a loop flow by using second predetermined information included in the packet information received by a receiving means 81 with the first predetermined information specified by the sorting means 82 as a target. |
| US08804532B2 |
Method and arrangement for adapting to variations in an available bandwidth to a local network
In a vehicular network having a plurality of connected user equipment, experiencing a change in an available bandwidth a method for adapting to the change is performed comprising the steps of collecting information about the users and the bearers, detecting a change in bandwidth available for the local network, identifying user equipment in the local network to be affected by said detected change, notifying the identified user equipment of an adaptation of the bandwidth for the identified user equipment, and finally adapting the bandwidth of each identified user equipment. |
| US08804525B2 |
Method and device for network traffic control
A method and a device for network traffic control comprising the following steps: detecting actual downlink traffic of a network device; calculating an error e between the actual downlink traffic and predetermined downlink traffic; performing a calculation on the error to obtain PID output according to a PID control formula; calculating scaling of upstream traffic according to the calculated PID output and the downlink traffic; and regulating an upstream traffic threshold according to the scaling. The upstream traffic is increased or reduced in accordance with the actual downlink traffic be means of the correlated regulation and dynamic control of the upstream traffic and the downlink traffic of the network device. As such, traffic control is realized in those applications (e.g. UDP traffic such as P2P streaming media) which themselves lack the traffic control mechanism, and it is possible to make the best of network bandwidth as well. |
| US08804520B2 |
Core network node selection in a mobile communication network
A method of selecting an interface node of a core network of a mobile communication network for handling data traffic between a mobile device and a destination network or a destination network node, as well a control node for performing such a method are provided. The control node processes signalling traffic for the mobile device and performs the selection. The mobile communication network comprises a plurality of core network interface nodes providing an interface to the core network. An interface node is selected from the plurality of core network interface nodes for handling the data traffic for the mobile device. |
| US08804516B2 |
Opportunistic transmissions within MoCA
Embodiments may be disclosed herein that provide systems, devices, and methods of operating a Multimedia over Coax (MoCA) network. One such embodiment is a method comprising: aggregating packets, including at least control packets and acknowledgement packets, with other packets. |
| US08804515B2 |
Technique for dynamically controlling data packet transmissions
A technique is disclosed for controlling data packet transmissions from a server to a client having a client buffer in accordance with a waiting mode and a dynamic mode. The waiting mode is performed before packets containing data encoded subject to a current bit rate have reached the client buffer; the dynamic mode is performed otherwise. In the waiting mode, down-switches to lower bit rates are allowed but up-switches to higher bit rates are disabled. In the dynamic mode, up-switches and down-switches are both allowed, with adjustments in the bit rate of packets controlled based, in part, on the amount of data contained within the client buffer when packets containing data encoded subject to the current bit rate first reached the client buffer. The two modes help avoid unnecessary rate switches. |
| US08804513B2 |
Methods and systems for controlling SIP overload
Techniques for controlling Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) overload between a sending entity and a receiving entity includes receiving a message at a send buffer at the sending entity and forwarding the message to a receive buffer at the receiving entity if the send buffer is empty of other messages or rejecting the message if the send buffer is not empty of other messages. |
| US08804507B2 |
Method and apparatus for temporal-based flow distribution across multiple packet processors
A method, apparatus and computer program product for temporal-based flow distribution across multiple packet processors is presented. A packet is received and a hash identifier (ID) is computed for the packet. The hash ID is used to index into a State Table and to retrieve a corresponding record. When a time credit field of the record is zero then the time credit field is set to a to a new value; a Packet Processing Engine (PE) whose First-In-First-Out buffer (FIFO) has the lowest fill level is selected; and a PE number field in the state table record is updated with the selected PE number. When the time credit field of the record is non-zero then the packet is sent to a PE based on the value stored in the record; and the time credit field in the record is decremented if the time credit field is greater than zero. |
| US08804495B2 |
Carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) for multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications
Carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) for multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications. In wireless communication systems that operate in supporting communications via one or more clusters, appropriate determination of when to begin making such transmissions on one or more clusters is made in accordance with intelligent carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) that may be performed in a number of different ways. In accordance with this, a cluster may be any combination composed of one or more channels among one or more bands. In supporting multi-cluster access, CSMA may be performed in selecting a primary cluster and performing backoff (e.g., countdown) thereon. After backoff is finished for the primary cluster, and the availability of one or more others clusters is checked, transmissions may be made using the available clusters. Alternatively, backoff may be made for each or multiple (a subset of) clusters or even individually for each respective cluster. |
| US08804492B2 |
Handling alarms based on user session records
A method is provided in a network management node for handling an alarm caused by a fault in a communications system. An alarm caused by a fault in the communications system is received from a first network element within the communications system. The alarm is associated with an identity of the first network element, and an alarm time associated with the time when the alarm was active. After receiving the alarm, the network management node sends a request to a user activity database, requesting one or more matching records. Each of the matching records is requested to comprise an identity equal to the identity of the first network element associated with the alarm, and a record time period that comprises the time when the alarm was active. The network management node receives one or more matching records from the user activity database, which one or more matching user session records identify the user sessions being affected by the alarm, and then handles the alarm based on the one or more matching user session records. |
| US08804491B2 |
Recovery method for ring-based network
A recovery method for ring-based network comprises following steps: when an error occurs at first node, second and third nodes adjacent to the first node transmit a link-down packet respectively; after the first node is repaired, the first, second and third nodes transmit a link-up packet respectively, and each link-up packet includes a priority value of the first, second or third node; the priority values of the first, second and third nodes are compared with each link-up packet to enter the ring port of the first node, the second node or the third node into a forward status or a blocked status; and a forward link or a blocked link is formed among the ring ports of the first, second and third nodes. |
| US08804485B2 |
Method and apparatus for coordinating fault recovery techniques among domains
In a telecommunications/data network, it is common to have multiple recovery domains each employing its own technique for recovering a fault that may be different from a technique employed by another domain. Permitting multiple recovery domains to recover a fault without coordination among the domains can result in adverse interactions, such as rapid and repeated changes in the actions taken or “flapping,” and repeated hits to traffic. A method and corresponding apparatus for coordinating fault recovery in a network, according to an embodiment of the present invention, notifies a first recovery domain that a second recovery domain is or is not taking action to recover a fault in the network. Coordinating the recovery efforts of the first and second recovery domains reduces fault recovery time and allows concurrent actions to be taken. |
| US08804484B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for automatic, peer node transparent rehoming of time division multiplexed (TDM)-based signaling channels in an X user adaptation (XUA) signaling gateway
The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems and computer readable media for automatic, peer node transparent re-homing of time division multiplexed (TDM)-based signaling channels in an X user adaptation (XUA) signaling gateway. One exemplary method includes providing an XUA Signaling Gateway (SG) having a plurality of Signaling Gateway (SG) cards, a plurality of TDM network interface cards (NICs) and a plurality of packet NICs, and a switching matrix connecting the TDM NICs and the XUA SG cards. The method further includes configuring the switching matrix so that a first XUA SG card terminates a set of TDM-based signaling channels. The method further includes switching the set of TDM-based signaling channels from one of the TDM NICs to the first XUA SG card. The method further includes switching the set of TOM-based signaling channels, detecting failure of the first XUA SG card, and automatically reconfiguring the TDM switching matrix so that the set of TDM-based signaling channels is sent to a second XUA SG card of the plurality of XUA SG cards. |
| US08804480B2 |
Systems and methods for providing a MoCA improved performance for short burst packets
Systems and methods for reducing the latency and for increasing throughput for MoCA devices that are connected via a coax network are provided. One method according to the invention includes, in a network having a plurality of network modules, each of the plurality of network modules being connected to a coax backbone, communicating over the coax backbone between the plurality of network modules. The method further includes a requesting the use of short burst messages. The method further includes responding to the requesting by constructing a short burst message with a single channel equalization section and reducing the number of bits per hertz in the transmission constellation. The resulting messages can be received with an acceptable error rate while making more efficient use of the MoCA network. |
| US08804476B2 |
Optical information recording medium, recording and reproduction method, and recording and reproduction device
In the land-groove method, wobble interference is reduced. STW modulation is used as wobble modulation for a part where wobble interference can occur, for example, a part where the configurations of both side walls of the groove are not the same and groove width modulation is unavoidable. Thereby, the amplitude of the groove width modulation can be suppressed to a quarter of that when BPSK modulation is used. |
| US08804475B1 |
Plant gain calibration for an optical storage servo system
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for calibrating gains of an optical storage servo system having a plant. The method includes translating a first signal of the plant from a time domain effort signal into a frequency domain effort signal, translating a second signal of the plant from a time domain error signal into a frequency domain error signal, determining a first gain of the optical storage servo system based on the first signal and the second signal, comparing a third signal from an optical disk of the optical storage servo system with a predetermined threshold, and asserting a defect flag when the third signal drops below the predetermined threshold to avoid calibrating the first gain based on the first signal and the second signal. |
| US08804464B2 |
Device for generating radial ultrasound oscillations
The invention is directed to a device for generating ultrasound oscillations. In order to be able to excite with the device oscillations in a vessel simultaneously and uniformly from several sides, the device includes a resonator which oscillates radially in several directions during operation of the device. |
| US08804458B2 |
Non destructive testing device and method for detecting possible anomalies of a wall thickness
The invention relates to a nondestructive testing device for detecting possible thickness anomalies (Ve) of a wall (P), this device comprising a sensor (1) including means (11) for emitting and receiving ultrasonic waves, and acoustic coupling means (2). The sensor according to the invention comprises a rigid enclosure (12, 13) sealingly defining a free internal volume (10), and the coupling means (2) comprise a solid coupling body (21) belonging to the enclosure, and a coupling liquid (L) disposed in the free internal volume (10) and in which the emitting and receiving means (11) soak. |
| US08804457B2 |
Transmit/receive systems for imaging devices
A transceiver for an ultrasonic imaging device includes a transmit circuit and a receive circuit. The transmit circuit outputs test pulses to a probe including a transducer to generate an image of a test object. A composite signal including the test pulses and a reflected signal is output by the transducer. The receive circuit receives the composite signal including the test pulses and the reflected signal and includes a filter circuit. The filter circuit filters the test pulses from the composite signal and passes the reflected signal. An impedance of the filter circuit is equal to substantially zero when the reflected signal is within a predetermined frequency range. |
| US08804456B1 |
Delay locked loop (DLL) system for a memory device with wide operating frequency via a variable supply applied to a delay line
A DLL system in a memory device with wide frequency application includes: a clock receiver that generates a clock for the DLL system; a delay line, coupled to the clock receiver, for receiving the generated clock and delaying the clock according to a received power supply; a power regulator, for generating the power supply to the DLL delay line according to a bias; a control logic, coupled to the clock receiver, for generating a plurality of logic signals respectively corresponding to a plurality of frequency ranges of the clock; and a bias generator, coupled between the control logic and the power regulator, for providing the bias to the power regulator, wherein the value of the bias is according to a logic signal output by the control logic. |
| US08804452B2 |
Data interleaving module
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to a data interleaving module. A number of methods can include interleaving data received from a bus among modules according to a selected one of a plurality of data densities per memory cell supported by an apparatus and transferring the interleaved data from the modules to a register. |
| US08804449B2 |
Apparatus and methods to provide power management for memory devices
An apparatus, such as a nonvolatile solid-state memory device, may, in some implementations, include access line bias circuitry to set a bias level associated with a deselected access line(s) of a memory core in response to mode information. In one approach, access line bias circuitry may use linear down regulation to change a voltage level on deselected access lines of a memory core. A memory access device, such as a host processor, may be provided that is capable of dynamically setting a mode of operation of a memory core of a memory device in order to manage power consumption of the memory. Other apparatuses and methods are also provided. |
| US08804448B2 |
Method of selecting anti-fuses and method of monitoring anti-fuses
For selecting anti-fuses in a semiconductor memory device, a decoder block may be enabled to receive selection information for selecting the anti-fuses. The selection information is decoded in the decoder block to select at least one of the anti-fuses. Target operation is performed on the selected anti-fuses. The decoder block is disabled. |
| US08804447B2 |
Semiconductor memory device for controlling write recovery time
A semiconductor memory device includes a CAS latency mode detecting means for outputting a CAS latency control signal in response to a CAS latency mode; and an auto-precharge control means for controlling timing of an auto-precharge operation in response to the CAS latency control signal. |
| US08804444B2 |
Semiconductor device including test circuit and burn-in test method
A semiconductor device includes a test circuit configured to generate a buffer control signal in response to input data, decode test commands in response to the buffer control signal, and generate test mode signals and a counting enable signal for counting row addresses and column addresses; and a data input/output circuit configured to buffer external commands in response to the buffer control signal and generate the test commands, perform a burn-in test in response to the test mode signals, and perform a read operation for memory cells corresponding to the row addresses and the column addresses. |
| US08804441B1 |
Methods and systems for detecting and correcting timing signal drift in memory systems
Methods and systems for detection and correction of timing signal drift in memory systems are provided. A start time and an end time of a first time interval is determined with control circuitry such that a last falling edge in a first of a plurality of data strobe sequences received from the memory occurs outside of the first time interval. A start time and an end time of a close-enable time interval is adjusted based at least in part on determining whether a second of the plurality of data strobe sequences occurs within the first time interval. Sampling of data received from the memory is disabled in response to determining that the last falling edge in the second received data strobe sequence occurs within the close-enable time interval. |
| US08804440B1 |
Memory for a voltage regulator circuit
A supply voltage generation circuit includes a comparison unit, a voltage level control unit and a voltage regulator circuit. Comparison unit is configured to compare input data and output data of a memory array to each other and thereby generating a comparison result, wherein output data are storage data stored in a plurality of memory units of the memory array processed by a program operation according to the input data, and comparison result indicates the number of different bits existing between the output data and the input data. Voltage level control unit is configured to generate a control signal according to the comparison result. Voltage regulator circuit is configured to provide a supply voltage for the memory array and adjust value of the supply voltage according to the control signal. A memory and an operation method of a supply generation circuit used for a memory array are also provided. |
| US08804433B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and operating method thereof
An operating method of a semiconductor memory device includes performing a first LSB program loop for storing first LSB data in first memory cells of a word line, performing a second LSB program loop for storing second LSB data in second memory cells of the selected word line and for detecting over-erased memory cells having threshold voltages lower than an over-erase reference voltage of a negative potential to raise the threshold voltages to be higher than the over-erase reference voltage, performing a first MSB program loop for storing first MSB data in the first memory cells, and performing a second MSB program loop for storing second MSB data in the second memory cells. |
| US08804428B2 |
Determining system lifetime characteristics
The present disclosure includes methods and systems for determining system lifetime characteristics. A number of embodiments include a number of memory devices and a controller coupled to the number of memory devices. The controller can be configured to perform a number of operations on the number of memory devices using a number of trim parameters at a testing level, and determine a system lifetime characteristic based, at least partially, on the number of operations performed on the number of memory devices using the number of trim parameters at the testing level. |
| US08804418B1 |
Low overhead read disturbance protection method for NAND flash device
The present invention provides for a solution benefiting from providing for a method and system to reduce the impact of read disturbance while providing improved system performance through optimized activities with minimal impact to overhead. The present invention provides for a highly effective early page migration mechanism, prior to a manufacturer's endurance limit and without a forced block migration, to reduce read disturbance associated with traditional NAND-based memory architectures, in part by identifying a block counter value, determining a block threshold value and early migrating one or more pages of data from the original block location upon the satisfaction of certain criteria. |
| US08804414B2 |
Spin torque transfer memory cell structures and methods
Spin Torque Transfer (STT) memory cell structures and methods are described herein. One or more STT memory cell structures include a tunneling barrier material positioned between a ferromagnetic storage material and a pinned ferromagnetic material in contact with an antiferromagnetic material. The tunneling barrier material is a multiferroic material and the antiferromagnetic material, the ferromagnetic storage material, and the pinned ferromagnetic material are positioned between a first electrode and a second electrode. |
| US08804406B2 |
Conditional read-assist feature to accelerate access time in an electronic device
An electronic storage device includes a bit cell circuit, feedback circuit, and read accelerator circuit. The bit cell circuit is adapted for connection with true and complementary bit lines. The feedback circuit includes a first transistor which is coupled to a first voltage potential and responsive to the complementary bit line. The read accelerator circuit includes second, third, and fourth transistors coupled between the feedback circuit and a second voltage potential. The second transistor is responsive to a read line, the third transistor is responsive to the true bit line, and the fourth transistor is responsive to the complementary bit line. The read accelerator circuit is configured to provide a discharge path for at least one of the true bit line and the complementary bit line during a read access of the bit cell. Embodiments of a corresponding electronic read access accelerator device and method are also provided. |
| US08804401B2 |
Non-volatile semiconductor memory device
A non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes a cell array layer including a first wire, a memory cell, and a second wire, and a control circuit. When performing set operation for setting the memory cell to a low resistance state, until a resistance value of the memory cell becomes lower than a predetermined resistance value, the control circuit repeating: applying a first voltage for setting to the memory cell; and a verify read verifying that the resistance value of the memory cell has become lower than the predetermined resistance value. After the verify read, the control circuit applies a second voltage having a different polarity from the first voltage to the memory cell before applying the first voltage that follows. |
| US08804399B2 |
Multi-function resistance change memory cells and apparatuses including the same
Various embodiments comprise apparatuses having a number of memory cells including drive circuitry to provide signal pulses of a selected time duration and/or amplitude, and an array of resistance change memory cells electrically coupled to the drive circuitry. The resistance change memory cells may be programmed for a range of retention time periods and operating speeds based on the received signal pulse. Additional apparatuses and methods are described. |
| US08804396B2 |
Semiconductor device
An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor device combining transistors integrating on a same substrate transistors including an oxide semiconductor in their channel formation region and transistors including non-oxide semiconductor in their channel formation region. An application of the present invention is to realize substantially non-volatile semiconductor memories which do not require specific erasing operation and do not suffer from damages due to repeated writing operation. Furthermore, the semiconductor device is well adapted to store multivalued data. Manufacturing methods, application circuits and driving/reading methods are explained in details in the description. |
| US08804395B2 |
Semiconductor device, control method thereof and data processing system
Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device comprising a global bit line, a first local bit line coupled to normal memory cells, a second local bit line coupled to redundant memory cells first and second hierarchical switches, a precharge circuit precharging the global bit line, a redundancy determination circuit determining whether or not an accessed address matches a defective address, and a control circuit. In a standby state, the global bit line and the second local bit line are precharged through the second hierarchical switch. In an active state, the first local bit line is precharged through the first hierarchical switch, subsequently when the redundancy determination circuit determines that the addresses do not match, the second hierarchical switch is inactivated to access the normal memory cells, and when the redundancy determination circuit determines that the addresses match each other, the first hierarchical switch is inactivated to access the redundant memory cells. |
| US08804394B2 |
Stacked memory with redundancy
A stacked memory is disclosed including a first integrated circuit memory chip having first storage locations and stacked with a second integrated circuit memory chip. A redundant memory is shared by the first and second integrated circuit memory chips and has redundant storage locations that selectively replace corresponding storage locations in the first or second integrated circuit memory chips. The stacked memory also includes a pin interface for coupling to an external integrated circuit memory controller and respective first and second signal paths. The first signal path is formed through the first and second integrated circuit memory chips and is coupled to the redundant memory and to the pin interface. The second signal path is formed through the first and second integrated circuit memory chips and is coupled to the redundant memory and to the pin interface via the first signal path. |
| US08804392B2 |
Content addressable memory chip
A content addressable memory chip which can perform a high speed search with less error is provided. A match amplifier zone determines coincidence or non-coincidence of search data with data stored in the content addressable memory cells in an entry of a CAM cell array, according to the voltage of a match line. The match amplifier zone comprises one or more NMOS transistors and one or more PMOS transistors. The match amplifier zone has a dead zone to an input of a voltage of the match line, and has a property that no flow-through current is present in the match amplifier zone. |
| US08804384B2 |
Converter for powering electric motor
A converter includes at least device(s) for sensing the currents fed to the electric motor powered by the converter, the device(s) for current detection being arranged inside the converter, and the signals of the device(s) being fed to a nonlinear filter, whose output signals are fed to an additional filter that is connected to an analog-to-digital converter. |
| US08804382B2 |
Resonant controller circuit and system with reduced peak currents during soft-start
A circuit includes a first control output adapted to couple to a control terminal of a first transistor and a second control output adapted to couple to a control terminal of a second transistor. The circuit further includes a feedback input for receiving a signal and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to independently control first and second on-times of control signals applied to the first and second control outputs, respectively, in response to receiving the signal to limit a current at an output node. |
| US08804381B2 |
Methods of balancing reactive power in multi-level motor drives with active front ends
A method of balancing reactive power at a power delivery system is disclosed. The method may include operating a power delivery system that may have a plurality of power cells that are electrically connected to a first transformer comprising one or more primary windings and a plurality of secondary windings such that each cell is electrically connected to one of the secondary windings and a plurality of the secondary windings are phase-shifted with respect to the primary windings. The method may further include controlling the reactive current flow at each power cell by calculating, at a first controller, a reactive current flow adjustment for at least one power cell so that reactive current flow is balanced among each of the plurality of power cells. Each cell may include a plurality of switching devices. |
| US08804378B2 |
Optimizing isolated power supply loop gains for opto-coupler current transfer ratio variations
A method of optimizing a gain adjustment value Kadj for a digital controller in an isolated switched mode power supply. The power supply includes an opto-coupler having a current transfer ratio (CTRX) within a range defined by a minimum current transfer ratio (CTRMIN) and a maximum current transfer ratio (CTRMAX). The method includes determining the CTRX of the opto-coupler, determining an optimal gain adjustment value KadjX based on the determined CTRX of the opto-coupler, and storing the optimal gain adjustment value KadjX in the digital controller. The method can be performed by the digital controller or by a programming device external to the power supply. |
| US08804373B2 |
Back frame and backlight system of flat panel display device
The present invention provides a back frame of a flat panel display device. The back frame includes at least two assembling pieces. The at least two assembling pieces are joined to form the back frame. The back frame further includes a bracing piece that is set in pawl mating engagement with the assembling pieces. The present invention further provides a backlight system. The back frame and backlight system of flat panel display device form a back frame through joining assembling pieces so that the structure of a mold for back frame is simple, the expenditure for the back frame mold is reduced, the material for the back frame is saved, and the cost of flat panel display device is lowered down. Further, through the pawl mating arrangement of the bracing piece and the assembling piece, the bracing piece of the back frame realizes fast mounting and removal. |
| US08804371B2 |
Motherboard assembly having serial advanced technology attachment dual in-line memory module
A motherboard assembly includes a serial advanced technology attachment dual-in-line memory module (SATA DIMM) with a circuit board, a memory slot, a platform controller hub (PCH), a storage device interface, and a storage controller connected to the PCH and the storage device interface. An edge connector is set on a bottom edge of the circuit board. A port is arranged on the circuit board, and connected to the storage chips and the storage device interface, enabling a motherboard to communicate with the SATA DIMM module. |
| US08804370B2 |
Electronic device having lever with precision pivot
An exemplary electronic device includes a housing, a lever, and a locking device securing the lever on the housing. The housing includes a bottom plate, a top plate and a side plate connecting the bottom plate with the top plate. The locking device includes a nut having a main body extending downwardly into the lever, a screw extending upwardly through the top plate into the nut, and gaskets sandwiched between the top plate and the nut. The lever is disposed and sleeved on the nut with a gap defined between a top face of the lever and a bottom face of a head of the nut. |
| US08804366B2 |
Package-based filtering and matching solutions
A microelectronic package having a radio frequency (RF) amplifier circuit and, incorporating harmonic rejection filters and matching circuits integrally formed in the package is disclosed. A harmonic rejection filter may comprise a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor serially coupled between bond pads disposed on a RF amplifier circuit die, a first wire bond coupling a first bond pad to a package output, where the first bond pad is coupled to the output of the RF amplifier, and a second wire bond coupling a second bond pad to a package ground. The harmonic rejection filter may be appropriately configured to filter one or more harmonics at different frequencies. |
| US08804363B2 |
Printed circuit boards with embedded components
Printed circuit boards are provided with embedded components. The embedded components may be mounted within recesses in the surface of a printed circuit board substrate. The printed circuit board substrate may have grooves and buried channels in which wires may be mounted. Recesses may be provided with solder pads to which the wires may be soldered or attached with conductive adhesive. An integrated switch may be provided in an opening within a printed circuit board substrate. The integrated switch may have a dome switch member that is mounted within the opening. A cover member for the switch may be formed from a flexible layer that covers the dome switch member. Terminals for the integrated switch may be formed from conductive structures in an interior printed circuit board layer. Interconnects may be used to electrically connect embedded components such as switches, integrated circuits, solder pads for wires, and other devices. |
| US08804362B2 |
High-frequency module
In a high-frequency module, a laminate including a plurality of dielectric layers each including an electrode pattern located thereon, and a switch element which includes a test terminal arranged to output a negative voltage applied to the switch element and which is mounted on the laminate, are integrally formed. A test external terminal for external connection which outputs a signal to the outside is provided on a back surface of the laminate. The laminate includes a voltage transmission path electrically connecting the test terminal to the test external terminal. |
| US08804361B2 |
Wiring substrate
A wiring substrate includes an electronic component and a core substrate. A through hole extends through the core substrate and accommodates the electronic component, which includes a main body and connection terminals. The main body includes opposing first side surfaces, opposing second side surfaces, and opposing third side surfaces. The connection terminals cover the first side surfaces. First projections project from walls of the through hole toward the first side surfaces. Each first projection includes a distal end that contacts one of the connection terminals. Second projections project from walls of the through hole toward the second side surfaces. The opposing second projections include distal ends spaced apart by a distance longer than the distance between the second side surfaces and shorter than the distance between two farthest points on a periphery of each first side surface. |
| US08804359B2 |
Mounting device for riser card
A device for mounting a riser card includes a base board forming two rods, a motherboard forming an expansion slot to connect the riser card, and a fixing member having two legs at opposite ends. The rods extend through the motherboard and are positioned at opposite ends of the expansion slot. Each rod contains a resilient member inside, and a ball mounted to the resilient member and partly extending out of the rod. The riser card is fixed to the fixing member. Each leg defines a cylindrical hole fitted about one of the rods. The balls partly extend out of the corresponding rods and block tops of the corresponding legs. |
| US08804357B2 |
Sliding-type portable electronic apparatus
A sliding-type portable electronic apparatus includes a pair of casings slidably coupled to each other, a flexible lead derived from one of the casings, is passed through an opening provided in the other casing and is connected to a circuit board incorporated in this other casing, and a waterproof sheet adapted to close the opening. The flexible lead passed through the opening is extended along a front surface of the circuit board and, thereafter, is folded back from the front surface toward a rear surface at a position on a side end surface of the circuit board, the flexible lead is connected, at its tip end portion, to the circuit board, on the rear surface, and the waterproof sheet is adhered, at its peripheral edge portions, to the flexible lead and to an inner surface of the other casing, at positions on a periphery of the opening. |
| US08804347B2 |
Reducing the border area of a device
A circuit panel of an electronic device is disclosed. The circuit panel includes a substantially flat surface including an active area of the electronic device; a bent border area contiguous with and extending from the active area of the substantially flat surface; and a plurality of traces coupled to the active area and routed in the bent border area. |
| US08804346B2 |
Injection molded control panel with in-molded decorated plastic film that includes an internal connector
Provided are systems and methods for a control assembly including: a first film that is in-molded that includes decorative graphics, a front surface and a rear surface; and a second film molded to the rear surface of the first film having a printed circuit that includes sensors, control circuits and interconnects and a front and rear surface; and an internal connector. |
| US08804342B2 |
Communication modules having connectors on a leading end and systems including the same
A communication module including a circuit board having leading and trailing ends and a module axis extending therebetween. The communication module also includes a support wall that is coupled to the circuit board proximate to the leading end. The support wall extends transverse to the module axis and has a wall opening. The communication module also includes an electrical connector that is held by the support wall within the wall opening and has a mating face. The communication module also includes a board interconnect coupled to the circuit board. The communication module also includes a flex cable assembly that is coupled at one end to the array of electrical contacts and at an opposite end to the board interconnect. The electrical connector is permitted to float within the wall opening relative to the support wall. |
| US08804341B2 |
Container data center
A container data center includes a container, and a number of cabinets arranged in the container. A shockproof device is mounted at the bottom of the cabinet. A support apparatus is mounted at the top of the cabinet. A sleeve is fixed on the top of the cabinet. The supporting apparatus includes a connecting member. The connecting member includes a first end fixed to the top of the container, and a second end opposite to the first end slidably received in the sleeve. |
| US08804335B2 |
Electronic device enclosure
The electronic device enclosure includes a case and a cooling assembly. The case includes a top plate, a bottom plate, a side plate and a mounting plate. The top plate is opposite to the bottom plate, and the side plate is substantially perpendicularly connected to the top plate and the bottom plate. The cooling assembly includes a cooler and a fan secured to the cooler. The mounting plate is secured to the top plate and the bottom plate, the fan is secured to the mounting plate and located between the mounting plate and the cooler. |
| US08804330B2 |
Electronic device with heat dissipation structure
An electronic device includes a computer, a circuit board, a supporting base attached to a top surface of the circuit board, and a backboard attached to a bottom surface of the circuit board. The case includes a bottom plate. The circuit board defines a through hole. A CPU is located on the supporting base. The backboard defines a retaining hole. The supporting base defines a fixing hole. A heat sink is attached to the supporting base and contacted the CPU. A fixing member is engaged with the retaining hole, the fixing hole and the through hole, to engage the backboard and the supporting base to the circuit board. |
| US08804329B2 |
Computer system including a heat dissipating apparatus
A computer system includes a computer case, a cover, and an air duct. The computer case includes a display, a housing connected to the display. A motherboard is attached to the housing, and a fan module. The motherboard includes a heat generating component. A first input opening and an output opening is defined in the cover. The output opening corresponds to the fan module. The air duct is mounted on the heat generating component. A plurality first holes are defined in the air duct corresponding to the heat generating component. The air duct corresponds to the first input opening to guide air to flow to the heat generating component via the first input opening and the plurality of first holes. |
| US08804328B2 |
External electrical connection for a portable electronic device
A portable electronic device includes: a housing, a processor provided in the housing, a rechargeable power pack provided in the housing in communication with the processor, apertures extending through the housing, insulating portions of the housing being provided between the apertures, a location of the apertures being selected to map out a graphical element, electrical contacts in communication with the battery for charging the battery, the electrical contacts being sized to be received in the apertures and wherein the insulating portions are provided for insulating the electrical contacts from one another. |
| US08804327B2 |
Portable workstation
The portable workstation includes a portable housing and a plurality of office modules disposed therein. The office modules include a computer module, a scanner module, printer module and a projector module. The computer module is the main interface for operating the other modules. A plurality of fans are disposed at the rear of the housing to cool the interior of the housing by expelling heated air generated by the different modules during use. The fans and all the modules are connected to a single rechargeable battery module. The various modules contained in the housing provide the user with all the necessary tools to perform any task at any locale. |
| US08804325B2 |
Fastening device for data storage device
A fastening device for fastening a data storage device includes a rack and a resilient tab. The rack includes a bottom plate to support the data storage device. Two first stop tabs protrude up from the bottom plate to abut against a first sidewall of the data storage device. Two first pins extend from the first corresponding stop tabs to engage in two mounting holes defined in the first sidewall. The resilient tab is attached to the rack to abut against a second sidewall of the data storage device. A second pin protrudes from the resilient tab to engage in a locking hole defined in the second sidewall. |
| US08804321B2 |
Work and videoconference assembly
A monitor support assembly comprising a support frame including a first elongated frame member forming a first surface and a second elongated frame member forming a second surface, the second frame member supported adjacent and parallel to the first frame member with the first surface facing the second surface and forming an elongated gap, a panel assembly including a first panel member having oppositely facing substantially parallel front and rear surfaces and a second panel member having oppositely facing substantially parallel front and rear surfaces, the second panel member supported adjacent the first panel member with the front surface of the first panel member facing the rear surface of the second panel member, the panel assembly supported within the gap by the first and second frame members and an electronic display mounted to the front surface of the second panel member. |
| US08804318B2 |
Storable keyboard having variable angular orientations
A keyboard moves between a stored position in a housing and a deployed position. The keyboard automatically has a first angular orientation with respect to the housing when in the stored position and a second, different angular orientation with respect to the housing when in the deployed position. The first angular orientation can comprise a substantially parallel orientation between the stored keyboard and the housing. The second angular orientation can be an angle from about five degrees to about forty-five degrees between the deployed keyboard and the housing's longitudinal axis. The apparatus can further include a tray. This tray slides in and out of the housing in order to move the keyboard between the stored position and the deployed position. One end of the keyboard can hingeably couple to the tray. The housing can include at least one slot to receive a keyboard post and guide movement of the tray. |
| US08804315B2 |
Cable positioning mechanism and electronic device using same
A cable positioning mechanism includes a main body and first and second positioning members arranged on the main body. The first positioning member includes a first surface and a second surface connecting with the first surface. The second positioning member includes a first end parallel to the second surface and a second end parallel to the first surface. The second end cooperates with the second surface to define a first holding space for allowing a cable being placed thereinto. The first end cooperates with the first surface to define a second holding space communicating with the first holding space. The second positioning member further includes a hook. The hook extends into the second holding space and clamps the cable to the main body when the cable is rotated to be received in the second holding space. An electronic device using the cable positioning mechanism is also provided. |
| US08804314B2 |
Electric junction box
An electric junction box which can surly distribute electric power from a power source even if a electric power distributing unit is arranged is provided. The electric junction box includes a box main body; a power integration attached to the box main body and supplied with an electric power from a power source; and a block. The block includes a block main body formed separately from the box main body and attached to the box main body; and a terminal received in the block main body, attached to an end of an electric power cable connected to the power source, and connected to the power integration. |
| US08804310B2 |
Electrochemical device
Provided is an electrochemical device which is capable of suppressing problems affecting the capacitor element as a whole, such as a drop in its voltage resistance characteristics and shortening of its life. The capacitor element (10) is constituted of a laminate formed by superposition of a first electrode sheet (11), a separation sheet (14), a second electrode sheet (12), a separation sheet (14), and a third electrode sheet (13) in the named order from the bottom, and folding the laminate along a reference line VSL to double the laminate. In the resulting folded laminate, a collector electrode layer (11a) and polarizable electrode layer (11b) of the first electrode sheet (11), the collector electrode layer (12a) and polarizable electrode layer (12b) of the second electrode sheet (12), the collector electrode (13a) and polarizable electrode layer (13b) of the third electrode sheet (13), and the two separation sheets (14) are connected to each other at the respective folded locations. |
| US08804309B2 |
Low temperature double-layer capacitors using asymmetric and spiro-type quaternary ammonium salts
Double-layer capacitors capable of operating at extremely low temperatures (e.g., as low as −80° C.) are disclosed. Electrolyte solutions combining a base solvent (e.g., acetonitrile) and a cosolvent are employed to lower the melting point of the base electrolyte. Example cosolvents include methyl formate, ethyl acetate, methyl acetate, propionitrile, butyronitrile, and 1,3-dioxolane. A quaternary ammonium salt including at least one of triethylmethylammonium tetrafluoroborate (TEMATFB) and spiro-(1,1′)-bipyrrolidium tetrafluoroborate (SBPBF4), is used in an optimized concentration (e.g., 0.10 M to 0.75 M), dissolved into the electrolyte solution. Conventional device form factors and structural elements (e.g., porous carbon electrodes and a polyethylene separator) may be employed. |
| US08804308B2 |
Plastic film having a high voltage breakdown
A stretched film comprising a dispersion of at least one polyester and/or polycarbonate in a matrix of at least one polyester and/or polycarbonate different from the first polyester and/or polycarbonate, the percentage by weight of the dispersed polyester and/or polycarbonate in the dispersion being less than 50% and the dispersed polyester and/or polycarbonate being in the form of platelets. The stretched film can be used as a dielectric in a capacitor. |
| US08804302B2 |
Ceramic electronic component
A ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic base, first and second internal electrodes, and first and second external electrodes. The first external electrode is disposed at a first end portion of a first major surface in the longitudinal direction. The second external electrode is disposed at a second end portion of the first major surface in the longitudinal direction. A portion of each of the first and second external electrodes is opposed in the thickness direction to a region where the first and second internal electrodes are opposed to each other in the thickness direction. A condition ( 1/10)t0≦t1≦(⅖)t0 is satisfied, where t0 is the thickness of each of the first and second external electrodes and t1 is the thickness of a portion in which each of the first and second external electrodes is embedded in the first major surface. |
| US08804301B2 |
Conductive paste for internal electrode of multilayer ceramic electronic component and multilayer ceramic electronic component including the same
A conductive paste for an internal electrode of a multilayer ceramic electronic component capable of restraining a generation of cracks by reducing internal stress, and a multilayer ceramic electronic component fabricated by using the same are provided. The conductive paste for an internal electrode of a multilayer ceramic electronic component includes: 100 parts by weight of a conductive metal powder; and 0.6 to 2.4 parts by weight of an organic binder. The use of the conductive paste can reduce internal stress of a multilayer ceramic electronic component, thus restraining a generation of cracks therein in the multilayer ceramic electronic component. |
| US08804286B1 |
Swage coupling assembly
A mount plate includes a flange having a first surface and an opposing second surface and a boss tower having a swage hole and extending from an area where the boss tower meets the first surface of the flange to an end surface of the boss tower. The boss tower has an inner diameter defining an inner surface of the swage hole, an outer diameter defining a portion of an outer surface of the boss tower and at least one cut-out portion formed in the boss tower along an obliquely angled plane. The cut-out portion intersects with the outer surface at a first area located a first distance from where the boss tower meets the first surface of the flange and intersects with the end surface at a second area located a second distance from the inner diameter. The first distance is less than the second distance. |
| US08804284B1 |
Recording head with junctions between poles and disk drive with the same
According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording head includes a disk-facing surface, a main pole, a trailing shield, a first junction which connects the trailing shield and the main pole in a position off the disk-facing surface, a second junction which includes a high-frequency oscillator and connects the trailing shield and the main pole on side of the disk-facing surface, a leading shield on the leading side of the main pole, including a junction connected to the main pole in a position off the disk-facing surface with a third junction therebetween, and a connecting terminal configured to pass a current in series through the main pole, the nonmagnetic conductive layer, and the trailing shield. A thickness of the third junction is smaller than that of the first junction. |
| US08804278B1 |
Cooling of hard disk drives with separate mechanical module and drive control module
A data storage system includes one or more hard disk drive systems and an air moving device. The hard disk drive systems may include one or more drive mechanical modules that store data and a drive control module electrically coupled to the drive mechanical modules. The drive control modules may control mechanical operations in the drive mechanical modules. The drive control module includes a circuit board assembly and heat producing components coupled to the circuit board assembly. Air passages on each side of the printed circuit board assembly allow a stream of air to flow across heat producing components on at least one side of the printed circuit board assembly. |
| US08804272B1 |
Clearance sensor and circuitry using adjustable channel parameters
A transducer is configured to interact with a magnetic storage medium, a first channel comprises a first sensor and first circuitry configured to adjust a plurality of first channel parameters, and a second channel comprises a second sensor and second circuitry configured to adjust a plurality of second channel parameters. The first and second channel parameters are independently adjustable by the first and second circuitry, respectively. A detector is coupled to the first and second channels, and configured to detect a head-medium interface event. |
| US08804270B2 |
Tape head actuator
An assembly according to one embodiment includes a first module and a second module each having multiple transducers, wherein the first module is movable relative to the second module; a tape dimensional stability compensation mechanism for tilting the modules to control a transducer pitch presented to a tape; and an actuator adapted to exert a force on both modules for causing the relative movement of the first module with respect to the second module for aligning the transducers of the first module with the transducers of the second module in a direction of tape travel thereacross. |
| US08804266B2 |
Double servo type magnetic disc apparatus
According to one embodiment, a magnetic disc apparatus includes a magnetic head which reads information stored in a magnetic disc, an arm which supports the magnetic head, and a feedback controller which controls a coarse actuator to move the magnetic head above the magnetic disc by driving the arm, a fine actuator to hold a position of the magnetic head, and a feedback path which feeds back a displacement of the actuator to a target value of the coarse actuator. The feedback controller controls decoupling of a double actuator system which adds up the coarse actuator and the fine actuator. |
| US08804264B1 |
Method to apply user data for read channel training and adaptation in hard disk drive applications
Calibrating a read channel is disclosed. Previously written user data is read from an auxiliary memory. The previously written user data is processed through a plurality of write channel stages. The output of at least one of the plurality of write channel stages is compared to the output of a corresponding read channel stage to generate an error signal. |
| US08804261B2 |
Over-the-rail write driver for magnetic storage systems
A write driver circuit for generating a write current pulse for use by a magnetic write head includes an output stage adapted for connection with the magnetic write head and a charge storage circuit connected with the output stage. The charge storage circuit is operative in a first mode to store a prescribed charge and is operative in a second mode to transfer at least a portion of the charge stored therein to the output stage to thereby enable an output voltage level of the output stage to extend beyond a voltage supply rail of the write driver circuit. A control circuit in the write driver circuit is operative to generate at least one control signal for selectively controlling a mode of operation of the charge storage circuit. |
| US08804258B1 |
Method and apparatus for communicating with a disk controller for testing
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for reading data from a physical storage medium, transferring the data between a data channel and a test interface over a parallel data bus, and providing the data from the test interface at a serial port in a serial format. |
| US08804257B2 |
Variable stopwrite threshold using kurtosis
A method according to one embodiment includes measuring a current position error signal; calculating a standard deviation or a variance using the current position error signal sample; calculating a kurtosis value, using the current position error signal sample or derivative thereof; adjusting a threshold value using the kurtosis value; comparing the standard deviation or variance to the threshold value; enabling writing when the standard deviation or variance does not exceed the threshold value. |
| US08804254B2 |
Image pickup lens
A wide-angle image pickup lens having small F-value, high resolution, and small distortion is provided. The image pickup lens is configured from, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens having a positive refractive power with a concave surface facing the object side, an aperture stop, a second lens having a negative refractive power with a concave surface facing the image side, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power with a concave surface facing the object side, and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power with a concave surface facing the image side. |
| US08804253B2 |
Image lens system
This invention provides an image lens system in order from an object side to an image side comprising: a positive first lens element with a convex object-side surface; a negative second lens element; a plastic third lens element with a concave image-side surface, both the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof being aspheric; a positive plastic fourth lens element with a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, both surfaces thereof being aspheric; and a negative plastic fifth lens element with a concave image-side surface, both the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof being aspheric, at least one inflection point is formed on at least one of the two surfaces thereof; wherein there are air distances between each of lens elements. By such arrangement, not only the photosensitivity and total track length of the system can be reduced, but also better image quality can be obtained. |
| US08804252B2 |
Optical image capturing lens system
An optical image capturing lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The third lens element has positive refractive power, wherein an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the third lens element are aspheric. The fourth lens element with refractive power is made of plastic material and has a concave image-side surface, wherein an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fourth lens element are aspheric, and the fourth lens element has at least one inflection point formed on at least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof. |
| US08804251B2 |
Accurate auto-focus method
An auto focus method includes: assigning searching boundaries L=InitL, R=InitR, and acquiring the resolutions f(L), f(R); defining the focused positions X1, X2 by the golden section method, and acquiring the resolution f(X1), f(X2); determining whether or not f(X1) is greater than f(X2); moving L adjacent to R when f(x1) is less than f(x2); moving R adjacent to L when f(x1) is greater than f(x2); acquiring the focused positions L, x1, x2, and R, and the resolution of the focused positions when L≠InitL and R≠InitR; acquiring an optimal focus point according to the focused positions L, X1, X2, and R, and the resolution of the focused positions. |
| US08804250B2 |
Zoom lens, optical apparatus and method for manufacturing zoom lens
A zoom lens ZL having, in order from an object: a first lens group G1 having negative refractive power; a second lens group G2 having positive refractive power; and a third lens group G3 having positive refractive power, wherein, upon zooming from the wide-angle end state to the telephoto end state, at least the first lens group G1 and the second lens group G2 move along the optical axis so that the distance between the first lens group G1 and the second lens group G2 decreases, and the distance between the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3 increases, the lens closest to the object in the second lens group G2 is a positive lens, and the object side lens surface of this positive lens is an aspherical surface of which radius of curvature increases in a direction from the optical axis to the periphery of the lens. |
| US08804249B2 |
Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus using the same
A zoom lens includes in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power, and at the time of zooming, the first lens unit moves, and the zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expressions (1-1a), (1-2a), and (1-3a). 0.43<(β2T/β2W)/(β3T/β3W)<0.68 (1-1a) 0.4<(Δ1G/f1)/(Δ4G/f4)<2.3 (1-2a) 2.1 |
| US08804247B2 |
Transmissive display device
A transmissive display device includes: a light source which outputs light; a display part which receives the light from the light source and generates display light representing an image; a deflecting element which changes a direction of the display light emitted from the display part; and a transmissive reflector which reflects, towards a user, light of a wavelength included in the display light emitted from the display part, and transmits light of other wavelengths. An angle formed by a straight line, which extends between an upper edge of an incident area of the display light on the transmissive reflector and a lower portion of an eyebox which is defined as a visible range of the reflected light from the transmissive reflector, with respect to a horizontal line is smaller than a difference between an emission angle and an incident angle of the display light at the transmissive reflector. |
| US08804245B2 |
Stacked diffraction optical element including an optical element made of organic-inorganic composite resin material
Provided are an organic-inorganic composite resin composition and an organic-inorganic composite resin material made of a cured product thereof, containing at least an organic compound having a polymerizable functional group, metal oxide fine particles, and a polymerization initiator. The cured product obtained by curing the organic-inorganic composite resin composition through application of an active energy has a refractive index nd of 1.61 or more and 1.65 or less, Abbe's number νd of 13 or more and 20 or less, and an anomalous dispersion characteristic θg,F of 0.42 or more and 0.54 or less. Further provided is an optical element comprising a transparent substrate and the organic-inorganic composite resin material formed on the transparent substrate. |
| US08804244B2 |
Method for manufacturing diffraction grating
A method for manufacturing a diffraction grating comprises below steps. Firstly providing a substrate which having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. Then providing a first predetermined function associated with arrangement of the grooves of the first grating and a second predetermined function associated with arrangement of the grooves of the second grating. Thirdly transforming the first function into a first Fourier series and transforming the second function into a second Fourier series. Fourthly forming the first grating on the first surface of the substrate using a fast tool sever system according to the first Fourier series. Lastly forming the second grating on the second surface using the fast tool sever system according to the second Fourier series. |
| US08804243B2 |
Zoom lens and imaging apparatus
Provided is a zoom lens that has a plurality of lens groups and performs zooming by changing spaces between the plurality of lens groups. A final lens group closest to an image side includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a first partial lens group that has a negative refractive power; a second partial lens group that has a positive refractive power; and a third partial lens group that has a positive refractive power. Image blur is corrected by shifting the second partial lens group in a direction substantially perpendicular to an optical axis. Assuming that a focal length of the first partial lens group is fGF, a focal length of the second partial lens group is fGS, and a focal length of a whole lens system of the lens groups in a telephoto end state is ft, the following expressions are satisfied: −0.24 |
| US08804242B2 |
Polarizer and fabrication method thereof
A polarizer includes a substrate, a carbon nanotube film, and a number of metal particles. The carbon nanotube film is located over the substrate and includes a number of carbon nanotube yarns, each of which comprises a number of substantially parallelly bundled carbon nanotubes. The metal particles are adhered to the carbon nanotubes of the carbon nanotube film. |
| US08804241B2 |
Methods for forming optical films
A method includes providing a layer having a plurality of spaced-apart lines of a first material extending along a first direction and forming a line of a second material on opposing surfaces of each line of the first material, the first and second materials being different and adjacent lines of the second material being discontinuous. After forming the lines of the second material, forming pairs of spaced-apart lines of a third material between adjacent pairs of the lines of the second material, wherein each line of the third material is spaced apart from the closest line of the second material and the first and third materials are different. |
| US08804239B2 |
Recessed screen
The present invention is a display screen projecting apparatus adaptable to be housed inside a wall. An outer shell is defined by a top board, a foot board, a backboard, a pair of side boards and a front panel. The outer shell comprising a synchronous motor designed to rotate on a synchronous motor bracket. The synchronous motor drives a shaft via a coupling means. A directional axis is configured to accommodate the shaft. A plurality of gears is inserted into the shaft and the shaft is capable of driving the plurality of gears. A cloth projector screen is attached to a cloth shaft. The display screen projecting apparatus employs a rotate and slide mechanism to automatically extend the cloth projector screen outwards from inside the wall. When not in use, the cloth projector screen automatically retracts back into the wall. |
| US08804238B2 |
Beam shaping unit for focusing a laser beam
A beam shaping unit for focusing a divergent laser beam includes a first optical element to receive the laser beam, a second optical element to receive the beam from the first optical element, an optical focusing unit to receive the beam from the second optical element, a first focal point adjustment device coupled to the first optical element, the first focal point adjustment device being configured to adjust the beam focal point diameter by manipulating the first optical element, and a second focal point adjustment device coupled to the second optical element, the second focal point adjustment device being configured to adjust, in the beam propagation direction, the beam focal position by manipulating the second optical element, and in which the beam shaping unit is configured to image the beam from the first optical element through an intermediate focal point onto the second optical element. |
| US08804237B2 |
Sighting telescope with high shooting reliability under different conditions
A sighting telescope included a beam splitter which is slanted relative to an optic axis and is configured between an objective and an ocular, further a projection element to generate onto the beam splitter a target mark visible from the ocular, the projection element being fitted with a light source, further two image planes between the objective and the ocular, of which a first image plane is nearer the objective and a second image plane is nearer the ocular, and a reversal system configured between the image planes, a reticle being situated in the first image plane and the target mark in the second image plane. |
| US08804234B2 |
Catadioptric projection objective including an aspherized plate
A catadioptric projection objective for imaging a pattern onto an image plane includes: a first objective part for imaging the pattern into a first intermediate image; a second objective part for imaging the first intermediate image into a second intermediate image; and a third objective part for imaging the second intermediate image onto the image plane. A first concave mirror having a continuous mirror surface and a second concave mirror having a continuous mirror surface are upstream of the second intermediate image. A pupil surface is formed between the object plane and the first intermediate image, between the first and the second intermediate image, and between the second intermediate image and the image plane. A plate having essentially parallel plate surfaces is positioned in the first objective part near the pupil surface. At least one plate surface is aspherized to correct for aberrations. |
| US08804233B2 |
Fiber assembly for all-fiber delivery of high energy femtosecond pulses
Embodiments of the present invention are generally related to a fiber assembly, for example, in a chirped pulse amplification system, for all-fiber delivery of high energy femtosecond pulses. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to a system and method for improving dispersion management when using hollow core photonic bandgap fibers for pulse compression. In one embodiment of the present invention, a fiber assembly comprises: an optical laser oscillator; a first fiber section for stretching the pulses from the laser oscillator, the first fiber section comprising a high order mode fiber; and a second fiber section for compressing the stretched pulses, connected to the first fiber section via a splice, the second fiber section comprising a hollow core photonic bandgap fiber; wherein the fiber assembly outputs a pulse compression at less than 200 fs. |
| US08804232B2 |
Semiconductor optical devices and methods of fabricating the same
A semiconductor optical device includes a first mode converting core, a light amplification core, a second mode converting core, and a light modulation core disposed in a first mode converting region, a light amplification region, a second mode converting region, and a light modulating region of a semiconductor substrate, respectively, and a current blocking section covering at least sidewalls and a top surface of the light amplification core. The first mode converting core, the light amplification core, the second mode converting core, and the light modulation core are arranged along one direction in the order named, and are connected to each other in butt joints. The current blocking section includes first, second, and third cladding patterns sequentially stacked. The second cladding pattern is doped with dopants of a first conductivity type, and the first and third cladding patterns are doped with dopants of a second conductivity type. |
| US08804229B2 |
Multi-MOEMS display
The Multi-MOEMS display comprises at least two MOEMS, and at least one superposition layer. All MOEMS are illuminated by beams which incide with incidence angles larger than the deflection angle onto the mirrors in their ON-state for an improved separation of illumination and reflected modulated beams. The reflected ON-beams accordingly include a zenith angle with the normal of the mirror arrays of the MOEMS. The increased angle between the illumination and the modulated beam facilitates the separation of illumination and modulated beams and diminishes the optic limitations of light energy flux through this reflection at the modulators. The Multi-MOEMS display uncovers a solution for the geometric problems of arranging multiple MOEMS and superposition layers posed by the non-normal reflection of the modulated image beams, by matching the zenith angles and the azimuth angles in the superposition image, and by a defined position of the MOEMS relative to the superposition layer. |
| US08804228B1 |
Thermal regulation of balloon payload using electronic ink
A balloon payload is provided having a payload structure, an outer surface of the payload structure comprised of an electronic ink covering, and a control system configured to change the electronic ink covering from a first state having first energy absorptive properties with respect to thermal energy that enters the payload through the electronic ink covering, to a second state having second energy absorptive properties with respect to thermal energy that enters the payload through the electronic ink covering, wherein the second energy absorptive properties allow less thermal energy to enter the payload than the first energy absorptive properties. |
| US08804224B2 |
Lens with low birefringence, method of fabricating the lens, and light scanning unit including the lens
There are provided a lens, a method of fabricating the lens, and a light scanning unit. The lens includes a lens portion having an effective optical surface, and a gate-side flange portion between the lens portion and a gate-side end of the lens. If the lens is disposed between two polarizers configured to polarize light linearly in perpendicular directions and is illuminated in an optical axis direction, interference fringes are generated on the lens, and peripheral interference fringes of the interference fringes extend continuously from the gate-side end and are longer than the gate-side flange portion. |
| US08804221B2 |
Stacking a visible image and a synthetic hologram
A synthetic hologram of a first image consists of an array of coding cells each comprising light and dark portions. A second visible image is superposed to the synthetic hologram, where the light and dark portions of selected coding cells in the second visible image are inverted and have a phase modified by an offset value relative to other coding cells of the rest of the hologram. |
| US08804219B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable recording medium storing image processing program for color conversion of image data
An image processing apparatus is disclosed. The image processing apparatus includes a color conversion processing unit which obtains CMY data from input color space coordinate data of image data, and an output data generating unit which generates output data by forming CMYK data by using a result output from a color conversion processing section. The color conversion processing section includes an optimum color reproduction data structure which gives the CMY data for obtaining a full color image optimally reproduced from the input color space coordinate data, and a color material using amount reducing data structure for outputting the input color space coordinate data by reducing the color material using amount with the use of a reference value in which the color material using amount is increased for a hue of an output image giving a high psychological effect and is decreased for a hue of the output image giving a low psychological effect. |
| US08804215B2 |
Image input terminal having weighing platen
A scanner apparatus comprises a transparent platen having a top side and a bottom side opposite the top side, and an optical sensor unit positioned adjacent the bottom side of the transparent platen. The optical sensor unit scans an image of at least one item placed on the top side of the platen to produce an electronic scanned image of the item. Further, a weight sensor unit is connected to the transparent platen. The weight sensor unit senses the weight of the item placed on the top side of the platen to produce an item weight. A processor is operatively connected to the optical sensor unit and to the weight sensor unit. The processor combines the electronic scanned image of the item and the item weight to produce image and weight data, and the processor outputs the image and weight data. |
| US08804214B2 |
Medium transport apparatus, image scanning apparatus and image processing apparatus
A medium transport apparatus includes a transport member configured to transport a medium in a discharge direction or in a drawing direction, a medium loaded member configured to be placed a medium transported in the discharge direction by the medium transport member, and a movement member. The movement member is configured to move in a direction away from the transport member when the transport member transports a medium in the drawing direction. |
| US08804213B2 |
Image reading device including a feeding guide, and an image forming apparatus including the same
An ADF defines a document feed path inclined downwardly from above a document platen. Feeding means is disposed downstream of a first reading glass plate and accommodated in a downwardly protruding portion. The protruding portion is accommodated in a dent portion of an image reading unit. The feeding means includes a feeding guide having a downstream side serving as a supporting point and an upstream side supported at the supporting point for pivotal movement about an axis parallel with the widthwise direction of the document feed path. The feeding guide is exposed out of the feeding means on the document platen side. When the ADS is closed while a document is in a state of extending off the document platen onto the dent portion, the upstream side of the feeding guide is pressed up by the document to move into an upper position. |
| US08804212B2 |
Stepping motor control device capable of reducing load on CPU
A stepping motor control device comprises a plurality of buffers for storing data for driving a stepping motor, a read unit for reading the data from the buffer, and a write unit for writing the data in the buffer. The write unit includes a first mode for writing the data in the buffer in a process performed in a predetermined order, and a second mode for writing the data in the buffer in response to a request from the read unit to write the data. |
| US08804201B1 |
System and method for characterizing a scanned image artifact and modifying a scanned image based thereon
A scanned image processing system, a method of processing scanned images and a document conversion system incorporating the scanned image processing system or the method. In one embodiment, the scanned image processing system includes: (1) an artifact characterizer configured to provide a characterization of at least one artifact on at least one of obverse and reverse scanned images of a page and (2) an image modifier associated with the artifact characterizer and configured to modify at least one of the obverse and reverse scanned images based on the characterization and at least one operating parameter. |
| US08804196B2 |
Print control device executing error diffusion process using random number
In an error diffusion process, a random number acquiring unit acquires a random number included in a first random number range that depends on the gradation value of the target pixel data, in a case that the gradation value of the target pixel data is in a first range. The first correcting unit corrects the gradation value of the target pixel data into a first corrected gradation value by using the random number. The dot value setting unit sets a dot value of the target pixel data to either a first dot value or a second dot value. The first random number range corresponding to the gradation value smaller than the second threshold value includes a specific random number such that the first correcting unit corrects the gradation value into the first corrected gradation value greater than the second threshold value by using the specific random number. |
| US08804195B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and color separation table generation method for outputting an image used for determining the acceptable colorant amount of a print medium
An information processing method according to an aspect of the present invention includes an attribute acquisition step of acquiring an attribute of a print medium, a reference information acquisition step of acquiring reference information corresponding to the attribute of the print medium, and an image outputting step of outputting a plurality of images having different total colorant amounts on the basis of the reference information. |
| US08804189B2 |
Dividing image data into a plurality of pages for favorable readability when printed
An image processing system includes: a data receiving section configured to receive data in a first format from an image processing apparatus; a convert control section configured to control a converting section to convert the data in the first format to image data in another format different from the first format; an overall-image transmitting section configured to transmit the image data to the image processing apparatus; an area-information receiving section configured to receive an area info from the image processing apparatus; a partial-image generating section configured to generate partial-image data based on the area information; and a partial-image transmitting section configured to transmit one of the partial-image data and print data generated based on the partial-image data to one of the image processing apparatus and a printing apparatus. |
| US08804186B2 |
Automated lenticular photographic system
An automated lenticular photographic system includes an interface that permits a user to upload image files and image processing and printing equipment that is in communication with the interface for receiving the uploaded image files and processing the uploaded image files to create an interlaced print image file that is used to produce an interlaced print sheet containing interlaced print images. A pair of registration marks is formed on the interlaced print sheet outside of borders of the interlaced print images. The system also includes a processing station where the interlaced print sheet is aligned with a lenticular lens sheet with a registration system that detects whether the lenticular lens sheet is off-centered and skewed relative to the interlaced print sheet. The system also includes means for controllably adjusting the position of the lenticular lens sheet relative to the interlaced print sheet until proper registration between the lenticular lens sheet and the interlaced print sheet is achieved. The lenticular lens sheet is at least selectively joined to the interlaced print sheet to provide a lenticular product that can be delivered back to the user. |
| US08804183B2 |
Recording control device, recording apparatus, method of controlling recording apparatus, and recording medium
A recording control device controls a recording mechanism section which performs recording on a recording medium by a recording head. An image expansion section expands data input from the outside to create image data for recording. An image buffer memory temporarily stores the image data created by the image expansion section. A recording control section reads the image data stored in the image buffer memory, and controls the recording mechanism section to record the read image data on the recording medium by the recording head. The recording control section controls a recording speed of the recording mechanism section on the basis of a creation speed of the image data in the image expansion section. |
| US08804182B2 |
Printing control apparatus, printing control method, and computer-readable storage medium storing program
A printing control apparatus confirms whether a predetermined free space is present to stabilize an operation of a system. If it is determined that the predetermined free space is not present, the printing control apparatus deletes at least a part of stored print data. In a case where the predetermined free space becomes available by preliminarily performed deletion processing, the printing control apparatus stores print data of a first copy. Then, in the print processing for second and subsequent copies, if print data of a target page is already present, the printing control apparatus skips the processing for generating the print data of the target page. |
| US08804178B2 |
Systems and methods for routing a facsimile confirmation based on content
A method for routing a confirmation of receipt of a facsimile or portion thereof according to one embodiment of the present invention includes analyzing text of a facsimile for at least one of a meaning and a context of the text; and routing one or more confirmations to one or more destinations based on the analysis. |
| US08804177B2 |
Validation of branching print workflows
Methods and systems disclosed provide for validating branching print workflows by segmenting the workflows into a plurality of linear sequences of steps, and validating each of the linear sequences. In one embodiment, a system receives a print workflow for a print job. The print workflow comprises steps identifying the print shop activities to perform for the print job. The system determines whether the print workflow comprises a branching workflow. If the print workflow is a branching workflow, then the system segments the branching workflow into a plurality of linear sequences of steps. The system then determines if the branching workflow is valid by analyzing each of the linear sequences based on workflow rules. |
| US08804176B2 |
Printing system and printing method
In a printing system in which a document received from a client terminal is registered in a print service, a fixed code corresponding to the registered document is sent back to the client terminal by e-mail, and when a printer notifies the fixed code, print processing is performed for the document corresponding to the fixed code, the URL of the print service which has registered the document is generated, and the network environment of the client terminal is determined. When it is determined that the network environment is an intranet, the fixed code and generated URL are sent back. |
| US08804174B2 |
Information processing apparatus for managing a non-print job in a print queue, recording medium, and control method
When a job is a non-print job, an information processing apparatus writes dummy data to a printing apparatus during job-end processing. Alternatively, when print data is not written to the printing apparatus during the job-end processing, the information processing apparatus directly instructs a print queue to hide the management information of a non-print job. |
| US08804167B2 |
Image scanning apparatus and method thereof
Image scanning apparatus and method of receiving a new scan job, determining whether the new scan job is a multi-scan job, and when the new scan job is a multi-scan job, individually performing the multi-scan job using the plurality of scan units. Accordingly, in the process of performing a scan job, a user can perform a new scan job without waiting. |
| US08804165B2 |
Image forming apparatus and method of managing jobs thereof
An image forming apparatus and a job management method thereof are provided. The job management method includes detecting an occurrence of an error during a processing of a job, and upon detecting the occurrence of the error, providing information about one or more jobs related with the error from among a list of jobs. As a result, it is possible to manage the jobs related with an error and more convenient job management is provided. |
| US08804164B2 |
Image forming system and control method using middleware
A job control device, a multifunction device, and an operation method thereof are provided. The job control device includes a middleware unit that supports connection with a multifunction device comprising multiple devices having independent functions, and a job control unit that controls performing of a job by at least one device from among the plurality of devices through the middleware unit. A multifunction device includes a multiple devices that have independent functions and a middleware unit that requests a job call to the job control device. A device, from among the plurality of devices, called from the job control device through the middleware unit executes a corresponding function. |
| US08804163B2 |
Information processing apparatus, print controlling method, program, and computer-readable storage medium
For example, when a large number of printer objects is registered in a Windows® system, a large amount of resources is consumed. Thus, a single computer is not sufficient, so that a plurality of computers is used. This results in an increased cost. With an output port of a first printer object that is set to a spooler of an operating system, a plurality of second printer objects is associated. Specification of one of the second printer objects is associated with a print request to the first printer object, so that print-job data is output to a printer at an output destination associated with the specified second printer object. |
| US08804158B2 |
Token generation from a printer
Examples described herein relate to accessing an identity certificate with a printing device based on validation information obtained from a user. Examples include generating, with the printing device, a token based at least in part on the identity certificate, and the token incorporating constraint data. Examples further include printing the token having the identity certificate and the constraint data. |
| US08804157B2 |
Print quality verification system for detecting a mismatch in a printed document
A method, programmed medium and system are disclosed which provide for an in-line scanner used to dynamically scan a document or image, real-time as it is being printed within a printer unit and before the printed document exits the printer. The scanned image is compared to a stored electronically-generated image of the file being printed. When the comparison is determinative that there is a printing problem, the printing operation may be stopped quickly before the partially printed document or image has exited the printer. An error message may then be displayed, and the user is enabled to take appropriate action. A resume function enables a user to resume a print job at exactly the place where it had left off before detecting a print problem. In another embodiment, when the system detects a problem with a print job, the entire print job of the remainder of the print job is sent from the faulting printer to another printer where either the remainder of the print job or the entire print job is completed. |
| US08804154B2 |
Image forming apparatus
This invention provides an image forming apparatus to which a distributed control system is applied and which improves error detection accuracy in each control unit. To accomplish this, the image forming apparatus includes a master control unit which controls the overall image forming apparatus, a plurality of sub-master control units which control a plurality of functions required to implement image formation, and a plurality of slave control units which control loads required to implement the plurality of functions. Each slave control unit includes a monitoring unit which monitors the operation of the other active slave control unit and performs an error diagnosis when the slave control unit is inactive. |
| US08804151B2 |
Information processing device, and method and computer readable storage device for writing particular information into a setting file of a printer driver
An information processing device configured to be connected with an image forming device includes a connection mode detecting unit detecting what kind of a connection mode is established between the information processing device and the image forming device, an operation mode setting unit setting one of a normal mode in which the image forming device performs the image forming operation without user certification and a secure mode in which the image forming device performs the image forming operation after successful user certification, as an operation mode in which the image forming device is controlled to perform an image forming operation, depending on the kind of the connection mode detected, and a driver installing unit installing a driver into the information processing device such that the driver controls the image forming device to perform the image forming operation in the mode set by the operation mode setting unit. |
| US08804150B2 |
Image forming apparatus with plurality of optical scanning devices
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of optical scanning devices, a job receiver, a job executor, an image discriminator, a temperature condition judger and a temperature adjuster. When a formation-target image is a single-color image and an image to be formed next is a multi-color image, the temperature adjuster drives a motor of one optical scanning device at a second rotating speed slower than a rotating speed during an image forming operation and drives motors of unused optical scanning devices at a third rotating speed faster than the second rotating speed if a temperature condition is satisfied upon the completion of an image forming operation of the single-color image. |
| US08804148B2 |
Image forming apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for controlling the same
An image forming apparatus displays, on a display section, a plurality of button areas to which setting values in relation to functions of the image forming apparatus are assigned. In a case that an input form of an instruction coordinate to the display section is a predetermined first form, the setting values assigned to a button area in which the instruction coordinate is positioned are displayed on the display section. In a case that after the setting values are displayed and further that change operation for a specific setting value is inputted, the specific setting value is changed. In a case that the instruction coordinate is positioned in a button area of the plurality of button areas and that the input form of the instruction coordinate is a predetermined second form, the image forming apparatus is operated based on the setting values assigned in the button area. |
| US08804139B1 |
Method and system for repurposing a presentation document to save paper and ink
A presentation document is repurposed to save paper and ink. An indication that a printout of a presentation document from a printer has been requested is received. The presentation document has content with a format that would result in a first quantity of pages being printed. The content has a plurality of slides and a plurality of shapes. Further, the presentation document is preprocessed to acquire data associated the presentation document. Group shaping is also performed to group the plurality of shapes into one or more groups based on shapes that have to be transformed together. Further, content transformation is performed to generate transformed content. In addition, a content re-layout is performed to determine placement of the transformed content. |
| US08804137B2 |
Unique mark and method to determine critical dimension uniformity and registration of reticles combined with wafer overlay capability
A combined metrology mark, a system, and a method for calculating alignment on a semiconductor circuit are disclosed. The combined metrology mark may include a mask misregistration structure and a wafer overlay mark structure. |
| US08804136B2 |
Apparatus and method for locating a plurality of placement positions on a carrier object
Disclosed is an optical apparatus for locating a plurality of placement positions on a carrier object. The optical apparatus comprises: i) an imaging device having a plurality of imaging sensors, each imaging sensor being operative to capture an image of a part of a selected row of placement positions on the carrier object and the plurality of imaging sensors defining a combined field of view that includes all the selected row of placement positions; ii) a positioning device coupled to the imaging device, the positioning device being operative to position the imaging device relative to successive rows of placement positions on the carrier object; and iii) a processor connected to the imaging device and which is configured to receive the images captured by the plurality of imaging sensors for image processing in order to identify exact locations of the placement positions comprised in the selected row of placement positions. A method of locating a plurality of placement positions on a carrier object is also disclosed. |
| US08804135B2 |
Method of and apparatus for measuring attitude angles of a tongue with a fitting face involving a plurality of electrodes
A method of measuring attitude angles of a tongue of a head suspension, the tongue including a fitting face on which a plurality of electrodes are arranged, emits a single collimated laser beam to an area of a fitting face containing at least two of electrodes, detects a reflected beam from the fitting face, extracts electrode reflective components corresponding to the electrodes from the reflected beam, and according to the electrode reflective components, measures the attitude angles of the tongue. |
| US08804125B2 |
Detection method for intermolecular interaction and detection device thereof
In order to calculate and specify a valley wavelength easily and in a short period of time, a detection device for intermolecular interaction is disclosed that is equipped with a detector provided with a ligand, a white light source that irradiates the detector with white light, a spectrometer that detects the light reflected from the detector, and a control device that controls the white-light source and the spectrometer, wherein the aforementioned control device obtains a reflection spectrum by calculating the reflectivity over a fixed wavelength interval, approximates the aforementioned reflection spectrum as a high-dimensional function, selects a wavelength interval comprising the minimum reflectivity from the aforementioned high-dimensional function, approximates the aforementioned high-dimensional function with the aforementioned wavelength interval as a quadratic function of a lower order, and obtains a solution by which the aforementioned quadratic function is differentiated with respect to the wavelength and the value thereof becomes 0. |
| US08804121B2 |
Cell observation device and cell observation method
A cell observation device is provided with a reflection interference measurement light source 106, a quantitative phase measurement light source 105, a reflection interference detection camera 110 which images light emitted from the reflection interference measurement light source 106 and reflected from cells 101, to generate a reflection interference image, a quantitative phase detection camera 112 which images light emitted from the quantitative phase measurement light source 105 and transmitted by the cells 101, to generate a quantitative phase image, an image alignment unit 201 which matches a spatial position of the reflection interference image with a spatial position of the quantitative phase image, to implement alignment between the two images, a first extraction unit 204 which extracts a first parameter from the reflection interference image in alignment with the quantitative phase image, and a second extraction unit 205 which extracts a second parameter from the quantitative phase image in alignment with the reflection interference image. |
| US08804120B2 |
Fine particle analyzing apparatus and fine particle analyzing method
A fine particle analyzing apparatus includes a light irradiation unit configured to irradiate a fine particle that flows in a flow path with a laser beam, and a detection unit configured to detect light emitted from the fine particle that is irradiated with the laser beam. In the fine particle analyzing apparatus, the light irradiation unit includes at least a light source that is composed of a semiconductor laser, an optical fiber that converts a beam pattern of the laser beam generated from the light source into a top-hat type beam pattern, and a light source driving control unit configured to supply driving current, which is obtained by superimposing high-frequency current on direct current, to the light source. |
| US08804119B2 |
Particle detection
A particle detection system including; at least one light source adapted to illuminate a volume being monitored at at least two wavelengths; a receiver having a field of view and being adapted to receive light from at least one light source after said light has traversed the volume being monitored and being adapted to generate signals indicative of the intensity of light received at regions within the field of view of the receiver; a processor associated with the receiver adapted to process the signals generated by the receiver to correlate light received at at least two wavelengths in corresponding regions within the field of view of the receiver and generate an output indicative of the relative level of light received at the two wavelengths. |
| US08804117B2 |
Method for detecting a resonant nonlinear optical signal and device for implementing said method
A method and device for detecting a resonant non-linear optical signal induced in a sample, the sample including a resonant medium and a non-resonant medium forming an interface. The device includes an emission source of at least one first excitation light beam, called a pump beam, at a given angular frequency ωp for the excitation of the resonant medium of said sample, an optical detection module for detecting a non-linear optical signal resulting from the interaction of said pump beam with an axial interface between the resonant and non-resonant media of the sample, in at least two symmetrical directions ({right arrow over (k)}, {right arrow over (k)}′) relative to the optical axis of said excitation beam incident in the sample, and a processing unit for processing signals (IFwd({right arrow over (k)}), IFwd({right arrow over (k)}′)) thus detected, allowing the difference between said signals to be obtained. |
| US08804113B2 |
Cover view gripper
An apparatus comprising a container handling device comprising a centering device having a standing surface and a container gripper having a head side, a foot side, inspection openings on both said head side and said foot side, light-conducting elements, and a gripper bell having an inner area, a light source arranged to couple light into said light-conducting elements, a detection-and-control system comprising an optical system, and wherein said inner area can be illuminated by emerging light so that a cover side arranged at said foot side can be inspected by said optical system through said container gripper and by said light-conducting elements. |
| US08804111B2 |
Multichip CCD camera inspection system
In one embodiment, a surface inspection system comprises a radiation source that emits a broadband radiation beam, a radiation directing assembly to target radiation onto a surface of an object, the radiation directing assembly comprising a radiation collection assembly to collect radiation reflected from the surface of the object, the radiation collection assembly comprising at least one multi-chip detector array assembly positioned within a field of view of the inspection system. |
| US08804110B2 |
Fault inspection device and fault inspection method
Proposed is a defect inspection method whereby: illuminating light having a substantially uniform illumination intensity distribution in one direction of a sample surface irradiated on the sample surface; multiple scattered light components, which are output in multiple independent directions, are detected among the scattered light from the sample surface and multiple corresponding scattered light detection signals are obtained; at least one of the multiple scattered light detection signals is processed and the presence of defects is determined; at least one of the multiple scattered light detection signals that correspond to each of the points determined by the processing as a defect is processed and the dimensions of the defect are determined; and the position and dimensions of the defect on the sample surface, at each of the points determined as a defect, are displayed. |
| US08804107B2 |
Method and system for wheel alignment of vehicles
Method for determining wheel alignment of a vehicle, which vehicle comprises at least one wheel axle (12, 13, 14) having an axle end with at least one wheel member (2a-b, 3a-b, 4a-b) at a respective longitudinal side of the vehicle. The method comprises steps for determining the out of square of the wheel axle in relation to the longitudinal geometric centerline of the vehicle. A system for carrying out the method is also described. |
| US08804105B2 |
Combined optical imaging and electrical detection to characterize particles carried in a fluid
An apparatus for, and a method of, characterizing a plurality of particles carried by a fluid that can be urged to move through a channel in a microfluidic cassette by combining data analysis of a first signal that is optically-based, and data analysis of a second signal that is electrically-based. Optically-based information is typically obtained by a digital image sensor. Electrically-based information can be obtained by direct measurement of impedance; sometimes in an arrangement operating under the Coulter principle. Data provided by exemplary characterization includes at least one of: volumetric cell count; viability percentage or ratio; particle type; and a particle size histogram. |
| US08804104B2 |
Apparatus, system, and method for measuring thread features on pipe or tube end
A first thread feature is measured by detecting with an optical sensor 2 light that reaches from a light source 21 located on the opposite side of a pipe axis and runs substantially in parallel to thread grooves A4. A contact probe 31 of a contact sensor 3 is contacted with a thread flank surface A8 to detect the space coordinates of the contact probe 31 at the time of contact, so that a second thread feature is measured. The first and second thread features thus detected are combined with each other by a processor 4, and thread features of the thread provided as a measurement object are thereby calculated. |
| US08804095B2 |
Exposure apparatus and device fabrication method
An immersion lithography system includes a wafer stage, a lens for projecting an image onto a wafer located on the wafer stage, an immersion fluid supply for supplying immersion fluid between the lens and the wafer, and a purge fluid conveying device for conveying about the supplied immersion fluid a purge fluid saturated with a component of the immersion fluid. |
| US08804094B2 |
Lithographic apparatus and a device manufacturing method
A meniscus pinning device has a plurality of openings through which liquid and gas from the environment are extracted. The openings are of an intermediate size, having a maximum cross-sectional dimension (e.g., diameter) in the range of from about 75 μm to about 150 μm. |
| US08804086B2 |
Anisotropic conductive film, method of manufacturing the same and display apparatus having the same
An anisotropic conductive film includes a first thin film layer including concave portions, conductive balls arranged in the concave portions, insulating balls disposed on and between the conductive balls and each having a diameter smaller than the conductive balls, and a second thin film layer disposed covering the insulating balls. A display apparatus includes a pad part and a driving chip, which are electrically connected by the anisotropic conductive film. |
| US08804083B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display device includes upper and lower pixels; gate lines in electrical connection with the adjacent pixels and extending in a row direction, and data lines which cross the gate lines; and a reference voltage line including a vertical portion which passes through the adjacent pixels, and horizontal portions which alternately extend from the vertical portion. Each of the adjacent pixels includes first and second thin film transistors (TFTs) each in electrical connection with a gate line and a data line which correspond to a respective pixel; and a pixel electrode including a first subpixel electrode in connection with an output terminal of the first TFT, and a second subpixel electrode in connection with an output terminal of the second TFT. The horizontal portions of the reference voltage line are in electrical connection with the second subpixel electrodes of the adjacent pixels. |
| US08804082B2 |
Liquid crystal display
In a liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a shielding electrode applied with the same voltage as a common voltage and overlapping a data line is not formed. Instead, an opening is formed at a position corresponding to a data line disposed proximate to a sub-pixel charged with a relatively low voltage. In this manner, luminance deterioration of a liquid crystal display may be reduced or prevented, and a short defect between the shielding electrode and the data line may also be prevented. |
| US08804077B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate and a second substrate opposed to each other; and a liquid crystal layer placed between the first and second substrates. The device has a plurality of pixels each having a transmission region configured to transmit light coming from the first substrate side and a reflection region configured to reflect light coming from the second substrate side at the first substrate. A transparent layer is provided in the reflection region for rendering the liquid crystal layer thinner in the reflection region than in the transmission region. A groove is formed between the pixels on the surface of the first substrate facing the liquid crystal layer. |
| US08804076B2 |
Liquid crystal display device comprising a light absorbing layer covering all pixel regions to absorb light having wavelength between 380 nm and 560 nm
The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel has a plurality of pixel regions, and the liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a light-absorbing layer. The second substrate and the first substrate are disposed opposite to each other, and the liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The light-absorbing layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate in the pixel regions, and the light-absorbing layer is configured to absorb a light having a wavelength within a range between 380 nm and 560 nm. |
| US08804070B2 |
Liquid crystal display device backlight including an intermediate diffusion medium
A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight including a diffusion medium located between lamps and a diffusion plate to diffuse light. The diffusion medium includes an external band of square type diffusion medium and a plurality of ribs formed of the diffusion medium connected to both sides of the external band of square type diffusion medium. The ribs include a plurality of first ribs which are directly located over the lamps, a plurality of second ribs which are located between the first ribs, and a third rib which connects each of the ribs to each other. |
| US08804069B2 |
Backlighting system including a specular partial reflector and a circular-mode reflective polarizer
A backlight that includes an illumination device that has at least one light source, a circular-mode reflective polarizer, and a specular partial reflector is disclosed. The specular partial reflector is disposed between the illumination device and the circular-mode reflective polarizer. Furthermore, the specular partial reflector is in substantially direct polarization communication with the circular-mode reflective polarizer. |
| US08804067B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a display module, a light source module and a guiding optical film. The display module includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a display medium. The light source module generates directional light. The display module has a vertical electric field. The display medium is optically isotropic, and the display medium is optically anisotropic when driven by the vertical electric field. The directional light is not perpendicular to the first substrate when the directional light enters the display nodule. The directional light is not perpendicular to the second substrate when the directional light exits the display module. The guiding optical film is disposed on the second substrate and has a light incident surface and a light emitting surface. After the directional light exits the guiding optical film, emitting light is formed, and the emitting light and the light emitting surface has an included angle there between. |
| US08804064B2 |
Display device
There is provided a display device in which the thickness of a transparent board and an attaching member is reduced while the strength thereof is ensured. The display device includes a display panel, a transparent board having a panel installation region in which the display panel is provided, and an outer frame region surrounding the panel installation region, and an attaching member having a fixing portion bonded to the transparent board in the outer frame region, and an outer-side raised portion raised from a side of the fixing portion, the side being adjacent to an outline of the transparent board. |
| US08804061B2 |
Devices and methods for reducing the size of display panel routings
Disclosed embodiments relate to signal routings for use in a display device. The display device may include a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel having multiple pixels arranged in rows and columns. Each of the pixels includes a pixel electrode and a thin-film transistor (TFT). The LCD may include a conductive signal routing portion having a first metallic layer, a second metallic layer formed directly on the first metallic layer, and a third metallic layer formed directly on the second metallic layer. The first metallic layer may include a contact terminal. The second metallic layer when combined with the third metallic layers may decrease the resistance of the third metallic layer. |
| US08804059B2 |
Pixel structure having metal-insulator-semiconductor capacitor
A pixel structure including a scan line, a data line, an active device, a pixel electrode, a capacitor electrode line, a semi-conductive pattern layer and at least one dielectric layer is provided. The active device is electrically connected to the scan line and the data line. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the active device. The capacitor electrode line is located under the pixel electrode. A first storage capacitor is formed between the capacitor electrode line and the pixel electrode. The semi-conductive pattern layer is disposed between the capacitor electrode line and the pixel electrode, the pixel electrode is electrically connected to the semi-conductive pattern layer. A second storage capacitor is formed between the semi-conductive pattern layer and the capacitor electrode line. The dielectric layer is disposed between the capacitor electrode line and the pixel electrode and located between the semi-conductive pattern layer and the capacitor electrode line. |
| US08804043B2 |
Image display apparatus having a graphical user interface for a plurality of input ports and method for operating the same
An image display apparatus and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The method for operating an image display apparatus includes displaying a first image, displaying per-input port images that are being received or have been received through a plurality of input ports on a per-input port basis so that the per-input port images are distinguished from one another according to the input ports, upon receipt of a per-input port image view input, selecting one of the per-input port images, and displaying an image corresponding to an input port through which the selected per-input port image is being received or has been received. The per-input port images are displayed overlapped with one another. |
| US08804041B2 |
Method of controlling resolution of digital data broadcasting receiver, apparatus therefor, and digital data broadcasting receiver using the same
Provided are a method of controlling a resolution desired by a user in a graphics device of a digital data broadcasting receiver, an apparatus therefor, and a digital data broadcasting receiver using the same. The method includes providing a list of resolutions available on a graphic plane to a user; changing a resolution of the graphic plane according to a resolution selected by the user from the resolution list; and displaying an application on the graphic plane, the resolution of which has been changed. |
| US08804031B2 |
Multiposition handheld electronic magnifier
Disclosed is a magnifier for use by blind or low vision users. The magnifier includes a camera, such as a CMOS image sensor, that displays enlarged images upon a screen for easy viewing. The magnifier further includes a handle that is pivotally interconnected to a housing to allow for handheld use in a variety of different configurations. |
| US08804030B2 |
Camera system and power supply for optical recording devices
A battery assembly for providing a stable, quick release between an image recording apparatus and a structural support apparatus includes a housing defining a closed interior area for accommodating an energy cell. A threaded bore and a depression are defined in said housing, with the depression extending into the closed interior area. A mounting mechanism having a threaded post is provided for releasably engagaing with the depression such that an expansive mounting surface is provided when at least a portion of the mounting mechanism is engaged within the depression. |
| US08804028B2 |
Digital image production method and apparatus
Multiple uncompressed digital images, each at a different exposure, may be captured automatically in response to an image capture request. The set of uncompressed digital images may be stored as a single data object and manipulated to produce a final digital image. |
| US08804027B2 |
Imaging apparatus
An imaging apparatus includes an image sensor including a first pixel group used for generating an image signal by photoelectrically converting an object image and a second pixel group configured to receive a light flux that has passed through divided areas of the exit pupil, a memory unit configured to store information about whether a defective pixel exists in any pixel included in the second pixel group, a control unit configured to execute calculation including combination processing on output signals of the second pixel group existing in a predetermined area, and a controller configured to control a shooting operation according to a result of the calculation by the calculation unit. The calculation unit is configured, if a defective pixel whose information is stored on the memory unit exists in the combination processing, to execute the calculation by using the output signals of the second pixel group. |
| US08804024B2 |
Mobile device and optical imaging lens thereof
Present embodiments provide for a mobile device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises four lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Though controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces, the refracting power and/or the ratio or difference among the parameters of the lens element(s), the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened. |
| US08804023B2 |
Display device
The present invention provides a display device which has a display unit on a main body, comprising a cover member that can be deformed into a first shape for covering the display unit and a second shape for forming a grip in order to solve the problems in the conventional cameras. The problem is such that the size of the camera becomes large by the size of the grip, which impairs portability of the camera because the conventional camera provides a fixed grip on the camera body on which a display unit with a large screen is mounted. In addition, another conventional camera has a space for accommodating the cover members within the grip, so that the size of the grip becomes accordingly large and thus the camera itself becomes large. |
| US08804022B1 |
Digital device and method for controlling the same
A digital device according to an embodiment includes a sensor unit configured to sense a user input to the digital device and to provide a signal corresponding to a sensed result to a processor, a camera unit configured to acquire an image, a display unit configured to display the acquired image, and the processor configured to control the sensor unit, the camera unit, and the display unit. The processor is further configured to: display the image acquired through the camera unit on the display unit, and provide a preview interface indicating a to-be-captured area in the displayed image, wherein the preview interface includes a first frame indicating a preview area of a first picture and a second frame indicating a preview area of a second picture. |
| US08804017B2 |
Solid-state imaging device
According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes a VOB region, an effective pixel region, a comparator, a holder, and a drive controller. The effective pixel region outputs the reset signal, and an image signal to the vertical signal line. The comparator compares the reset signal transferred from the VOB region through the vertical signal line with a reference signal, and determining whether the reset signal is within a digital level range. The holder is capable of holding either a value representing a first result or a value representing a second result, according to a determination result of the comparator. The drive controller varies a pulse timing period according to the value held by the holder, and automatically sets the period when the reset signal is read from the effective pixel region to the vertical signal line. A voltage of the vertical signal line is clamped in the period. |
| US08804009B2 |
Multimedia information appliance
A multimedia information appliance includes a camera unit, an image display unit, and a multi-port memory. The camera unit includes an image sensor, an image signal processor, an application processor, and a multi-port memory. The image sensor is configured to receive an optical signal of a photographed image from a lens, and to convert the optical signal into an electrical signal. The image signal processor is configured to convert the electrical signal into an image signal, and to control the image sensor. The application processor is configured to process the image signal. The multi-port memory includes a plurality of data input/output ports and stores signals received from the image signal processor and the application process through different data input/output ports. |
| US08804005B2 |
Video concept detection using multi-layer multi-instance learning
Visual concepts contained within a video clip are classified based upon a set of target concepts. The clip is segmented into shots and a multi-layer multi-instance (MLMI) structured metadata representation of each shot is constructed. A set of pre-generated trained models of the target concepts is validated using a set of training shots. An MLMI kernel is recursively generated which models the MLMI structured metadata representation of each shot by comparing prescribed pairs of shots. The MLMI kernel is subsequently utilized to generate a learned objective decision function which learns a classifier for determining if a particular shot (that is not in the set of training shots) contains instances of the target concepts. A regularization framework can also be utilized in conjunction with the MLMI kernel to generate modified learned objective decision functions. The regularization framework introduces explicit constraints which serve to maximize the precision of the classifier. |
| US08804003B2 |
Flicker detection for imaging devices with high frame rates
Common electronic devices having imaging systems that use a rolling shutter scheme suffer from flicker due to the oscillating brightness of an illuminating light source. Some imaging systems use fast frame rates that result in less than two cycles of the illuminating light source occurring during a single frame capture. For devices that employ rolling shutter schemes and fast frame rates, a method of data collection and processing is provided that utilizes a combination of multiple sets of more than two image data frames to automatically detect flicker. Measured patterns of energy differences between various image frames and a reference image frame may be compared with an expected pattern of energy differences to determine a probability of flicker detection due to a given flicker frequency. This probability of flicker detection may be used to activate flicker avoidance procedures in an electronic device. |
| US08803999B2 |
Method and apparatus for image orientation indication and correction
Tilt imparted to video images captured by a handheld electronic communication device is identified and corrected by the disclosed method and apparatus for image orientation. The handheld device includes image capturing capability and an orientation sensor, which provides a signal representative of orientation relative to gravity to calculate an angle of rotation for the captured images suitable to compensate a difference between the orientation of the handheld device and the orientation relative to gravity. The handheld device also includes a receiver wherein the angle of rotation is recovered and used to determine the changes needed substantially eliminate the difference between the orientation of the captured images and the orientation relative to gravity. |
| US08803990B2 |
Imaging system with multiple sensors for producing high-dynamic-range images
An electronic device may have an array of image sensors that capture image data using different exposure times. Processing circuitry may be used to combine image data with a first exposure time and image data with a second exposure time to create a high-dynamic-range image. The image sensors may use electronic rolling shutter and global shutter image capture schemes. Using the electronic rolling shutter scheme, the reset signals for each sensor may be staggered and the read signals for each sensor may be aligned to allow synchronized readout from the image sensors. When using the global shutter scheme, image capture operations associated with a shorter exposure time may be centered in time within image capture operation associated with a longer exposure time to minimize motion artifacts. Multiple image sensors may also be used to capture short-exposure-time data that is spaced evenly in time within the longer exposure time data. |
| US08803989B2 |
Zero delay photographic synchronization system and method
A method of synchronizing a remote device to image acquisition by a camera body including detecting a voltage change of the camera body that occurs prior to shutter opening. The detected voltage change is used to determine a time to synchronize the remote device to image acquisition via wireless communication. For example, the detected voltage change may be used to predict when the shutter of the camera will be open. A wireless communication system for synchronizing a remote device to a camera body may include a memory having information used to synchronize the remote device to image acquisition based on the detection of the change in voltage occurring prior to a shutter opening. |
| US08803986B2 |
Vibration actuator, and lens barrel and camera provided with the vibration actuator
Provided is a vibration actuator having stable drive characteristics, and a lens barrel and a camera which are provided with such vibration actuator. The vibration actuator of the present invention is provided with: a relatively moving member, which is brought into pressurized contact with a vibrating member, and moves relative to the vibrating member by vibration of the vibrating member; a pressure member which brings the vibrating member and the relatively moving member into pressurized contact with each other; and a magnetic force generating section which adjusts the pressurizing force of the pressure member by a magnetic force. |
| US08803981B2 |
Image capturing device having continuous image capture
Methods, devices, and systems for continuous image capturing are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes continuously capturing a sequence of images with an image capturing device. The method may further include storing a predetermined number of the sequence of images in a buffer. The method may further include receiving a user request to capture an image. In response to the user request, the method may further include automatically selecting one of the buffered images based on an exposure time of one of the buffered images. The sequence of images is captured prior to or concurrently with receiving the user request. |
| US08803977B2 |
Method for detecting damage to a deck of a bridge
Provided is a method for detecting damage to a deck of a bridge, the method allowing detection work to be achieved with less labor and being capable of reducing the time and cost needed for the detection work. From a road-surface measuring vehicle running on pavement 3 on top of a steel-plate deck 1, a thermal infrared video of the surface of the pavement 3 is acquired by a thermal infrared video camera. Based on the thermal infrared video, troughs 4 of the steel-plate deck 1 are detected to grasp the structure of the steel-plate deck 1. Residence of water inside prescribed trough members 41 and sealing diaphragms 42 is detected from low-temperature regions R2 from among regions corresponding to troughs 4 in the thermal infrared video, and from rectangular low-temperature sections L2 that surround the regions R2. Through cracks are detected in deck plates 2 that correspond to troughs 4 in which residence of water has been detected. |
| US08803976B2 |
Image pickup apparatus
Disclosed herein is an image pickup apparatus, including: an image pickup element having a plurality of pixels; and a radiation/shielding portion configured to radiate/shield an electromagnetic wave for the image pickup element in such a way that a partial pixel selective radiation state in which the electromagnetic wave is radiated to a part of the pixels in the image pickup element and the electromagnetic wave is shielded for the pixels other than the part of the pixels is obtained in a time division manner while the part of the pixels to each of which the electromagnetic wave is radiated is successively changed. |
| US08803973B2 |
Stereo image capturing device
A stereo image capturing device includes two image capturing modules, an image processing unit, a memory and a processor for respectively storing and executing the image processing unit. Each image capturing module includes a liquid crystal lens, a voltage drive chip, and an image sensor. The image processing unit includes a WDF module, a focus control module, and an image synthesize module. The WDF module determines the sharpness of the colors of images, and acquires object distance of the images according to the sharpness. When the object distance is bigger than a predetermined distance, the WDF module modifies the sharpness of the images, otherwise the focus control module drives the voltage drive chip to change focal distance of the liquid crystal lens according to the object distance. The image synthesize module synthesizes the images to stereo images. |
| US08803971B2 |
Aircraft system providing passenger entertainment and surveillance features, and associated methods
An aircraft system includes an entertainment source, and passenger displays for displaying images from the entertainment source. A signal distribution network connects the entertainment source to the passenger displays. The aircraft system further includes cameras spaced throughout the aircraft for aircraft surveillance, and a pilot display for displaying images from the cameras. The signal distribution network also connects the cameras to the pilot display. The cameras may provide images of internal the aircraft, such as in the cabin area, or external the aircraft. The aircraft system further includes a pilot control unit connected to the pilot display for control thereof. |
| US08803970B2 |
Combined real-time data and live video system
A system for providing combined real-time data and live video of an enclosure. The real-time data may be overlayed on live video. Additionally, or instead, alarms and/or real-time control capabilities may be overlayed on the live video. An embedded server may be connected to sensors and cameras at the enclosure for providing the video with the overlaid information to a network. A user interface may obtain access to the overlaid video via the network. |
| US08803968B2 |
Apparatus for detecting particles in flat glass and detecting method using same
The present invention relates to an apparatus for detecting particles in flat glass and a detecting method using the same. The present invention provides an apparatus for detecting particles in flat glass, comprising: an illumination unit which is installed in one region selected from upper and lower regions on the basis of flat glass; a first polarizer which is installed between the illumination unit and the flat glass, and has a first polarization direction; a first camera and a second camera which are installed in the opposite direction where the illumination unit is installed on the basis of the flat glass; a second polarizer which is equipped in a space between the first camera and the flat glass, and has a polarization direction in the range of 0° to 20° that is different from the polarization direction of the first polarizer; a fourth polarizer which is equipped in a space between the second camera and the flat glass, and has a polarization direction in the range of 70° to 90° that is different from the polarization direction of the first polarizer; and a processor which receives images obtained from the first camera and the second camera, and decides whether defects are benign particles or malignant particles. |
| US08803962B2 |
System and method for imaging during a medical procedure
In one embodiment, an apparatus may include an imager configured to generate a plurality of frames at a frame frequency greater than an electromagnetic energy emission pulse frequency of a medical device, wherein each frame of the plurality of frames may include a first plurality of rows. The apparatus may also include an electronic shutter module configured to offset a start time of each row of the first plurality of rows in each frame from the plurality of frames from a start time of an adjacent row in that same frame. The apparatus may further include an image processing module configured to generate a plurality of valid frames based on at least a portion of the plurality of frames, wherein the plurality of valid frames may include a frame frequency lower than the frame frequency of the plurality of frames. |
| US08803961B2 |
Multi-stream image decoding apparatus and method
A capsule camera includes a wireless transmitter that transmits data and a receiving system having multiple receiving units to allowing storing multiple data streams simultaneously. The multiple stored data streams may be used at a later time to derive the best data stream for analysis, based on the network conditions at the time each data packet is received. The best data stream may be derived from the multiple stored data streams at a later time during the decoding process. For example, in a capsule camera application, the multiple data streams may be stored in the memory devices associated with the receiving units, which are typically attached to different locations on the body during diagnosis. The multiple data streams are maintained as the capsule passes through the gastrointestinal tract. Subsequently, after the diagnosis, the receiving units are recovered and connected to a computer or another standalone device for analysis. At that time, the best data stream is derived from the stored data streams using a decoding process, or by comparing the decoded results. Not all receiving units store the data streams at the same time. A screening process, for example, may be provided such that only the receiving units with better network conditions store the data streams. In a real-time system, the data streams may be stored for only a short duration before the best data stream is derived by a decoding process, or by comparing the decoded results. |
| US08803959B2 |
Polarization observation device
The invention includes: a light source section generating illumination lights in plural different wavelength bands; a first polarization element polarizing, in a first direction, a light in a first wavelength band among the illumination lights or returned lights from a subject; a second polarization element polarizing, in a second direction, a light in a second wavelength band among the illumination lights or returned lights; an image pickup device generating a first image pickup signal based on polarized light from the first polarization element and a second image pickup signal based on polarized light from the second polarization element; and an image processing section that compares intensities of the first and second image pickup signals, calculates the first or second direction corresponding to the image pickup signal having a higher intensity, as a polarization direction of the subject, and outputs a signal for displaying information on the polarization direction. |
| US08803958B2 |
Global camera path optimization
Disclosed herein are various techniques for improving global path optimization in a system that uses camera path for three-dimensional reconstruction. A subset of frames of data for the global path, the key frames, may be used to reduce the computational complexity of the optimization, while preserving full three-dimensional detail in the optimized model by relating other measurements to the optimized key frame path. |
| US08803955B2 |
Augmented stereoscopic visualization for a surgical robot using a camera unit with a modified prism
An endoscope with a stereoscopic optical channel is held and positioned by a robotic surgical system. A first capture unit captures: a visible first color component of a visible left image combined with a fluorescence left image from first light from one channel in the endoscope; a visible second color component of the visible left image from the first light; and a visible third color component of the visible left image from the first light. A second capture unit captures: a visible first color component of a visible right image combined with a fluorescence right image from second light from the other channel in the endoscope; a visible second color component of the visible right image from the second light; and a visible third color component of the visible right image from the second light. An augmented stereoscopic outputs a real-time stereoscopic image including a three-dimensional presentation including the visible left and right images and the fluorescence left and right images. |
| US08803952B2 |
Plural detector time-of-flight depth mapping
A depth-mapping method comprises exposing first and second detectors oriented along different optical axes to light dispersed from a scene, and furnishing an output responsive to a depth coordinate of a locus of the scene. The output increases with an increasing first amount of light received by the first detector during a first period, and decreases with an increasing second amount of light received by the second detector during a second period different than the first. |
| US08803945B2 |
Broadcast receiver and 3D video data processing method
A broadcast receiver and a 3D video data processing method are disclosed. A three dimensional (3D) video data processing method for use in a broadcast receiver includes receiving a broadcast signal including three dimensional (3D) video data, extracting display condition information of the 3D video data from the broadcast signal, and controlling an output of the 3D video data using the extracted display condition information. |
| US08803940B2 |
Merging content
A device may detect an event, determine a display layout in accordance with the event, receive input video streams, merge two or more of the input video streams into a high definition output stream in accordance with the display layout, and send the high definition output stream to a content presentation device. |
| US08803938B2 |
Electrophotographic image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus forms a first patch with a light amount obtained by reducing a target light amount of a light amount control unit by a predetermined percentage, and forms a second patch with a light amount obtained by a shading control unit reducing the target light amount by the predetermined percentage. Furthermore, the image forming apparatus determines a correction coefficient that is used for modification data for each scanning position in common so that there is no error between a detected value of the first patch and a detected value of the second patch. |
| US08803937B2 |
Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus
An optical scanning apparatus, including: a light source; an incident optical system; and an imaging optical system, in which: the imaging optical system includes at least one plastic lens; in a sub-scanning section, principal rays of the beams intersect each other on an optical axis of the imaging optical system; the principal rays intersect each other at different positions between a case of entering a central region of the at least one plastic lens and a case of entering an end region of the at least one plastic lens; and the principal rays entering one of the central region and the end region of the at least one plastic lens intersect each other, and the principal rays entering another of the central region and the end region of the at least one plastic lens intersect each other. |
| US08803935B2 |
Image forming method
An apparatus to form plural images on an image conveyor includes plural photoconductor bodies, a light exposure device, a development device, a transfer device, and a pattern detection device, wherein the light exposure device includes an optical scanning part, a first light detection part having a first light receiving face, a second light detection part having a second light receiving face being non-parallel to the first light receiving face, a third light detection part having a third light receiving face being non-parallel to the first light receiving face, the optical scanning part, the first light detection part, and the second light detection part being provided inside a housing of the light exposure device, the third light detection part being provided outside the housing, and a light exposure timing control device. |
| US08803934B2 |
Printer
A printer comprises a paper holding section, a conveying section, a printing section and a buffer section. The buffer section, which is arranged at the downstream side of the paper conveying direction of the paper holding section and the upstream side of the paper conveying direction of the conveying section, extends in the width direction of the paper orthogonal to the paper conveying direction and has a propping member that is propped against the paper surface of paper and a pair of elastic support sections that are connected with the two ends of the propping member in the width direction and press the propping member on the paper surface of the paper using an elastic force, wherein the pair of elastic support sections are connected with the propping member in such a manner that each of the elastic support sections can act separately. |
| US08803933B2 |
Printing apparatus and printing method
In accordance with an embodiment, a printing apparatus includes a conveying section configured to move a recording medium fed from a paper roll along a conveyance path, a thermal head configured to thermally transfer ink of an ink ribbon to the recording medium to print, a control section configured to discriminate a print mode for the recording medium and control the printing processing for the recording medium and a feed length counting section configured to count the feed length of the recording medium conveyed from the paper roll to the thermal head in a first direction when the print mode is a preset mode. |
| US08803932B2 |
Printer
A printer includes a thermal head including a line head in which heating elements are arranged in a straight line, a feed device being configured to feed a printing medium in a vertical scanning direction, and a control device being configured to control the feed device and the thermal head, the printer performing printing by forming a print dot by heating on the printing medium. Each iteration of the pulse application cycle is a time period from a main heating starting time to a next main heating starting time. The control device, in a case where the main heating is not performed on a second heating element adjacent in a main scanning direction to a first heating element, is configured to perform printing by using a first mode, in which applying of a first sub-pulse to the second heating element is performed starting from the main heating starting time. |
| US08803930B2 |
Print head, printer, and control method of printer
In connection with a printer, a platen roller is configured to rotate in a first direction and to transport a recording medium. A print head facing the platen roller includes a head body portion having a printing portion to perform printing on the recording medium when the platen roller transports such medium. A supporting mechanism supports the head body portion, presses the head body portion against the platen roller, and moves the head body portion by rotation of the platen roller. An urging unit urges the head body portion toward the platen roller. When the platen roller rotates in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the supporting mechanism moves the head body portion by the rotation of the platen roller, and a contact position of the head body portion with respect to the platen roller is shifted while maintaining the head body portion pressed against the platen roller. |
| US08803927B2 |
Pixel circuit and flat display panel using the same
An exemplary pixel circuit and a flat display panel using the same are provided. The pixel circuit includes three sub-electrode control circuits. The sub-electrode control circuits are controlled by two scan lines to receive data transmitted from two data lines. One of the three sub-electrode control circuits adjusts stored data by charge sharing. Accordingly, a display control of the pixel circuit is achieved by the three sub-electrode control circuits. |
| US08803925B2 |
Liquid crystal display and scanning back light driving method thereof
A liquid crystal display includes a scanning backlight controller, that calculates a turn-on duty ratio of a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal for controlling turn-on and turn-off operations of light sources, and a light source driver, that synchronizes a frequency of the PWM signal with a frame frequency or synchronizes the frequency of the PWM signal with the frame frequency, changes the calculated turn-on duty ratio of the PWM signal to a maximum value, and adjusts an amplitude of the PWM signal based on a changed degree of the turn-on duty ratio of the PWM signal, based on the result of a comparison between the turn-on duty ratio of the PWM signal and a previously determined critical value, and then sequentially drive the light sources along a data scanning direction of the liquid crystal display panel. |
| US08803922B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for increasing the apparent brightness of a display
Methods and apparatuses to varying the apparent brightness of a display are described. The change in apparent brightness is accompanied by unchanged in relative contrast, rendering a display with higher or lower brightness while maintaining contrast fidelity. In exemplary embodiments, the signals for the middle tone levels are adjusted to increase or decrease the brightness intensity, while keeping constant the gamma correction. This maintains the relative contrast of images while rendering them at a different brightness. Implementations of the present process include an adjusted gamma correction lookup table, incorporated in the video card to modify the video signal before reaching the display. The present invention can be used for matching the brightness of two or more displays or to provide compensation for variations in display characteristics to ensure consistency in display brightness within a data processing model. |
| US08803918B2 |
Methods and apparatus for calibrating focused plenoptic camera data
Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable storage media for calibrating focused plenoptic camera data. A calibration technique that does not modify the image data may be applied to raw plenoptic images. Calibration parameters, including but not limited to tilt angle, corner crops, main lens distance from the microlens array, sensor distance from the microlens array, and microimage size, may be specified. Calibration may include scaling down the input texture coordinates for the plenoptic image so that the new coordinate range fits the size of the texture with crops taken into account. These coordinates may be further transformed by one or more of a matrix performing a scaling, to correct for lens distortion; a rotation, to correct for tilts; and a translation that finalizes the necessary corner crops. A transformation matrix is generated that can be applied to the raw image by radiance processing techniques such as super-resolution techniques. |
| US08803917B2 |
Computer-implemented system and method for a virtual object rendering based on real world locations and tags
A computer-implemented system and method for rendering a virtual object based on real world locations and tags are provided. A set of virtual objects is maintained in an actions database on a mobile computing device. Each virtual object is associated with pairings of identifiers and coordinates for one or more physical locations. A physical location of the mobile computing device is tracked and also an identification tag within range of the mobile computing device is identified. The virtual object is identified as at least one of the pairings of coordinates and identifiers that match the physical location and the identification tag. Then, the virtual object is rendered using the mobile computing device based on the matching of the pairings. |
| US08803916B1 |
Methods and systems for an augmented reality service delivery platform
In some embodiments, a method is provided. The method includes receiving an augmented reality request from a mobile access terminal. The method also includes identifying a context for the augmented reality request and a feature set supported by the mobile access terminal associated with the augmented reality request. The method also includes mapping the identified feature set and the context to a subset of available augmented reality operations. The method also includes executing the subset of available augmented reality operations to generate augmented reality content corresponding to the augmented reality request. The method also includes streaming the augmented reality content to the mobile access terminal associated with the augmented reality request for playback. |
| US08803909B2 |
Mobile data and handwriting screen capture and forwarding
The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates communicating data utilizing a portable device. An interface component can receive annotation data related to a display associated with a portable device. An annotation component can append a screen shot corresponding to the display with the annotated data to create an annotated screen shot. |
| US08803906B2 |
Method and system for converting a 3D video with targeted advertisement into a 2D video for display
A video receiver receives a compound transport stream (TS) comprising 3D program video streams and spliced advertising streams. The received one or more 3D program video streams are extracted and decoded. Targeted advertising streams are extracted from the received advertising streams according to user criteria. Targeted advertising graphic objects of the extracted or replaced targeted advertising streams are spliced into the decoded 3D program video streams. The decoded 3D program video with the spliced targeted advertising graphic objects is presented in a 2D video. The extracted or replaced targeted advertising streams are processed to generate the targeted advertising graphic objects to be spliced based on focal point of view. The generated targeted advertising graphic objects are located according to associated scene graph information. The decoded 3D program video streams and the spliced targeted advertising graphic objects are converted into a 2D video for display. |
| US08803903B2 |
Color space determination devices and display devices and systems including the same
A color space determination device may include a sampling configuration unit and determination unit. The sampling configuration unit may be configured to determine a sampling ratio and a sampling number based on a resolution of input video data, the sampling ratio being a ratio of a number of the input video data to be sampled to a total number of the input video data included in a frame, the sampling number being a number of frames to be sampled. The determination unit may be configured to receive the input video data in units of frames, to sample the input video data with the sampling ratio for each of the sampling number of frames, and to generate a color space signal representing a color space of the input video data based on the sampled input video data that are sampled from the sampling number of frames of the input video data. |
| US08803902B2 |
Computing level of detail for anisotropic filtering
Anisotropic filtering may be done in graphics processing without actually have to calculate the elliptical weighted averaging ellipse. Instead, an estimate may be used for the length of the minor axis. The estimate avoids the complexities inherent in the elliptical weighted averaging ellipse calculation and reduces overhead, while still obtaining sufficient accuracy. |
| US08803901B1 |
Map rendering using interpolation of style parameters across zoom levels
A graphics or image rendering system, such as a map image rendering system, may receive map data associated with a set of zoom levels, where the map data includes style attribute data corresponding to various features of a map surface at corresponding zoom levels. The system may interpolate at least some of the style parameter values from the received map data to provide style parameter values over a range of zoom levels. |
| US08803896B2 |
Providing a coherent user interface across multiple output devices
Exemplary embodiments of methods and apparatuses to provide a coherent user interface across output devices having various characteristics are described. Rendering into a first window back buffer is performed to output a window on a first output device having first characteristics, and rendering into a second window back buffer is performed to display the window on a second output device having second characteristics. Pixel values of the window outputted on the first output device are stored in the first window back buffer, and the pixel values of the window outputted on the second output device are stored in the second window back buffer. The size of the first window back buffer is associated with the first characteristics of the first output device, and the size of the second window back buffer is associated with the second characteristics of the second output device. |
| US08803887B2 |
Computer graphic system and method for simulating hair
A computer graphic system and methods for simulating hair is provided. In accordance with aspects of the disclosure a method for hybrid hair simulation using a computer graphics system is provided. The method includes generating a plurality of modeled hair strands using a processor of the computer graphics system. Each hair strand includes a plurality of particles and a plurality of spring members coupled in between the plurality of particles. The method also includes determining a first position and a first velocity for each particle in the plurality of modeled hair strands using the processor and coarsely modeling movement of the plurality of modeled hair strands with a continuum fluid solver. Self-collisions of the plurality of modeled hair strands are computed with a discrete collision model using the processor. |
| US08803883B2 |
Generating Voronoi treemaps
A system described herein includes a receiver component that receives a tree-structured dataset that includes multiple branches that are hierarchically related to one another. The system also includes an executor component that causes a programmable graphical processing unit to generate a Voronoi treemap based at least in part upon the tree-structured dataset, wherein the Voronoi treemap comprises a plurality of subareas that correspond to the multiple branches, and wherein the Voronoi treemap represents hierarchical relationships between the multiple branches. |
| US08803882B2 |
Identifying on a graphical depiction candidate points and top-moving queries
Computer-readable media and computerized methods for identifying candidate points on a graphical depiction of relative popularity of an entity (e.g., entertainer, sports team, and the like) are provided. Points on the graphical depiction are ranked based on a number of user-submitted web queries that reference the entity that are received during a particular time frame. Peak points and slope values (i.e., derived from an angle of inclination of inclines on the graphical depiction) may be captured by analyzing movements in the rank of an entity over time. An algorithmic process may then be applied to the peak points and slope values to determine points of interest of the entity's popularity, such as the highest-ranked periods and/or dramatic positive movements in rank of the entity. These points of interest are selected as candidate points and are surfaced as icons on a visual representation of the graphical depiction. |
| US08803881B2 |
Navigation system for a 3D virtual scene
A navigation system for navigating a three-dimensional (3D) scene that includes a model or object with which a user can interact. The system accommodates and helps both novice and advanced users. To do this, the system allows a user to designate a point on a model in a scene and the point is moved to the center of the view. |
| US08803878B2 |
Visualizing region growing in three dimensional voxel volumes
Visualizing region growing in 3D voxel volumes relates to generating a 3D scene having a plurality of voxels for representing a volume data set of seismic data collected from the oilfield, defining a segmentation algorithm for segmenting the volume data within the 3D scene, the segmentation algorithm comparing a pre-determined threshold to an attribute of a voxel of the plurality of voxels, defining a control parameter associated with the attribute for controlling the segmentation algorithm, adjusting the control parameter to guide the segmentation algorithm in segmenting the volume data set to generate a visualized geobody, and displaying the visualized geobody. |
| US08803871B2 |
Display device, driving method thereof, and signal controller therefor
A display device includes a display panel, a gate driver, a data driver, and a signal controller that receives digital input signals including an input control signal and an input image signal in series through two or less input terminals, and processes the input image signal and applies the processed input image signal to the data driver, wherein the signal controller includes a receiver receiving the input signals and a clock generator generating a clock signal based on the input control signal, the signal controller processing the input image signal in synchronization with the clock signal. Thus, the structure of the display device can be simplified while signal loss and noises can be reduced. |
| US08803870B2 |
Display module
A display module including a substrate having a plurality of pixels, a data line that supplies a data signal to a pixel, a current supply line that supplies electric current to the pixel, a data driving circuit that supplies a data signal to the data line, and a gate driving circuit thereon. The plurality of pixels are arranged in a display area of the substrate, and each of the plurality of pixels include a light emitting device, a first thin film transistor connected to the data line that supplies the data signal, a second thin film transistor connected to the current supply line, and a capacitor. The light emitting device includes a first electrode layer connected to the second thin film transistor, an organic layer formed on the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer formed on the organic layer. |
| US08803866B2 |
Display panel including test pad unit and flat panel display apparatus including the display panel
A display panel includes a display unit including a plurality of pixels, and a test pad unit having a plurality of pads configured to transmit a test signal to the display unit during a test period, the plurality of pads being disabled after the test period is completed, the test pad unit including a plurality of first pads that transmit the test signal, applied from outside during the test period, to the display unit, and a plurality of second pads and an auxiliary pad that disable the plurality of first pads when the test period is completed. |
| US08803863B2 |
Display power saving method and electronic system
A display power saving method for an electronic system includes a display including a light emitting diode panel. The display power saving method comprises detecting whether a pointing device exists in the electronic system, obtaining the location of a pointer controlled by the pointing device when detecting the pointing device existing in the electronic system, determining a display area of a screen of the display according to the location of the pointer, recognizing whether a power management mode of the electronic system is a power saving mode and decreasing the brightness of an area of the screen other than the display area when recognizing that the power management mode is the power saving mode. |
| US08803861B2 |
Electromechanical systems device
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for EMS devices. In one aspect, an EMS device includes an array of display elements and a plurality of driver lines with at least a portion of the plurality of driver lines routed above or below the array between one or more driver circuits and the array. In some implementations, at least a portion of the plurality of driver lines is disposed above a non-active area of the array. In one aspect, an EMS device can form a portion of at least one of the plurality of driver lines. In some implementations, movable layers of the array can be disposed between at least a portion of the plurality of driver lines and stationary electrodes of the display. |
| US08803858B2 |
Display device
A display device includes: a plurality of drive electrodes extending in a first direction and arranged side-by-side in a second direction with an inter-electrode slit in between; and a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in matrix in the first and second directions. Each of the drive electrodes has one or more inner-electrode slits, and a center of the pixel electrode is located in the inter-electrode slit or in the inner-electrode slit. |
| US08803857B2 |
Chiplet display device with serial control
A digital display apparatus includes an array of light-emitting pixels, each with a first and second electrode, formed on a display substrate. A plurality of chiplets is located on the display substrate, each chiplet including an electrode connection pad, a signal connection pad, and a pixel circuit. The electrode connection pad is connected to one of the first or second electrodes. Each chiplet includes one or more pixel circuits formed in the chiplet and electrically connected to the corresponding electrode and signal connection pads. A digital image signal is provided to the signal connection pad(s) of at least one of the chiplets. Each pixel circuit converts at least one digital image signal value to a continuously valued analog pixel-driving signal that controls the luminance of a pixel. The display provides higher-performance pixel circuits with digital control resulting in improved image quality. |
| US08803850B2 |
Stylus with control ring user interface
Control rings are mounted on a stylus body. A controller within the stylus body generates a control signal dependent upon the control rings. The control signal is transmitted to a host electronic device where information contained in the control signal is used to control properties of a drawing tool in a computer drawing application. |
| US08803849B2 |
Electronic pencil and method for indicating color of electronic pencil
An electronic pencil reads color information from a first color signal wirelessly sent from a drawing board, controls a color unit in the electronic pencil to indicate a corresponding color according to the read color information, and transmits a second color signal as a reply to the first color signal to the drawing board. The drawing board displays track having the corresponding color when a user draws on the drawing board using the electronic pencil. |
| US08803847B2 |
Touch display device
A touch display device includes a display panel, a light guide plate, at least an invisible light emitting device, and a first light path converting device. The light guide plate includes a plurality of microstructures to reflect an invisible light generated by the invisible light emitting device such that the invisible light passes through the display panel, reaching the first light path converting device. |
| US08803841B2 |
Touch spot detecting method of touch panel
A touch panel includes a conductive film having anisotropic impedance, a plurality of first electrodes, and a plurality of second electrodes. In a method for detecting a touch spot, a plurality of actual detecting signals are obtained by the first electrodes and the second electrodes, thereby determining two first electrodes and two second electrodes closest to the touch spot. The conductive film between the two first electrodes and two second electrodes is defined as a corrective area. An ideal resistance of the corrective area is set. An arbitrary electrode from the two first electrodes and two second electrodes is defined as electrode i. The actual detecting signal Si obtained by the electrode i is corrected according to a ratio of the ideal resistance to an actual resistance of the untouched corrective area. |
| US08803838B2 |
Display and method for driving the display
A display is provided. The display includes electro-optical material arranged between first and second planes facing each other; a first substrate arranged on the first plane and including a conductor; first electrically conductive film arranged on the second plane; second electrically conductive film arranged outside an area sandwiched between the first and second planes; current detection circuit detects current on the second electrically conductive film; and control circuit that, during a time period the current is detected by the current detection circuit, applies substantially the same voltage as that applied to the second electrically conductive film to one of the conductor and the first electrically conductive film, which is arranged closer to the second electrically conductive film, and sets the other in a floating state, or applies substantially the same voltage as that applied to the second electrically conductive film to both the conductor and the first electrically conductive film. |
| US08803835B2 |
Touch screen device
It is provided a touch screen device applied in an electronic information technology area. In the touch screen device supporting an active capacitance stylus, a demodulation unit demodulates a signal received by a reception unit by two orthogonal signals, and then an amplitude recovery unit recovers an amplitude of the signal received by the reception unit, the amplitude of the signal received by the reception unit can be recovered relatively exactly without the need that the demodulation signal must be synchronous with the signal received by the reception unit (or the signal transmitted from the active capacitance stylus), and there is no need to add additional hardware resources for synchronization in the touch screen device of the embodiment of the present invention compared with the existing detection method which needs to perform synchronization of the demodulation signal and the signal transmitted from the active capacitance stylus in the prior art. |
| US08803830B2 |
Touch panel with conductive layers formed of parallel strips
A touch panel includes a first substrate having a first conductive layer on one surface; a second substrate having a second conductive layer on a surface on a side facing the first conductive layer; a plurality of first electrodes extending from the first conductive layer; and a plurality of second electrodes extending from the second conductive layer. The first conductive layer is formed of a plurality of parallel strips; and the plurality of first electrodes are formed of a straight portion extending in a predetermined direction, and an inclined portion coupled to the straight portion by being inclined by a predetermined angle with respect to a direction orthogonal to the straight portion. Fading, thickness variation and the like at the time of printing can be prevented and fine patterning can be easily carried out, so that an inexpensive touch panel in which overall miniaturization is achieved can be obtained. |
| US08803825B2 |
System and method for filtering touch screen inputs
A method of filtering a touch screen input is disclosed that includes the steps of detecting a position of a first touch on a touch screen, determining a validation area that includes the position of the first touch, detecting a position for each of one or more second touches on the touch screen, and providing a touch event signal if the positions of all of the second touches are within the validation area. |
| US08803820B2 |
Touch detection device, electronic device and recording medium
A touch position calculation unit 113 calculating the touch position based on detected intensities at a touch panel unit 150 compares the detected intensities with a threshold to determine whether the touch is valid. Here, since display noise caused by the display screen of a display unit 132 affects the touch detection, the touch position calculation unit 113 acquires the display state of the display unit 132 from a display control unit 112. The touch position calculation unit 113 makes reference to a condition list stored in a memory 160 and sets up a threshold corresponding to the display state as the touch detection condition. Information indicating the display state includes the screen design typified by coloration patterns and the total gradation value corresponding to the voltage applied to the screen. |
| US08803816B2 |
Multi-fold mobile device with configurable interface
A multi-fold mobile device with a configurable interface is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a method includes detecting a hardware configuration change from a first configuration to a second configuration at an electronic device that includes at least a first panel having a first display surface and a second panel having a second display surface. The hardware configuration change includes a change in a relative orientation of the first display panel to the second display panel. The method also includes automatically modifying a graphical user interface displayed at the first display surface and the second display surface at least partially based on the second configuration. |
| US08803811B2 |
Operational terminal device, display control device, method of operating terminal device, method of operating display control device, and system
An operational terminal device may include a control unit to control display on a display screen of at least one operation button to control a display control device, based on button information associated with the operation button and received from the display control device. |
| US08803810B2 |
Multiple use education and entertainment device for young users
A device which has both educational and entertainment purposes. The device has a housing which allows multiple instances of the device to be stacked together. The device has a CPU, memory, storage, and a wireless module which allows communications with a base computer. The device also has a flat touch screen which serves as the user interface. The touch screen also serves as the video display for the device. Each device is approximately the size of a conventional building block. Variants include having some sides equipped with protuberance and some sides are equipped with voids. The protuberances of one device is constructed and arranged to interlockingly mate with the voids of another device. The device may be used in conjunction with multiple types of applications which have both educational and entertainment uses. The device may be used to receive images, data, commands, etc. from the base computer and the device may be used in conjunction with other similar devices. |
| US08803805B2 |
Computer indexing device
Disclosed is an indexing device. A first sensing unit, a second sensing unit, and a control unit are primarily disposed in the indexing device. The control unit couples to the first sensing unit and the second sensing unit. The control unit receives a first move detection signal outputted by the first sensing unit, and receives a second move detection signal from the second sensing unit. The variance of the first move detection signal and/or the second move detection signal is referred to compute a cursor control signal. Further, the first sensing unit or the second sensing unit is slidably disposed in the device's casing. This movable sensing unit allows the cursor control correlated to the moving indexing device more accurate, more stable and/or faster responsive to the user's operation. |
| US08803801B2 |
Three-dimensional interface system and method
A three-dimensional virtual-touch human-machine interface system (20) and a method (100) of operating the system (20) are presented. The system (20) incorporates a three-dimensional time-of-flight sensor (22), a three-dimensional autostereoscopic display (24), and a computer (26) coupled to the sensor (22) and the display (24). The sensor (22) detects a user object (40) within a three-dimensional sensor space (28). The display (24) displays an image (42) within a three-dimensional display space (32). The computer (26) maps a position of the user object (40) within an interactive volumetric field (36) mutually within the sensor space (28) and the display space (32), and determines when the positions of the user object (40) and the image (42) are substantially coincident. Upon detection of coincidence, the computer (26) executes a function programmed for the image (42). |
| US08803799B2 |
Screen protection system and method of an electronic device
In a screen protection system and method, a first operation temperature of an electronic device is detected from each of one or more first temperature sensors, and a first ambient temperature is detected from a second temperature sensor, when a display screen is activated. Once there is no operation on the electronic device, a timer is started timing. Once the electronic device is being operated, a duration is temporarily stored and the timer is reset. If the duration is equal to a screensaver time, a second operation temperature of the electronic device is detected from each of the first temperature sensors, and a second ambient temperature is detected from a second temperature sensor. The method further determines whether the electronic device is currently being held by a hand of a user, according to the above-mentioned temperatures. If the electronic device is not being held by a hand of the user, the display screen is controlled to be in an inactive state. |
| US08803798B2 |
System and method for shape deformation and force display of devices
Various systems, devices, and methods for shape deformation of a haptic deformation display device are provided. For example, the haptic deformation display device may receive an input signal when the shape of the haptic deformation display device is in a first shape configuration. In response to the input signal, the haptic deformation display device may activate an actuator of the haptic deformation display device. The actuator may move a deformation component of the haptic deformation display device. The deformation component may at least partially defining a shape of the haptic deformation display device, thereby causing the shape of the haptic deformation display device to deform into a second shape configuration different from the first shape configuration. The second shape configuration may be substantially maintained. |
| US08803795B2 |
Haptic communication devices
Embodiments of the invention relate to methods and systems for providing customized “haptic messaging” to users of handheld communication devices in a variety of applications. In one embodiment, a method of using haptic effects to relate location information includes: receiving an input signal associated with a position of a handheld communication device (100); determining the position of the handheld communication device (100) relative to a predetermined location; and providing a haptic effect associated with a distance between the position of the handheld communication device (100) and the predetermined location. In another embodiment, a handheld communication device (100) can be used as a two-way haptic remote control. |
| US08803794B1 |
Determining when to perform a flash of a display
Examples of when to perform a flash update to reset pixels of a display device are described. In some implementations, a counter may be modified in response to determining that one or more pixels of the display device have changed. An ambient temperature of the display device may be determined. A flash update of the display device may be performed based on the counter, the ambient temperature, or both. |
| US08803791B2 |
Display device
Provided is a display device that includes an optical sensor having a high sensitivity in which a potential difference of an accumulation node due to an illuminance difference on a light receiving surface after boosting is set greater than a potential difference of the same at an end of an integration period. The display device includes an optical sensor in a pixel region. The optical sensor includes a diode D1; a reset signal line RST for supplying a reset signal; a readout signal line RWS for supplying a readout signal; an accumulation node having a potential (VINT) that varies with an amount of light received by the diode D1 during a period from supply of the reset signal to supply of the readout signal; an amplifying element C1 for amplifying VINT according to the readout signal; and a sensor switching element M2 for reading out the amplified potential and outputting the same to an output line. A potential of a light shielding film LS provided on a back side of the diode is fixed to a constant potential VLS satisfying the following formula: VLS≧VRST.H. |
| US08803784B2 |
Scanning signal line drive circuit and display device having the same
A gate driver is provided with an odd-numbered stage shift register, an even-numbered stage shift register, and main lines including clock signal main lines. In at least one example embodiment, each stage of one of the shift registers receives the first clock and the second clock from the clock signal main lines, and the third clock and the fourth clock from an adjacently provided stage of the other shift register. Each stage of the shift register can receive the second clock from a different stage of the same shift register. With this, it is possible to reduce a picture-frame area of a panel in a display device provided with a scanning signal line drive circuit having the plurality of shift registers. |
| US08803779B2 |
Computer system display driving method and system with means for recognizing the driving method of the display
An image display system includes an LCD (liquid crystal display) or other display driven by alternating current and driven in an inverted manner by a predetermined driving method on a pixel basis, and an LCD driving device for generating a Frame Rate Control (FRC) pattern which is the same as the pattern utilized by the predetermined driving method. The display is thereby driven so as to allow the display to make an expression in gradations higher (for example, 256 gradations) than gradations (for example, 64 gradations) natively supported by the display. |
| US08803777B2 |
Display apparatus and method of driving the same
In a display apparatus having a plurality of pixel parts, each pixel part receives a data signal in response to a present gate signal and charges first and second pixel voltages having the same voltage level. A plurality of voltage controllers includes a level-down part to lower a voltage level of the second pixel voltage using a previous pixel voltage charged in a previous frame in response to a next gate signal and a level-up part to receive the lowered second pixel voltage in response to the next gate signal to boost up a voltage level of the first pixel voltage. |
| US08803772B2 |
Display systems having screens with optical fluorescent materials
Fluorescent screens and display systems and devices based on such screens using at least one excitation optical beam to excite one or more fluorescent materials on a screen which emit light to form images. The fluorescent materials may include phosphor materials and non-phosphor materials such as quantum dots. A screen may include a multi-layer dichroic layer. |
| US08803766B2 |
Large scale LED display
A large scale LED display has a cable and rigid link support structure for a number of LED modules. The cable and rigid link support structure is flexible but has sufficient structural integrity to prevent misalignment of the pixel modules. The LED modules are removable from the support structure individually and as a group so as to facilitate repair of the display. The LED modules are rugged so as to withstand harsh outdoor conditions and they provide sufficient luminescence for use in sunlight. |
| US08803764B2 |
Head-mount type display device and method of controlling head-mount type display device
A head-mount type display device adapted to make a user visually recognize a virtual image includes an image light generation section adapted to generate image light representing an image using image data and then emit the image light, a light guide section adapted to guide the image light, which is emitted, to eyes of the user, a receiving section adapted to receive the image data, and a control section, which is connected to the receiving section, controls image display by the image light generation section, and has a transmitting section adapted to transmit the image data to the receiving section. The control section controls luminance of the image light generation section so as to degrade visibility of the virtual image for a predetermined period of time in a case in which a disturbance in data communication between the transmitting section and the receiving section is presumed. |
| US08803763B2 |
Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus
An electro-optical device displays a right-eye image and a left-eye image for each display period. In each of the display periods, a driving circuit executes first synchronization selection driving where a first group where scanning lines are segmented into units of two is sequentially selected and a gradation potential is supplied to each of the signal lines according to a gradation in the odd rows, and executes second synchronization selection driving where a second group which is different to the first group is sequentially selected and a gradation potential is supplied to each of the signal lines according to a gradation in the even rows. A display control circuit which controls the driving circuit so that the gradation potential is supplied to each of the signal lines according to a specific gradation which corresponds to the first scanning lines of a display region. |
| US08803759B1 |
Method of internal mechanical connection for joined phased array sections
A phased array RADAR aperture assembly is formed of a plurality of support trusses arranged parallel to each other and supporting a plurality of RADAR modular aperture sections. Each of the RADAR modular aperture sections includes a modular column extending the length of the RADAR modular aperture sections and supporting the RADAR modular aperture section, wherein each of the modular column is configured to connect to a modular column of another RADAR modular aperture section in an end-to-end connection, wherein the end-to-end connection is made on the top surface of one of the plurality of support trusses and aligns two adjacent RADAR modular aperture sections with respect to each other and forms a seamless joint between the two adjacent RADAR modular aperture sections. |
| US08803755B2 |
Low passive intermodulation chokes for electrical cables
This disclosure relates to chokes for suppressing undesired signals such as such as common mode electromagnetic interference (EMI) and/or radio frequency interference (RFI). The chokes can include an electro-conductive sleeve disposed over an electrical cable and the sleeve can be configured to suppress an undesired signal. In some embodiments, the electro-conductive sleeve and have a half-wave sleeve, which can be electrically open at both ends. Additional insulating material can be included between the electrical cable and the sleeve. Multiple electro-conductive sleeves and be disposed substantially concentrically over the cable. The chokes can be configured to reduce passive intermodulation (PIM). The sleeve can have a longitudinal slot that extends the length of the sleeve. The sleeve can include multiple slots that separate the sleeve into multiple panels, which can be configured to suppress different signals. |
| US08803752B2 |
Omnidirectional antenna
The omnidirectional antenna of the present invention comprises a dielectric core 20 of ceramic material which has a longitudinal hole 21 formed in the center; a strip line 30 which is bent to fit the circumference of the dielectric core 20 by a press-forming method and is covered over the upper outer circumference of the dielectric core; a lower cap 40 which is inserted over the bottom end of the dielectric core and has a hole formed at the center of the bottom; a feeder 50 which is passed through and inserted from down to up into the holes formed in the bottom cap and the dielectric core and the top end of which is connected with the strip line 30 on the upper surface of the dielectric core; and a strip line fixing means 60 for combining the lower cap and strip line to the dielectric core. |
| US08803750B2 |
Low-height antenna having an antenna plane and a ground plane
An antenna includes a ground plane and an antenna plane arranged on the ground plane by at least one bar. A feed line is guided sideways between the ground plane and the antenna plane to a feed contact of the antenna plane. |
| US08803749B2 |
Elliptically or circularly polarized dielectric block antenna
An elliptically polarized (EP) dielectric block antenna comprises a linearly polarized (LP) dielectric block antenna and a wave polarizer integrated with the LP dielectric block antenna. The wave polarizer converts the LP wave of the LP dielectric block antenna into an EP wave or a circularly polarized (CP) wave. The wave polarizer is directly integrated with the LP dielectric block antenna by fabricating inclined slots on faces of the dielectric block at an oblique angle to the LP wave direction of polarization. This provides a very compact EP or CP antenna with a broadside or omnidirectional radiation pattern. The EP or CP antenna is excited by an inner conductor of a SubMiniature version A (SMA) connector that can be directly connected to a coaxial line thereby providing a simple feed network for the antenna. |
| US08803747B2 |
Antenna component and antenna device
Two harness engagement grooves are provided at each end in the longitudinal direction of a rod-shaped antenna component, on one side thereof, and midway in the longitudinal direction, on one side thereof, a uniting groove is provided, having a width, which is smaller than the outermost width of the two harness engagement grooves. |
| US08803746B2 |
Portable device with a first and second housing with an electrically insulated antenna
There is provided a portable device which includes a first housing, a housing member removable from the first housing, where the housing member includes an exposed portion, the exposed portion projecting from the first housing when the housing member is inserted in the first housing, a second housing coupled with the first housing so as to be allowed to be folded on the first housing, the second housing including a wall made of electrical insulating material, and an antenna disposed in the second housing and surrounded partially with the wall, a part of the antenna and the exposed portion facing each other via the wall when the first and second housings are folded on each other. |
| US08803745B2 |
Electronic device with component trim antenna
An optical component such as a camera, an acoustic component such as a speaker, or other electrical component may be mounted on the surface of an electronic device housing. A window structure may overlap the component. The window structure may be formed from an optically transparent material to allow light to pass or may be formed from an acoustically transparent material to allow acoustic signals to pass. A conductive structure such as a metal member may surround at least part of the periphery of the window structure. The conductive structure may serve as an antenna structure for an antenna. Radio-frequency transceiver circuitry may be coupled to an antenna feed for the antenna using a radio-frequency transmission line. The conductive structure may serve as a cosmetic trim for the electrical component. |
| US08803740B2 |
Composite antenna structure
A composite antenna structure includes a dielectric main body, a covering layer and a metallic transmission line structure. The dielectric constant of the dielectric main body is ranged from 1 to 200. The covering layer is disposed on the dielectric main body and has a pattern area defined thereon. The metallic transmission line structure is formed on the pattern area of the covering layer. |
| US08803736B2 |
Method and system for estimating position with bias compensation
A primary phase measurement device measures a first carrier phase and a second carrier phase of carrier signals received by the location-determining receiver. A secondary phase measurement device measures the third carrier phase and the fourth carrier phase of other carrier signals. A real time kinematic engine estimates a first integer ambiguity set associated with the measured first carrier phase and a second integer ambiguity set associated with the measured second carrier phase. The real time kinematic engine estimates a third ambiguity set associated with the measured third carrier phase and a fourth ambiguity set associated with the measured fourth carrier phase. A compensator is capable of compensating for the inter-channel bias in at least one of the third ambiguity set and the fourth ambiguity set by modeling a predictive filter in accordance with various inputs or states of the filter estimated by an estimator. |
| US08803734B2 |
Preference lists for assistance data requests in global navigation satellite systems
Methods and devices may request and provide assistance data from an assistance server to a receiver in a global navigation satellite system. A request for assistance data may include a preference list of navigation models suitable for the requesting receiver. Multiple preference lists for different navigation model types (e.g., orbit model, clock model, almanac model) may be included in a single list and/or data structure, or as multiple lists and/or data structures. An assistance server may receive and process the preference list, for example, by parsing and traversing the ordered list(s) for different navigation model types, in order to provide satellite navigation data to the receiver in accordance with suitable navigation models that are available at both the receiver and the assistance server. |
| US08803728B2 |
Millimeter wave radar-equipped headlamp
A millimeter wave radar-equipped headlamp includes a millimeter wave radar that detects an object ahead of a vehicle, and a lighting device unit that irradiates an area ahead of the vehicle. The lighting device unit incorporates an antenna module of the millimeter wave radar. The lighting device unit includes a projection lens, a light source, a reflector, and a shade. The antenna module includes a millimeter wave waveguide, and a millimeter wave reflection mirror. A reflection surface of the millimeter wave reflection mirror is formed by a spheroidal surface having a first focal point located in the vicinity of the opening of the millimeter wave waveguide, and a second focal point located forward of the rear focal point. |
| US08803724B2 |
System and method for high speed analog to digital data acquistion
An analog to digital conversion system is disclosed which converts an analog signal to a digital representation thereof at a first sampling rate by distributing the analog signal to at least two signal paths, at least one signal path including a limiting mixer to mix the signal with a respective selected square wave and a smoothing (low pass) filter to filter the mixed signal before providing the mixed and filtered signal to a subconverter, the subconverter having a sampling rate less than the first sampling rate, and a digital matrix filter to combine the digital output of each subconverter to form a digital representation of the analog signal as sampled at the first rate. |
| US08803721B1 |
System and method for improving speed and power in a switched-capacitor amplifier
A multiplying analog-to-digital converter (“MDAC”) that reduces the power consumption of the MDAC by at least 2.3 times by improving the feedback factor. The amplifier may include a feed forward approach in which the input capacitor (also referred to as “sampling capacitor”) is buffered by a common gate amplifier to improve bandwidth by removing input and parasitic capacitance terms from the global feedback loss. THe amplifier may also use an alternate form of local compensation, for example, cascode compensation. The amplifier may also further include an alternate way to reduce parasitic capacitance with a buffer. |
| US08803716B1 |
Memoryless sliding window histogram based BIST
A chip with a built-in self-test (BIST) component capable of testing the linearity of an ADC is described herein. The BIST component uses hardware registers to facilitate a sliding histogram technique to save space on the chip. A subset of detected digital codes are analyzed, and DNL and INL calculations are performed by a controller to determine whether any of the digital codes in the subset exceed maximum or minimum DNL and INL thresholds. New digital codes being detected by the ADC are added to the subset as lower-value digital codes are pushed out of the subset, maintaining the same number of digital codes being analyzed as the subset moves from lower codes detected during lower voltages to higher codes detected at higher voltages. A synchronizer and pointer ensure that the subset moves through the digital codes at the same rate as the analog input ramp source. |
| US08803708B2 |
Method and apparatus for continuously detecting the presence of vehicles, with an optical sensor and a magnetic sensor
A method and apparatus for continuous, non-intermittent, detection of vehicles based on a light detector for detecting a change in illumination when a vehicle arrives or departs, and on a use of the light detection to activate a magnetic sensor, a sensitivity of which is adjusted to detect only those magnetic disturbances sufficiently large to be able to be attributed to a vehicle which is over the sensor. Both the light detector and the magnetic sensor are connected directly to a digital controller without a need for active electronic components or their own or a shared power supply source. The light detector may be fixed or portable, wireless or connected by cables, and may operate independently or as part of a sensor network. |
| US08803706B2 |
Method and system for controlling the traffic flow through an RFID directional portal
A system having a first motion sensor configured to sense movement of an object on a first side of a portal, the object including an RFID tag, a first RFID reader being activated by the first motion sensor when the first motion sensor senses movement of the object, the first RFID reader reading the RFID tag, a second motion sensor configured to sense movement of the object on a second side of the portal and a second RFID reader being activated by the second motion sensor when the second motion sensor senses movement of the object, the second RFID reader reading the RFID tag, wherein, when one of the first and second motion sensors sense movement of the object, the other one of the first and second motion sensors is deactivated for a predetermined period of time. |
| US08803702B2 |
Instrument status displaying device and instrument status displaying method
An instrument status display displaying on a screen, in a tree format, respective indicators corresponding to instruments controlled in a hierarchical structure, having an installation time mark acquiring portion acquiring, as an applicable installation time mark, a time mark that is nearest to a reference time mark without being later than the reference time mark, where the time mark is a time mark for the connection of an instrument, from an installation/removal event history database; an alert event acquiring portion acquiring alert event information notified from an instrument over the interval from the applicable installation time mark, acquired by the installation time mark acquiring portion, up until the reference time mark; a display formatter determining a display format of an indicator based on alert event information; and a displaying portion displaying, on a screen, an indicator in a display format determined by the display formatter. |
| US08803700B1 |
Event notification system for alerting the closest appropriate person
A healthcare system includes an event notification system, a real-time location system and a proximity notification function. The event notification system operates to receive event messages from an event generation device, the real-time location system operates to receive tag identity and location information from a tag detector and the proximity notification system operates to receive the tag identity and location information and determine which of a plurality of tags are closest to the source of an event and to send an event alert message to an individual associated with this tag. |
| US08803697B2 |
Detecting movement for determining characteristics of user notification
A method, an apparatus and a computer program, where the method includes storing an association between a user notification and an event, detecting the event by an apparatus and detecting movement of an external object in a range outside the apparatus in response to the detected event. Furthermore, the method includes determining characteristics of the user notification based on the step of detecting movement. |
| US08803696B1 |
Carbon monoxide detector safety systems
A carbon monoxide detector safety system comprising: a carbon-monoxide sensing and transmitting device; at least one door-opener receiver; and an onboard receiver connected to a wiring assembly of a vehicle; wherein said carbon monoxide detector safety system is useful to help prevent poisoning caused by carbon-monoxide accumulating within an enclosed space such as a garage. The carbon monoxide detector safety system acting in the capacity of an active carbon monoxide alarm system. |
| US08803694B2 |
Assistance system for a motor vehicle
A driver-assistance system for a motor vehicle includes a recording device for recording an environment of the motor vehicle including a rear environment of the motor vehicle, a warning device for generating a warning signal, and an evaluation device. The evaluation device is configured to analyze a current driving behavior of the driver on the basis of the recorded environment of the motor vehicle, and to induce the warning device to generate a warning signal if the evaluation device detects a deviation of the driving behavior from a predetermined setpoint behavior. |
| US08803693B2 |
Method and system for alerting drivers
Methods and systems in accordance with the present invention provide an alerting alarm system designed to keep drowsy or otherwise inattentive drivers safe while driving. The system comprises an electronic device which comprises an ON/OFF switch, a reset button, a power source; for example a battery housing; a cover, a sound producing member, and a speaker. In some implementations, the device may be permanently affixed within the passenger compartment of a car. In other implementations, the device may be detachably affixed within the passenger compartment of a car. In still further implementations, the device may be free standing, and placed wherever the user desires without being affixed to anything. |
| US08803692B2 |
Docking system and apparatus to track and stimulate an animal
A system and apparatus to track and control an animal, including a tracking unit to track the animal, and a stimulus unit to provide a stimulus to the animal, wherein the tracking unit and stimulus unit are configured to be removably coupled together, and the tracking unit and/or stimulus unit communicate with a common control device. |
| US08803687B2 |
Retail system signal receiver unit for recognizing a preset audible alarm tone
A signal receiver unit for retail systems is provided. The signal receiver unit may include a receiver, a processor, and an output transmitter, and may be configured to receive and process an alarm signal and to transmit an output signal in response. The output signal may be configured to be received by an output receiving device such that store personnel may be alerted to a possible theft. |
| US08803685B2 |
Container defense system
A method for scanning and securing a container including a plurality of at least partially composite panels defining an interior volume is disclosed. The method includes: storing unique identification information in an identification element within container; sealing the container; monitoring the container for intrusion; without breaching the seal of the container, remotely identifying the container based on the unique identity information without breaching the seal of the container; without breaching the seal of the container; scanning the identified container to determine the presence or absence of a nuclear weapon in the interior volume; and if the scan determines no nuclear weapon is present remotely storing certificate information associated with the identity of the container in a remote monitor unit. |
| US08803677B1 |
Automobile carbon monoxide detector
An automobile carbon monoxide detector that is removably interconenctable with an automobile cigarette lighter socket, said detector operable thereat to detect and signal the presence of carbon monoxide within an automobile interior by means of a carbon monoxide sensor disposed in operational communication with a microprocesor, said microprocessor causing the illumination of a caution light when the sensor detects the presence of carbon monoxide, said microprocessor then signaling a buzzer to alert occupants of the vehicle that levels of carbon monoxide are approaching dangerous concentrations and that corrective action is emergently requried. |
| US08803675B2 |
Display apparatus for vehicle
A display apparatus for vehicle includes: a first display unit which is provided in a region within a horizontal width of a steering wheel when viewed from a driver, and which displays at least single piece of notification information regarding a state of the vehicle; a second display unit which is integrally formed with the first display unit, and which displays information in a region outside the horizontal width of the steering wheel when viewed from the driver; and a control unit which controls image-display on the first display unit and the second display unit. The second display unit includes an information-image display region which displays an information-image corresponding to the at least single piece of notification information, and a guide display region which displays a guide-image for guiding a driver's eye to a side of the information-image display region. |
| US08803673B2 |
System and method for evaluating surface finish of tire retread
A measurement system scans the given surface of a tire component (e.g., a brush-finished tread or buffed tire casing) to electronically measure data points corresponding to vertical and horizontal coordinates along the given surface. Associated computer processors electronically calculate the slope at a plurality of different locations by determining the degree of steepness (e.g., rise over run, angle or grade) between selected ones of the first and second coordinates and electronically comparing at least one slope-based parameter to one or more predetermined levels to determine a characterization defining one or more of surface adhesion fitness, finishing brush wear level and brush bristle placement location. Slope may be determined between every adjacent pair of data points or between selected data points (e.g., identified local maximum and minimum). The at least one-slope based parameter compared to the predetermined levels may correspond to the slopes themselves or to a calculated average slope value. |
| US08803672B2 |
Vehicle message addressing
A vehicle messaging method (600) and system (100) can include any number of data sources (101-103), an interface (104) that formats messages and addresses from the data sources, and a corresponding number of messaging servers (111-113) that receive targeted messages intended for a predetermined subset of subscribers associated with a vehicle identification number (VIN). Each messaging server can include a corresponding controller (121-123) programmed to assign (604) targeted messages to a predetermined channel and encode (606) the addresses of the targeted messages to the predetermined subset of subscribers using a VIN or portion thereof. The controller can be further programmed to transfer (608) the targeted messages and addresses to a satellite uplink (107) and satellite (110) via a messaging uplink interface (106) for retransmission and reception by a plurality of selective call receivers 109 addressable individually using a predetermined VIN or portion thereof. |
| US08803670B2 |
Operating control having specific feedback
An operating control, in particular in a motor vehicle, wherein the operating control has at least one actuating element for actuating the operating control. The operating control comprises at least one sensor element operatively connected to the actuating element for registering an actuation, and at least one oscillator coil fixedly connected to the actuating element for emitting a mechanical feedback signal, in particular bending waves, through the actuating element. The feedback signal is haptically and/or acoustically perceivable, preferably simultaneously haptically and acoustically perceivable. The operating control includes a controller element for activating the oscillator coil in case of actuation of the operating control. |
| US08803669B2 |
User station for healthcare communication system
A user station configurable for use in a healthcare communication system, such as a nurse call system, is provided. |
| US08803668B2 |
Indicator apparatus for healthcare communication system
An indicator apparatus is configurable for use in a healthcare communication system, such as a nurse call system. The indicator apparatus includes a visual indicator. The visual indicator is operable to selectively display one or more colors in response to calls received by the healthcare communication system. |
| US08803665B2 |
Convertible wireless remote control
Embodiments include a convertible wireless remote control suitable for controlling a computer of a media management system offering an integrated multimedia experience. Embodiments control the media management system wirelessly with a small amount of buttons but are convertible to offer expanded and/or changed functionality to the user, as desired. |
| US08803662B2 |
Remote monitoring and control of LED based street lights
The present invention is directed to a method for remotely collecting metering information via a light emitting diode (LED) based street light. In one embodiment, the method includes collecting information from a utility meter coupled to a home, establishing a two-way communication path via a communication module to a central office, wherein the communication module is coupled to the LED based street light and sending the information from the utility meter to the central office via the two-way communication path. |
| US08803660B2 |
Handheld device for on-site datacenter management
In various exemplary embodiments, a system and associated method to provide management of a plurality of electronic elements in a datacenter is disclosed. The system includes a datacenter management system coupled to a wireless network to receive information regarding a spatial location of a handheld device within the datacenter. The datacenter management system provides information to the handheld device related to each of the plurality of electronic elements. The datacenter management system includes a management processor to process information related to each of the plurality of electronic elements and a database to store information related to each of the plurality of electronic elements. |
| US08803659B2 |
Methods and apparatus to support personal information management
Methods and apparatus to support personal information management are described. One example method includes receiving personal information of a user from a mobile device through close-proximity communication, accessing verification information related to the personal information, obtaining biometric information; and verifying the personal information based on the biometric information and based on a comparison of the verification information and the personal information. |
| US08803658B2 |
Method, portable data carrier, and system for releasing a transaction using an acceleration sensor to sense mechanical oscillations
A method, portable data carrier (1) and system for releasing a transaction using acceleration sensors (4, 5, 6) and a structure (8) on the data carrier (1). |
| US08803655B2 |
System and methods for enhanced remote control functionality
A hand-held device having a touch sensitive surface uses a relative distance from an origin location to each of a plurality of touch zones of the touch sensitive surface activated by a user to select a one of the plurality of touch zones as being intended for activation by the user. |
| US08803654B2 |
Safety apparatus and fault detection method
A safety apparatus includes: a latch circuit which retains an inconsistent state record when input signals from a plurality of sensors are in an inconsistent state, and frees the inconsistent state record when the input signals from the plurality of sensors are all in an OFF state; and an AND circuit which performs a sensor fault determination at timing when the input signals from the plurality of sensors are all in an ON state, the sensor fault determination including determining that at least one of the plurality of sensors is failed if the latch circuit retains the inconsistent state record and determining that none of the plurality of the sensors is failed if the latch circuit retains no inconsistent state record. |
| US08803650B2 |
Transformer incorporated in electronic circuits
A vibration-suppressed transformer is fixed to a base plate and includes a magnetic lower core, two or more magnetic upper cores, primary and secondary coils. The lower core is on the base plate. The upper cores are arranged face to face over the lower core. The coils are arranged between the lower and upper cores. Each upper core contacts the lower core, on an outer side of the coils, with a first gap being provided between the upper and lower cores, on an inner side of the coils. The upper cores are extended towards each other from the outer to the inner side of the coils, with a second gap being provided therebetween. The second gap is provided therein with a non-magnetic pressing member to press the lower core against the base plate, on an inner side of the coils. |
| US08803646B2 |
System and method for magnetic levitation with tilted orientation
A system and method for magnetic levitation with a tilted orientation. In one embodiment, a magnetic levitation base together with a magnetic levitation affecting element that is located to the side of the levitation base support the magnetic levitation of a spinning magnetic top in a tilted orientation. The tilt angle of the levitating magnetic top may be greater than the tilt angle of the levitation base. In one embodiment, the levitation affecting element may comprise one or more magnets similar to that of the levitation base. The mass of the top and the tilt of the levitation base that are required for magnetic levitation may be adjusted by adjusting the levitation affecting element (e.g. altering its position and/or the strength of its magnetic field.) The general direction of the tilt may be reversed by changing the magnetic north-south direction (e.g. turning over or reversing the electromagnetic current) of the levitation affecting element. |
| US08803641B2 |
Multiple droplet liquid MEMS component
A liquid micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) component includes a board, a channel, multiple liquid droplets, and one or more conductive elements. The channel is within the board and contains the multiple liquid droplets. A first liquid droplet has first properties and a second liquid droplet has second properties. When a force is applied upon the first and second liquid droplets, the first liquid droplet changes in accordance with the first properties with respect to the one or more conductive elements and the second liquid droplet changes in accordance with the second properties with respect to the one or more conductive elements thereby changing one or more characteristics of the liquid MEMS component. |
| US08803635B1 |
Filter isolation using a circulator
A system of providing filter isolation may include a first filter configured to pass a first frequency range and a second filter configured to pass a second frequency range. The system may also include a circulator communicatively coupled to the first filter at a first port of the circulator and communicatively coupled to the second filter at a second port of the circulator. The circulator may be configured to receive a first signal at a third port of the circulator and direct the first signal from the third port to the first port and away from the second port. The circulator may also be configured to receive a second signal filtered by the second filter at the second port of the circulator and direct the second signal from the second port to the third port and away from the first port. |
| US08803629B2 |
Electromagnetic coupler and information communication device including same
There is provided an electromagnetic coupler, which includes: a first conductor pattern and at least one second conductor pattern separated from the first conductor pattern, the first conductor pattern and the at least one second conductor pattern being formed in a first conductor layer; a feed pattern connected to a feeding system and a ground pattern separated from the feed pattern, the feed pattern and the ground pattern being composed of a conductor and formed in a second conductor layer; and a plurality of linear conductors electrically connecting the first conductor pattern with the feed pattern and connecting the second conductor pattern with the ground pattern, the plurality of linear conductors being formed between the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer. Furthermore, the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer are parallel to each other. |
| US08803627B1 |
Wideband direct DCO modulator with in-band compensation
A Direct VCO (DCO) modulation apparatus and method that provides a wideband modulated signal output. The wideband response is obtained via signal processing to counteract a high-pass frequency characteristic as seen from the VCO modulation input. That is, low frequency components of data signals are compensated before being applied to a VCO input. The high-pass characteristic in combination with the compensated signal provides a relatively flat, wideband frequency response of the DCO modulator. |
| US08803625B2 |
Surface acoustic wave resonator, surface acoustic wave oscillator, and surface acoustic wave module unit
It is possible to reduce the size of a surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonator by enhancing a Q value. In a SAW resonator in which an IDT having electrode fingers for exciting SAW is disposed on a crystal substrate, the IDT includes a first region disposed at the center of the IDT and a second region and a third region disposed on both sides of the first region. A frequency is fixed in the first region and a portion in which a frequency gradually decreases as it approaches an edge of the IDT is disposed in the second region and the third region. When the frequency of the first region is Fa, the frequency at an edge of the second region is FbM, and the frequency at an edge of the third region is FcN, the variations in frequency are in the ranges of 0.9815 |
| US08803624B2 |
MEMS resonator
A MEMS resonator has a resonator mass in the form of a closed ring anchored at points around the ring. A set of ring comb electrode arrangements is fixed to the ring at locations between the anchor points, to couple the input (drive) and output (sense) signals to/from the resonator mass. |