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US08817231B2	Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method involving a liquid confinement structure In an immersion lithography apparatus in which immersion liquid is supplied to a localized space, the space is substantially polygonal in plan substantially parallel to the substrate. In an embodiment, two corners of the space have a radius of curvature no greater than the width of a transition zone between the space configured to contain liquid and a surrounding configured not to contain liquid.
US08817229B2	Method of cooling an optical element, lithographic apparatus and method for manufacturing a device A method of thermally conditioning an optical element operating in a vacuum environment. The optical element includes a first body having at least one optical surface and at least one heat transfer surface. The first body is dynamically controlled in position and/or orientation. The method includes controlling a temperature of a second body to a desired temperature, the second body including a second heat transfer surface; positioning the second body adjacent the first body and dynamically controlling the second body in position and/or orientation so as to maintain the first and second heat transfer surfaces in a substantially constant arrangement without contact between the bodies; and delivering a gas as a heat transfer medium into a heat transfer space defined by the first and second heat transfer surfaces, while controlling the pressure of the gas in the heat transfer space to between about 30 Pa and about 300 Pa.
US08817226B2	Systems and methods for insitu lens cleaning using ozone in immersion lithography An immersion lithography apparatus is provided that includes an energy source, a projection optical system, a stage, a showerhead including an immersion liquid supply device and an immersion liquid discharge device that produces a flow of liquid within an exposure zone, and a cleaning device that cleans a portion of the projection optical system having been contacted with the immersion liquid by means of a cleaning gas. In an embodiment, the cleaning device includes an ozone generation unit produces a flow of ozone into the exposure zone. In embodiments, the apparatus includes a stage that includes a dose sensor and/or an ultra-violet light source. A method for insitu cleaning of a final lens element within an immersion lithography system having an immersion fluid showerhead that provides immersion fluid to an exposure zone of the immersion lithography system is also provided.
US08817225B2	Coating and developing apparatus and method, and storage medium In one embodiment, a coating and developing apparatus is provided with transfer units, provided between a stack of early-stage processing unit blocks and a stack of later-stage processing unit blocks to transfer a substrate between the transport mechanisms of laterally-adjacent unit blocks, and a vertically-movable auxiliary transfer mechanism for transporting a substrate between the transfer units. A stack of first developing unit blocks is stacked on the stack of early-stage processing unit blocks, and a stack of second developing unit blocks is stacked on the stack of later-stage processing unit blocks.
US08817223B2	Flexible display device and fabrication method thereof Disclosed is a flexible display device capable of forming a display device on a glass substrate and simultaneously ensuring flexibility, and a fabrication method thereof, the method including preparing a glass substrate having a display region and a non-display region defined on a front surface thereof, forming a display device on the display region defined on the front surface of the glass substrate, preparing a metal foil substrate, bonding the metal foil substrate to the glass substrate such that a front surface of the metal foil substrate faces the front surface of the glass substrate so as to seal the display device, attaching a first passivation film on a region of a rear surface of the glass substrate, the region corresponding to a part or all of the non-display region defined on the front surface of the glass substrate, and attaching a second passivation film on an entire rear surface of the metal foil substrate, performing a first etching with respect to the display region of the rear surface of the glass substrate by using the first passivation film as a mask, removing the first passivation film, and performing a second etching with respect to the display region and the non-display region of the rear surface of the glass substrate, removing the second passivation film, and mounting a display device driving unit on the non-display region defined on the front surface of the glass substrate.
US08817222B2	Optical element An optical element and a stereoscopic image display device are provided. The optical element is a light-dividing element, for example an element that can divide incident light into at least two kinds of light having different polarized states. Therefore, the optical element can be used to realize a stereoscopic image.
US08817220B2	Liquid crystal device and projection-type display device In an element substrate of a liquid crystal device, a peripheral electrode to which a potential different from a common potential applied to a dummy pixel electrode and the like is applied is formed in a region interposed between an image display region and a sealing material. An electrical supply line that supplies the potential from the side to the peripheral electrode runs through the outside from a scanning line driving circuit portion.
US08817219B2	Liquid crystal device and projection-type display device In an element substrate of a liquid crystal device, a peripheral electrode to which a potential Vtrap different from a common potential Vcom applied to a dummy pixel electrode and the like is applied is formed in a peripheral region which is interposed by an image display region and a sealing material. The peripheral electrode extends along the sealing material through the outside of the outside end of a data line driving circuit portion, and the outside end of a scanning line driving circuit portion, and does not intersect a data line and a scanning line.
US08817218B2	Fan-out wiring arrangement of TFT-LCD slim bezel arrangement The present invention relates to a fan-out wiring arrangement of TFT-LCD slim bezel arrangement. The fan-out wiring arrangement includes a first metal layer that is subjected to etching to form parallel first fan-out wires and a second metal layer that is subjected to etching to form parallel second fan-out wires. The first and second metal layers are respectively arranged at upper and lower sides to be parallel to and substantially correspond to each other. The first fan-out wires have line width and fan-out pitch that are identical to those of the second fan-out wires. The first fan-out wires have projections on the second metal layer that are parallel to the second fan-out wires and alternate with the second fan-out wires in an equally spaced manner. The fan-out wiring arrangement realizes wire pitch ≦8 μm, reduces fan-out height, while increasing metal CD, reducing resistance loading, and achieving slim bezel arrangement.
US08817215B2	Pixel structure comprising a first pixel electrode having a main trunk portion, a branch portion, and a first stripe pattern that overlaps with a scan line A pixel structure including a substrate, a scan line, a first data line and a first pixel unit is provided. The scan line and the first data line are disposed on the substrate. The first pixel unit includes a first active device and a first pixel electrode. The first active device is electrically connected to the scan line and the first data line. The first pixel electrode electrically connected to the first active device has a first stripe pattern and a plurality of first branches. One side of the first stripe pattern is connected to the first branches extended toward the scan line, and the other side of the first stripe pattern is overlapped with the scan line. The overlapped width of the first stripe pattern with the scan line is substantially equal to 40% to 90% of the width of the first stripe pattern.
US08817213B2	Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display includes a first insulating substrate. A pixel electrode is formed on a top surface of the first insulating substrate. The pixel electrode has a first opening pattern at each pixel area. The pixel electrode is substantially rectangular in shape with first and second long sides, and first and second short sides. The pixel electrode is divided into an upper region defined by the first and second long sides and first short side, and a lower region defined by the first and second long sides, and second short side. A common electrode is formed on a bottom surface of a second insulating substrate, and has a second opening pattern at each pixel area. The first and second opening patterns each have a plurality of openings, the openings of the first opening pattern and the second opening pattern being alternately arranged parallel to each other.
US08817212B2	Liquid crystal display panel A liquid crystal display panel including pixels, wherein at least one of the pixels includes a first sub-pixel charged with a first voltage and a second sub-pixel charged with a second voltage lower than the first voltage, a first substrate including a first sub-pixel electrode of the first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel electrode of the second sub-pixel, a first alignment layer aligned in first and second directions in each of the first and second sub-pixels, a second alignment layer aligned in third and fourth directions in each of the first and second sub-pixels to form a plurality of domains in each of the first and second sub-pixels, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second alignment layers, wherein the first sub-pixel electrode includes a plurality of slits formed substantially parallel to a liquid crystal alignment direction in each of the domains of the first sub-pixel electrode.
US08817210B2	Flat panel display There is provided a flat panel display (FPD). The FPD includes a display panel, a substrate on the display panel, and an anti-reflection polarizer. The anti-reflection polarizer is on the substrate to absorb light reflected from a surface of the substrate or a surface of the display panel. The anti-reflection polarizer includes a top polarizing film for linearly polarizing the light, a top phase difference film for circularly polarizing light that passes through the top polarizing film, a first supporting film between the top polarizing film and the phase difference film to support the top phase difference film, and a second supporting film that faces the first supporting film with the top phase difference film interposed therebetween to support the top phase difference film.
US08817209B2	Patterned retarder film and method for manufacturing the same Disclosed is a patterned retarder film which comprises a substrate, a patterned configuration layer and a liquid crystal layer. The patterned configuration layer includes a plurality of first regions and a plurality of second regions A liquid crystal layer is disposed on the patterned configuration layer, wherein liquid crystal molecules above the first regions is arranged irregularly because of the protrusions, the liquid crystal molecules above the second regions are aligned with the aligning micro-structures. The liquid crystal layer in above the first regions provides a first phase retardation, the liquid crystal layer above the second regions provides a second phase retardation, and the difference between the first phase retardation and the second phase retardation is 180°. The method for manufacturing the same is disclosed.
US08817204B2	Liquid crystal display and liquid crystal display device including the same Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: a base; a liquid crystal display including a plastic frame having a first supporting surface and a second supporting surface; a backlight unit disposed on the first supporting surface; a liquid crystal panel disposed on the second supporting surface; and a plurality of holding components disposed at outer sides of the plastic frame, respectively, for keeping the backlight unit, the plastic frame and the liquid crystal panel in their relative positions to each other; a support frame disposed between the base and the liquid crystal display; and a PCB electrically connected to the liquid crystal display through a wire, and being disposed at a vertical plane of the support frame.
US08817195B2	Apparatus, systems and methods utilizing adjacent-channel power dependent automatic gain control for digital television demodulation An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for digital television demodulation, comprising using adjacent-channel power dependent automatic gain control (AGC) for the digital television demodulation, wherein an AGC technique takes into account a total power as well as power of adjacent channels to control gain of a gain control amplifier.
US08817192B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing system There is provided an image processing apparatus including: a plurality of signal processing circuits that compose video signals; and a communication path that connects the plurality of signal processing circuits, wherein any one of the plurality of signal processing circuits composes a video signal obtained by composition by the signal processing circuit, and a video signal obtained by composition by another signal processing circuit supplied from the another signal processing circuit via the communication path.
US08817185B2	Electronic device, control method, and control program product According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a reproduction controller and a transmitter. The reproduction controller is configured to reproduce a first type of information of a first content. The first content includes a plurality of types of information. The transmitter is configured to transmit an instruction to reproduce a second type of information of the first content to other electronic device.
US08817181B2	Digital broadcast receiver and method for processing caption thereof A digital cable broadcast receiver and a method for automatically processing caption data of various standards and types, is disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes: a demultiplexer for dividing a received broadcast stream into video data, audio data, supplementary information; a controller for determining whether caption data included in the video data is digital caption data or analog caption data on the basis of caption information included in the supplementary information, and outputting a control signal according to a result of the determining; a digital caption decoder for extracting and decoding digital caption data from the video data according to the control signal; and an analog caption decoder for extracting and decoding analog caption data from the video data according to the control signal.
US08817168B2	Ranging apparatus, ranging method and imaging system A ranging apparatus has an imaging unit including a pixel group for acquiring first and second images formed by luminous fluxes having passed through first and second pupil areas of an imaging optical system, and a calculation unit configured to create third and fourth images by performing convolution integrals on the first and second images with corrected first and second image modification functions, and to calculate a distance up to the subject by comparison of the third and fourth images, wherein the corrected first and second image modification functions are formed by causing centroid positions calculated based on data of sampling points of the first and second image modification functions corresponding to pixel arrangement of the pixel group to each coincide with a sampling point closest to the centroid position; and the convolution integral is performed by taking the sampling point closest to the centroid position as a reference point.
US08817165B2	Image capturing apparatus An image capturing apparatus comprises an image sensor on which a plurality of pixels are two-dimensionally arranged, and which has a plurality of image forming pixels and a plurality of types of focus detecting pixels that are discretely arranged among the plurality of image forming pixels and respectively have different distributions of received light, and selection means for, when the plurality of pixels are read out from the image sensor while thinning out the plurality of pixels, selecting one thinning-out read-out mode from a plurality of thinning-out read-out modes having different thinning-out phases of the plurality of pixels, wherein the plurality of types of focus detecting pixels are arranged so that in each thinning-out read-out mode, only signals of the focus detecting pixels of one type of focus detecting pixels are read out, and signals of the focus detecting pixels of other types are not read out.
US08817161B2	Imaging apparatus for performing automatic zoom control in consideration of face inclination of a subject image A controller controls a photographing angle of view based on the face size detected by the face size calculation unit and the face inclination detected by the face inclination detection unit, wherein the controller controls the photographing angle of view so that a size with respect to the photographing angle of view of the subject image recognized by the face recognition unit becomes a predetermined size.
US08817159B2	Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus includes an imaging device, a lens provided in a front part and configured to form an image of a subject on the imaging device, a dot matrix display unit which includes a plurality of LED chips, each providing a plurality of dots, and is arranged in the front part, with a light emission state visible by the subject, and a display controller which controls display of the dot matrix display unit. The dot matrix display unit displays a pattern based on the control of the display controller.
US08817158B2	Image pickup apparatus and control method for image pickup apparatus with touch operation member control An image pickup apparatus controls in such a manner that if a touch applied to a touch operation member is detected by a detection unit arranged to detect a touch operation applied to the touch operation member, a photographic preparation unit makes an adjustment of a photographic setting, and after the touch, if the detection unit detects a predetermined touch operation and thereafter detects that the touch operation member loses the touch applied thereto, a photographic processing unit does not execute a photographic processing, while after the touch, if the detection unit detects that the touch operation member loses the touch applied thereto without detecting the predetermined touch operation, the photographic processing unit executes the photographic processing.
US08817156B2	Photoelectric conversion apparatus, focus detection apparatus, and image pickup system A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a plurality of unit pixels each including a first photoelectric conversion unit, a second photoelectric conversion unit, and a pixel output unit shared by the first photoelectric conversion unit and the second photoelectric conversion unit. The unit pixels are arranged in a first direction, and the first and second photoelectric conversion units are arranged in a second direction different from the first direction.
US08817153B2	Column parallel readout image sensors with shared column analog-to-digital converter circuitry Electronic devices may include image sensors having image sensor pixels arranged in rows and columns. Pixels arranged along a column may be coupled to a common column line. Two or more column lines may by coupled to a shared analog-to-digital converter circuit. The shared analog to digital converter circuit may sample and hold reset-level or image-level voltages presented on the column line. The shared analog to digital converter circuits may pre-amplify and convert the voltages to digital signals. The shared analog-to-digital converter may simultaneously sample pixel voltages for all columns in a selected row of the pixel array. The image sensor may read the converted signals out of memory for an active row in the pixel array while simultaneously sampling and holding the voltages for the next row of the pixel array.
US08817151B2	Solid-state imaging device and method for solid-state imaging device for transferring charge from a photoelectric conversion portion to a floating diffusion An amplification-type solid-state imaging device supplies a voltage of VRESL1 to a gate of a reset transistor when a signal of a vertical output line is read out and supplies a voltage of VRESL2, which is greater than VRESL1, when the signal charge accumulated in a photodiode is transferred to an FD so that, via a capacitor provided between the gate of the reset transistor and the FD, good linearity is obtained by decreasing the voltage of the FD when the signal is read out and the maximum amount of charge which can be transferred is increased by increasing the voltage of the FD when the charge is transferred.
US08817149B2	Solid-state imaging device and imaging apparatus A solid-state imaging device includes a photoelectric conversion layer, a MOS transistor circuit. The photoelectric conversion layer is formed over a semiconductor substrate. The MOS transistor circuit reads out a signal corresponding to charges generated in the photoelectric conversion layer and then collected, and that is formed in the semiconductor substrate, the charges having a given polarity. The MOS transistor circuit includes a charge accumulation portion, a reset transistor, and an output transistor. The charge accumulation portion is electrically connected with the photoelectric conversion layer. The reset transistor resets a potential of the charge accumulation portion to a reset potential. The output transistor outputs a signal corresponding to the potential of the charge accumulation portion. The reset transistor and the output transistor have carriers whose polarity is opposite to the given polarity. In the MOS transistor circuit, following formula (1) is satisfied: GND
US08817147B2	Photoelectric conversion device, imaging apparatus, and solar cell A photoelectric conversion device includes: a photoelectric conversion layer which includes a thioindigo derivative.
US08817145B2	Hybrid CCD—CMOS camera adapted for forming images of moving scenes A camera adapted for taking pictures of a moving scene is disclosed. The camera includes an imaging array, a plurality of charge-coupled device (CCD) shift registers, and a controller. The imaging array includes a plurality of CMOS pixel sensors organized as a plurality of columns and rows. The image moves in the column direction. One CCD shift register corresponds to each of the columns. Each CMOS pixel sensor includes a first transfer gate that transfers charge accumulated in the pixel sensor to a corresponding cell in the CCD shift register. The controller controls the CCD shift registers such that charge stored in a first cell in a CCD shift register is moved to a second cell in the CCD shift register where the charge is combined with charge accumulated by the pixel sensor that is connected to the second cell, the combined charge being generated from the same image pixel.
US08817144B2	Photoelectric conversion apparatus A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate having a photoelectric conversion portion. An insulator is provided on the semiconductor substrate. The insulator has a hole corresponding to the photoelectric conversion portion. A waveguide member is provided in the hole. An in-layer lens is provided on a side of the waveguide member farther from the semiconductor substrate. A first intermediate member is provided between the waveguide member and the in-layer lens. The first intermediate member has a lower refractive index than the in-layer lens.
US08817134B2	Imaging control device, subject detection method, and program An imaging control device for an imaging apparatus or an imaging system having an imaging section which performs imaging of a subject and an imaging field changing section of the imaging section, includes: a determination section which determines whether or not a subject detecting section detects a predetermined target subject by analyzing a captured image signal acquired by the imaging section, in a subject detection processing; and an imaging field change control section which controls the imaging field changing section to change an angle of view in the imaging section, wherein when the determination section determines that the subject detecting section does not detect a target subject in the subject detection processing, the imaging field change control section controls the imaging field changing section to change the angle of view in the imaging section and then the image control device controls the subject detecting section to perform the subject detection processing.
US08817133B2	Imaging apparatus, imaging method and program thereof In a digital camera 1, when a lagged-timing is recorded (Yes at Step S9), from the frame image picked up when the shutter is fully depressed, a frame image picked up at a timing equivalent to the lagged-timing is displayed (Step S10). When the cross-shaped key is operated before the SET key is operated, the displayed frame image is changed based on the operation (Step S12 and Step S13). Next, when the SET key is operated, the displayed frame image is recorded. In addition, a lag between the timing at which the recorded frame image is picked up and the timing at which the frame image picked up when the shutter is fully depressed is picked up is recorded (Step S15).
US08817132B1	Hardware partial frame elimination in a sensor interface A method for synchronizing a first circuit to an electro-optical sensor is disclosed. The method generally includes steps (A) to (D). Step (A) may generate with the first circuit a configuration signal that conveys a request to capture at least one frame of a plurality of periodic frames. Step (B) may receive the periodic frames at a second circuit from the electro-optical sensor. Step (C) may discard a first frame of the periodic frames where the first frame precedes the request. Step (D) may store a plurality of active pixels in a second frame of the periodic frames in a memory where the second frame follows the request. The second circuit is generally a hardware implementation.
US08817130B2	Auto white balance adjustment system, auto white balance adjustment method, and camera module According to one embodiment, a white balance fine adjustment starting instruction unit determines whether to start fine adjustment in white balance using a first threshold value. The white balance fine adjustment starting instruction unit determines whether to keep on performing the fine adjustment using a second threshold value. The second threshold value is set for the fine adjustment based on a second color judgment gate. The second color judgment gate defines the range of a target color temperature in white balance adjustment for each light source.
US08817129B1	Camera using combined color processing in lookup An apparatus having a circuit is disclosed. The circuit may be configured to (i) process a digital image received from a camera sensor and (ii) convert the digital image after the processing. The converting generally uses a lookup table-based conversion that performs both (a) a color correction and (b) a tone correction.
US08817125B2	Gesture recognition using chroma-keying A method and system for analyzing an object is provided in the present invention. The system comprises: a background arranged behind an object, wherein the color of the background is allowed to be selected from a set of colors; a first unit for setting a given color for the background so that the given color is different from the color of the object; a second unit for taking a picture including the object and the background; and a third unit for detecting at least one feature relating to the object according to the picture taken by said second unit. In the system, the color of the background is allowed to be set so as to be different from the color of the object. In this way, it is easy to distinguish the object part from the background part in the taken picture. This results in stable recognition for different objects, especially objects of different colors.
US08817124B2	Image processing apparatus capable of generating an image signal having a higher resolution by compositing a plurality of image signals The present invention provides an image capturing apparatus comprising an image capturing element configured to convert an optical image into an image signal, a signal processing unit configured to apply signal processing to the image signal and to output the processed image signal, a super-resolution processing unit configured to apply, when a still image of the object is to be captured during capturing of a moving image of the object, super-resolution processing for enhancing a resolution by compositing a plurality of image signals output from the signal processing unit, and outputting an image signal required to generate the still image of the object, and an APC correction unit configured to apply APC correction processing for emphasizing an edge of each of the image signal output from the signal processing unit and the image signal output from the super-resolution processing unit, and to output the processed image signal.
US08817123B2	Method for authenticating a charge-coupled device (CCD) In a method for authenticating a charge-coupled device (CCD), e.g., in a digital camera including the charge-coupled device, a physical unclonable function is utilized for the authentication. In the method, a response to be measured of pixels in the charge-coupled device to a defined incident light is used as the physical unclonable function.
US08817120B2	Systems and methods for collecting fixed pattern noise statistics of image data The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for image data processing. In certain embodiments, an image processing pipeline may collect statistics associated with fixed pattern noise of image data by receiving a first frame of the image data comprising a plurality of pixels. The image processing pipeline may then determine a sum of a first plurality of pixel values that correspond to at least a first portion of the plurality of pixels such that each pixel in at least the first portion of the plurality of pixels is disposed along a first axis within the frame of the image data. After determining the sum of the first plurality of pixel values, the image processing pipeline may store the sum of the first plurality of pixel values in a memory such that the sum of the first plurality of pixel values represent the statistics.
US08817116B2	Camera module A camera module according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a first Printed Circuit Board (PCB) configured to have an image sensor mounted thereon; a housing unit disposed over the first PCB; a holder module spaced apart from a bottom surface within the housing unit at a specific interval and configured to have a first coil wound on its outer circumferential face and to include at least lens therein; a second PCB combined with the bottom surface of the holder module; a third PCB disposed over the holder module; and a plurality of wire springs each configured to have one end connected to the second PCB and the other end connected to the third PCB.
US08817114B2	Image capture apparatus In the presence of a switching instruction of operation modes in an image capture apparatus, it is examined whether image data is being transferred or not. When the image data is not being transferred, the operation modes are immediately switched. When the image data is being transferred, the operation modes are switched after the completion of transfer.
US08817110B1	Instrument card for video applications Video processing arrangement including a host computer, a video asset coupled to the computer for generating video signals, and an interface for connecting the video asset to the computer to enable the display of the video signals on a monitor. The video asset includes primary elements such as a primary composite video module that produces different types of a primary video signal and outputs the primary video signal, and a secondary video source module that produces a secondary composite video signal and outputs the secondary composite video signal. The primary composite video module includes a memory component including a user-programmable sequence of bits representative of a video signal and user-programmable signal generators synchronized to the primary video signal output of the primary composite video module. The memory component includes four user specified pulse memories which each hold a series of arbitrary bit line patterns.
US08817107B2	Imaging device, imaging device control method and program An imaging device that includes a control unit is provided. The control unit switches between a day mode and a night mode. In the day mode, image capture is performed while an infrared cut filter is placed on an optical path, and in the night mode, image capture is performed while the infrared cut filter is removed from the optical path. Immediately after shifting from the day mode to the night mode, in the night mode, as the amount of incident light decreases, the control unit increases an irradiation intensity of an infrared irradiation portion from zero while a gain is maintained at a first gain value. When the amount of the incident light further decreases after the irradiation intensity reaches a maximum, the control portion increases the gain from the first gain value.
US08817104B2	Data processing device and data processing method In the present invention, there is provided a data processing device, including: a first memory configured to store identification information for identification of video data in association with a feature included in the video data; a second memory configured to store the feature included in the video data in association with the identification information for identification of the video data; a first reader configured to read out the identification information stored in the first memory based on a feature included in input video data; a second reader configured to read out the feature stored in the second memory based on the identification information read out by the first reader; and a checker configured to compare the feature included in the input video data with the feature read out by the second reader to determine whether or not the input video data matches video data whose feature is stored in the second memory.
US08817101B2	Mobile device and method for monitoring of vehicles A mobile monitoring device including a first sensor for measuring the speed of vehicles passing through a first detection range with a first time stamp; a second sensor for measuring the geometry of vehicles passing through a second detection range with a second time stamp; a camera for recording images of vehicles passing through a third detection range with a third time stamp; and an evaluation device, which calculates from the speed measurement value, first time stamp and first detection range, and from the geometry measurement value, second time stamp and second detection range, the place and time in or at which a passage of the vehicle is to be expected in the third detection range, to determine the matching image on the basis of the third time stamp and third detection range therefrom. The invention additionally relates to such a monitoring method.
US08817100B2	Controlling use of parking spaces using cameras Tracking vehicles is disclosed. Initially, two or more first images from a first camera having a first field of view are received. Next, a first static characteristic and a first dynamic characteristic of a first vehicle are determined based on the two or more first images. Next, two or more second images from a second camera having a second field of view are received. A second static characteristic and a second dynamic characteristic of the first vehicle are determined based on the two or more second images. The first characteristics and the second characteristics are compared to determine that the second characteristics are approximately equal to the first characteristics of the first vehicle. Finally, it is indicated that the first vehicle is present in the second field of view of the second camera.
US08817098B2	Entry control point device, system and method The present invention provides an entry control device, system and method which can recognize a vehicle by its undercarriage image only. The present invention compares a new vehicle undercarriage image with those stored in a reference database to facilitate the automatic search of a vehicle's undercarriage. The present invention can compare the new undercarriage image to the same or similar undercarriage image previously entered in the reference database, highlighting any anomalies such as, for example, foreign objects, explosives, drugs, paraphernalia and other illegal and/or harmful substances and devices.
US08817095B2	Locally originated IPTV programming In an embodiment, a third party video content database is coupled to an IPTV network. The IPTV network includes a plurality of set top boxes (STBs). The third party video content database is mapped to the IPTV network via an IP address of the third party content database, and it is associated with an assigned channel on the IPTV network. One or more STBs of the IPTV network have access to the assigned channel.
US08817093B2	Photogrammetric networks for positional accuracy The present invention involves a surveying system and method which determines the position of an object point using two images. First, at least two reference points appearing on the two images are correlated. Then the position of the object point is determined based on the two images and the two reference points.
US08817092B2	Method and apparatus for generating and viewing combined images A method and system for displaying a composite video image to a human viewer has a sub-system associated with a video camera to monitor position, viewing direction or depth of focus of the camera when positioned at a setting to view a modification scene at a recording time. A video recording of an image of the modification scene is made and stored. At a viewing time subsequent to the recording time, a viewer at the setting perceives an image of a foundation scene and a vantage position monitor sub-system associated with the viewer is used to monitor vantage position data related to the viewer's present vantage position at the time of perceives the foundation scene. Modification image data is selected and accessed from memory, the accessed data depending on the monitored vantage position data. The image data corresponding to the foundation scene and the modification scene are combined as a composite image and displayed to the viewer at the subsequent time.
US08817088B2	Sample observation device for generating super resolution image A sample observation device includes: an excitation light generation unit; an intermediate image forming unit projecting excitation light to a sample and forming an intermediate image of the sample at an intermediate image position with observing light; a confocal modulation unit modulating spatial intensity distributions of the excitation light and the intermediate image at the position; a modulation drive unit moving a pattern of the modulation unit; an image relay unit relaying on a image forming surface the intermediate image; an image pickup unit converting the distribution of relayed intermediate image into digital image data; and an image processing unit processing on the digital image data. Cutoff frequency of the relay unit and Nyquist frequency of the pickup unit exceed cutoff frequency of the forming unit, and the processing unit performs a high frequency enhancing process for enhancing the high frequency component exceeding the cutoff frequency of the forming unit.
US08817080B2	Location based media display A method includes receiving media content of a particular program at a media device. The media content of the particular program is received via a plurality of video streams, where each of the plurality of video streams is associated with a different viewing perspective. The method includes determining locations of one or more viewers of a display device relative to a plurality of viewing zones of the display device. The method also includes selecting a video stream of the particular program to display to each viewer of the one or more viewers based on the location of each viewer. One video stream is selected for each viewer, and different video streams are selected for viewers in different viewing zones. The method further includes sending the selected video streams to the display device from the media device.
US08817072B2	Disparity data transport and signaling A method of decoding closed caption disparity data, involves a TV receiver receiving closed caption disparity data for a 3D display encoded as a sequence of frame interval/slope change pairs, with the frame interval representing a designated number of frames over which each linear function representing disparity is to be applied paired with a value indicating a change in slope from the slope of a preceding segment. A first segment in the sequence presumes a predetermined slope as a reference. A sequence of caption data packets specifies a closed caption display window containing closed caption text. The disparity value is used in each frame to determine a horizontal offset of left and right eye views of the CC display that establishes the closed caption display window's perceived z-axis position. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
US08817071B2	Context constrained novel view interpolation Aspects of the present invention include systems and methods for generating a novel view interpolation. In embodiments, feature correspondences and geometrical contexts are used to find additional correspondences based on the assumption of the local linear transformation. The accuracy and the number of correspondence matches may be improved by iterative refinement. Having obtained a set of correspondences, a novel view image can be generated.
US08817070B2	Method and apparatus for generating three-dimensional content based on user preferences An approach is provided for enabling viewers to control the depth of three-dimensional content rendered via a set-top box. A 3D content platform receives a user input for specifying a user identifier and a mode of operation of a set-top box. A depth setting parameter is determined based on user profile information related to the user identifier. Content is then presented for display via the set-top box at the dept setting corresponding to the parameter.
US08817069B2	Method and a device for filling occluded areas of a depth or disparity map estimated from at least two images A method of filling occluded areas of a depth or disparity map estimated from at least two images and consisting of a matrix of pixels forming a set of lines and columns, each pixel of the map being associated with a depth or disparity value (pixel value) and any pixel of an occluded area (invalid pixel) being associated with a pixel value identifiable as being invalid. This method comprises a step of processing each line of the map pixel by pixel in a predefined direction and assigning each invalid pixel Pi encountered on a current line a value determined as a function of the values associated with the pixels in a predefined vicinity around the first valid pixel P1, if any, that follows the invalid pixel Pi on the current line and the value V(P1) of which corresponds to a greater depth or a lesser disparity relative to the value V(P0) of the last valid pixel P0, if any, that precedes the invalid pixel Pi on the current line.
US08817065B1	Live videocast to social network In some implementations, a method includes receiving a selection of one or more users of a social networking service, the selection received via a social networking interface. A live visual data feed derived from a camera is received, where the received live visual data feed has a multiple frames and has a time interval between successive frames of the live visual data feed. A modified live visual data feed is sent over a network to be distributed using the social networking service to the selected users of the social networking service. The modified live feed includes frames derived from the frames of the received live visual data feed, and the modified feed provides a different time interval between its successive frames than the time interval between the frames of the received live feed.
US08817064B2	Videoconference arrangement A television and camcorder combination include an acoustic echo canceller and a videoconference protocol stack in order to provide videoconferencing capabilities using only a television in combination with an attached camcorder. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
US08817063B1	Methods and systems for voice and video messaging Methods and systems for voice and video messaging are provided here. In some embodiments a method for voice and video messaging may include establishing a telecommunication session with a calling device associated with a first user in response to an indication that a call request from the calling device directed to a called identifier associated with a second user failed, providing to the calling device an option to leave a video message and an option to leave an audio message, receiving a selection from the calling device indicating the selection of the option to leave a video message, disconnecting the established telecommunication session, and receiving a video message from the calling device.
US08817060B2	Optical device, control method for the same, and image forming apparatus An optical device includes: a light source including a plurality of light emitting spots that output laser beams, respectively; a separating unit that separates each of the laser beams output from the plurality of light emitting spots into a monitor beam and a scanning beam; a light-quantity measuring unit that measures a light quantity of the monitor beam; a storage unit in which respective drive currents with which the plurality of light emitting spots of the light source output a prescribed light quantity of laser beams are stored in advance; a light-source control unit that drives the light source with the drive currents stored in the storage unit and causes the plurality of light emitting spots to output the laser beams; and a determining unit that determines whether the light source operates properly on the basis of the light quantity measured by the light-quantity measuring unit.
US08817058B2	System and method for reducing scan line jitter in a laser scan unit for an imaging device A system and method for reducing scan line jitter in laser scan systems employing a rotating mirror, including a controller for determining a unique time delay for each mirror facet and controlling laser sources so that video provided by each laser source is delayed in a scan line by the unique time delay corresponding to the mirror facet used in creating the scan line. The controller computes a facet map signature vector corresponding to each mirror facet matches the signature to a previously stored signature and assigns measured distance offset data to the mirror facets based upon the matching.
US08817056B2	Liquid crystal display with dynamic backlight control A liquid crystal display (LCD) capable of converting input RGB data into RGBW data to provide the RGBW data to a panel. The LCD simultaneously controls the light level of a backlight and the amount of the RGBW data to prevent RGBW picture quality from being damaged in pure color data, minimizes the power consumption of the LCD, and applies the above to a CPU interface method as well as an RGB interface method.
US08817051B2	Display control apparatus and display control method having variable magnification processing A display control apparatus controls to execute variable magnification processing of a partial image of an image indicated by a display range, and displays the partial image in a display area. The display control apparatus includes a calculation unit which obtains a vertex/vertexes of the display range farthest from a center of the image and sets the vertex or a center point of the vertexes as a reference point, a changing unit which changes a size of the display range while keeping the position of the reference point, and a moving unit which moves the display range in the image. In addition, a display control unit controls to execute the variable magnification processing of the partial image and displays the partial image in the display area. The calculation unit re-calculates the reference point in response to movement of the display range in the image by the moving unit.
US08817050B1	N-patch image resizing The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes receiving an image having indication pixels that define a plurality of regions within the image that are used for resizing the image and determining, based on the indication pixels, two or more of the regions that are stretchable regions that change size when the image is resized. The method also includes resizing the image by changing a size of at least one of the determined stretchable regions.
US08817049B2	Automated fitting of interior maps to general maps Amalgamated maps, comprising interior maps overlaid on venues indicated in general maps can be automatically generated. Initially, interior maps can be obtained through targeted network searches, whose search results can be filtered to retain those that are most likely useable interior maps. A bounding polygon is generated for both interior map and venue exterior from general map. Subsequently, directional histograms representing orientations of lines in bounding polygons are generated and compared to automatically identify a rotation to align the interior map with the venue exterior from the general map. Anchor points are identified to locally deform the interior map, preserving internal structures, to better align with the venue exterior. Once aligned, the interior map can be combined with the general map, forming an amalgamated map. Updated geocoding can be performed based on locations of establishments in the venue as indicated by the interior map.
US08817046B2	Color channels and optical markers Color channel optical marker techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a plurality of color channels obtained from a camera are examined, each of the color channels depicting an optical marker having a different scale than another optical maker depicted in another one of the color channels. At least one optical marker is identified in a respective one of the plurality of color channels and an optical basis is computed using the identified optical marker usable to describe at least a position or orientation of a part of the computing device.
US08817044B2	Method, system and apparatus for blending overlapping images A method, system and apparatus for blending overlapping images are provided. Image areas mapped to a common image space that includes a blend region: fixed image values are assigned to areas outside the blend region. Pixels from the blend region are iteratively sampled in the common image space, and for each respective sampled pixel corresponding to the sampled pixel in a respective image area: a value of the respective sampled pixel is changed to an average of neighbouring pixel values in the respective image area; and, when each respective sampled pixel in each of the at least two image spaces is changed to the average of the neighbouring pixels, each averaged respective sampled pixel value is normalize to a blended value, wherein iterations are repeated until a convergence criteria is met. One or more blend masks is output, each comprising at least normalized blended pixel values in the blend region.
US08817042B2	Graphic rendering system and projection method thereof A graphic rendering system and a projection method thereof are provided. The graphic rendering system comprises a processing unit and a storage unit. The storage unit stores a piece of information. The information defines a virtual area in a camera space, wherein the virtual area has three vertices. The processing unit calculates two intersection vertices between the virtual area and near clipping plane of a view volume of the camera space. The processing unit transforms the three vertices and the two intersection vertices to a screen space and derives three projection vertices and two projection intersection vertices. The processing unit decides a valid area, chooses a test vertex from the valid area, and decides whether the signs of the three projection edge functions defined by the three projection vertices should be changed. Then, the processing unit decides pixels to be rendered according to the valid area, projection edge functions, and a predefined window clipping region.
US08817041B2	Clamp mode emulation Various technologies described herein pertain to filling a fill area of a canvas with a source visual object and/or a supplemental visual object to emulate a result of clamping the source visual object onto the fill area of the canvas. A source sub-region of a canvas is filled with the source visual object. Moreover, an extension sub-region of the canvas, which includes at least a part of the fill area outside the source sub-region, is formed based on the source sub-region of the canvas. Further, a supplemental visual object is generated by using a tiling clip on the source visual object and repeated within the extension sub-region of the canvas. The tiling clip specifies a size of the portion of the source visual object used as the supplemental visual object.
US08817036B2	Image processing method An object surface is rendered by not only grid lines indicating a slope in the surface of an object, but also by moving objects which move over the object surface with a speed responsive to the slope angle on the object surface, thereby enabling a player to refer to the grid lines and to the movement of a moving object, so as to visually perceive minute slopes and bumps in the object surface.
US08817030B2	GPGPU systems and services Graphics processing units (GPUs) deployed in general purpose GPU (GPGPU) units are combined into a GPGPU cluster. Access to the GPGPU cluster is then offered as a service to users who can use their own computers to communicate with the GPGPU cluster. The users develop applications to be run on the cluster and a profiling module tracks the applications' resource utilization and can report it to the user and to a subscription server. The user can examine the report to thereby optimize the application or the cluster's configuration. The subscription server can interpret the report to thereby invoice the user or otherwise govern the users' access to the cluster.
US08817027B2	Graph display apparatus, recording medium on which program is recorded and graph display method A graph display apparatus including: a display unit; a graph formula input unit for receiving input of a graph formula; a coordinate system setting unit for setting a display range of a coordinate system and a scale interval on a coordinate axis in the coordinate system; a coordinate system display controlling unit for making the display unit display the coordinate axis, and display scales and scale values at the scale interval, the coordinate system display controlling unit including a scale value display controlling unit for detecting overlapping of the scale values to be displayed, and, when the scale values overlap, making the display unit display only scale values of scales at both ends among the scales to be displayed on the coordinate axis; and a graph display controlling unit for making the display unit display a graph of the graph formula.
US08817026B1	Computer hardware architecture and data structures for a ray traversal unit to support incoherent ray traversal A new hardware architecture defines an indexing and encoding method for accelerating incoherent ray traversal. Accelerating multiple ray traversal may be accomplished by organizing the rays for minimal movement of data, hiding latency due to external memory access, and performing adaptive binning. Rays may be binned into coarse grain and fine grain spatial bins, independent of direction.
US08817018B1	Using photographic images to construct a three-dimensional model with a curved surface Embodiments relate to constructing a three-dimensional model using a plurality of two-dimensional photographic images. In a first embodiment, a first user input specifying a first position on a first photographic image may be received. A second user input specifying a second position on a second photographic image may be received, the second photographic image having a second perspective, specified by a second set of camera parameters, being different from a first perspective of the first image specified by a first set of camera parameters. The user inputs may indicate corresponding features in the images. Using photogrammetry, a point in a three-dimensional space may be determined according to the first position, the second position, the first set of camera parameters, and the second set of camera parameters. A surface of the three-dimensional model may be determined, whereby the surface may be curved to the point in three-dimensional space determined earlier.
US08817017B2	3D digital painting The present invention provides method and system for 3D hand-painting and 3D hand-drawing. The system corresponding to the invented method comprises: an electronic monitor and computer, means for 3D digital vision, multi-axis input control device allowing digital painting or drawing on the canvas, additional input control device for virtual changing the position of the canvas between the painter and the monitor, means for 3D image presentation. The system and method provide painting or drawing on the electronic canvas for each of the virtual positions of the canvas by changing this position with the input control device and verifying it with the means for 3D digital vision. The system provides complete digital 2D images of the painting for the right and the left eyes, which are used for presentation of 3D painting by available means for 3D vision.
US08817016B2	Generation of a modified 3D image of an object comprising tool marks There is provided a method for generating a 3D representation of an object, comprising: acquiring 3D topographic data representative of at least one portion of the object having a macroscopic form and microscopic features; separating the 3D topographic data into microscopic data representative of the microscopic features and macroscopic data representative of the macroscopic form; independently scaling one of the microscopic data and the macroscopic data in order to enhance the microscopic features with respect to the macroscopic form, thereby obtaining scaled topographic data; and generating a 3D image using the scaled topographic data, thereby obtaining a modified representation having enhanced microscopic features for the at least one portion of the object.
US08817010B2	Circuit for controlling data driver and display device including the same Circuits for controlling a data driver of a display device are provided. The circuit may include a bias block that may output a first or second bias current or voltage to the data driver and a control unit that may control the bias block to output the first or second bias current or voltage based on a control signal.
US08817009B2	Method for driving display device and liquid crystal display device The still image display mode includes a first period of writing the data of the image signal from the driver circuit portion into the pixel; after the first period, a second period of stopping supply of a signal or voltage for operating the driver circuit portion to the driver circuit portion; and after the second period, a third period of restarting the supply of a signal or voltage for operating the driver circuit portion to the driver circuit portion and writing the data of the image signal into the pixel from the driver circuit portion, so that the pixel keeps displaying a still image. A length of a period from the stop of the supply of the signal for operating the driver circuit portion to the driver circuit portion to the restart is set in accordance with a temperature of the display device.
US08817007B2	Regulator and organic light emitting diode display using the same A regulator and an organic light emitting diode display including the regulator are disclosed. The regulator includes a reference voltage generating unit generating a reference voltage from an input voltage, a voltage division resistor circuit dividing a voltage of an output terminal of the regulator to generate a feedback voltage, a comparator comparing the reference voltage with the feedback voltage, a transistor that is turned on or off based on an output of the comparator and switches on or off the input voltage supplied to the output terminal, and a sink current breaking circuit for discharging a sink current flowing in the output terminal to a ground level voltage source.
US08817004B2	Liquid crystal display apparatus, liquid crystal display panel and driving method In a display apparatus having a display zone and a light-shielding zone, the light-shielding zone includes an electrically controlled material having a controllable light shielding rate and being controlled to change its light shielding rate in accordance with a control signal.
US08817002B2	Data display adapted for bright ambient light Systems and method to generate more readable modified images that are presented on electronic displays in bright ambient light, such as direct sunlight. Images normally presented in lower ambient light are modified to generate modified images that have higher contrast and that contain less information. For example, modified images contain pixels that are either “on” or “off” and may be inverted to present a black on white background image on the display. Some information, such as text fields or icons, is removed from the modified image to increase readability in bright ambient light. A backlight level of the display is also able to be increased in bright ambient light.
US08817001B2	Optical sense-control system having light filters An optical sense-control system, for receiving a first light and second light, includes a first optical filter, a second optical filter, and an optical detection module. The transmission of the first light having a majority intensity in a first wave-length band is greater than the transmission of the second light having a majority intensity in a second wave-length band in the first optical filter, the first wave-length band is less than the second wave-length band, and the transmission of the second light is greater than the transmission of the first light in the second optical filter. The optical detection module is used for creating a first control signal while the first light emitting through the first optical filter at a first zone is detected and a second control signal is created while the second light emitting through the second optical filter at a second zone is detected.
US08816999B2	Adjustment of liquid crystal display voltage Drive voltages of a liquid crystal display are adjusted based on one or more environmental conditions. The pixel drive voltages may be adjusted based on temperature. A pixel voltage may be varied such that it is a higher voltage at relatively lower temperatures and a lower voltage at relatively higher temperatures. The window voltage may be varied based on temperature. The window voltage may be stepped through different values within a display phase. The window voltage may be varied during a blanking period of the display phase such that the pixel sees a relatively larger voltage to obtain a desired initial state more quickly. Then, during a light modulating time period, the window voltage may be stepped such that there is a lower voltage field for holding the state of the pixel.
US08816994B2	Input system for controlling electronic device An electronic device includes a display for displaying data stored on said electronic device; input means; sensing means for sensing the three-dimensional position of the input means relative to said device; and control means for controlling the data displayed on said display in dependence on the three-dimensional position of the input means relative to said device. The input means includes a source of electromagnetic radiation for directing an infrared conical beam onto the display. The sensing means can sense the elliptical eccentricity of the electromagnetic radiation incident on the display to determine the angle at which it strikes the display, and can sense the area of the electromagnetic radiation incident on the display to determine the distance of the input means from the display.
US08816987B2	Method and device for signal detection A method and device for signal detection is disclosed. At least one detection period is predefined for detecting a signal of a signal source, a differential signal of a pair of signal sources, or a dual-differential signal of three signal sources during at least one clock cycle.
US08816986B1	Multiple touch detection An apparatus for and method of detecting multiple presences on a touch sensor device are described.
US08816985B1	Methods and apparatus to detect a touch pattern A method and apparatus detect a first portion of a touch sequence through operating in a first scan mode and detect a second portion of the touch sequence through operating in a second scan mode. A touch sequence may be detected based on the detection of the first portion and the detection of the second portion.
US08816982B2	Method of manufacturing transparent circuit substrate for touch screen Provided is a method of manufacturing a transparent circuit substrate for a touch screen. The method may involve forming an electrode layer on a transparent substrate, stacking a light shielding layer on the transparent substrate such that the light shielding layer is located on an outside of the electrode layer, stacking a mask on the light shielding layer and the electrode layer, forming a conductive layer on the mask, forming connecting lines for connecting the electrode layer and connecting terminals by removing the mask and a portion of the conductive layer, and forming the connecting terminals on the light shielding layer such that the connecting terminals contact the connecting lines.
US08816978B2	Seesaw touchpad with horizontal direction hinge An input device and computing system is provided for a user to input data. An input device may comprise a touch sensitive pad and a hinge. The touchpad may have a touch sensitive surface. The touchpad may have a first end and a second end. The hinge may be disposed parallel to the first end and the second end. The touchpad may be pivotably connected to the hinge to allow displacement of the touchpad from a flat position to an activate position at the first end when a force is applied to the first end of the touch surface.
US08816976B2	Systems and methods for text input for touch-typable devices Described systems and mechanisms relate to techniques for improving usability, speed, and accuracy of text input to touch-typable devices. A touch-typable device can include a movable keymask comprising of a plurality of cells mapped with one or more keys of text input keypad of the touch-typable device, wherein each of the plurality of cells of the movable keymask superimposes over textual input choices enabling the user to select the desired textual input from the plurality of cells of the movable keymask using the text input keypad of the touch-typable device. The textual input choices can be chosen after every user input from a set of likely input choices, wherein the likely input choices can be selected based on previous textual input sequence, phoneme and syllabary patterns, statistical correlation between the previous textual input sequence and set of textual input choices, dictionary lookups, and usage patterns of said user.
US08816974B2	Systems and methods for smudge control for touch screen human interface devices Systems and methods for smudge control for touch screen human interface devices are provided. In one embodiment, a touch screen human interface device comprises: a touch sensitive display surface, the touch sensitive display surface including a first region having a first surface energy with respect to a contaminant material; and a pattern of a plurality of nucleation sites distributed within the first region, wherein each of the plurality of nucleation sites possesses a second surface energy that is higher than the first surface energy with respect to the contaminant material.
US08816972B2	Display with curved area Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to display device having a first display plane, a second display lane, and a curved area between the first and second display planes. The first and second planes and the curved area form a continuous display surface having four edges. Only three of the four edges are viewable by a user when viewing one of the first and second display planes.
US08816971B2	Touch input data handling A system for enabling a tablet input object is described. A tablet input object can take various inputs from touch, a mouse, and a pen and sends their information to an application or operating system. Also, a pen message pathway may also be used to handle touch messages, thereby reusing an existing pen message pathway for messages created by something other than a pen.
US08816967B2	Capacitive sensor having electrodes arranged on the substrate and the flex circuit A capacitive sensor may include a flex circuit, a substrate facing the flex circuit, and conductive electrodes configured to sense an input applied to the substrate. At least one of the conductive electrodes is associated with a surface of the substrate and an at least one of the electrodes is associated with a surface of the flex circuit.
US08816964B2	Sensor-augmented, gesture-enabled keyboard and associated apparatus and computer-readable storage medium A keyboard is provided that includes an arrangement of keys, circuitry and a first processor configured to generate a signal in response to a keystroke in which a respective key of the arrangement of keys is depressed, and determine how to interpret the keystroke. The keyboard also includes one or more sensors and a second processor configured to measure a relationship of an object to the sensor(s), and produce a gesture signal based upon a signal representative of the measured relationship. This gesture signal is interpretable into one or more commands or instructions for directing performance of one or more operations of an apparatus or software operating on the apparatus. A related apparatus and computer-readable storage medium are also provided.
US08816957B2	Electronic device An electronic device including a display unit and a photoelectric conversion board is provided. The display unit includes a display surface and a back surface which are opposite to each other, and an edge of the photoelectric conversion board is rotatably connected to the back surface of the display unit. The photoelectric conversion board includes a substrate, a first photoelectric conversion unit, and a second photoelectric conversion unit. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface which are opposite to each other, the first photoelectric conversion unit is disposed on the first surface, the second photoelectric conversion unit is disposed on the second surface, and an absorption band of the first photoelectric conversion unit is different from an absorption band of the second photoelectric conversion unit.
US08816954B2	Display apparatus In a display apparatus according to one or more embodiments, a boosting circuit boosts an input voltage to a backlight driving voltage, and a backlight unit receives the backlight driving voltage to generate light. A backlight driving circuit controls the boosting circuit in response to a dimming signal and compensates a plurality of feedback voltages from the backlight unit to output a panel driving voltage. A panel driving circuit receives the panel driving voltage from the backlight driving circuit to output a data voltage corresponding to an image signal and receives a gate driving voltage to generate a gate voltage. A display panel displays an image in response to the gate voltage and the data voltage. Accordingly, a number of the boosting circuits for the display apparatus may decrease, thereby reducing a manufacturing cost of the display apparatus.
US08816948B2	Video processing circuit and method, liquid crystal display apparatus, and electronic apparatus The video processing circuit includes a boundary detection unit that detects a specific boundary, which is a part of a boundary of a first pixel for which an applied voltage designated by the video signal is less than a first voltage, and a second pixel for which the applied voltage is more than a second voltage larger than the first voltage, the specific boundary being determined by tilt azimuth of the liquid crystal, and a replacement unit that replaces an applied voltage to a liquid crystal element corresponding to the first pixel with a predetermined voltage from the applied voltage designated by the input video signal when the applied voltage designated by the video signal is less than a third voltage smaller than the first voltage with respect to the first pixel adjacent to the specific boundary.
US08816947B2	Liquid crystal display device and driving method thereof A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel having a thin film transistor connected to a gate line and a data line on a substrate, a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor, a common electrode for forming a horizontal electric field with the pixel electrode, a common line connected to the common electrode and parallel to the gate line, and a storage line parallel to the gate line and having a portion overlapping the pixel electrode with at least one insulating film therebetween to form a storage capacitor, a gate driver for supplying a scan pulse to the gate line, a data driver for supplying a pixel voltage signal to the data line, a common driver for supplying a common voltage signal to the common line, and a storage driver for supplying a storage voltage signal to a storage line.
US08816945B2	Display apparatus The present invention comprises: a display unit having a plurality of display elements arranged in a matrix; a drive voltage generating circuit for generating a drive voltage for driving the plurality of display elements; a dataline drive circuit for generating a signal voltage according to display data, the signal voltage being for controlling the amount of current in a supply line of the drive voltage; a scanline drive circuit for selecting one or more of the plurality of display elements which is to be driven; and a pixel light emission control circuit for controlling a light emission time period of each display element according to a distance measured along a current path from the drive voltage generating circuit to the display element.
US08816944B2	Driving current output apparatus, method of manufacturing the same, display device and driving apparatus thereof A display device, which includes a plurality of pixels; a data driver for outputting data signals to the pixels; a bias current outputting unit for outputting a bias current having a predetermined magnitude; a plurality of driving current outputting units for outputting driving currents to the pixels; and a first switch connected between the bias current outputting unit and the driving current outputting units for selecting one of the driving current outputting units to connect to the bias current outputting unit, wherein the magnitudes of the driving currents are substantially the same as a magnitude of the bias current.
US08816935B2	Dual frequency antenna with wide frequency A dual frequency antenna with wide frequency includes an inner radiator in helical structure, which is electrically connected with a host by a feeding point of the host, and an outer radiator in helical structure in which the inner radiator is packed. The inner radiator includes a first radiating unit located at the lower part for generating resonance and a second radiating unit located at the upper part. The resonant frequency of the second radiating unit is higher than that of the first radiating part; the height of the helical structure of the outer radiator is less than the total height of the inner radiator. The performance of dual frequency antenna can better focus on the upper hemisphere, and the bandwidth of the dual frequency antenna is wider in the ultra high frequency (UHF) frequency band.
US08816930B2	Waveguide orthomode transducer A waveguide orthomode transducer, comprises: a junction having a main waveguide and four auxiliary waveguides lying along the two orthogonal main axis of the junction and defining four quadrants; a combination network comprising: two magic tees, each having an E-port, two opposed common-ports, and a H-port; an H-plane tee junction having a Σ-port and two opposed common-ports; and an E-plane tee junction having a Δ-port and two opposed common-ports. Two auxiliary waveguides define a first quadrant are respectively connected to the common-ports of one of the magic tees and the two other secondary waveguides defining a second quadrant opposite to the first quadrant are connected to the common-ports of the other magic tee. The tee junctions are used to connect similar magic tee ports so that the transducer separates towards two different outputs two orthogonally polarized signals entering at the main waveguide. Reciprocally, two signals entering respectively in the Σ-port and the Δ-port of the tees junctions are combined with orthogonal polarizations in the main waveguide.
US08816926B2	Antenna structure An antenna structure has a first resonance mode and a second resonance mode. The antenna structure consists of a first radiation element, a second radiation element, a grounding element, and a signal feeding element. The first radiation element resonates at a first operating frequency band corresponding to the first resonance mode. The second radiation element is extended from a first end of the first radiation element and resonates at a second operating frequency band corresponding to the second resonance mode. The grounding element is extended from a second end of the first radiation element. The signal feeding element is disposed between the first radiation element and the grounding element. The second radiation element, the first radiation element, and the grounding element are formed by bending a slender metal sheet.
US08816924B2	Communication device and antenna structure therein A communication device includes an antenna structure, wherein the antenna structure includes a ground element and an antenna element. One edge of the ground element has a notch, and the notch is extended into the interior of the ground element to form a slot region. The slot region is substantially extended along the edge of the ground element. The antenna element includes a first radiating portion and a second radiating portion. The first radiating portion is disposed in the slot region and is excited to form at least a resonant mode in the first operating band of the antenna element. The second radiating portion is an open-slot antenna and is formed by the slot region. The second radiating portion is excited to form a resonant mode in the second operating band of the antenna element.
US08816923B2	Motorized satellite television antenna system A bracket for releasably mounting an enclosed mobile/transportable motorized antenna system on a vehicle may include a support arm and a mounting assembly. The support arm can include a first end portion configured to secure to a vertically extending member of a vehicle and a second end portion configured to secure a mounting plate assembly. The mounting assembly can be secured to the second end portion of the support arm. The mounting assembly may comprise a generally planar mounting plate having a plurality of apertures defined therein. The apertures may be located within the periphery of the mounting plate and have a size and shape configured to secure a motorized antenna enclosure disposed on the mounting plate assembly. A releasably mountable enclosed mobile/transportable motorized antenna system on a vehicle may include an enclosed mobile/transportable motorized antenna system and a corresponding mounting bracket.
US08816922B2	Multi-frequency antenna A multi-frequency antenna (1) comprises a dielectric substrate (100), an antenna element (110), a shunt inductor (120), a capacitor conductor (130), a series inductor (140), a grounded part (150) and a feeding point (160). The antenna element (110) is arranged on the substrate (100), and is electrically connected to the grounded part (150) through the shunt inductor (120). Moreover, the antenna element (110) is electrically connected to the feeding point (160) through a series capacitor formed by a part where the antenna element (110) faces the capacitor conductor (130) and the substrate (100) therebetween, and through the series inductor (140).
US08816921B2	Multiple antenna assembly utilizing electro band gap isolation structures A multiple antenna assembly with high isolation between the antennas is disclosed. The assembly includes a dielectric substrate with a ground plane and first and second antennas thereon. One or more metal-dielectric isolation structures are on the substrate at locations at which an electric current is present that has a current density greater than a predefined threshold. Each metal-dielectric isolation structure resonates at a given frequency that inhibits mutual signal coupling between the first and second antennas. Various configurations, such as concentric ring patterns, for the metal-dielectric isolation structures are disclosed. A device can be provided to dynamically tune the given frequency of the metal-dielectric isolation structures to correspond to radio frequency signals emitted by the first and second antennas.
US08816912B2	Antenna devices having frequency-dependent connection to electrical ground Antenna devices and techniques that provide specific control of the spatial distributions of DC and RF signals at various positions in a wireless apparatus are disclosed. The wireless apparatus includes various device components each having specifications for achieving desired operations in antenna devices.
US08816911B2	Multiple resonant antenna unit, associated printed circuit board and radio communication A multiple resonant antenna unit (AT2) comprises a current feed area (SPI) from which only a single, spiral-like antenna branch (AZI) emanates. The total course of this spiral-like antenna branch (AZI) forms a first resonant antenna structure for a low frequency range and at least one partial section (SE15) inside the total course of this spiral-like antenna structure (AZI) forms a second resonant antenna structure for a higher frequency range.
US08816910B2	Flexible transmission device and communication device using the same The present invention discloses a flexible transmission device, for transmitting radio-frequency (RF) signals between a first communication module and a second communication module in a communication device. The flexible transmission device includes a flexible substrate; a first metal sheet, formed on the flexible substrate and coupled between ground terminals of the first communication module and the second communication module; a second metal sheet, formed on the flexible substrate and coupled between the ground terminals of the first communication module and the second communication module; and a third metal sheet, formed on the flexible substrate and between the first metal sheet and the second metal sheet, and coupled between signal terminals of the first communication module and the second communication module, for transmitting the RF signals.
US08816909B2	Small broadband loop antenna for near field applications A method and apparatus for providing a broadband near field of an antenna are disclosed. A small broadband loop antenna may include a printed circuit board (PCB) substrate with multiple layers. Printed on the PCB substrate are dual loops sharing a same driver circuit, an impedance matching network, a primary ground layer and a conductive layer. A shorting via connects the dual loops to a ground plane. The antenna may be tuned to a desired operating frequency by adjusting parameters of the loop, such as the position of the shorting via.
US08816908B2	Optimal storage scheme for access point coverage data It is disclosed to determine, as a representation of a set of terminal positions, a polygon that encloses all terminal positions of the set of terminal positions. The terminal positions are positions of one or more terminals within a coverage area of a communication node.
US08816907B2	System and method for high performance beam forming with small antenna form factor An antenna arrangement, a system, and method are provided for implementing a wireless communication module capable of performing adaptive beam forming, with a small antenna sail area. The antenna has a large horizontal to vertical aspect ratio. The antenna module is designed to include very few, or potentially a single radiating element in the vertical direction, and many elements in the horizontal direction, in order to create narrow beam in the azimuth plane, while maintaining a small sail area. The novel form factor advantageously provides for reduced wind loading, and for less conspicuous installations on buildings or towers, for example. The module is anticipated to find widespread applications in LOS and NLOS backhaul applications, and other wireless links between stationary nodes.
US08816904B2	Intelligent signal booster The invention is a device for multi-band, multi-channel, wireless communications that automatically provides signal amplification when and where necessary, and that automatically avoids harmful interference to base stations and other parts of the communications infrastructure. The invention is a unique combination of an adjustable gain, bidirectional amplifier, a GPS receiver, a processor, and one or more removable, non-volatile, updatable memory devices. Alternatively, the memory can be an internal device accessible via an electronic port such as a USB. In either case, the memory stores comprehensive information that determines if, and how much, amplification is necessary at a particular location sensed by the GPS receiver. The device also includes a dedicated apparatus that permits a deactivation by remote control in the event of a malfunction.
US08816903B2	Method and apparatus for faster global positioning system (GPS) location using a pre-computed spatial location for tracking GPS satellites A method and apparatus for faster global positioning system (GPS) location using pre-computed spatial location data are described. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring a pre-computed spatial location of a mobile platform device (MPD) that is computed when a GPS receiver is disabled due to the spatial location of the MPD. In one embodiment, the pre-computed spatial location is determined by a non-GPS based spatial location technology when a receiver is disabled due to the spatial location of the MPD. During the periodic computation of spatial location data, the GPS receiver may be monitored. In one embodiment, in response to activation of the GPS receiver, the pre-computed spatial location data is provided to the GPS receiver for identification and lock onto a predetermined number of visible satellites to reduce a time to first fix (TTFF) a current spatial location of the MPD. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08816900B2	Radar device, calibration system and calibration method In an environment inspection mode of a calibration system, a radar device executes a signal analysis process to calculate an eigenvalue ratio of each comparison eigenvalue. The eigenvalue ratio has a small value when a pair of eigenvalues corresponding to arrival radar waves has a strong correlation. On the other hand, the eigenvalue ratio has a large value when the eigenvalue ratio is calculated between an eigenvalue and thermal noise. When there is no eigenvalue which is not more than a reference threshold value, the radar device indicates a notice that the current environment is suitable for the calibration of the radar device. On the other hand, when there is presence of at least one eigenvalue of not more than the reference threshold value, the radar device indicates a notice that the current environment is unsuitable for the calibration of the radar device.
US08816896B2	On-board INS quadratic correction method using maximum likelihood motion estimation of ground scatterers from radar data System and method for calculating three dimensional residual motion errors of a moving platform with respect to a point of interest by receiving a radar signal from the point of interest (302); forming a radar image including a plurality of scatterers (304); using an MLE method to obtain range, radial velocity and acceleration of the moving platform for a first peak scatterer in the radar image (306); correcting a location of the first peak scatterer with respect to a scene center of the point of interest (312); updating the obtained radial acceleration responsive to the corrected location (314); and updating the obtained radial velocity of the moving platform responsive to the updated radial acceleration (316).
US08816894B1	Floating radar decoy with radar “image” that matches the image of the protected ship A ship having identifiable radar hot spots along its length is protected against radar homing missile attack by a floating decoy, which may be towed. The decoy has a plurality of radar return signal generators spaced along its length, with the amplitudes and spacing of the generators emulating the amplitudes and spacing of the hot spots. The homing missile is seduced away from the ship and toward the decoy.
US08816892B2	Segmented column-parallel analog-to-digital converter A successive approximation A/D converter which includes a sub ranging classifier that receives an input signal and classifies said input signal according to plural different highest resolution bits, to determine a range of the input signal, and creating a set of most significant bits based on said range, said subranging classifier also setting and determining an offset based on said range, and a successive approximation A/D converted that converting lowest resolution parts of the input signal as adjusted by the offset.
US08816891B2	Wide range input current circuitry for an analog to digital converter An input circuitry for an ADC constituted of: a first resistor coupled to an input of the ADC; a second resistor coupled to the input of the ADC and arranged to provide a current path; an electronically controlled switch coupled to the first resistor and arranged to provide a parallel current path through the first resistor; and a control circuitry; wherein the control circuitry is arranged to operate in a high current mode in the event that the input current exhibits an intensity within a first predetermined range and is arranged to operate in a low current mode in the event that the input current exhibits an intensity within a second predetermined range, different than the first predetermined range, wherein, in the high current mode the control circuitry is arranged to close the electronically controlled switch and in the low current mode is arranged to open the electronically controlled switch.
US08816890B1	Integrated circuit device with programmable blocks and analog circuit control An integrated circuit device can include a plurality of analog blocks, including a plurality of programmable analog blocks configurable to provide different analog functions in response to configuration data, at least one programmable analog block including a programmable analog routing coupled to a plurality of external connections to the integrated circuit device; and a plurality of programmable digital blocks, at least one programmable digital block configurable into an analog block control circuit that configures the programmable analog routing.
US08816887B2	Sampling circuit, a method of reducing distortion in a sampling circuit, and an analog to digital converter including such a sampling circuit A sampling circuit comprising: an input node; a first signal path comprising a first sampling capacitor and a first signal path switch in a signal path between the input node and a first plate of the first sampling capacitor; a second signal path comprising a second sampling capacitor and a second signal path switch in a signal path between the input node and a first plate of the second sampling capacitor, and a signal processing circuit for forming a difference between a signal sampled onto the first sampling capacitor and a signal sampled onto the second sampling capacitor.
US08816886B1	Method and apparatus to control the effective gain of a statistically calibrated analog to digital converter A method and apparatus for controlling the effective gain of an ADC when the ADC is occasionally or continuously calibrated using the statistics of the input signal and when the statistics are not stationary.
US08816883B2	Method and system for GPS based navigation and hazard avoidance in a mining environment A system and method for GPS based navigation and hazard avoidance in a mining environment are described. The system includes a central application that has a dynamic roadmap definition module adapted to at least allow a user to arbitrarily define features in a geographical information systems database and import overhead imaging data corresponding to a geographical area in which said features are defined. The central application includes a remote position and attitude reception module adapted to at least receive data concerning the position of at least one remote vehicle, a transceiver module adapted for exchanging data with at least one remote vehicle; and a logging and tracking module adapted for at least logging said position of at least one remote vehicle over time. The system also has a remote application; and a communications link adapted for exchanging data between the central application and the remote application.
US08816882B2	Portable landing pad marker and method for using the same A portable landing pad marker includes a base, a light source, a light cover, at least two stacking indents, and at least two raised stacking pins. The portable landing pad marker may also include a collapsible traffic cone in the base of the marker and have a portion of the base removed to form a handle to easily transport the markers. The portable landing pad marker may also include a base that is at least partially visible with night vision equipment.
US08816879B2	Computer-implemented system and method for managing interchangeable parking spaces A computer-implemented system and method for managing interchangeable parking spaces is provided. A parking pool that includes a plurality of parking spaces, which are each interchangeably reservable by motorists, is formed. The parking spaces in the parking pool that are currently-occupied by other vehicles and any reservations by motorists to park their vehicles in the parking pool are identified. The number of the parking spaces in the parking pool free of the currently-occupied parking spaces and the parking spaces in the parking pool that will be used to fulfill the reservations, plus the time available for parking in the parking pool, are displayed.
US08816873B2	Entertainment apparatus for a seated user A seat (5) includes a sensor (21) mounted on the seat which is arranged to sense the presence of an object, or movement or position of an object in a non-contact manner, within a sensing region around the seat. A processor is arranged to receive an audio signal and to process the audio signal based on presence, movement or position detected by the first sensor. A processed signal is delivered to a vibro-acoustic transducer mounted within the seat. The processor can also control a lighting effect based on presence, movement or position detected by the first sensor. A user can interact with audio in a personal way, to suit the mood of the user. A seated user can move their body (especially arms or hands) to modify audio, such as music. The seat has a nodule (12) which, in use, fits between the legs of a seated user. The nodule can house the sensor (21) and user controls.
US08816871B2	Method for monitoring a static and/or dynamic stability of a wind turbine The invention relates to a method for monitoring a static and/or dynamic stability of a wind turbine. The wind turbine has a tower, a nacelle, which is supported by the tower, and a rotor, which is mounted in or on the nacelle and has at least one rotor blade which can be adjusted about its longitudinal axis. The method includes the following steps: the wind turbine is excited to oscillate in at least one direction. A frequency (fm) of the excited oscillation is detected. The detected frequency is compared with a predetermined frequency (fref) and an alarm signal is generated if the detected frequency deviates from the predetermined frequency by more than a difference value (Δf).
US08816869B2	Circuit monitoring device The circuit monitoring device is disclosed. The device is for monitoring circuit resistance. At configurable thresholds digital flags are triggered, the device can be used as a Security/Building management system. The device uses open technology is fully scaleable and allows programmable logic controllers to be used as security management systems. Using a soft logic option a PC could take the place of the PLC.
US08816868B2	Adaptive low-battery warnings for battery-powered electronic devices The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates the use of an electronic device. The electronic device may be a keyboard, a mouse, a trackpad, a remote control, a mobile phone, a wireless phone, a toy, a portable media player, a game controller, and/or a camera. During operation, the system monitors a state-of-charge of a battery used to power the electronic device. Next, the system calculates a charge threshold associated with a low-battery warning for the battery based on the monitored state-of-charge. If the state-of-charge of the battery reaches the charge threshold, the system generates the low-battery warning.
US08816864B2	Low power device and method for livestock detection A system and method of tracking animal livestock using electronic frequency signal transmitters and receivers is herein presented. The system involves electronic tags attached to the bodies of livestock. The tags transmit a signal which conveys the location or other pertinent information regarding the status of the animal. The signals are picked up by a receiver attached to a stationary platform, or located in a vehicle, or in a portable hand held receiver device. The information transmitted can be used to locate a specific animal or can be used to monitor the status and condition of the animal. The device contains several modes which minimize power consumption and maximize power supply lifetime.
US08816863B2	Methods and systems to dissuade animals from an area Systems and methods for generating a laser beam illuminating a space around an object are provided. The laser beam illuminates an animal that is approaching the object in the space. The laser beam is generated by a laser illuminating at least a first micro-mirror that moves under control of a processor. Additional micro-mirrors are contemplated. The laser beam reflected from the moving micro-mirror illuminates the space around the object. Laser, processor and micro-mirrors are dimensioned to illuminate with a high probability an area with a cross-section perpendicular to a laser beam of 10 cm by 10 cm inside the space at a distance of up to 200 meters from the laser or farther.
US08816861B2	System and method for data anomaly detection process in assessments A method, computer program product, and computer system for detecting cheating in an assessment. Brainwaves of a user are identified. An attention level of the user is determined with the identified brainwaves. The attention level of the user is analyzed. An action of the user is classified as a cheating event using the analyzed attention level of the user.
US08816860B2	Dispenser with sound generators In combination a fluid dispenser for dispensing fluid and a sound sensing mechanism remote from the fluid dispenser, the fluid dispenser dispensing fluid when activated, the fluid dispenser including a sound generator which generates a sound when the fluid dispenser is activated, the sound sensing mechanism separate from and spaced from the fluid dispenser, the sound sensing mechanism including a sound sensor to sense the sound generated by the sound generator, the sound sensing mechanism including a communication system to transmit data representative of the sound sensed by the sound generator.
US08816859B2	Training toilet A training toilet design that can be adapted for either a dog or a cat or other animal and even for a young human child is disclosed. A space or enclosure receives the trainee and upon receipt a switch is actuated. The switch can either be a pressure actuated mechanical switch or a motion detector switch. In response to the switch changing state, a microcontroller is actuated to provide any one of a number of responses. Responses include an audible encouraging comment when the trainee exits and for when entering the toilet. A timing lapse programmed into the microprocessor can ensure that the exit message is played only when there has been a predetermined lapse time between the entrance and exit of the trainee. Modes that are provided by different combinations of these features are determined by a mode switch that is operable by the user.
US08816858B2	Method and device for prevention loss of item and prompt search thereof An apparatus for preventing loss of an item and quickly searching for the item includes a slave configured to act as a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag having unique identifier information in an internal tag memory; and a hand-held master configured to function as an RFID reader and to permit the change of at least one of a recognition distance and a recognition width, at which the master recognizes the slave. When the distance between a user and an item is out of a predetermined range, a warning such as an alarm or voice signal is provided to the user, so that it is possible to prevent loss of the item. Alternatively, it is possible to quickly search for a misplaced item whenever the user desires it and has misplaced the same.
US08816856B2	Medical instrument cleaning system and method A system and method for monitoring a status of a medical instrument is provided. Using an input peripheral associated with a computer terminal, a code associated with the medical instrument to be subjected to a cleaning operation after a previous use of the medical instrument is received. A timer for monitoring a duration of the cleaning operation is initiated. In response to completion of the cleaning operation determined based on the timer, a status of the medical instrument in an electronic record associated with the medial instrument stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium is updated to indicate that the medical instrument has been cleaned. An indication that the cleaning operation being performed on the medical instrument is complete is then issued.
US08816854B2	System and method for reducing cart alarms and increasing sensitivity in an EAS system with metal shielding detection A system for detecting electronic article surveillance (“EAS”) marker shielding includes an EAS subsystem a metal detector, a cart detection subsystem and a processor. The EAS subsystem is operable to detect an EAS marker in an interrogation zone. The metal detector is operable to detect a metal object in the interrogation zone. The cart detection subsystem includes a sensor array. The cart detection subsystem is operable to differentiate between a wheeled device and a human passing through the interrogation zone based on the sensor array. The processor is electrically coupled to the EAS subsystem, the metal detector and the cart detection subsystem. The processor is programmed to receive information outputted from the cart detection system and information outputted from the metal detector to determine whether to generate an alarm signal based on the presence of EAS marker shielding.
US08816852B2	Tamper-proof alarm component and methods of making and using the same Tamper-proof alarm components for detecting theft, for example, of copper, air conditioning component(s), and/or an air conditioning unit are disclosed. Methods of making and using tamper-proof alarm components are also disclosed.
US08816849B2	Overhang warning device Suspended or overhanging of obstructions are selectively signaled to an individual by a device that can worn by an individual. The device includes a first sensor that is oriented to selectively detect a suspended or overhanging obstruction at an elevation above the housing and a second distance sensor that is oriented to selectively detect an object at an elevation of the housing. A logic circuit within the housing is electrically connected to the first and second sensors and emits a response if the first sensor is activated, but emits no response if the first and second sensors are both activated. A signaling device electrically connected to the logic circuit is activated upon emission of a response from the logic circuit.
US08816846B2	Internet-protocol based telemetry patient monitoring system A method and device for communicating physiological or control data between a portable device and an information system via telemetry. The system includes at least one portable device, and usually many, each having an I/O port for bidirectionally communicating physiological or control data in the form of IP data packets via telemetry. The portable device in operation includes a layered network interface that supports a standard internet-based networking protocol (IP) stack and PHY and MAC layers. The system also includes an information system connected to a wired network through a networking switch, and having a port for bidirectionally communicating data via telemetry with the portable device. The access point may include a program that converts the IP data packets between the RF PHY and MAC and network, such as Ethernet, PHY and MAC layers and further may include a server such as a BOOTP/DHCP server to support a dynamic assignment of an IP address to a number of portable devices.
US08816840B1	Self-contained, removable, wireless turn signal system for motor vehicles and trailers A wireless, removable vehicle signaling control and illumination apparatus for use on antique vehicles lacking original equipment vehicle signaling devices. The system utilizes a miniature digital radio transceiver inside a lamp housing to provide wireless control of the lamp. This signaling system provides a previously unavailable removable automotive signaling solution for antique vehicle owners who want improved illumination and safety features of modern automotive lighting while leaving the vehicle in “original” and “unmodified” condition, which is of such value to antique vehicle owners.
US08816839B1	Portable seat belt alarm system A seat belt alarm system to alert users to the presence of an infant or child, or disabled, infirm or elderly person in a vehicle. The seat belt alarm utilizes a portable bracket configured to removably attach to a female receptacle of a seat belt system. The bracket includes a tension mechanism positioned to be acted upon by a male buckle of a seat belt system when the male buckle of the seat belt mates with the female receptacle of the seat belt system. In a depressed state, the tension mechanism activates a signal transmitter configured to transmit a local signal received by a signal receiver integrated in a keychain fob. When the keychain fob moves outside of a signal range (e.g., 10 feet) while the tension mechanism remains in a depressed state, an alarm and/or red indicator light on the keychain fob is/are activated.
US08816836B2	Safe operation apparatus and method for moving object A safe operation apparatus for a moving object includes: a distraction detection unit for detecting distraction information of a user operating a moving object; a controller for collecting the distraction information from the distraction detection unit, calculating a user's distraction state value, and controlling the moving object to be automatically operated or warning of the distraction state based on the distraction state value; and an automatic operation unit for automatically operating the moving object under the control of the controller. The apparatus further includes a communication unit for transmitting the user's distraction state to a remote control center or an adjacent different moving object under the control of the controller.
US08816833B2	Display device for vehicle A display device for a vehicle includes a meter unit, an indicator unit and a control unit. The meter unit includes an image display monitor having a screen, and a meter for indicating a value of a vehicle first state is displayed by an image on the screen. The indicator unit includes a display pane defining an opening for exposing the meter at a display side of the image display monitor, an indicator is provided on the display pane at a peripheral area of the opening, and the indicator displays a vehicle second state by light. The control unit controls independently a display luminance of the meter and a display luminance of the indicator.
US08816832B2	System for coupling a power line communication device to a power line network Coupling circuit for coupling a power line communication device to a power line network, including a first network port coupled between a network phase line and a first network line, a second network port coupled between a network neutral line and a second network line, a third network port coupled between a network ground line and a third network line, a first differential modem port including a first terminal and a second terminal, a second differential modem port including a third terminal and a fourth terminal, a first transformer including a first network side winding and a first modem side winding, a second transformer including a second network side winding and a second modem side winding, the transformers including respective terminals, a center tap extending from the midpoint of the first network side winding to a terminal of the second network side winding and a plurality of capacitors.
US08816830B2	Motor control system and the method of controlling motor The present invention further provides a motor control system, which controls a motor through a power line. The motor control system includes a control apparatus and an actuation apparatus. The control apparatus includes a controller and a first communication module electrically connected to the controller. The controller receives a command and converts the command into electrical control signals. The first communication module receives the electrical control signals from the controller and transmits the electrical control signals to the power line. The actuation apparatus includes a second communication module and a motor actuator electrically connected to the second communication module. The second communication module is connected to the power line to receive the electrical control signals from the control apparatus and convert the electrical control signals into a command. The motor actuator receives the command from the second communication module to change the power supplying to the motor.
US08816828B2	Recipe wand and recipe book for use with a networked appliance A recipe wand reads meal plans and recipes for a recipe book, and with data about the appliance and one or more cycles of operation, sends data about a consumable to the appliance to automatically create and selectively commence a cycle of operation oh the consumable according to the recipe book.
US08816827B2	Data storage medium and method for contactless communication between the data storage medium and a reader A method and a data carrier for contactless communication of a reading device with at least two communication-ready applications located on a portable data carrier. A first communication-readiness signal is generated for a first application and sent to the reading device, the signal having a first identification number that is assigned to the first application and indicates to the reading device the communication readiness of said first application, and a second communication-readiness signal is generated and sent for a second application, the second signal having a second identification number different from the first identification number, which is assigned to said second application and indicates to the reading device the communication readiness of the second application. The identification numbers simulate for the reading device the communication readiness of a data carrier in each case. The reading device thus has the impression of communicating with applications of two separate data carriers.
US08816826B2	Passive radio frequency data logger A radio frequency identification device is configured as a data logger. In a logging mode the radio frequency identification device logs information received from a transmitter. In an upload mode the radio frequency identification device is configured to upload to a receiver logged information and/or information identifying the radio frequency identification device. Optionally, the logging mode is used when there is insufficient power to send a readable response signal to the transmitter.
US08816824B2	System and method for multiple reading interface with a simple RFID antenna A multi-field antenna able to receive a signal over one field selected from a plurality of different fields of the antenna includes an interface to connect the antenna to a signal processing device, such as an RFID reader, to receive and process the signal. The antenna includes a first magnetic loop configured to be tuned by a first tuner to provide a first volume field for reading data; a second magnetic loop configured to be tuned by a second tuner to provide a second volume field for reading data, the second volume field being smaller than the first volume field; and a switch to configure the first tuner and the second tuner to select the one field from the plurality of fields. The multi-field antenna can have a wide volume field selected to detect items within a large area and then the multi-field antenna can be switched to select a smaller volume field to detect items within a substantially smaller area. In a preferred embodiment, the multi-field antenna further includes; a first metallic element configured to cover at least a portion of the second magnetic loop, the first metallic element comprising a slot extending from one end of the first metallic element to a point proximal an opposite end of the first metallic element. Also preferably, the multi-field antenna can also create a point volume field, smaller than the second volume field, to localize detected objects within a still smaller area.
US08816823B2	Electromagnetic wave transmission sheet, radio LAN system, RFID system, and electromagnetic wave transmission method Provided is an electromagnetic wave transmission sheet having a mesh-shaped electrode. The sheet has a length of width in a direction vertical to the propagation direction of the transmitted electromagnetic wave which length is substantially identical to half of the wavelength of the transmitted electromagnetic wave multiplied by a natural number so that a resonance state is obtained in the vertical direction. It is preferable that the sheet have an electromagnetic wave absorbing medium for reducing reflection of the transmitted electromagnetic wave in the propagation direction, so as to eliminate the need of an electromagnetic wave absorbing medium for reducing reflection in the direction vertical to the propagation direction of the transmitted electromagnetic wave.
US08816815B2	Lock device for power supplying plug A lock device for a power supplying plug arranged in a vehicle that performs wireless communication with an electronic key. The lock device includes a charge ECU that restricts unauthorized removal of the power supplying plug from an inlet of the vehicle. The vehicle includes antennas that transmit a wireless signal. A first one of the antennas relates to permission for removal of the power supplying plug. A second one of the antennas relates to unlocking or permission for unlocking of a door. A charge ECU stops transmitting the wireless signal from the first antenna when the vehicle is parked and the second antenna transmits the wireless signal. The charge ECU stops the transmission of the wireless signal related to the unlocking of the door when the wireless signal related to removal of the power supplying plug is transmitted.
US08816812B2	Varistor fuse element The purpose of the invention is to create such a varistor fuse element, which should within a single housing include both a varistor (1) as well as an electric fuse (2), wherein said varistor part i.e. a varistor (1) is intended to protect each electric installation against overvoltage impulses and consequently against current strokes, while the fuse (2) is capable to transmit the current stroke due to increased voltage and to interrupt each permanently increased electric current, which might occur due to defects on the varistor (1). Moreover, such varistor fuse should not exceed dimensions of already known and widely used protective means, in particular melting fuses. In accordance with the invention, the fuse (2) with its round tubular casing (20) and the varistor, which is also embedded within a round tubular casing (10), are serial interconnected and arranged coaxially within each other.
US08816810B2	Integrated circuit transformer The invention provides an integrated circuit transformer disposed on a substrate. The integrated circuit transformer includes a first coiled metal pattern disposed on the substrate, comprising an inner loop segment and an outer loop segment. A second coiled metal pattern is disposed on the substrate, laterally between the inner loop segment and the outer loop segment. A dielectric layer is disposed on the first coiled metal pattern and the second coiled metal pattern. A first via is formed through the dielectric layer, electrically connecting to one of the first and second coiled metal patterns. A first redistribution pattern is disposed on the dielectric layer, electrically connecting to and extending along the first via, wherein the first redistribution pattern covers at least a portion of the first coiled metal pattern and at least a portion of the second coiled metal pattern.
US08816809B2	Reactor A reactor is disclosed. The reactor is comprised of a housing, a solenoid coil, a center columnar member, and a core. The center columnar member provides first surfaces contacting with sandwich portions of the housing, and the core is comprised of resin including magnetic powder. The coil and the center columnar member are fixed in the core. A surface roughness (Rz2) of a second surface which contacts to the core is larger than a surface roughness (Rz1) of the first surfaces. The center columnar member further provides a basis surface of which roughness (Rz3) is smaller than the Rz2 and larger than the Rz1.
US08816808B2	Method and apparatus for cooling an annular inductor An inductor cooling method and apparatus is provided, where the inductor comprises both a substantially annular core and an aperture therethrough. The aperture is circumferentially surrounded by the substantially annular core. A container holds a substantially non-conductive coolant and the inductor is immersed in the coolant. Optional spacers hold the inductor away from the container to allow room for coolant circulation.
US08816807B2	Controlled self assembly of anisotropic conductive adhesives based on ferromagnetic particles An anisotropic conductive adhesive (ACA) arrangement is disclosed, including a thermosetting resin disposed between a connector of a first structure and a connector of a second structure, and a plurality of ferromagnetic conductive particles dispersed through the thermosetting resin, wherein the plurality of ferromagnetic conductive particles form columns between the connector of the first structure and the connector of the second structure, and wherein a density of the ferromagnetic particles in the columns is substantially higher than a density of the plurality of ferromagnetic particles away from the columns.
US08816804B2	Switch assembly and system A switch assembly includes a magnet, a first Hall device, and a second Hall device. The first and second Hall devices are proximate the magnet. The first Hall device is configured to switch in relation to a first magnetic field threshold. The second Hall device is configured to switch in relation to a second magnetic field threshold. The first magnetic field threshold differs from the second magnetic field threshold.
US08816802B2	Auxiliary tripping device for an electrical switching device and electrical switching device An auxiliary tripping device is configured to interrupt a flow of current in the event of an undervoltage and/or a current pulse in a subordinate power circuit. The tripping device includes a spring element, a storage element which can be moved between a tensioned and a detensioned position, a trip element for tripping a trip mechanism of the electrical switching device and an activation element, the storage element being embodied in the tensioned position, when activated by way of the activation element, to emit the stored mechanical energy to the trip element. In an embodiment, a movably supported blocking element is provided, which is connected functionally in a first position to the storage element when the storage element is in the tensioned position, so that the storage element is held by the blocking element and in a second position the blocking element releases the storage element to perform a movement.
US08816794B2	Signal branching filter, electronic device using the same, antenna apparatus, and signal transmission system used in all of the above A signal branching filter according to the invention is a signal branching filter connected to a network having at least four terminals. The signal branching filter includes a first line one end of which is connected to a first terminal of the network, a second line one end of which is connected to a second terminal of the network, a third line one end of which is connected to a third terminal of network, and a fourth line one end of which is connected to a fourth terminal of the network. The other end of the first line and the other end of the second line are connected to each other at a first node, and the other end of the third line and the other end of the fourth line are connected to each other at a second node. When a signal is received from the first node, a phase difference between a phase of a signal appearing on a second node side of the third line and a phase of a signal appearing on a second node side of the fourth line is almost 180°±360°*n is an integer equal to or larger than 0).
US08816792B2	High power, low-passive intermodulation microwave termination A termination configured to absorb high microwave power while generating low levels of passive intermodulation interference. The termination includes a microwave cable having a first end and a second end providing an insertion loss from the first end to the second end, a heat-dispersive element in thermal contact with at least a portion of the microwave cable, a channel accommodating the microwave cable, and an input connector coupled to the proximal end of the microwave cable. Optionally, one or more plates having grooves to accommodate the microwave cable may be provided between the heat-dispersive elements.
US08816787B2	High frequency oscillator circuit and method to operate same A method includes providing an oscillator having a field effect transistor connected with a resonant circuit. The field effect transistor has a gate electrode coupled to a source of gate voltage, a source electrode, a drain electrode and a graphene channel disposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode and electrically connected thereto. The method further includes biasing the graphene channel via the gate electrode into a negative differential resistance region of operation to cause the oscillator to generate a frequency signal having a resonant frequency f0. There can be an additional step of varying the gate voltage so as to bias the graphene channel into the negative differential resistance region of operation and out of the negative differential resistance region of operation so as to turn on the frequency signal and to turn off the frequency signal, respectively.
US08816781B2	Apparatus and method to detect frequency difference An all-digital frequency detector is provided, which includes a phase-frequency detector receiving a reference clock and an input clock, two sample/hold circuits sampling the phase-frequency detector outputs responsive to a ninety-degree phase shifted reference clock and a ninety-degree phase shifted input clock, a plurality of logical operators to generate an output frequency detection signal and a output clock responsive to the difference between the reference clock and the input clock.
US08816773B2	Offset current trim circuit Apparatus and methods are disclosed related to trimming an input offset current of an amplifier. One such apparatus can include auxiliary bipolar transistors connected in parallel with bases of respective bipolar transistors of an input stage of an amplifier. The auxiliary bipolar transistors can be biased such that the base currents of the auxiliary bipolar transistors compensate for a mismatch in base currents of the bipolar transistors of the input stage of an amplifier. The offset current at an input of an amplifier can be reduced independent of an offset voltage at the input of the amplifier.
US08816772B2	Differential amplifier with function of variable gain and optical receiver implemented with the same A differential circuit with a function of a variable gain without shifting the output cross point is disclosed. The differential circuit includes an amplifying stage and a control stage. The amplifying stage includes three units each having a pair of transistors, a pair of load resistors, and a pair of current sources. The second and third units each put between the first unit and the load resistor to bypass the current. The control stage includes two units and two current sources to compensate the current bypassed by the second or third unit to keep the DC output level substantially in constant.
US08816766B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit, and reception apparatus and radio communication terminal including semiconductor integrated circuit A semiconductor integrated circuit includes: a first capacitance element and a second capacitance element; a first amplification circuit that amplifies a potential difference of a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal supplied via the first capacitance element and the second capacitance element, respectively, to output a first amplification signal and a second amplification signal; a first resistance element that feeds back the first amplification signal to one input terminal of the first amplification circuit; a second resistance element that feeds back the second amplification signal to another input terminal of the first amplification circuit; a voltage generator that generates a predetermined voltage; and a third resistance element that transmits the predetermined voltage generated by the voltage generator to each input terminal of the first amplification circuit.
US08816764B2	Cascaded class D amplifier with improved linearity An amplifier includes a first stage, a second stage coupled to the first stage, and a summation circuit. The first stage is configured to receive an analog input signal, convert the analog input signal to a digital signal, and output an intermediate analog output signal in response to the digital signal. The second stage is configured to output a second analog intermediate output signal based on a scaled pulse width modulation quantization error of the first stage. The summation circuit is configured to combine the first and second analog intermediate output signals to generate an amplified output signal.
US08816761B2	Tunable biquad filter circuit including phase shift detection and methods for using such Various embodiments of the present invention provide tunable filter circuits and methods for using such. As an example, a tunable biquad filter is disclosed that includes a tunable biquad circuit, a mixer circuit and a low pass filter. The tunable biquad circuit exhibits a cutoff frequency corresponding to an adjustment value, and is operable to receive an filter input and to provide a filter output. The mixer circuit is operable to provide a product of the filter input and the filter output. The product includes a time dependent component and a static component. The low pass filter is operable to receive the product and to provide the static component.
US08816759B2	Electric circuit and semiconductor device An electric circuit includes a delayed clock generation circuit to which a first clock is supplied and which is configured to generate a first delayed clock and a second delayed clock, the first delayed clock being the first clock delayed by a first delay amount, and the second delayed clock being the first clock delayed by a second delay amount different from the first delay amount, an OR gate configured to receive the first clock, the first delayed clock, and the second delayed clock as inputs and to output a second clock, and a scan circuit to which the second clock is supplied.
US08816757B1	Systems and methods for load transient prediction and compensation Systems and methods are provided for regulating power in an integrated circuit system. A system includes a processing unit configured to monitor one or more operating parameters in the integrated circuit system. Based on the one or more monitored operating parameters, the processing unit is configured to predict an occurrence of an event that will cause an increased load on the integrated circuit system and further to assert a voltage adjustment command based on the predicted event. A power regulator is coupled to a power supply. The power regulator is configured to supply a regulated output voltage at a nominal voltage level. The power regulator is further configured to receive the voltage adjustment command and to supply the output voltage at an adjusted output level responsively to the voltage adjustment command.
US08816756B1	Bandgap reference circuit A circuit for generating a temperature-stabilized reference voltage on a semiconductor chip includes a differential pair including a first and a second bipolar junction transistor. The circuit further includes a feedback circuit including an amplification stage and configured to control a current flowing through the first bipolar junction transistor and a current flowing through the second bipolar junction transistor. A first resistor is connected between an emitter of the first bipolar junction transistor and an emitter of the second bipolar junction transistor, thereby generating a PTAT voltage across the first resistor. Further, the circuit includes a current source forcing a partial current having a CTAT behavior through the first resistor.
US08816753B2	Trim circuit for power supply controller A trim circuit for a power supply controller includes: a control circuit; at least a capacitance type programmable circuit connection; and a switching circuit, under control of the control circuit, the switching circuit selectively coupling the capacitance type programmable circuit connection to anyone of an operation voltage and a programming voltage, for determining a programming state of the capacitance type programmable circuit connection.
US08816748B2	Jitter reduction in high speed low core voltage level shifter An apparatus comprising a level shifter circuit and a control circuit. The level shifter circuit may be configured to generate a differential output in response to (i) a first differential input, (ii) a second differential input and (iii) a first supply. The level shifter circuit comprises a first pull down transistor pair operating with the first supply. The control circuit may be configured to generate the second differential input in response to (i) the first differential input and (ii) a second supply. The control circuit generally comprises a second pull down transistor pair operating with the second supply. The first supply has a higher voltage than the second supply.
US08816745B1	Equalizer circuitry including both inductor based and non-inductor based equalizer stages An equalizer circuitry that includes both inductor based and non-inductor based equalizer stages is provided. In one implementation, the equalizer circuitry includes a first equalizer circuitry including a first inductor based equalizer stage and a first non-inductor based equalizer stage coupled to the first inductor based equalizer stage. In one implementation, the equalizer circuitry further includes a second equalizer circuitry including a plurality of inductor based equalizer stages, where the plurality of inductor based equalizer stages includes the first inductor based equalizer stage. In one implementation, the first equalizer circuitry further includes a second inductor based equalizer stage coupled to the first inductor based equalizer stage and the first non-inductor based equalize stage.
US08816737B1	Interface circuit for signal transmission An interface circuit for signal transmission includes an amplifying circuit, a de-skew circuit and a latching unit. The amplifying circuit receives an input clock signal and outputs an output clock signal after amplifying the input clock signal. The de-skew circuit receives the output clock signal and outputs a de-skew clock signal as a trigger signal after removing a skew time of the output clock signal. The latching unit includes multiple sampling circuits, respectively receives multiple inputting data signals. The sampling circuits are controlled by the trigger signal to sample the inputting data signals and output multiple outputting data signals. The voltage amplitudes of the outputting data signals are larger than the voltage amplitudes of the inputting data signals and satisfy a required voltage amplitude by a subsequent circuit.
US08816729B2	Phase-locked-loop with quadrature tracking filter for synchronizing an electric grid Methods and systems for synchronizing an electric grid having unbalanced voltages are provided. A voltage vector may be filtered in a quadrature tracking filter (QTF) to generate a quadrature signal. The inputs to the QTF may be either single input, multiple outputs, or alternatively, multiple inputs, multiple outputs. Furthermore, the second state of either of the two QTF transformations may be either positive or negative. A phase-locked-loop (PLL) operation may be performed on the quadrature signal to monitor a voltage vector between the grid and a connected power converter. The QTF and PLL methods are suitable for either single-phase applications or n-phase (any number of phases) applications.
US08816728B2	Gate driving circuit and display apparatus having the same A gate driving circuit includes a pull-up control part, a pull-up part, a carry part, a first pull-down part and a second pull-down part. The pull-up control part applies a carry signal from a previous stage to a first node. The pull-up part outputs an N-th gate output signal based on a clock signal. The carry part outputs an N-th carry signal based on the clock signal in response to the signal applied to the first node. The first pull-down part includes a plurality of transistors connected to each other in series. The first pull-down part pulls down a signal at the first node to a second off voltage in response to a carry signal of a next stage. The second pull-down part pulls down the N-th gate output signal to a first off voltage in response to the carry signal of the next stage.
US08816726B1	Differential signaling driver A differential signaling driver includes a current source, a differential signal generator, and a resistor. The current source is connected between an operation voltage and a first node, and supplies a driving current to the first node. The differential signal generator is connected between the first node and a second node. The differential signal generator receives a digital input signal, and generates a pair of differential output signals at a first output node and a second output node according to the digital input signal. The resistor is connected between the second node and a ground voltage. The differential signal generator couples the first output node to the operation voltage and the second output node to the ground voltage or couples the first output node to the ground voltage and the second output node to the operation voltage according to the digital input signal.
US08816725B2	High-voltage electrical switch by series connected semiconductor switches A high voltage electrical switch including: a plurality of series connected semiconductor switches; a plurality of rectifiers wherein each rectifier is connected to a semiconductor switch control input of one of the semiconductor switches; a radio frequency signal generator; and a plurality of galvanic isolators, wherein each galvanic isolator connects the radio frequency signal generator to one of the plurality of rectifiers, wherein the plurality of semiconductor switches are isolated from one another.
US08816724B2	Nested digital delta-sigma modulator Methods and systems are disclosed that provide a radio frequency synthesizer that generates precise frequencies over a large radio frequency range. The radio frequency synthesizer can provide a high resolution of frequency generation and still provide precise frequencies over a range of radio frequencies. The precision and resolution while maintaining a large operating range come from the ability of the frequency synthesizer to generate frequencies as a product of a plurality of moduli. For example, the frequency can be generated from a reference frequency using a first modulus and a second modulus. The plurality of modulo can be implemented using nested digital delta-sigma modulators in a fractional-N frequency synthesizer.
US08816722B2	Current detection circuit An object is to widen detection range of current. A current detection circuit includes a first resistor, which is connected to a first connection terminal and a second connection terminal; a second resistor, which is connected to the first resistor; a third resistor, which is connected to the first resistor; a first transistor, a source of which is connected to the second resistor; a second transistor, a source of which is connected to the third resistor, and a drain and a gate of which is connected to a gate of the first transistor; a third transistor, a source of which is connected to the source of the second transistor, and a gate of which is connected to the drain of the first transistor; and a fourth resistor, which is connected to the drain of the third transistor, and to which a voltage is input.
US08816714B2	Testing apparatus and testing method for LCD The present technology discloses a testing apparatus and a testing method for liquid crystal display (LCD). The apparatus comprises a testing chamber, at least one support device in the testing chamber and an adjusting device. The support device comprises a support stage located at the bottom of the testing chamber and a support rail located on a side wall of the testing chamber. The LCD is supported by the support stage and the support rail. The adjusting device is used to control the support rail to adjust angle of the LCD relative to the support stage.
US08816710B2	Inspection contact element and inspecting jig Provided is a micro contact element which is capable of coping with the miniaturization and greater complexity of substrates or boards, which is simplified due to a reduction in the number of components, and which creates sufficient contact pressure and stroke. Also provided is an inspection jig using this contact element. An inspection contact element having the contact pressure and amount of contraction required to carry out an inspection is formed by using notch parts respectively formed in two conductive cylindrical members having different outer and inner diameters so that the notch parts can function as elastic parts, and combining the two cylindrical members in such a way that the elastic parts are arranged in parallel or in series.
US08816706B1	Reconfigurable devices containing carbon nanomaterials and methods for using same Methods for using carbon nanomaterials to alter the operational output of a device are described herein. The methods can include providing a device that contains a carbon nanomaterial in a first state, and applying an input stimulus to the carbon nanomaterial so as to change the first state into a second state. In the first state, the carbon nanomaterial can be used to produce a normal operational output of the device, whereas the device can produce an altered operational output when the carbon nanomaterial is in the second state. When producing an altered operational output, the device can continue operating, but the altered operational output can be non-indicative of the true operational state of the device. Devices containing a carbon nanomaterial that can be reconfigured from a normal operational output to an altered operational output are also described herein.
US08816702B2	Ultraprecision non-contact three-dimensional probing system based on spherical capacitive plate A non-contact three-dimensional probing system based on a spherical capacitive plate has a probe including a spherical probing head (5), a stylus pipe (6), an active shielding pipe (8), a signal conducting rod (7), an insulating element (9), a stylus holder (10) and a probe body (11). The spherical probing head (5) is mounted at one end of the insulating element (9), and it has a spherical capacitive plate over its surface. The capacitive signal coming from the spherical capacitive plate is outputted through the signal conducting rod (7). The active shielding pipe (8) is driven by the signal converting and processing circuit (13) of the probing system to maintain equipotential with the signal conducting rod (7), and so the influence of parasitic capacitance and spatial electromagnetic interference can be eliminated.
US08816701B2	Slider and electronic apparatus containing the slider A slider and an electronic apparatus containing the slider, the slider including upper and lower board bodies, a first metal part positioned on the upper board body and connected to a capacitive touch sensor, the capacitive touch sensor being arranged on the circuit board of an electronic apparatus containing the slider; and a second metal part positioned on the lower board body and connected to a ground end (terminal), the ground end being arranged on the circuit board of the electronic apparatus containing the slider; the first and second metal parts are respectively positioned at the same end of the upper board body and the lower board body, and the first and second metal parts constitute a capacitor, the capacitance of which provides for detecting the open mode and closed mode of the slider.
US08816699B2	Voltage source for calibrating a fast transient voltage measurement system and calibration method The present disclosure discloses a voltage source for calibrating a very fast transient voltage measurement system, comprising a DC high voltage power supply, a discharging gap, a high voltage travelling wave line concluding a high voltage conductor and an earthing conductor. The present disclosure also provides a method for calibrating a fast transient voltage measurement system: the high voltage conductor is insulated from the earthing conductor, and is open circuit at one end and at the other end is connected with the earthing conductor via the discharging gap, applying a high voltage between the high voltage conductor and earthing conductor and making breakdown of the discharging gap, a very fast transient high voltage is produced on the high voltage conductor and its waveform can be determined by theoretical calculation, the very fast transient high voltage with known waveform is used as the calibration voltage for calibrating the measurement system.
US08816698B2	System for detecting faults in electrical wiring, and manufacturing method thereof A diagnostic system for detecting faults in electrical wiring, and manufacturing method thereof is provided. The diagnostic system includes a diagnostic sensor coupled to a data acquisition system. The diagnostic sensor includes a sensor housing with a flexible coil sensor disposed inside. The sensor housing includes a base portion, lid portion, and a joining portion, wherein one end of the lid portion is detachably coupled to a first end of the base portion and another end of the lid portion is coupled to a second end of the base portion via the joining portion. The diagnostic sensor further includes a connector coupled to the flexible coil sensor.
US08816696B2	Continuity testing device A continuity testing device is provided which can reliably detect incomplete-fitting of the retainer of the connector. The continuity testing device includes a connector guide block into which the connector is inserted in a transverse direction and which is fixed above an opening formed on a cover plate of a case of the continuity testing device, a detection plate provided to the connector guide block and arranged above the connector so as to contact with the incompletely-fitted retainer of the connector when moved downward, a detection pin arranged at the detection plate, a continuity testing part arranged to move in the vertical direction toward the connector, a drive mechanism that operates the detection plate to move in the vertical direction in conjunction with the continuity testing part, and a switch that is activated by the detection pin when the detection pin is completely moved down to the switch.
US08816694B2	Apparatus and method for detecting partial discharge at turn-to-turn insulation in motor Apparatus and method for partial discharge detection of turn-to-turn insulation in motor has a surge generator for generating a surge voltage to the windings of the motor by applying a pulse voltage, and a partial discharge current detector for detecting partial discharge currents between the winding turns of the motor. The surge generator generates in and between the windings of the motor the surge voltage that has the rise time and fall time corresponding to the rise time of the surge voltage observed at the motor terminal when the motor is driven by an inverter, and that is repeated at a frequency of 50 Hz to 20 kHz.
US08816679B2	180-degree arc position encoder with an extended angular position sensing range This disclosure describes techniques for sensing an angular position of a rotating object over an angular position range that includes up to 360 degrees using an arc position encoder comprising a substantially 180-degree angular position sensing range. The encoder may include a base comprising an arc length defined by a first and a second end, one or more magnetic field sensors disposed within the base between the first and second ends, and one or more polarity transition sensors also disposed within the base between the first and second ends. The encoder may further include a magnetic target that includes first and second magnetic poles disposed on opposite ends so as to generate a uniform magnetic field, wherein the magnetic target is coupled to the rotating object so as to rotate about an axis of rotation located substantially in a center of a circle defined by the base.
US08816676B2	Position sensor The position sensor includes a shift lever used to select one of five ranges P, R, N, D, and B, fixed contacts corresponding to the ranges P, R, N, D, and B, and movable contacts configured to be electrically connected to the fixed contacts. The fixed contacts include regular fixed contacts, first backup fixed contacts, and second backup fixed contacts. The first and second backup fixed contacts have their lengths in the moving direction of the movable contacts configured to be longer than the length of the regular fixed contact that corresponds to the first and second backup fixed contacts.
US08816671B2	Electronic probe housing and automatic shutoff for steam turbine An electronic probe housing having two speed pick up devices automatically sends electric signals to an electronic governor which causes the RPM of the steam turbine to increase, decrease or remain constant, in conjunction with one or more additional speed pick up devices in the same probe housing which uses a logical array of electro-hydraulic solenoid valves to control an automatic shut off system which cuts off the steam supply to the steam turbine.
US08816660B2	Method for the closed-loop control of a buck converter and arrangement for implementing the method A method for regulating a buck converter, in which the amount of the output volume is adjusted via a controlled switching, comprising a pulse sequence having a pulse rate and being pulse width modulated, and an inductor, which is switched serially with a load over which an output voltage drops, and an arrangement with a control input and with a control output, between which an analog-to-digital converter, a non-linear amplifier, an IIR filter, and a pulse width modulation circuit is switched, to allow a quick reaction upon a load transient by which the regulation of the output voltage at a buck converter occurs faster and with less overshooting. This is attained such that the sample rate is adjusted to be greater than the pulse rate and the pulse values of the pulse sequence are controlled during the cycle duration.
US08816654B2	Universal-voltage discrete input circuit A universal-voltage discrete input circuit uses a high voltage depletion-mode field effect transistor in combination with a low-voltage, adjustable precision shunt regulator and an isolation circuit for interfacing a low voltage digital logic circuit to a switched external voltage ranging from about 7 volts to about 1000 volts AC or +/− DC, at a low fixed current. In addition to the wide input voltage range accepted at a uniform low current value, very high voltage isolation is provided between the external voltage and the low voltage digital logic circuit, and elimination of ground loops and common mode noise.
US08816653B2	Circuit including a transformer for driving a semiconductor switching element A circuit for a semiconductor switching element including a transformer. One embodiment provides a first voltage supply circuit having a first oscillator. A first transformer is connected downstream of the first oscillator. A first accumulation circuit for providing a first supply voltage is connected downstream of the first transformer. A driver circuit having input terminals for feeding in the first supply voltage and having output terminals for providing a drive voltage for the semiconductor switching element, designed to generate the drive voltage for the semiconductor switching element at least from the first supply voltage.
US08816648B2	Modulated, temperature-based multi-CC-CV charging technique for Li-ion/Li-polymer batteries Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that charges a battery. During operation, the system obtains a set of charging currents {I1, . . . , In} and a set of charging voltages {V1, . . . , Vn}. Next, the system repeats constant-current and constant-voltage charging operations, starting with i=1 and incrementing i with every repetition, until a termination condition is reached. These constant-current and constant-voltage charging operations involve charging the battery using a constant current Ii until a cell voltage of the battery reaches Vi, and then charging the battery using a constant voltage Vi until a charging current is less than or equal to Ii+1.
US08816644B2	Interrupting the charging status of a rechargeable battery Interrupting the charging status of a rechargeable battery comprises providing a timer operable electrical extension cord. The extension cord comprises a conducting cable or media capable of transmitting electric current providing desired extended operative connection between at least a power input connector to a power source or one or more electrical sockets at one end of the conducting media and a power output connector at other end of the conducting media to any intermittently operable or charge dependent electrically operable unit. The extension cord includes a timer for continuously tracking the desired time duration for which the switch is to be either in an on state or in an off state. The timer cooperates with a controller to trigger a corresponding change in a switching state of the extension cord.
US08816642B2	Method for using a stand-alone system connected to a battery A method for using a stand-alone system, provided with an actuator connected to a battery, comprises during a discharging phase of the battery at a predetermined current the measurement of a temperature representative of the battery temperature and the determination of a first voltage threshold depending upon the measured temperature. Then, a voltage is measured at the battery terminals. An operating mode, selected at least between a normal and deteriorated mode, is determined, said stand-alone system being in the normal operating mode when the measured voltage is higher than the first voltage threshold, and in the deteriorated operating mode when the measured voltage is lower that the first voltage threshold, the current provided by the battery during an actuation being reduced when going from the normal mode to the deteriorated mode.
US08816641B2	Bi-directional inverter-charger A bi-directional inverter-charger including a bridge rectifier and DC-to-DC conversion components. The inverter-charger may be connected between an alternating current source, e.g., an AC line, and a direct current source, e.g., a battery pack. The DC-to-DC conversion components may include boost and buck circuits that are switchably configured between a charge mode and an inverter mode such that common components are used in both charge and inverter configurations. In the charge configuration, a full wave rectified signal from the H-bridge is up converted by the boost circuit, and the buck circuit controls charge current to the direct current source. In the inverter configuration, the boost circuit up converts the direct current voltage source, and the buck circuit controls the current and its form to the bridge circuit so that the bridge circuit may be Connected directly with the AC source.
US08816637B2	Vehicle guidance system with interface A vehicle guidance system is provided with a controller configured to receive input signals indicative of an instantaneous charging port position relative to an external charging pad and a charging status. The controller is further configured to transmit a vehicle status signal in response to the input signals. An interface communicates with the controller, and is configured to display a vehicle position indicator and a charging status message in response to the vehicle status signal.
US08816631B2	Apparatus and method for energy efficient motor drive standby operation Motor drive apparatus and methods are presented in which a standby controller uses at least one switching device to power an inverter in a normal mode and to remove power from the inverter and other motor drive components during a standby mode for improved energy efficiency.
US08816629B2	Vibration control robot system A vibration control robot system of the present invention includes: a robot controller (101) transmitting an operation command value and receiving an output value of a pulse encoder of the servo motor, wherein the robot controller includes a controller-side communication unit (5) which transmits the operation command value and the output value of the pulse encoder to a robot vibration controller; and the robot vibration controller (11) including: an acceleration sensor interface (15); a corrected operation command value calculation unit (13) which calculates a corrected operation command value obtained so as to suppress vibration of the robot; and a vibration-controller-side communication unit (12) which transmits the corrected operation command value to the robot controller (101), wherein the robot vibration controller (11) is arranged independently of the robot controller (101).
US08816627B2	Energy efficient motion control system A control signal for controlling an operation of a motion control system suitable for positioning a load is generated using determining a cost function based on a model of energy consumption of the system and a function of a tracking time; and minimizing the cost function subject to constraints to determine a trajectory of the control signal. The control signal is generated based on the trajectory and a current state of the system, wherein the steps of the method are performed by a processor.
US08816622B2	Control apparatus for rotating machine A control apparatus for an AC rotating machine that can reliably and stably start up an AC rotating machine, particularly a synchronous motor using a permanent magnet, in position-sensorless vector control thereof, includes: a steady speed calculator that calculates, during steady state control of the AC rotating machine, a rotation angular frequency of the AC rotating machine based on an AC current and voltage commands; and a start-up speed calculator that calculates, during start-up control within a predetermined period after the AC rotating machine has been started up, the rotation angular frequency of the AC rotating machine based on the AC current and the voltage commands. The control apparatus corrects during the start-up control current commands so that the AC voltage amplitude of the voltage commands will be a constant value not more than the maximum output voltage of a power converter.
US08816609B2	Method and circuit for improving crest factor of gas discharge lamp A method and circuit for improving the crest factor of the gas discharge lamp. The method includes: the signal of the gas discharge lamp can be sampled to get a status signal; whether the present stage of the gas discharge lamp is at warm up stage or constant power stage can be judged based on the result of comparison between the status signal and a preset value; preset parameters can be selected based on the stage of the gas discharge lamp, the first parameter can be selected when the gas discharge lamp is at a warm up stage, and the second parameter can be selected when the gas discharge lamp is at a constant power stage; a control signal can be outputted during the lamp current commutation based on the selected first or second parameter to improve the crest factor of the gas discharge lamp.
US08816607B2	LED emitting device and driving method thereof The present invention relates to an LED light emitting device and a driving method thereof. The LED light emitting device supplies a power supply voltage to at least two LED channels. The LED light emitting device samples channel voltages of the at least two LED channels to detect a minimum voltage from among the sampled voltages, and amplifies a difference between the detected minimum voltage and a predetermined reference voltage to generate an error amplifying signal. The LED light emitting device generates an enable signal having a duty extended by a predetermined delay period from a duty of a dimming signal for controlling light emission periods of the at least two LED channels. In this instance, the error generator is operable by the enable signal.
US08816603B2	Method for controlling the operation of an electronic converter, and a corresponding electronic converter, lighting system and software product A method for controlling the operation of an electronic converter (10), comprising a power output (120) for providing a power supply signal (120) for a light source (L), wherein said light source (L) is coupled to an identification element (300, 400) which identifies at least one control parameter of said light source (L), and a data line (200b) for connection to said identification element (300, 400), wherein said method comprises: detecting (1002) the value of the voltage on said data line; (200b), comparing (1004, 1010) the detected value of said voltage with at least a first and a second range of values; (802, 804, 806), and a) determining said at least one control parameter as a function of the detected voltage (1002, 1044) on said data line (200b), if the detected voltage is within the first range (802), or b) communicating (1032) with said identification element (300) by means of a digital communication protocol in order to receive said at least one control parameter from said identification element (300) if the detected voltage is within the second range (804).
US08816602B2	Device and method for controlling a lighting system by proximity sensing of a spot-light control device and spotlight control device Disclosed are methods and apparatus for controlling a lighting system by proximity sensing of a spotlight control device, particularly to controlling a spotlight generated by a lighting system such as a large LED lighting array by means of a spotlight control device. A device is provided for controlling a lighting system by proximity sensing of a spotlight control device, wherein a predefined area around the spotlight control device is illuminated if a proximity sensor signals presence of the spotlight control device within the predefined area.
US08816596B2	Dimmer-disabled LED driver An integrated circuit controller for use in a light emitting diode (LED) driver includes a comparator, an input signal absence timer and a regulator circuit. The comparator receives a first voltage representative of an ac input signal and compares the first voltage with a reference voltage. The input signal absence timer determines whether the first voltage is less than the reference voltage for a threshold duration and in response thereto generates a detect signal indicating that a portion of an ac half cycle is absent from the ac input signal. The regulator circuit controls switching of a switch to regulate a transfer of energy from the ac input signal to an LED load. The regulator circuit is disabled from switching the switch in response to the detect signal indicating the absence of the portion of the ac half cycle from the ac input signal.
US08816594B2	3-way LED bulb A lighting circuit for a light emitting diode (LED) bulb capable of operating at different light output levels depending on received AC power includes a first group of LEDs and second group of LEDs, each of which is configured to emit light as a group. The lighting circuit also includes an AC/DC converter electrically connected to the first and second groups of LEDs. A detector circuit detects received AC power. A selection circuit is operable to cause the AC/DC converter circuit to provide current into one configuration of LEDs from the group of configurations of LEDs consisting of: the first group of LEDs only, the second group of LEDs only, and the first and second group of LEDs. The configuration of LEDs to provide current to is selected based on received AC power.
US08816591B2	Methods and apparatus for segmenting and driving LED-based lighting units A plurality of LED-based lighting units is segmented into a plurality of LED-based lighting segments connected in series. Each lighting segment has a plurality of LED-based lighting units connected in series with at least a series-connection switch, and a bypass-connection switch is connected in parallel with the series of LED-based lighting units. The total number of LED-based lighting units can be determined by a maximum voltage level of an input voltage supply and the forward voltage of the LED-based lighting unit for achieving optimal efficiency. The number of lighting segments and the number of lighting units in each lighting segment are properly chosen based on the total number of the LED-based lighting units in such away that any number up to the total number of all the LED-based lighting units can be connected in series by respectively controlling the series-connection switch and the bypass-connection switch of each LED-based lighting segment.
US08816586B2	Illuminated devices attached to vehicles The present disclosure is directed to illuminated devices attached to vehicles. More specifically, an illuminated device may be attached to a vehicle in the form of an illuminated logo or emblem. The illumination of the device may be controlled for color, state, and/or intensity in response to vehicle signals received by the device. In addition, the illuminated device may use switching circuitry to interface with a vehicle's electrical power and/or signals.
US08816581B2	Lighting device Provided is a lighting device capable of displaying a desired image without an element such as a TFT in a light-emitting portion of the lighting device. The lighting device includes a light-emitting portion in which a plurality of light-emitting segments arranged in matrix and each including an EL layer between a pair of electrodes (an anode and a cathode). The area of a light-emitting region is varied as appropriate so as to obtain a desired light-emitting luminance from the light-emitting region in each the light-emitting segment; accordingly, gray-scale display can be performed and a still image can be displayed only by 1 external power source.
US08816579B2	Organic light-emitting device and method of manufacturing the same An organic light-emitting device includes a first pixel electrode disposed on a substrate, a first bank covering an edge of the first pixel electrode, the first bank having a first opening exposing a portion of the first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode covering the exposed portion of the first pixel electrode through the first opening, the second pixel electrode covering at least a portion of the first bank, an organic light-emitting layer covering the second pixel electrode, and an opposite electrode covering the organic light-emitting layer.
US08816571B2	Manufacturing method for piezoelectric element and mother piezoelectric substrate with electrode A method of manufacturing a piezoelectric element, which includes a first electrode adjacent a first main surface of a mother piezoelectric substrate and a second electrode adjacent a second main surface. During formation of the first electrode and the second electrode, cutouts are provided in the first electrode and the second electrode so that the shapes of the first electrode and the second electrode are different from each other when the mother piezoelectric substrate is inverted.
US08816566B2	Method and remotely adjustable reactive and resistive electrical elements Apparatus and method that includes providing a variable-parameter electrical component in a high-field environment and based on an electrical signal, automatically moving a movable portion of the electrical component in relation to another portion of the electrical component to vary at least one of its parameters. In some embodiments, the moving uses a mechanical movement device (e.g., a linear positioner, rotary motor, or pump). In some embodiments of the method, the electrical component has a variable inductance, capacitance, and/or resistance. Some embodiments include using a computer that controls the moving of the movable portion of the electrical component in order to vary an electrical parameter of the electrical component. Some embodiments include using a feedback signal to provide feedback control in order to adjust and/or maintain the electrical parameter. Some embodiments include a non-magnetic positioner connected to an electrical component configured to have its RLC parameters varied by the positioner.
US08816561B2	Compressor A compressor includes a casing and a motor disposed inside the casing. The motor is welded to the casing at a plurality of weld positions. The motor includes a core, a coil, at least one insulating member and a gap. The core has an annular back yoke portion, a plurality of tooth portions projecting radially inwardly from the back yoke portion and a slot formed between the tooth portions adjacent to each other. The coil is disposed in the slot. The insulating member is disposed in the slot to insulate the coil from the core. The gap is provided between the back yoke portion and the insulating member.
US08816560B2	Canned motor for reducing cogging torque Disclosed is a canned motor for restraining a cogging torque from being generated by inserting magnetic metal pins into slot openings of a stator, thereby reducing noise and vibrations during an operation of the canned motor. The canned motor includes: a can inserted into a housing to seal a coil mounted within the housing; and a stator installed on an outer peripheral surface of the can and inserted along an inner peripheral surface of the housing. A plurality of fixing guides protrude from an outer peripheral surface of the can and metal pins are inserted into the fixing guides to be integral with the fixing guide, such that the metal pins are inserted into and attached to slot openings of the stator when inserted into the stator.
US08816556B2	Optimized electric machine for smart actuators A single stator electric machine includes a plurality of magnets for generating a first magnetic field. Each respective magnet represents a respective rotor pole. A magnet holder retains the plurality of magnets. A stator is disposed radially outward from the plurality of magnets for generating a second magnetic field. The stator includes a plurality of stator poles separated by slots with each of the stator poles having a concentrated winding with a respective number of turns formed around each respective stator pole. Each respective concentrated winding within the stator comprises non-overlapping phases which increase an active length of the windings of the stator and reduce an overhang of each respective winding with respect to each stator pole for improving torque efficiency. A number of rotor poles is at least eight and the number of rotor poles and a number of stator slots have a least common multiple of at least 36.
US08816555B2	Rotor for a permanent magnet electric machine A rotor for a permanent magnet electric machine includes an axis of rotation, an outer surface, and a cross-section orthogonal to the axis of rotation with a non-circular contour of the outer surface defined by a plurality of radii angularly distributed around the axis of rotation.
US08816540B2	High energy density vibration energy harvesting device with high-mu material The present disclosure describes a vibration energy harvester with increased output power density. The vibration energy harvester has two magnetic solenoids, each with cores that include multiple layers of high permeability materials. The two magnetic solenoids are fixed at two sides of a movably supported hard magnetic core, such as a magnet pair with anti-parallel magnetization, which produces a spatially inhomogeneous bias magnetic field for switching the flux inside the solenoids during vibration of the magnetic core. An output voltage of 2.52 V and a power density 20.84 mW/cm3 at 42 Hz, with a half peak working bandwidth of 6 Hz.
US08816538B2	Electric junction box and power supply device having the same An electric junction box, having a terminal portion positioned in the connector engagement portion and arranged perpendicular to a direction along which case members attach each other, which can be assembled easily without increasing the number of components and manufacturing cost is provided. Also, a power supply device having the above-described electric junction box is provided. The electric junction box includes: a box main body having a connector engagement portion and an upper case attached to a lower case in an overlapping relationship; and a bus bar received in the box main body. The lower case includes a bottom wall portion, a positioning wall and peripheral walls. The bus bar includes the terminal portion positioned in the connector engagement portion, a positioning plate portion and a mount portion. The peripheral wall includes a cutout portion allowing the positioning plate portion to move into and out from the lower case.
US08816535B2	System and method for protection during inverter shutdown in distributed power installations A protection method in a distributed power system including of DC power sources and multiple power modules which include inputs coupled to the DC power sources. The power modules include outputs coupled in series with one or more other power modules to form a serial string. An inverter is coupled to the serial string. The inverter converts power input from the string and produces output power. When the inverter stops production of the output power, each of the power modules is shut down and thereby the power input to the inverter is ceased.
US08816532B2	Redundant power system A redundant power system aims to provide multiple main output power and multiple standby power to drive a plurality of loads operating in an operating mode or a standby mode. The redundant power system includes a plurality of power supplies and a back panel. Each power supply provides a main output power and a standby power. The back panel has a power bus path to converge the main output power. The power bus path is divided into multiple main power output paths each being controlled by a remote ON/OFF switch to determine whether to perform output, and multiple standby power output paths each has a conversion unit located thereon. The conversion unit converts the power in the power bus path and provides a simulated standby power to the loads in a normal.
US08816529B2	Device for monitoring the insulation of a non-grounded electrical DC grid, particularly a photovoltaic system, and system comprising such a device The invention relates to an insulation monitoring device (IMD) in a non-grounded electrical DC grid (DC-IT System), particularly an electrical photovoltaic system (PV). Said device has a power supply unit (B), which is supplied with electrical energy from the electrical DC grid (DC-IT System). According to the invention a rechargeable energy store (CIMD) is present, in particular a capacitor with a charging diode (D) connected upstream. This is supplied with electrical energy (UIMD) via the electrical DC grid and supplies the power supply unit (B) in the event of a temporary failure of the electrical DC grid, so that continued operation of the insulation monitoring device (IMD) is possible until the non-grounded electrical DC grid is re-established. Advantageously, for continued operation of the insulation monitoring in the event of failure of the electrical DC grid the power supply unit (B) provides a preferably pulsed measurement voltage (UP), which is used in order to feed electrical energy into the electrical DC grid (DC-IT) via a coupling circuit (AS).
US08816528B2	Mobile power system A mobile power system comprises a plurality of energy sources, wherein at least one energy source is a solar powered generating device and at least one energy source is a wind powered generating device; a plurality of electronic and telecommunications components configured to receive the power generated by the plurality of energy sources and/or convert the power generated to direct current power; a plurality of batteries configured to store the direct current power; and one or more transportable housings configured to hold the plurality of energy sources, the plurality of electronic and telecommunications, and the plurality of batteries during transport of the housing, and wherein the at least one solar powered energy device and the at least one wind powered generating device are disposed remotely from the housing when the mobile power system is in operation.
US08816526B2	Automotive lamp device An automotive lamp device is provided. The automotive lamp device includes a lamp housing into which a first lamp or a second lamp is inserted and which includes a plurality of lines, and a lamp driver module which is connected to a first line among the plurality of lines, supplies a first level of voltage and/or current to the first lamp if the first lamp is inserted into the lamp housing, and supplies a second level of voltage and/or current to the second lamp if the second lamp is inserted into the lamp housing.
US08816523B2	Horizontal axis wind generator A horizontal axis wind generator comprises a wind turbine with a plurality of blades, which extend between a first portion at the turbine rotational axis and a second end portion, an electric power generator coupled with the wind turbine and having a rotor adapted to be set in rotation around a rotor rotational axis, motion transmission members for transmitting the rotation energy of the wind turbine to the rotor. The motion transmission members comprise a frame associated with the second end portions of the blades and the rotor is operatively coupled with the frame with an aerodynamic profile both for the inlet and for the outlet of the air flow.
US08816522B2	High speed magnus rotor A magnus rotor designed for high speed operation. Aerodynamic drag is reduced by lessening the air density around endplates and half the radial surface of the rotor by installing a circuit of aerodynamic seals to enclose a vacuum about the internal volume of the rotor as well as the endplates and half the radial surface of the rotor.
US08816520B2	Systems for load reduction in a tower of an idled wind-power unit and methods thereof Systems and methods for reducing dynamic loading in an idled wind power unit include sensing at least one parameter indicative of dynamic loading and executing a reduced torque brake mode, which may comprise a controlled brake and brake-release sequence, with the turbine braking system when the sensed parameter exceeds a selected value. The reduced torque brake mode absorbs energy and reduces dynamic loading thereby.
US08816519B2	Blade angle adjustment drive for a wind power plant A blade angle adjustment drive for a wind power plant having an electrical converter, an electric motor electrically coupled to the converter, and a monitoring unit which monitors the operation of the converter and identifies a malfunction in the operation of the converter. The operation of the converter may be interrupted at least temporarily based on the malfunction. An interruption prevention unit is selectively operable to prevent an interruption in the operation of the converter by the monitoring unit when the bade angle adjustment drive is in an emergency operation state.
US08816517B2	Energy storage system using springs An energy storage system used to store energy is disclosed. The system uses compression, torsion, extension and/or leaf springs to store energy. Input energy is use to compress the springs through an apparatus. The potential energy in the compressed spring is used to run a generator, which provides power to the consumer.
US08816513B2	Electronic assembly with three dimensional inkjet printed traces One method of making an electronic assembly includes mounting one electrical substrate on another electrical substrate with a face surface on the one substrate oriented transversely of a face surface of the other substrate. The method also includes inkjet printing on the face surfaces a conductive trace that connects an electrical contact on the one substrate with an electrical connector on the other substrate. An electronic assembly may include a first substrate having a generally flat surface with a first plurality of electrical contacts thereon; a second substrate having a generally flat surface with a second plurality of electrical contacts thereon, the surface of the second substrate extending transversely of the surface of said first substrate; and at least one continuous conductive ink trace electrically connecting at least one of the first plurality of electrical contacts with at least one of the second plurality of electrical contacts.
US08816507B2	Package-on-Package structures having buffer dams and method for forming the same A device includes a device die and a plurality of metal posts at a surface of the device die and electrically coupled to the device die. The device further includes a plurality of through-assembly vias (TAVs), a dam member between the device die and the plurality of TAVs, and a polymer layer encompassing the device die, the plurality of metal posts, the plurality of TAVs, and the dam member.
US08816505B2	Low stress vias A component can include a substrate having a front surface and a rear surface remote therefrom, an opening extending from the rear surface towards the front surface, and a conductive via extending within the opening. The substrate can have a CTE less than 10 ppm/° C. The opening can define an inner surface between the front and rear surfaces. The conductive via can include a first metal layer overlying the inner surface and a second metal region overlying the first metal layer and electrically coupled to the first metal layer. The second metal region can have a CTE greater than a CTE of the first metal layer. The conductive via can have an effective CTE across a diameter of the conductive via that is less than 80% of the CTE of the second metal region.
US08816504B2	Device including two semiconductor chips and manufacturing thereof A device includes a first semiconductor chip with a first contact pad on a first face and a second semiconductor chip with a first contact pad on a first face. The second semiconductor chip is placed over the first semiconductor chip, wherein the first face of the first semiconductor chip faces the first face of the second semiconductor chip. Exactly one layer of an electrically conductive material is arranged between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip. The exactly one layer of an electrically conductive material electrically couples the first contact pad of the first semiconductor chip to the first contact pad of the second semiconductor chip.
US08816500B2	Semiconductor device having peripheral polymer structures A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip including a first main face and a second main face wherein the second main face is the backside of the semiconductor chip. Further, the semiconductor device includes an electrically conductive layer, in particular an electrically conductive layer, arranged on a first region of the second main face of the semiconductor chip. Further, the semiconductor device includes a polymer structure arranged on a second region of the second main face of the semiconductor chip, wherein the second region is a peripheral region of the second main face of the semiconductor chip and the first region is adjacent to the second region.
US08816498B2	Pillar design for conductive bump A system and method for conductive pillars is provided. An embodiment comprises a conductive pillar having trenches located around its outer edge. The trenches are used to channel conductive material such as solder when a conductive bump is formed onto the conductive pillar. The conductive pillar may then be electrically connected to another contact through the conductive material.
US08816497B2	Electronic devices and components for high efficiency power circuits An electronic component includes a III-N transistor and a III-N rectifying device both encased in a single package. A gate electrode of the III-N transistor is electrically connected to a first lead of the single package or to a conductive structural portion of the single package, a drain electrode of the III-N transistor is electrically connected to a second lead of the single package and to a first electrode of the III-N rectifying device, and a second electrode of the III-N rectifying device is electrically connected to a third lead of the single package.
US08816496B2	Thermal loading mechanism Electronic assemblies and methods are described. One embodiment includes a circuit board and a socket coupled to the circuit board. The assembly also includes a package positioned in the socket, the package including a substrate, a die, and a heat spreader, the die positioned between the substrate and the heat spreader. The assembly also includes a load plate positioned on the heat spreader, the load plate covering a majority of the heat spreader, the load plate applying a force to the heat spreader that couples the package to the socket. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08816494B2	Semiconductor device packages including thermally insulating materials and methods of making and using such semiconductor packages Semiconductor device packages comprise a first semiconductor device comprising a heat-generating region located on at least one end thereof. A second semiconductor device is attached to the first semiconductor device. At least a portion of the heat-generating region extends laterally beyond at least one corresponding end of the second semiconductor device. A thermally insulating material at least partially covers the end of the second semiconductor device. Methods of forming a semiconductor device packages comprise attaching a second semiconductor device to a first semiconductor device. The first semiconductor device comprises a heat-generating region at an end thereof. At least a portion of the heat-generating region extends laterally beyond an end of the second semiconductor device. The end of the second semiconductor device is at least partially covered with a thermally insulating material.
US08816490B2	Integrated circuit die stacks with rotationally symmetric VIAS An integrated circuit die stack including a first integrated circuit die mounted upon a substrate, the first die including pass-through vias (‘PTVs’) composed of conductive pathways through the first die with no connection to any circuitry on the first die; and a second integrated circuit die, identical to the first die, rotated with respect to the first die and mounted upon the first die, with the PTVs in the first die connecting signal lines from the substrate through the first die to through silicon vias (‘TSVs’) in the second die composed of conductive pathways through the second die connected to electronic circuitry on the second die; with the TSVs and PTVs disposed upon each identical die so that the positions of the TSVs and PTVs on each identical die are rotationally symmetrical with respect to the TSVs and PTVs on the other identical die.
US08816484B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device, in which an integrated circuit portion and an antenna are easily connected, can surely transmit and receive a signal to and from a communication device. The integrated circuit portion is formed of a thin film transistor over a surface of a substrate so that the area occupied by the integrated circuit portion is increased. The antenna is provided over the integrated circuit portion, and the thin film transistor and the antenna are connected. Further, the area over the substrate occupied by the integrated circuit portion is 0.5 to 1 times as large as the area of the surface of the substrate. Thus, the size of the integrated circuit portion can be close to the desired size of the antenna, so that the integrated circuit portion and the antenna are easily connected and the semiconductor device can surely transmit and receive a signal to and from the communication device.
US08816483B1	Semiconductor chip package structure A method for fixing a semiconductor chip on a circuit board is provided, which includes following steps. The circuit board is provided, which sequentially includes a substrate having a chip connecting portion, at least one metal wire and an insulating layer. An organic insulating material is formed on the insulating layer of the outside edge of the chip connecting portion. An anisotropic conductive film (ACF) is then formed to cover the chip connecting portion and a portion of the organic insulating material. Finally, a semiconductor chip is hot-pressed on the ACF. The organic insulating material formed on the insulating layer is used to prevent the metal wires beneath the insulating layer from occurring of corrosion. A semiconductor chip package structure is also provided.
US08816481B2	Semiconductor device having a porous nickel plating part A semiconductor device which can reduce a heat stress to a solder layer while suppressing an increase of thermal resistance is provided. A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a solder layer which is arranged on at least one surface of the semiconductor element and a lead frame which is arranged on the solder layer so that a porous nickel plating part is sandwiched between the lead frame and the solder layer. Compared with a case that the semiconductor element and the lead frame are jointed by a solder directly, an increased part of a thermal resistance of the solder junction is held down only to a part of the porous nickel plating part and a thermal resistance applied to the solder layer can be reduced.
US08816479B2	Atomistic quantum dot A quantum device is provided that includes controllably quantum mechanically coupled dangling bonds extending from a surface of a semiconductor material. Each of the controllably quantum mechanically coupled dangling bonds has a separation of at least one atom of the semiconductor material. At least one electrode is provided for selectively modifying an electronic state of the controllably quantum mechanically coupled dangling bonds. By providing at least one additional electron within the controllably quantum mechanically coupled dangling bonds with the proviso that there exists at least one unoccupied dangling bond for each one additional electron present, the inventive device is operable at least to 293 degrees Kelvin and is largely immune to stray electrostatic perturbations. Room temperature operable quantum cellular automata and qubits are constructed therefrom.
US08816472B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first insulating film formed above a substrate, wires formed on the first insulating film, an air gap formed between the adjacent wires, and a second insulating film formed on the wires and the air gap. Each of the wires has a metal film formed on the first insulating film and a hard mask formed on the metal film, the hard mask has a first layer and a second layer, a second internal angle formed by the under surface and the side surface of the second layer on a cross section of the second layer is smaller than a first internal angle formed by the under surface and the side surface of the first layer on a cross section of the first layer, and the top surface of the air gap is higher than the top surface of the metal film.
US08816464B2	Photodiode and photodiode array with improved performance characteristics The present invention is a photodiode and/or photodiode array, having a p+ diffused area that is smaller than the area of a mounted scintillator crystal, designed and manufactured with improved device characteristics, and more particularly, has relatively low dark current, low capacitance and improved signal-to-noise ratio characteristics. More specifically, the present invention is a photodiode and/or photodiode array that includes a metal shield for reflecting light back into a scintillator crystal, thus allowing for a relatively small p+ diffused area.
US08816462B2	Negatively charged layer to reduce image memory effect An image sensor pixel includes a photodiode region having a first polarity doping type disposed in a semiconductor layer. A pinning surface layer having a second polarity doping type is disposed over the photodiode region in the semiconductor layer. The second polarity is opposite from the first polarity. A first polarity charge layer is disposed proximate to the pinning surface layer over the photodiode region. An contact etch stop layer is disposed over the photodiode region proximate to the first polarity charge layer. The first polarity charge layer is disposed between the pinning surface layer and the contact etch stop layer such that first polarity charge layer cancels out charge having a second polarity that is induced in the contact etch stop layer. A passivation layer is also disposed over the photodiode region between the pinning surface layer and the contact etch stop layer.
US08816454B2	Component having a micromechanical microphone pattern A microphone component has a micromechanical microphone pattern which is implemented in a layer construction on a semiconductor substrate and includes (i) an acoustically active diaphragm which at least partially spans a sound opening on the backside of the substrate, (ii) at least one movable electrode of a microphone capacitor system, and (iii) a stationary acoustically penetrable counterelement having through holes, which counterelement is situated in the layer construction over the diaphragm and functions as the carrier for at least one immovable electrode of the microphone capacitor system. The diaphragm is tied in to the semiconductor substrate in a middle area, and the diaphragm has a corrugated sheet metal type of corrugation, at least in regions.
US08816452B2	Electric device and method of manufacturing the same There is provided an electric device including a base member, a beam elastically deformable to bend upward and having an outline partially defined by a slit formed in the base member, a conductive pattern provided on a top surface of the beam, a contact electrode provided above the conductive pattern, the contact electrode coming into contact with the conductive pattern, and a bridge electrode elastically deformable, the bridge electrode connecting the conductive pattern and a portion of the base member outside the outline.
US08816450B2	Fibrous projections structure A silicon structure of the present invention is provided with a silicon substrate (1) to become a base, and a plurality of fibrous projections (2) made of silicon dioxide and directly joined to a silicon-made surface (1a) of the silicon substrate (1). By arbitrarily constructing an area where these fibrous projections (2) are formed in a predetermined area, it is possible to render the area to have at least either hydrophilicity or water retentivity, so as to provide a silicon structure useful for a variety of devices.
US08816449B2	Self-aligned MOS structure with local interconnects and self-aligned source/drain polysilicon contacts An integrated circuit structure has a substrate comprising a well region and a surface region, an isolation region within the well region, a gate insulating layer overlying the surface region, first and second source/drain regions within the well region of the substrate. The structure also has a channel region formed between the first and second source/drain regions and within a vicinity of the gate insulating layer, and a gate layer overlying the gate insulating layer and coupled to the channel region. The structure has sidewall spacers on edges of the gate layer to isolate the gate layer, a local interconnect layer overlying the surface region of the substrate and having an edge region extending within a vicinity of the first source/drain region. A contact layer on the first source/drain region in contact with the edge region and has a portion abutting a portion of the sidewall spacers.
US08816447B2	Transistor with reduced depletion field width Devices such as transistors having an oxide layer that provide a depletion field in a conduction channel. A barrier layer is formed over the oxide layer. A gate electrode is formed over the barrier layer. The barrier layer and gate electrode are configured to reduce the width of the depletion field absent a voltage applied to the gate electrode.
US08816445B2	Power MOSFET device with a gate conductor surrounding source and drain pillars A power MOSFET device includes at least one MOSFET unit disposed over a substrate, wherein the MOSFET unit includes a plurality of cells and a boundary surrounding the cells. In one embodiment of the present invention, the cell is configured to provide a unit current, and comprises at least one source pillar and at least one drain pillar, a gate conductor surrounding the source pillar and the drain pillar, and an insulating structure electrically separating the gate conductor from the source pillar and the drain pillar, wherein the gate conductor extends from the cell to the boundary.
US08816443B2	Method of fabricating heterojunction photodiodes with CMOS An epitaxial device module monolithically integrated with a CMOS structure in a bulk or thick-film SOI substrate, comprising an active area on which epitaxial layers are formed by selective or non-selective epitaxial growth and a separate active area in which the CMOS structure is formed. A hard mask for epitaxy having an opening therein provides self-alignment for optional ion implants into the substrate. The ion-implanted region overlaps the active region underneath the epitaxial layer, a portion of the source/drain region of the CMOS structure and the isolation region separating the two active areas, thereby establishing a conductive path underneath the isolation region between the two active areas.
US08816440B2	Low noise and high performance LSI device In semiconductor devices in which both NMOS devices and PMOS devices are used to perform in different modes such as analog and digital modes, stress engineering is selectively applied to particular devices depending on their required operational modes. That is, the appropriate mechanical stress, i.e., tensile or compressive, can be applied to and/or removed from devices, i.e., NMOS and/or PMOS devices, based not only on their conductivity type, i.e., n-type or p-type, but also on their intended operational application, for example, analog/digital, low-voltage/high-voltage, high-speed/low-speed, noise-sensitive/noise-insensitive, etc. The result is that performance of individual devices is optimized based on the mode in which they operate. For example, mechanical stress can be applied to devices that operate in high-speed digital settings, while devices that operate in analog or RF signal settings, in which electrical noise such as flicker noise that may be introduced by applied stress may degrade performance, have no stress applied.
US08816439B2	Gate structure of semiconductor device A gate structure of a semiconductor device includes a first low resistance conductive layer, a second low resistance conductive layer, and a first type conductive layer disposed between and directly contacting sidewalls of the first low resistance conductive layer and the second low resistance conductive layer.
US08816438B2	Process charging protection for split gate charge trapping flash A semiconductor device and method of making such device is presented herein. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of memory cells, a plurality of p-n junctions, and a metal trace of a first metal layer. Each of the plurality of memory cells includes a first gate disposed over a first dielectric, a second gate disposed over a second dielectric and adjacent to a sidewall of the first gate, a first doped region in the substrate adjacent to the first gate, and a second doped region in the substrate adjacent to the second gate. The plurality of p-n junctions are electrically isolated from the doped regions of each memory cell. The metal trace extends along a single plane between a via to the second gate of at least one memory cell in the plurality of memory cells, and a via to a p-n junction within the plurality of p-n junctions.
US08816436B2	Method and structure for forming fin resistors A fin resistor and method of fabrication are disclosed. The fin resistor comprises a plurality of fins arranged in a linear pattern with an alternating pattern of epitaxial regions. An anneal diffuses dopants from the epitaxial regions into the fins. Contacts are connected to endpoint epitaxial regions to allow the resistor to be connected to more complex integrated circuits.
US08816435B2	Flexible hybrid plasma-semiconductor transistors and arrays Preferred embodiment flexible and on wafer hybrid plasma semiconductor devices have at least one active solid state semiconductor region; and a plasma generated in proximity to the active solid state semiconductor region(s). Doped solid state semiconductor regions are in a thin flexible solid state substrate, and a flexible non conducting material defining a microcavity adjacent the semiconductor regions. The flexible non conducting material is bonded to the thin flexible solid state substrate, and at least one electrode is arranged with respect to said flexible substrate to generate a plasma in said microcavity, where the plasma will influence or perform a semiconducting function in cooperation with said solid state semiconductor regions. A preferred on-wafer device is formed on a single side of a silicon on insulator wafer and defines the collector (plasma cavity), emitter and base regions on a common side, which provides a simplified and easy to manufacture structure. A preferred embodiment array of flexible hybrid plasma transistors of the invention is an n+pn PBJT fabricated between two flexible sheets. One or both of the flexible sheets is transparent. The overall array structure is planar, and the planarized structure is sealed between the two flexible sheets. Visible or ultraviolet light is emitted during operation by plasma collectors in the array. In preferred embodiments, individual PBJTs in the array serve as sub-pixels of a full-color display.
US08816433B2	Checkerboarded high-voltage vertical transistor layout In one embodiment, a transistor fabricated on a semiconductor die includes a first section of transistor segments disposed in a first area of the semiconductor die, and a second section of transistor segments disposed in a second area of the semiconductor die adjacent the first area. Each of the transistor segments in the first and second sections includes a pillar of a semiconductor material that extends in a vertical direction. First and second dielectric regions are disposed on opposite sides of the pillar. First and second field plates are respectively disposed in the first and second dielectric regions. Outer field plates of transistor segments adjoining first and second sections are either separated or partially merged.
US08816430B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate electrode, source/drain regions, and a gate insulating film. The substrate is made of monocrystalline silicon, an upper surface of the substrate is a (100) plane, and a trench is made in the upper surface. The gate electrode is provided in at least an interior of the trench. The source/drain regions are formed in regions of the substrate having the trench interposed. The gate insulating film is provided between the substrate and the gate electrode. The trench includes a bottom surface made of a (100) plane, a pair of oblique surfaces made of (111) planes contacting the bottom surface, and a pair of side surfaces made of (110) planes contacting the oblique surfaces. The source/drain regions are in contact with the side and oblique surfaces and are apart from a central portion of the bottom surface.
US08816428B1	Multigate device isolation on bulk semiconductors Methods and systems for forming multigate devices and systems are disclosed. In accordance with one such method, a fin is formed on a semiconductor substrate including a carbon-doped semiconductor layer. Further, a first portion of semiconductor material that is beneath the fin is removed to form a void beneath the fin by etching the material such that the fin is supported by at least one supporting pillar of the semiconducting material and such that the carbon-doped semiconductor layer prevents the etching from removing at least a portion of the fin. A dielectric material is deposited in the void to isolate the fin from a second portion of semiconductor material that is below the void. In addition, source and drain regions are formed in the fin and a gate structure is formed over the fin to fabricate the multigate device such that the dielectric material reduces current leakage beneath the device.
US08816427B2	All around gate type semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same An all around gate type semiconductor device improves mobility of electrons and holes by using a silicon germanium pillar and a silicon layer surrounding the silicon germanium pillar as a vertical channel. A gate electrode is formed to surround the vertical channel. When a semiconductor device is used as a nMOSFET, the silicon layer strained by silicon germanium is used as the channel to increase electron mobility. When the semiconductor device is used as a pMOSFET, the silicon germanium pillar is used as the channel to increase hole mobility. Thus, the semiconductor device can enhance current supply capacity regardless of transistor type.
US08816422B2	Multi-trapping layer flash memory cell A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a top gate over the semiconductor substrate, and a stacked gate between the top gate and the semiconductor substrate. The stacked gate includes a first tunneling layer, a first storage layer adjoining the first tunneling layer, and an additional layer adjoining the first tunneling layer. The additional layer is selected from the group consisting of a retention layer and an additional composite layer. The additional composite layer comprises a second tunneling layer and a second storage layer adjoining the second tunneling layer. The semiconductor device further includes a blocking layer adjoining the first storage layer.
US08816420B1	MIM capacitor in finFET structure A FinFET structure which includes: silicon fins on a semiconductor substrate, each silicon fin having two sides and a horizontal surface; sequential layers of a first layer of titanium nitride, a dielectric layer and a second layer of titanium nitride on the sides and horizontal surface of the silicon fins; a polysilicon gate layer over the second layer of titanium nitride on the silicon fins and over the semiconductor substrate such that first and second ends of the silicon fins protrude from the polysilicon layer; spacers adjacent to the polysilicon gate layer; epitaxial silicon over the first and second ends of the silicon fins to form sources and drains, wherein the combination of the first layer of titanium nitride, dielectric layer and second layer of titanium nitride forms a metal-insulator-metal capacitor situated between each silicon fin and the polysilicon layer.
US08816415B2	Photodiode with concave reflector A photodiode structure includes a photodiode and a concave reflector disposed below the photodiode. The concave reflector is arranged to reflect incident light from above back toward the photodiode.
US08816412B2	Image sensors having light shield patterns between an optical black region and an active pixel region An image sensor having a light receiving region and an optical black region includes a semiconductor substrate, an interconnection disposed on the semiconductor substrate and extending along an interface between the light receiving region and the optical black region, and via plugs disposed between the interconnection and the semiconductor substrate and serving as light shielding members at the interface. The via plugs are arranged in a zigzagging pattern along the interface.
US08816410B2	Semiconductor device A first semiconductor device of an embodiment includes a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, a first control electrode, an extraction electrode, a second control electrode, and a third control electrode. The first control electrode faces a second semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type, a third semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type, and a fourth semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, via a first insulating film. The second control electrode and the third control electrode are electrically connected to the extraction electrode, and face the second semiconductor layer under the extraction electrode, via the second insulating film. At least a part of the second control electrode and the whole of the third control electrode are provided under the extraction electrode. The electrical resistance of the second control electrode is higher than the electrical resistance of the third control electrode.
US08816407B2	Semiconductor package Semiconductor packages are disclosed. A semiconductor package includes: a first chip that includes a chip region and scribe regions at edges of the chip region, wherein the chip region comprises integrated circuit units and main through substrate vias electrically connected to the integrated circuit units; and a second chip that is bonded onto the first chip. The semiconductor package includes dummy conductive connectors including at least dummy wiring lines, the dummy conductive connectors electrically connected to the main through substrate vias at one end, and not capable of forming an electrical connection at the other end.
US08816406B2	Matrix charge-transfer image sensor with asymmetric gate The invention relates to image sensors, more particularly but not exclusively to scanning sensors with signal integration (or TDI sensors, for ‘Time Delay Integration linear sensors’). The adjacent pixels along a column each comprise an alternation of at least one photodiode and one storage gate adjacent to the photodiode. The gates comprise a main body and, on the upstream side in the direction of the transfer of the charges but not on the downstream side, a series of narrow fingers extending from the main body toward the upstream side, the ends of the fingers on the upstream side being adjacent to a photodiode situated upstream of the gate, the narrow fingers being separated from one another by doped isolating regions of the first type of conductivity, with a higher doping and preferably deeper than the surface regions, connected, as they are, to the reference potential of the active layer, these isolating regions being interposed between the main body of the gate and the photodiode. These fingers induce a directionality on the charge transfer.
US08816405B2	Elevated pocket pixels, imaging devices and systems including the same and method of forming the same An elevated photosensor for image sensors and methods of forming the photosensor. The photosensor may have light sensors having indentation features including, but not limited to, v-shaped, u-shaped, or other shaped features. Light sensors having such an indentation feature can redirect incident light that is not absorbed by one portion of the photosensor to another portion of the photosensor for additional absorption. In addition, the elevated photosensors reduce the size of the pixel cells while reducing leakage, image lag, and barrier problems.
US08816404B2	Semiconductor device and method of forming stacked semiconductor die and conductive interconnect structure through an encapsulant A semiconductor device has a first conductive layer formed over a first substrate. A second conductive layer is formed over a second substrate. A first semiconductor die is mounted to the first substrate and electrically connected to the first conductive layer. A second semiconductor die is mounted to the second substrate and electrically connected to the second conductive layer. The first semiconductor die is mounted over the second semiconductor die. An encapsulant is deposited over the first and second semiconductor die and the first and second substrates. A conductive interconnect structure is formed through the encapsulant to electrically connect the first and second semiconductor die to the second surface of the semiconductor device. Forming the conductive interconnect structure includes forming a plurality of conductive vias through the encapsulant and the first substrate outside a footprint of the first and second semiconductor die.
US08816402B2	Integrated circuit including cross-coupled transistors having gate electrodes formed within gate level feature layout channels with gate level feature layout channel including single transistor A semiconductor device includes first and second p-type diffusion regions, and first and second n-type diffusion regions that are each electrically connected to a common node. Conductive features are each defined within any one gate level channel that is uniquely associated with and defined along one of a number of parallel gate electrode tracks. The conductive features respectively form gate electrodes of first and second PMOS transistor devices, and first and second NMOS transistor devices. The gate electrodes of the first PMOS and second NMOS transistor devices are electrically connected. The gate electrodes of the second PMOS and first NMOS transistor devices are electrically connected. The electrical connection between the gate electrodes of the first PMOS and second NMOS transistor devices is formed in part by one or more electrical conductors present within at least one interconnect level above the gate electrode level region.
US08816395B2	Field effect power transistors A normally OFF field effect transistor (FET) having a plurality of contiguous nitride semiconductor layers having different composition and heterojunction interfaces, wherein when there is no potential difference between a first gate and a common ground voltage, a two dimensional electron gas (2DEG) is present at a plurality of heterojunctions in each of a source access region and a drain access region, and substantially no 2DEG is present adjacent any regions of the heterojunctions under the first gate.
US08816391B2	Source/drain engineering of devices with high-mobility channels An integrated circuit structure includes a substrate, and a channel over the substrate. The channel includes a first III-V compound semiconductor material formed of group III and group V elements. A gate structure is over the channel. A source/drain region is adjacent the channel and includes a group-IV region formed of a doped group-IV semiconductor material selected from the group consisting essentially of silicon, germanium, and combinations thereof.
US08816385B2	Light emitting diode package and method for manufacturing the same An exemplary light-emitting diode (LED) package includes a first electrode, a second electrode spaced from the first electrode, an electrically insulating substrate sandwiched by and connecting with the first electrode and the second electrode, a first LED chip and a second LED chip mounted on top surfaces of the first and second electrodes respectively, and a reflector covering the top surfaces of the first and second electrodes. The first LED chip mounted on the top surface of the first electrode is above the second LED chip mounted on the top surface of the second surface. L-shaped retaining walls are formed on the top surfaces of the first and second electrodes. By the retaining walls, the LED package can also be used as a side-view LED package.
US08816384B2	Semiconductor apparatus with thin semiconductor film A semiconductor apparatus includes a substrate having at least one terminal, a thin semiconductor film including at least one semiconductor device, the thin semiconductor film being disposed and bonded on the substrate; and an individual interconnecting line formed as a thin conductive film extending from the semiconductor device in the thin semiconductor film to the terminal in the substrate, electrically connecting the semiconductor device to the terminal. Compared with conventional semiconductor apparatus, the invented apparatus is smaller and has a reduced material cost.
US08816382B2	Semiconductor light-emitting element There is provided a semiconductor light-emitting element which has an electrode structural body including a connection electrode and a wiring electrode connected to the connection electrode, the wiring electrode stretching along a surface of a semiconductor layered body while being in partial contact with the surface of the semiconductor layered body exposed from an opening formed on the insulation layer. The area of a contact region between the wiring electrode and the semiconductor layered body increases, from a connection end which is connected to the connection electrode, along a direction in which the wiring electrode stretches.
US08816380B2	Light emitting device, display apparatus, and electronic apparatus In a display panel, a first electron injection layer is formed between an anode and a light-emitting functional layer, and a hole injection layer is formed between the anode and the first electron injection layer. In other words, the hole injection layer, the first electron injection layer, and the light-emitting functional layer are configured to be laminated on the anode in this order. An electron injection material used for the first electron injection layer is diffused into the hole injection layer, and the diffused electron injection material inhibits or promotes hole transportation of the hole injection layer, so that the amount of holes transported to a light-emitting functional layer is adjusted. As a result, the carrier balance is improved.
US08816377B2	Phosphor and light emitting device The present invention provides a phosphor emitting green fluorescence when being effectively excited by excitation light in a wavelength range from blue light to near-ultraviolet light, having an emission intensity that does not vary significantly with variation in the wavelength of the excitation light, and being manufactured easily. The phosphor includes a chemical structure represented by the following general formula (A): A(M1-a-xEuaMnx)L(Si1-bGeb)2O7, (A), where A is one or more elements selected from Li, Na, and K, M is one or more elements selected from Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Zn, L is one or more elements selected from Ga, Al, Sc, Y, La, Gd, and Lu, a is a numerical value satisfying 0.001≦a≦0.3, b is a numerical value satisfying 0≦b≦0.5, and x is a numerical value satisfying 0≦x≦0.2.
US08816376B2	Semiconductor light emitting device A semiconductor light emitting device includes a multilayer structure formed on a substrate and including a plurality of semiconductor layers including a light-emitting layer. The multilayer structure includes an optical waveguide having ridge structure provided at an upper part of the multilayer structure. The optical waveguide extends from a front facet to a rear facet of the multilayer structure, and includes a straight waveguide section which is inclined to a normal to the front facet of the multilayer structure and extends from the front facet, and a curved waveguide section which perpendicularly reaches the rear facet of the multilayer structure. The curved waveguide section is closer to the rear facet of the multilayer structure than a center of the optical waveguide is.
US08816368B2	P-contact layer for a III-P semiconductor light emitting device A device includes a semiconductor structure with at least one III-P light emitting layer disposed between an n-type region and a p-type region. The semiconductor structure further includes a GaAsxP1-x p-contact layer, wherein x<0.45. A first metal contact is in direct contact with the GaAsxP1-x p-contact layer. A second metal contact is electrically connected to the n-type region. The first and second metal contacts are formed on a same side of the semiconductor structure.
US08816365B2	Hybrid light emitting diode chip and light emitting diode device having the same, and manufacturing method thereof Disclosed is a hybrid LED chip: comprising a first clad layer of P-type semiconductor material; a second clad layer of N-type semiconductor material; an active layer between the first and second clad layers; a first bonding metal layer on the first clad layer; a second bonding metal layer on the second clad layer; a ceramic substrate positioned on and bonded to the first and second bonding metal layers, wherein the ceramic substrate includes at least one first via hole to expose the first bonding metal layer, and at least one second via hole to expose the second bonding metal layer; a P-type electrode formed by burying a conductive material in the at least one first via hole; and an N-type electrode formed by burying a conductive material in the at least one second via hole, wherein the first and second via holes in the ceramic substrate are formed in cylindrical shapes, and the circumferential surface of each cylindrical shape is provided with an intaglio pattern.
US08816364B2	Display apparatus The present invention supplied a display apparatus using plastic substrate instead of glass substrate, which can solve such problems that the plastic substrate has a low heat conductivity and its heat release performance becomes bad so that it is difficult to obtain stable performance and reliability. In the display apparatus being formed by bonding semiconductor thin film element on a plastic substrate, a thin film metal layer is formed on surface of the semiconductor thin film element for promoting heat release.
US08816360B2	Multi-chip package cross-reference to related applications A multi-chip package includes a lower substrate; at least two semiconductor chips stacked over the lower substrate and each defined with a via hole; an upper substrate coupled to a semiconductor chip positioned uppermost among the semiconductor chips; a light emitting part coupled to the lower substrate corresponding to the via hole; an electrowetting liquid lens coupled to a lower surface of the upper substrate for receiving a signal transferred from the light emitting part through the via hole; a light receiving part coupled to a sidewall of the via hole of each semiconductor chip configured to receive a signal from the electrowetting liquid lens.
US08816356B2	Silicon carbide barrier diode Improved semiconductor devices are fabricated utilizing nickel gallide and refractory borides deposited onto a silicon carbide semiconductor substrate. Varying the deposition and annealing parameters of fabrication can provide a more thermally stable device that has greater barrier height and a low ideality. This improvement in the electrical properties allows use of Schottky barrier diodes in high power and high temperature applications. In one embodiment, a refractory metal boride layer is joined to a surface of a silicon carbide semiconductor substrate. The refractory metal boride layer is deposited on the silicon carbon semiconductor substrate at a temperature greater than 200° C. In another embodiment, a Schottky barrier diode is fabricated via deposition of nickel gallide on a SiC substrate.
US08816354B2	Group III nitride semiconductor light-emitting device and production method therefor The present invention provides a Group III nitride semiconductor light-emitting device exhibiting improved light extraction efficiency. An AlGaN semiconductor layer is formed in contact with and on a p-GaN p-contact layer, and an ITO transparent electrode is formed in contact with and on the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer comprises AlGaN having an Al composition ratio of 10 mol % to 50 mol %, and has a thickness of 2 Å to 50 Å. The semiconductor layer has a refractive index at an emission wavelength lower than that of the p-contact layer, and larger than that of the transparent electrode. By forming such a semiconductor layer, the reflection is suppressed between the p-contact layer and the transparent electrode, thereby improving the light extraction efficiency.
US08816351B2	Semiconductor device having a laser annealed semiconductor layer A laser annealing method includes forming a nitrogen-doped layer on a semiconductor layer, the nitrogen-doped layer having a nitrogen concentration of at least 3×1020 atoms/cc, irradiating a first area of the nitrogen-doped layer in a low oxygen environment with a laser beam and irradiating a second area of the nitrogen-doped layer in a low oxygen environment with a laser beam, a part of the second area overlapping with the first area.
US08816343B2	Display panel A display panel includes an insulation substrate having a display area and a peripheral area, wires disposed on the insulation substrate in the display area, first and second testing lines disposed on the insulation substrate and aligned substantially parallel to each other, and a diode unit disposed between the wires and one of the first testing line and the second testing line. The wires extend from the display area into the peripheral area and through diodes included in the diode unit, and the wires are electrically connected to the one of the first testing line and the second testing line.
US08816341B2	Organic electroluminescent display and method of manufacturing the same An organic electroluminescent display includes a substrate having a pixel area, a pixel definition layer having an opening corresponding to the pixel area, a pixel electrode in the pixel area, a hole injection layer on the pixel electrode, a conductive primer layer in the opening and on the hole injection layer, the conductive primer layer being more lyophilic than the hole injection layer, a hole transfer layer in the opening and on the conductive primer layer, an organic light-emitting layer on the hole transfer layer, and a common electrode on the organic light-emitting layer.
US08816340B2	Organic electroluminescence device and manufacturing method thereof An organic electroluminescence device comprises the following structure: a conductive base (110), a hole injection layer (120), a light emission layer (140), and a cathode layer (170) are laminated in sequence. The material of the hole injection layer (120) comprises a conductive polymer and an azo initiator. A nano-network structure is provided on the connecting surface of the hole injection layer (120) and the light emission layer (140). After being heated to a higher temperature, the azo initiator can be decompounded to release N2, thus the nano-network structure is formed on the surface of the hole injection layer (120). The nano-network structure can efficiently increase the contacting area of the hole injection layer (120) and the adjacent layer. The injection efficiency of the hole is improved. A manufacturing method of the organic electroluminescence device is also provided.
US08816336B2	Sealed body, method for manufacturing sealed body, light-emitting device, and method for manufacturing light-emitting device A highly productive method for sealing substrates with the use of glass frit is provided. A method for sealing substrates with the use of glass frit, which can be used for a substrate provided with a material having low heat resistance, is provided. A highly airtight sealed body which is manufactured by such a method is provided. A light-emitting device having high productivity and high reliability and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A heat generation layer containing a conductive material which generates heat by induction heating is formed to overlap with a region where a paste including a frit material and a binder is applied. Alternatively, a conductive material which generates heat by induction heating is added to the paste itself. The paste is locally heated by induction heating to remove the binder included in the paste.
US08816333B2	Method to improve nucleation of materials on graphene and carbon nanotubes Techniques for forming a thin coating of a material on a carbon-based material are provided. In one aspect, a method for forming a thin coating on a surface of a carbon-based material is provided. The method includes the following steps. An ultra thin silicon nucleation layer is deposited to a thickness of from about two angstroms to about 10 angstroms on at least a portion of the surface of the carbon-based material to facilitate nucleation of the coating on the surface of the carbon-based material. The thin coating is deposited to a thickness of from about two angstroms to about 100 angstroms over the ultra thin silicon layer to form the thin coating on the surface of the carbon-based material.
US08816332B2	Organic photovoltaic cell incorporating electron conducting exciton blocking layers The present disclosure relates to photosensitive optoelectronic devices including a compound blocking layer located between an acceptor material and a cathode, the compound blocking layer including: at least one electron conducting material, and at least one wide-gap electron conducting exciton blocking layer. For example, 3,4,9,10 perylenetetracarboxylic bisbenzimidazole (PTCBI) and 1,4,5,8-napthalene-tetracarboxylic-dianhydride (NTCDA) function as electron conducting and exciton blocking layers when interposed between the acceptor layer and cathode. Both materials serve as efficient electron conductors, leading to a fill factor as high as 0.70. By using an NTCDA/PTCBI compound blocking layer structure increased power conversion efficiency is achieved, compared to an analogous device using a conventional blocking layers shown to conduct electrons via damage-induced midgap states.
US08816327B2	Nanowire efuses Electrically programmable fuses and methods for forming the same are shown that include forming a wire between a first pad and a second pad on a substrate, forming a blocking structure around a portion of the wire, and depositing a metal layer on the wire and first and second pads to form a metal compound, wherein the metal compound fully penetrates the portion of the wire within the blocking structure.
US08816324B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device Disclosed is a semiconductor device (10) which comprises a glass substrate (12), a lower electrode layer (14), an n-type doped polycrystalline silicon semiconductor layer (16), a low-temperature insulating film (20) in which openings (22, 23) that serve as nuclei for growth of a nanowire (32) are formed, the nanowire (32) that is grown over the low-temperature insulating film (20) and has a core-shell structure, an insulating layer (50) that surrounds the nanowire (32), and an upper electrode layer (52). The nanowire (32) comprises an n-type GaAs core layer and a p-type GaAs shell layer. Alternatively, the nanowire can be formed as a nanowire having a quantum well structure, and InAs that can allow reduction of the process temperature can be used for the nanowire.
US08816323B2	Nitride-based light emitting device with excellent light emitting efficiency using strain buffer layer The nitride-based light emitting device according to one embodiment includes a first nitride semiconductor layer doped with a first conductive impurity; a strain buffer layer formed on the first nitride semiconductor layer and comprised of InGaN; an active layer formed on the strain buffer layer and having a multi-quantum well structure in which a quantum-well layer and a quantum-barrier layer are alternately stacked one above another; and a second nitride semiconductor layer formed on the active layer and doped with a second conductive impurity opposite to the first conductive impurity, wherein the ratio B/A satisfies 1.4
US08816322B2	Group III nitride semiconductor light-emitting device and production method therefor The present invention provides a Group III nitride semiconductor light-emitting device which is intended to relax stress applied to a light-emitting layer. The light-emitting device includes an MQW layer, and an n-side superlattice layer formed below the MQW layer. The n-side superlattice layer is formed by repeatedly depositing layer units, each unit including an InGaN layer, a GaN layer, and an n-GaN layer which are sequentially deposited from the side of the sapphire substrate. In the n-side superlattice layer, an InGaN layer more proximal to the MQW layer has a higher In compositional proportion. The In compositional proportion of the InGaN layer (which is most proximal to the MQW layer) of the n-side superlattice layer is 70% to 100% of the In compositional proportion of the InGaN layer (which is most proximal to the n-side superlattice layer) of the MQW layer.
US08816321B2	Nitride semiconductor light-emitting device and method for producing the same A nitride semiconductor light-emitting device includes an n-type nitride semiconductor layer, a V pit generation layer, an intermediate layer, a multiple quantum well light-emitting layer, and a p-type nitride semiconductor layer provided in this order. The multiple quantum well light-emitting layer is a layer formed by alternately stacking a barrier layer and a well layer having a bandgap energy smaller than that of the barrier layer. A V pit is partly formed in the multiple quantum well light-emitting layer, and an average position of starting point of the V pit is located in the intermediate layer.
US08816318B2	Nonvolatile memory device and method for manufacturing same A nonvolatile memory device includes a first and second conductive unit and a memory layer. The memory layer is provided between the first conductive unit and the second conductive unit. The memory layer includes a material expressed by (M11−uM2u)xX+yα+zβ (M1 and M2 include at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Al, Sc, Y, Ga, Ti, Zr, Hf, Si, Ge, Sn, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Nb, Ta, Mo, W, Ru, Rh, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Ln (a lanthanoid element), X includes at least one of O and N, α includes at least one of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, and Fr, β includes at least one of F, Cl, Br, and I, 0.1≦x≦1.1, 0.0001≦y≦0.2, 0.9≦y/z≦1.1).
US08816316B2	Vertical transistor phase change memory Vertical transistor phase change memory and methods of processing phase change memory are described herein. One or more methods include forming a dielectric on at least a portion of a vertical transistor, forming an electrode on the dielectric, and forming a vertical strip of phase change material on a portion of a side of the electrode and on a portion of a side of the dielectric extending along the electrode and the dielectric into contact with the vertical transistor.
US08816313B2	Memory element and memory device Provided are a memory element and a memory device. A memory layer is provided with an ion source layer. The ion source layer includes Zr (zirconium), Cu (copper), and Al (aluminum) as a metal element together with an ion conductive material such as S (sulfur), Se (selenium), and Te (tellurium) (chalcogen element). The amount of Al in the ion source layer is 30 to 50 atomic percent. The amount of Zr is preferably 7.5 to 25 atomic percent, and more preferably, the composition ratio of Zr to the chalcogen element in total included in the ion source layer (=Zr (atomic percent)/chalcogen element in total (atomic percent)) falls within a range from 0.2 to 0.74.
US08816312B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes: an unit element which includes a first switch and a second switch, wherein each of the first switch and the second switch includes an electrical resistance changing layer whose state of electrical resistance is changed according to a polarity of an applied voltage, and each of the first switch and the second switch has two electrodes, and wherein one electrode of the first switch and one electrode of the second switch are connected each other to form a common node, and the other electrode of the first switch forms a first node, and the other electrode of the second switch forms a second node; a first wiring which is connected with the first node and forms a signal transmission line; and a second wiring which is connected with the second node and is connected with the first wiring through the unit element.
US08816309B1	Radiation shielding panel A radiation shielding panel includes a tungsten powder and a polyurea material. The tungsten powder includes tungsten particles having three different specific diameters. The tungsten powder is mixed and dispersed into the polyurea material. The mixture of the polyurea material and the tungsten powder shields radiation greater than about 6 MeV.
US08816307B2	Method and apparatus pertaining to use of jaws during radiation treatment These various embodiments are employed in conjunction with the use of both a multi-leaf collimator and jaws that are interposed between a source of radiation and a treatment target while sourcing radiation from the source of radiation towards the treatment target. Generally speaking, during some portion of the aforementioned treatment, these teachings provide for manipulating the jaws to more tightly constrain, in at least one dimension, a beam-shaping aperture as is formed by the multi-leaf collimator. In many cases, as when the leaves of the multi-leaf collimator move back and forth horizontally, the foregoing can comprise manipulating the jaws in a vertical dimension
US08816306B2	Infrared light device An infrared (IR) light device is provided comprising: a main casing filled with a gas to prevent condensation from forming on an interior surface of the visible light filter; and a plurality of IR light emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted in the main casing, wherein the casing includes heat dissipating features.
US08816305B2	Filter for material supply apparatus An apparatus supplies a target material to a target location. The apparatus includes a reservoir that holds a target mixture that includes the target material and non-target particles; a supply system that receives the target mixture from the reservoir and that supplies the target mixture to the target location, the supply system including a tube and a nozzle that defines an orifice through which the target mixture is passed; and a filter inside the tube through which the target mixture is passed.
US08816302B2	Optical arrangement and method for examining or processing an object The invention relates to an optical arrangement (20) and to a method of examining or processing an object (46). Here, a first laser pulse with a first central wavelength and a second laser pulse with a second central wavelength different from the first central wavelength are generated. Both pulses are superimposed in or on the object (46) such that multi-photon absorption takes place there with the involvement of at least one photon of the first laser pulse and at least one photon of the second laser pulse.
US08816300B1	Portable UV-LED water purification system A portable water purification device comprises a portable power supply, an ultraviolet light source coupled to the portable power supply, wherein the ultraviolet light source is configured to output ultraviolet light, a container coupled to the ultraviolet light source, wherein the container is configured to hold water, and wherein the container is configured to reflect ultraviolet light, and an indicator configured to output a visual indication when the ultraviolet light source is outputting ultraviolet light.
US08816298B2	Water purifier The disclosed water purifier comprises an outer wall, a RAW water inflow section that allows inflow of RAW water from outside said outer wall, a purifying section, an ultraviolet ray sterilizing section that has an ultraviolet ray source, a purified water outflow section that allows purified water that has been purified in said purifying section and sterilized in said ultraviolet ray sterilizing section to flow to the outside of said outer wall, a condition-detecting unit, and a control unit that controls generation of ultraviolet rays from said ultraviolet ray source according to the detection by said condition-detecting unit.
US08816290B2	Dual mode pixel array detector Devices for detecting electromagnetic radiation, and method of configuring the devices, are disclosed. In one aspect, a pixel array detector includes a plurality of dual-mode pixels arranged in an array. Each dual-mode pixel includes a mixed-mode sensor configured to detect accumulated charge created by electromagnetic radiation incident on the pixel. Each dual-mode pixel further includes a digital-mode sensor configured to count individual photons incident on the pixel. Each dual-mode pixel includes a switch configured to selectively couple the mixed-mode sensor and the digital sensor with a diode associated with the pixel. The pixel array detector further includes a controller configured to configure each pixel of the plurality of dual-mode pixels into either mixed-mode or the digital-mode.
US08816289B2	Gamma dose rate measurement system The present invention discloses a gamma dose rate measurement system comprising a shielding device and an electronic device. The shielding device is arranged for masking a visible light, so that only a light source substantially being a gamma ray passes through the shielding device. The electronic device comprises a sensing module, an image analysis module and a display module. The sensing module generates a current signal after sensing the gamma ray; the image analysis module receives the current signal and generates an analysis result including a total gamma dose rate and a gamma energy spectrum; and the display module is arranged for displaying the analysis result.
US08816280B2	Infrared sensor An infrared sensor, comprising at least one pixel comprising a first sensor and a second sensor, wherein the first and second sensors are dissimilar.
US08816279B2	Tunable laser-based infrared imaging system and method of use thereof Methods, devices, and systems for imaging tissue and other samples or samples using infrared (IR) transmissions from coherent transmission sources, such as a wide range, tunable, quantum cascade laser (QCL) designed for the rapid collection of infrared microscopic data for medical diagnostics across a wide range of discrete spectral increments. The infrared transmissions are transmitted through, reflected from, and/or transreflected through a sample, and then magnified and/or focused prior to being detected by a detector. After detection, the sample related image data is used to assess the sample. Such methods, devices, and systems may be used to detect abnormalities in tissue, for example, before such abnormalities can be diagnosed using art cytopathological methods. The methods, devices and systems may also optionally include a visible light detection subsystem and/or a motion control subsystem to assist in control and processing of imaging.
US08816278B1	Imaging methods A method is provided for imaging a region of interest. The method includes defining a lamella within a microelectronic device, where the region of interest is in the lamella. The lamella has a first and second surface, and a first sacrificial layer contacts the first surface. The region of interest includes a material of interest, and an imaging technique capable of detecting the material of interest is selected. A support layer is formed on the second surface, where the support layer is transparent to the imaging technique. The first sacrificial layer is removed, and an image of the region of interest is produced.
US08816275B2	Ion generation using wetted porous material The invention generally relates to systems and methods for mass spectrometry analysis of samples. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a mass spectrometry probe including at least one porous material connected to a high voltage source, in which the porous material is discrete from a flow of solvent.
US08816274B2	Mass spectrometer A sample stage (2) on which a sample (4) is placed can be reciprocally moved along a guide (5) by a driving mechanism (6). A cutter (9) which is moved in an X-Y plane by a driving mechanism (10) is placed at a sample cutting position (B). When the sample stage (2) is moved to the sample cutting position (B) and the cutter is driven with the height of the sample stage (2) being appropriately adjusted, an upper portion of the sample 4 is horizontally cut off with a predetermined thickness and a new sample analysis surface which was inside the sample 4 is exposed. Hence, by repeating a mass analysis for a predetermined measurement area at an analysis position (C) and a partial cutting of the sample 4 at the sample cutting position (B), it is possible to achieve a three-dimensional mass analysis imaging of the sample (4) without removing the sample (4) from the sample stage (2).
US08816271B2	Device for emitting a first beam of high-energy photons and a second beam of lower-energy photons, and associated method and measuring unit This device comprises a single radioactive source (44), capable of creating an incident beam (120), and a target (48) placed opposite the source (44).The target (48) is capable of creating the second beam (130) by interacting with a first part of the incident beam (120), a second part of the incident beam (120) passing through the target (48) to form the first beam (124).
US08816270B2	Octopole device and method for spot size improvement A method of compensating mechanical, magnetic and/or electrostatic inaccuracies in a scanning charged particle beam device is described. The method includes an alignment procedure, wherein the following steps are conducted: compensating 4-fold astigmatism with an element having at least 8-pole compensation capability, wherein the aligning and compensating steps of the alignment procedure act on a charged particle beam with beam dimensions in two orthogonal directions each of at least 50 μm and coaxially aligned with at least the element having at least the 8-pole compensation capability.
US08816262B2	Auto-calibration method for real-time agricultural sensors A method for application of an agricultural product to a field is provided. The method includes acquiring real-time sampled data using real-time agricultural sensors, auto-calibrating the real-time agricultural sensors using statistical characteristics of the real-time sampled data to determine an application rate, and applying the agricultural product to the field based on the application rate. The step of auto-calibrating can be performed in various ways depending upon the type of agricultural product, the data available from the agricultural sensors or otherwise, or otherwise.
US08816259B2	Pack heat treatment for material enhancement A system and method of restoring material properties is disclosed. A subject material may have one or more of its material properties restored by contacting a packed bed of a reactive material contained within a container with the subject material in which material properties are desired to be restored. The packed bed and the subject material may be heated to restore the material properties. The packed bed may be formed from boron, silicon or other appropriate materials. An inert atmosphere system may have an argon injection system or a helium injection system in communication with the container. A deoxidizing system may be in communication with the container for creating a vacuum within the container or injecting hydrogen into the container.
US08816253B2	Dual independent transport systems for IR conveyor furnaces and methods of firing thin work pieces Multi-lane, side-by-side, independently driven transport systems particularly useful for transfer on conveyor belts or finger/chains of thin work pieces, such as silicon wafers, through processing equipment for converting the wafers into solar cells, including UV pre-treaters, dopers, dryers, diffusion furnaces and metallization furnaces. The inventive multi-lane transport systems may employ wire mesh belts having a flying bridge wafer support system comprising longitudinally spaced carrier wire elements that support the wafers at their side edges at only point contacts, by means of opposed, inwardly inclined, downwardly slanted segments or wings. Alternately, finger drives comprising spaced-apart chains having inwardly projecting fingers may be used for transport of the wafers by side edge contact. Friction or sprocket drives having tensioner assemblies associa-ted therewith are used to move the transport belts or finger chains through the furnace zones. Each lane may be independently controlled to provide unique thermal profiles along their processing paths.
US08816251B2	Heating or cooling mat The invention concerns a heating or cooling mat (1) with a carrying sheet (2) having a top side (9) and a bottom side (11), and at least one heating and cooling unit (5) located on the carrying sheet (2), an adhesive being located on the bottom side (11) of the carrying sheet (2). It is endeavored to improve the handling properties of the heating or cooling mat. For this purpose, the adhesive is located on a double-sided adhesive tape (12), which is fixed on the bottom side (11) of the carrying sheet (2), the adhesive on the bottom side of the adhesive tape (12) being covered by the top side of the carrying sheet (2) and the adhesive tape (12) bonding with the top side of the carrying sheet (2) in the rolled up state of the heating or cooling mat (1).
US08816248B2	Lid for closing a cup A lid (2) for closing a cup (1) along a peripheral sealing edge (10) and a method for producing such a lid. The lid includes at least one aluminum film and an optionally multi-layered plastic layer which is co-extruded onto the aluminum film and has a closed predetermined tearing line (3). The plastic layer is made of plastic based on polyethylene (PE) or plastic based on polypropylene (PP), and the predetermined tearing line is introduced into the plastic layer preferably by means of a CO2 laser. The predetermined tearing line (3) may be provided directly in the region of the sealing edge (10).
US08816245B2	Method of cutting object to be processed A method of cutting an object to be processed comprises the steps of irradiating an object to be processed with a laser light which is an elliptically-polarized light having an ellipticity other than 1 such that a direction of polarization of the laser light intersects a line to cut the object and a thickness direction of the object, while locating a converging point of the laser light within the object, so as to form a modified region within the object along the line and generate a fracture from the modified region in the thickness direction of the object, and causing the fracture to reach front and rear faces of the object so as to cut the object along the line.
US08816241B2	Laser welding apparatus Together with a scanner device, an air blower is provided above a workpiece, and the air blower exhausts air in the shape of a ring toward the workpiece, the air in a ring shape surrounding an optical axis of a laser beam emitted from the scanner device. A housing of the air blower is formed in a ring shape, a ring-shaped cavity is formed in the housing, an inner ring member is attached to an undersurface of the housing, an outer ring member is attached to an outer peripheral side of the inner ring member, and a ring-shaped exhaust port is formed between the inner ring member and the outer ring member. An exhaust direction of the air is defined by inclination of an outer-peripheral-side end surface of the inner ring member and inclination of an inner-peripheral-side end surface of the outer ring member (FIG. 2).
US08816240B2	Cladding system and method for applying a cladding to a power generation system component A cladding system and method for applying a cladding to a power generation system component including a first weld bead, a second weld and a filler bead. The first weld is deposited on the surface with a first energy source and solidified to form a first weld bead. The second weld is deposited on the surface adjacent to the first weld bead with the first energy source, wherein depositing the second weld creates a surface depression between the first weld bead and second weld. The filler bead is simultaneously deposited in the surface depression with a second energy source while depositing the second weld bead. The second weld and the filler bead are solidified to form the cladding bead.
US08816239B2	Method of manufacturing a component A method of manufacturing a component. The method includes the steps of heating a working region of a substrate with a heating means; directing a material into the working region to bring the material into a temporary molten state, and depositing said material on the substrate such that when the material solidifies it forms at least part of the component. The heating means power output, stand off, orientation, speed and direction of travel relative to the substrate are adjustable and controlled throughout the material deposition process to control the shape and/or size of the working region to thereby control the distribution and rate of heat delivery to the substrate.
US08816236B2	Mail holder for use in a mail sorting system A holder for flat objects according the invention includes an endless belt made of a flexible sheet material, wherein an end portion of the belt is folded into itself forming an inner bend and an outer bend with the inner bend disposed inside of the outer bend. A set of first and second support rods are disposed side by side in parallel to each other, the first rod at the bottom of the inner bend and the second rod at the bottom of the outer bend. A pair of third and fourth rods extend through parallel endwise openings in the belt between the inner and outer bends, which third and fourth rods are disposed side by side in parallel to each other with the belt is wound over the third and fourth rods so that the belt can slide over the third and fourth rods, whereby movement of the first rod away from the second rod causes sliding movement of the belt over the third and fourth rods. In a preferred embodiment an inside surface of the belt is attached to one or both of the first and second rods.
US08816235B2	Machine for the inspection and sorting of fruits and inspection and sorting method used by said machine Machine for the inspection and sorting of fruits, which has, connected to a control system, an inspection unit (1) and ejection means (3) which eject the fruits inspected by the inspection unit (1) which do not comply with certain conditions pre-established by the control system. The product transport means have a plurality of rotating rollers (7) which rotate the fruits they transport as they advance, providing multiple views of said fruits to the artificial vision system (4), and a final section for the fall of the fruits with a curved surface with variable decreasing radius. The present invention also consists of a method to inspect and sort fruits which makes them rotate during their transport and inspection and sets their acceleration at the discharge from the machine through a curved surface with decreasing radius.
US08816234B2	Acousto-optic sorting A method for sorting particles in a fluid. The method involves generating an optical landscape using an acousto-optic device. Preferably, the optical landscape is arranged to sort particles based on size or refractive index or shape.
US08816232B2	Touch panel A touch panel includes a substrate having a first surface and a bonding region, first electrode lines, sets of electrode pads, first connecting lines, second connecting lines, and a flexible printed circuit having bridge lines and bonded to the bonding region. The first electrode lines are arranged abreast on the first surface along a first direction and respectively extend along a second direction intersecting the second direction. Each electrode pads set is arranged aside the corresponding first electrode line along the second direction. The first connecting lines are respectively connected to the first electrode lines, and the second connecting lines are respectively connected to the electrode pads, and both the first and second connecting lines extend to the bonding region along the second direction. The bridge lines are respectively connected to the second connecting lines, so that the corresponding electrode pads in the first direction form a second electrode line.
US08816231B2	Slim key structure and slim keyboard having the same A slim key structure includes a lower case having at least one positioning slot, a flexible membrane disposed on the lower case, an upper case dispose on the flexible membrane, a keycap and an elastic piece. The flexible membrane has a post opening corresponding to the positioning slot. The upper case has at least one hollow guiding cylinder and a central passage. The guiding cylinder is protruded upwardly and downwardly from the upper case, and the downward protruding portion of the guiding cylinder is received in the positioning slot. The keycap has at least one guiding post and a pushing stem protruding downwardly from a bottom surface thereof. The guiding post is reciprocably received in the guiding cylinder. The elastic piece is disposed between the keycap and the flexible membrane in the central passage depressable by the pushing stem against the flexible membrane.
US08816230B2	Micro-switch provided labor-saving switching A micro-switch provided labor-saving switching comprises a housing, a press member located on the housing, an actuation member located in the housing and a driving assembly located between the press member and actuation member. The press member is depressed to move reciprocally in the housing in a displacement. The driving member includes a force-bearing member hinged swivelably on the housing and at least one transmission member swivelable inversely against the force-bearing member. The force-bearing member includes a force-receiving portion in the displacement and an actuating portion connected to the force-receiving portion. The at least one transmission member includes a driven portion driven by the actuating portion and a force-applying portion connected to the driven portion. The driving assembly drives the actuation member through a lever principle to switch between a first conductive state and a second conductive state.
US08816228B2	Wireless switching device A wireless switching device with an actuating member that can move along a main axis between an idle position and a working position, a spring stressed by force by the actuating member in a direction substantially parallel to the main axis, a switching assembly that can include a plunger arranged to be actuated by the actuating member and a wireless transmitter module provided with an antenna for sending a message to a receiver module in the event of an action on the plunger. The antenna can be arranged prominently on the switching assembly in a direction substantially parallel to the main axis and the spring of helical type being arranged coaxially to the antenna.
US08816221B2	Low electrical resistance bond A low resistance pathway includes a flexible member, a surface interfacing the flexible member, a sealing feature, and a fastener. The sealing feature forms an interior edge of at least one of the flexible member and the surface. The fastener compresses the flexible member to contact the surface.
US08816217B2	Polyimides and fluoropolymer bonding layer with improved copper heat seal strength Multilayer polyimide-fluoropolymer insulation structures exhibiting excellent copper heat seal strength and superior internal adhesion strength comprise a layer of polyimide having first and second major surfaces and at least a first fluoropolymer layer wherein the first fluoropolymer layer comprises fluoropolymer, metal oxide and ammonium salt. Protected wire or cable using the multilayer insulation structures, are also described.
US08816216B2	Encapsulation substrate for organic light emitting diode display and method of manufacturing the encapsulation substrate A method of manufacturing an encapsulation substrate for an organic light emitting diode display, includes fabricating a composite panel by forming an uncured carbon fiber resin portion having a plate shape and including an upper surface and a lower surface and forming an uncured insulating resin portion arranged to surround edges of the carbon fiber resin portion, the uncured insulating resin portion being perforated by a plurality of penetration holes, inserting a plurality of conductive components into corresponding ones of the plurality of penetration holes, covering upper and lower surfaces of the composite panel with metal films and bonding the metal films to the composite panel while simultaneously curing the carbon fiber resin and the insulating resin portion by applying heat and pressure to the composite panel. Therefore, fabrication processes of the encapsulation substrate are simple, and fabrication costs are reduced.
US08816213B2	Terminal structure, printed wiring board, module substrate, and electronic device The present invention relates to a terminal structure and an electronic device having the terminal structure. The terminal structure includes: a terminal having: a conductor layer containing at least one metal selected from gold, silver, and copper; a first layer containing nickel and phosphorus, laid on the conductor layer; a second layer having a smaller atomic ratio of nickel to phosphorus than the first layer and containing Ni3P, laid on the first layer; and a third layer containing a first intermetallic compound of an Ni—Cu—Sn type, laid on the second layer; and a solder layer on the third layer of the terminal. A second intermetallic compound of an Ni—P—Sn type partly covers a surface of the second layer on the third layer side and a maximum thickness of the second intermetallic compound in a lamination direction is from 0.05 to 0.7 μm.
US08816211B2	Articles with photocurable and photocured compositions The photocuring efficiency of a photoinitiator is increased by mixing it with an organic phosphite and an aldehyde. This mixture or photoinitiator composition can be used to cure acrylates or other photocurable compounds, particularly in an oxygen-containing environment, and the photocurable compositions can be used to form various articles.
US08816204B2	Wire connecting method and wiring harness A wire connecting method and a wiring harness that allows one to utilize a single terminal for multiple core wires having various diameters thereby reducing the number and different types of terminals. The wire connecting method allows the larger wire cores first to be ultrasonic pressed such that the diameter of the larger core wires are reduced to sizes that are small enough to utilize the single terminal used on smaller core wires.
US08816203B2	Compacted coupling joint for coupling insulated conductors A fitting for coupling an end of a first insulated conductor to an end of a second insulated conductor is described. The fitting includes a first splice housing placed over the end of the first insulated conductor and coupled to the first insulated conductor. The fitting also includes a second splice housing placed over the end of the second insulated conductor and coupled to the second insulated conductor. A sleeve is located over the end of the second insulated conductor and adjacent to the second splice housing. An interior volume of the fitting is substantially filled with electrically insulating material. The interior volume of the fitting is reduced such that the electrically insulating material substantially filling the interior volume is compacted.
US08816196B2	Pressure balanced connector termination A pressure-balanced sleeve assembly for an electrical cable termination is disclosed. The sleeve assembly includes an outer sleeve surrounding the electrical cable; a chamber defined between the outer sleeve and the electrical cable; dielectric fluid contained within the chamber; and a seal that is positioned between the outer sleeve and the electrical cable to delimit and seal an end of the chamber to prevent the escapement of the dielectric fluid from the chamber, the seal being moveable along the cable in response to differences between a pressure within the chamber and a pressure outside of the chamber. Also disclosed herein is a pressure-balanced electrical cable assembly and a method of pressure-balancing a termination of an electrical cable.
US08816195B1	Light shield for solar concentrators A solar receiver unit including a housing defining a recess, a cell assembly received in the recess, the cell assembly including a solar cell, and a light shield received in the recess and including a body and at least two tabs, the body defining a window therein, the tabs extending outward from the body and being engaged with the recess, wherein the window is aligned with the solar cell.
US08816194B2	Photoelectric conversion device and manufacturing method thereof A photoelectric conversion device with a novel anti-reflection structure. In the photoelectric conversion device, a front surface of a semiconductor substrate which serves as a light-receiving surface is covered with a group of whiskers (a group of nanowires) so that surface reflection is reduced. In other words, a semiconductor layer which has a front surface where crystals grow so that whiskers are formed is provided on the light-receiving surface side of the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor layer has a given uneven structure, and thus has effects of reducing reflection on the front surface of the semiconductor substrate and increasing conversion efficiency.
US08816193B2	Composition for manufacturing electrode of solar cell, method of manufacturing same electrode, and solar cell using electrode obtained by same method A composition for manufacturing an electrode of a solar cell, comprising metal nanoparticles dispersed in a dispersive medium, wherein the metal nanoparticles contain silver nanoparticles of 75 weight % or more, the metal nanoparticles are chemically modified by a protective agent having a main chain of organic molecule comprising a carbon backbone of carbon number of 1 to 3, and the metal nanoparticles contains 70% or more in number-average of metal nanoparticles having a primary grain size within a range of 10 to 50 nm.
US08816186B2	Pre-fabricated non penetrating photovoltaic-support mechanism A solar energy collection system comprised of non-penetrating structural components wherein the solar collectors including the structure are restrained from movement by wind energy redirection, and an interlocking cable restraint system.
US08816185B2	Photovoltaic module A photovoltaic module may include a transparent conductive layer on a substrate a first submodule including a first plurality of photovoltaic cells connected in series and a second submodule including a second plurality of photovoltaic cells connected in series.
US08816184B2	Thermoelectric bias voltage generator A thermoelectric bias voltage generator having a substrate, an active device formed in a semiconductor region of the substrate, and a thermoelectric junction disposed on the substrate and connected to the active device to provide the bias voltage for the active device.
US08816182B2	Digital audio connections for portable handheld computing devices Systems and methods for processing a signal of an electric guitar are provided. An input guitar signal is received by a portable handheld computing device. The input guitar signal is processed using the digital signal. The combined guitar output is transmitted through the portable handheld computing device.
US08816177B2	Bridge for string instrument, saddle for string instrument, and string instrument therewith A bridge for a string instrument, which has a simple structure and is easily processed, is provided, whereby the material cost of the saddle is decreased and superior vibrancy of sound is provided. The bridge has a saddle body 50 that is formed with string grooves 55 at two ends thereof. The string groove 55 has a uniform portion 56 and deep groove portions 57. The deep groove portion 57 is formed into an arc shape in cross section and has a larger curvature radius than that of the uniform portion 56. The uniform portion 56 and the deep groove portion 57 cross with each other at a predetermined portion, and the vicinity of the predetermined portion has a chevron shape in vertical cross section. The chevron shapes of the deep groove portions 57 have peaks P that are arranged at different position in the circumferential direction.
US08816176B1	Banjo with improved resonance A banjo, made almost entirely of wood, eliminates most metal parts of a traditional banjo. The neck is bolted to the body, improving sustain. The body consists of a drum assembly bolted to a resonant tone chamber. The resonant tone chamber consists of a thin back, thin rim assembly, interior flange ring, thin decorative cover and tone ring. The interior flange ring provides mechanical strength to the resonant tone chamber and anchors the drum assembly. The drum assembly consists of a banjo head and a tension hoop. The banjo head snugly fits over the tone ring, and is tensioned via a plurality of bolts that secure the tension hoop in the drum assembly to the flange ring in the resonant tone chamber. A sound port cut into the rim assembly provides sound to a player. Sound holes cut into the decorative cover project sound from the resonant tone chamber toward an audience.
US08816175B2	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH143941 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH143941. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH143941, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH143941 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH143941.
US08816171B2	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH825920 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH825920. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH825920, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH825920 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH825920.
US08816166B2	Soybean variety A1036077 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1036077. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1036077. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1036077 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1036077 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08816164B2	Soybean variety A1026256 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1026256. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1026256. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1026256 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1026256 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08816163B2	Soybean variety D2011911 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated D2011911. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety D2011911. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety D2011911 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety D2011911 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08816161B2	Melon variety NUN 01307 ME The invention relates to the field of Cucumis melo, in particular to a new variety of Cucumis melo reticulatus, NUN 01307 ME, plants and melon fruits; a sample of seed of said line having been deposited under Accession Number NCIMB 42204.
US08816153B2	Recombinant DNA constructs employing site-specific recombination Recombinant DNA constructs, for use in plants and plant cells, have site-specific recombination sites that allow assessing phenotypes and modes of action by over expression or suppression of endogenous genes. In an aspect, a single DNA construct can be switched between over expression and suppression by the action of a recombinase such as the Cre recombinase on constructs having lox recombination sites. Other useful recombination systems include the Flp/frt system, the R/Rs system, the Dre/rox system, and the GIN/gix system.
US08816151B2	Stat5b transgenic mice and methods of use thereof It has been discovered that STAT5 phosphorylation and CD150 are effective biomarkers for detecting, diagnosing, and monitoring hematological malignancies, including for example lymphomas. Compositions and methods for identifying therapeutic agents for the treatment of hematologic malignancies using p-STAT5, CD150 or both as biomarkers are described.
US08816147B2	Process for separating 1-hexene from a mixture of products obtained from an ethylene trimerization zone A process for recovering 1-hexene comprising: a) separating the mixture obtained from the ethylene trimerization reaction into a top fraction comprising ethylene and a bottom fraction, b) separating a portion of the bottom fraction obtained from step a) into a top fraction comprising 1-hexene and 1-butene and a bottom fraction, c) separating a portion of the fraction comprising 1-hexene and 1-butene obtained from step b) into a top fraction principally comprising 1-butene and into a bottom fraction principally comprising 1-hexene, and in said process: a portion of the bottom fraction obtained from step b) is returned to the reaction section and another portion of said bottom fraction obtained from step b) is used in a recirculation loop connecting the reaction section and the column of said step b), said recirculation loop being used to cool the reaction section and to reboil said column of step b).
US08816146B2	Organometallic complexes as catalyst precursors for selective olefin dimerization and processes therefor Methods for dimerizing alpha-olefins utilizing immobilized buffered catalysts wherein a buffered ionic liquid is mixed with an organometallic complex of the formula: where M is selected from the group of Ti, Zr, Hg, Ni, and V and R and R′ are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkyloxy, substituted aryl, and halogens, are provided.
US08816145B2	Liquid phase alkylation process The present invention provides a process for producing a monoalkylated aromatic compound comprising the step of contacting an alkylatable aromatic compound with an alkylating agent in the presence of a catalyst composition under effective alkylation conditions, said catalyst composition comprising MCM-56 and a binder, such that the crystal/binder weight ratio in the catalyst composition is from above 20/80 to about 80/20.
US08816143B2	Fuel and base oil blendstocks from a single feedstock A method comprising providing a fatty acyl mixture comprising: (i) a C10-C16 acyl carbon atom chain content of at least 30 wt. % wherein at least 80% of the C10-C16 acyl carbon atom chains are saturated; and (ii) a C18-C22 acyl carbon atom chain content of at least 20 wt. % wherein at least 50% of the acyl C18-C22 carbon atom chains contain at least one double bond; hydrolyzing the mixture to yield a quantity of C10-C16 saturated fatty acids and C18-C22 unsaturated fatty acids; oligomerizing at least some of the C18-C22 unsaturated fatty acids to yield a quantity of C36+ fatty acid oligomers; hydrotreating at least some of the C10-C16 saturated fatty acids and at least some of the C36+ fatty acid oligomers to yield a quantity of diesel fuel blendstock and C36+ alkanes; and separating at least some of the diesel fuel blendstock from the C36+ alkanes.
US08816133B2	Process of producing polyglycerol from crude glycerol Accordingly, the present invention provides a process for preparing polyglycerol from crude glycerol, wherein the crude glycerol having a glycerol content from about 60 to about 90%, soap content from about 10 to about 15% and methanol content from about 5 to about 20%, the process includes the steps of (a) heating the crude glycerol that contains soap to an elevated temperature for a certain reaction time, (b) acidifying the crude polyglycerol with mineral acid at a specific temperature and (c) centrifuging the acidified crude product obtained from step (b) at specific temperature for a certain duration of time.
US08816125B2	Process for the continuous preparation of (cyclo)aliphatic diisocyanates The invention relates to a multi-stage process for the continuous, phosgene-free preparation of (cyclo)aliphatic diisocyanates that comprises the conversion of (cyclo)aliphatic diamines into the corresponding (cyclo)alkylene biscarbamates and the thermal cleaving of the latter into the (cyclo)alkylene diisocyanates and alcohol. The urea used in accordance with the invention and also the urea employed for the preparation of urea equivalents (e.g. alkyl carbonates, alkyl carbamates) as a possible precursor for the synthesis of the (cyclo)aliphatic biscarbamates is unconditioned.
US08816124B2	Ester-based reactive plasticizer for plastic bonded explosives Disclosed is an energetic reactive plasticizer for a plastic bonded explosive (PBX), and specifically an energetic reactive plasticizer for PBX which has high performance and insensitiveness without a plasticizer leak by being bonded with a polymer binder for a plastic bonded explosive.
US08816121B2	GLP-1 receptor stabilizers and modulators Compounds that bind the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1) receptor are provided including compounds which are modulators of the GLP-1 receptors and compounds which are capable of inducing a stabilizing effect on the receptor for use in structural analysis of the GLP-1 receptor. Methods of synthesis, methods of therapeutic and/or prophylactic use, and methods of use in stabilizing GLP-1 receptor in vitro for crystallization of the GLP-1 receptor of such compounds are provided.
US08816118B2	Diastereoselective preparation of bicyclo[2.2.2]octan-2-one compounds The present invention relates to a new process for the diastereoselective preparation of (1R,4R,5S,6S)-6-hydroxy-5-arylbicyclo[2.2.2]octan-2-one compounds, the compounds of the formula (II), which may subsequently be further transformed to 5-aryl-bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-5-en-2-one compounds of the formula (I): The present invention further relates to novel (1R,2S,3S,4R)-6-oxo-3-arylbicyclo[2.2.2]octan-2-yl methanesulfonate compounds as such, which compounds are useful intermediates in the preparation of 5-aryl-bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-5-en-2-one compounds of the formula (I).
US08816117B2	Synthesis of fluorocarbofunctional silsesquioxanes The subject of the invention is the method of synthesis of fluoracarbofunctional cage silsesquioxanes of the general formula in which•R1 stands for HCF2(CF2)n(CH2)mO(CH2)3Si(CH3)2O or HCF2(CF2)n(CH2)mO(CH2)3 group in which n=1-12, m=1-4;•R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 can be the same as R1 or different from it and stand all either for the (C1-C25) alkyl group or any aryl group, based on hydrosilylation of fluoroalkyl-allyl ether with an appropriate hydrogen-silsesquioxane in the presence of siloxide rhodium complex [{Rh(OSiMe3)(cod)}2] as a catalyst.
US08816113B2	Process for the carbonylation of ethylenically unsaturated compounds, novel carbonylation ligands and catalyst systems incorporating such ligands A novel bidentate catalytic ligand of general formula (I) is described. R represents a hydrocarbyl aromatic structure having at least one aromatic ring to which Q1 and Q2 are each linked, via the respective linking group, if present, on available adjacent atoms of the at least one aromatic ring. The groups X3 and X4 represent radicals joined via tertiary carbon atoms to the respective atom Q1 and the groups X1 and X2 represent radicals joined via primary, or substituted aromatic ring carbon atom(s) to the respective atom Q2. A and B represent an optional lower alkylene linking group. Q1 and Q2 each represent phosphorus, arsenic or antimony. A process for the carbonylation of ethylenically unsaturated compounds comprising reacting the compound with carbon monoxide in the presence of a source of hydroxyl groups, optionally, a source of anions and catalyst system obtainable by combining a metal of Group 8, 9 or 10 or a compound thereof and the bidentate ligand of general formula (I) is also described.
US08816107B2	Functionalised nanoparticles, their production and use Stable complexes are described, formed by mono- and di-functional compounds bound to nanoparticles composed of various types of transition metal oxides and of metals useful in the production processes of different types of new materials (such as for example some types of hydrophile plastics, fibers); processes for the production of the complexes are also described.
US08816106B2	Synthesis of fatty acids The present invention relates to enzymes which possess desaturase, conjugase, epoxidase and/or hydroxylase activity that can be used in methods of synthesizing fatty acids.
US08816099B2	Polyfunctional polyoxyalkylene compound, and producing method and intermediate thereof A polyfunctional polyoxyalkylene compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein Z represents a hydroxyl group-removed residue of pentaerythritol or dipentaerythritol, R represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, OA1 and OA2 represent an oxyalkylene group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, L1 and L2 represent an alkylene group which may have an ester bond or the like in the alkylene chain or at the terminal end, and X represents a functional group capable of reacting chemically; R, OA1, OA2, L1, and L2 are the same or different from one another in one molecule, m and n are an average number of moles of the oxyalkylene group added, m represents 5 to 1,000, and n represents 0 to 1,000; p and q represent 0 or 1; r1+r2=4 or 6; and r1 and r2 are an integer of 2 or more.
US08816095B2	Na channels, disease, and related assays and compositions Disclosed are molecules and their synthesis, for use in blocking gated ion channels such as voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) and prostate voltage sodium channels (PVSCs). These inhibitors have superior blocking efficacy, for instance in displacing the radioligand [3H]-Batrachotoxin-B ([3H]-BTX-B) that binds to site 2 of a VGSC. The molecules of the invention comprise a moiety which increases the binding affinity of molecules for the protein binding site in prostate cancer cells (PCs), and which is also fluorescent. In one embodiment the invention molecules are an inhibition system that can be used to target over-abundant or hyperactive VGSCs selectively in pain, epilepsy or prostate cancer, inhibiting the proliferation of PCs. The fluorescent moiety also facilitates screening, tracking, and pharmacodynamic studies of the drug in a biological system both in vitro and in vivo.
US08816094B2	Hydrothiolation of unactivated alkenes The present invention is a method for promoting hydrothiolation of an unactivated alkenes with a thiol using gallium triflate.
US08816091B2	Crystalline forms of an 8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane compound The invention provides a crystalline sulfate salt of 3-endo-(8-{2-[cyclohexylmethyl-((S)-2,3-dihydroxy-propionyl)amino]ethyl}-8-aza-bicyclo[3.2.1]oct-3-yl)benzamide or a solvate thereof. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such crystalline salt forms, methods of using such crystalline salt forms to treat diseases associated with mu opioid receptor activity, and processes useful for preparing such crystalline salt forms.
US08816089B2	Methods for controlling SR protein phosphorylation, and antiviral agents whose active ingredients comprise agents that control SR protein activity The present invention provides: (1) antiviral agents that act by reducing or inhibiting the activity of SR proteins, more specifically, (i) antiviral agents that act by enhancing dephosphorylation of SR proteins, and (ii) antiviral agents that act by inhibiting proteins that phosphorylate SR proteins; (2) antiviral agents that act by inhibiting the expression of SR proteins, and (3) antiviral agents that act by activating proteins that antagonize SR proteins. The present invention also provides compounds that inhibit SRPKs, which phosphorylate SR proteins. Such compounds inhibit the activity of SR proteins and have antiviral activities. Various new viruses including SARS have emerged, and thus the present invention provides long-lasting broad-spectrum antiviral agents applicable to new viruses.
US08816085B2	Methylpyrrolopyridinecarboxamides The compounds of Formula (I), wherein R1, R21, R22, R23, R24, Y and R3 have the meanings as given in the description, the salts thereof, the stereoisomers of the compounds and the salts thereof are effective inhibitors of the type 5 phosphodiesterase.
US08816083B2	Benzoic acid, benzoic acid derivatives and heteroaryl carboxylic acid conjugates of hydromorphone, prodrugs, methods of making and use thereof The presently described technology provides compositions comprising aryl carboxylic acids chemically conjugated to hydromorphone (4,5-α-epoxy-3-hydroxy-17-methyl morphinan-6-one) to form novel prodrugs/compositions of hydromorphone. The hydromorphone prodrugs of the present technology have decreased side effects and decreased potential for abuse compared to unconjugated hydromorphone. The present technology also provides methods of treating patients, pharmaceutical kits and methods of synthesizing conjugates of the present technology.
US08816082B2	Heterocyclyl-pyridinyl-based biphosphonic acid, pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, composition thereof and method of use thereof The present invention relates to novel compounds, compositions containing same and methods for inhibiting human farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase or for the treatment or prevention of disease conditions using said compounds;
US08816081B2	Boron containing perylene monoimides, a process for their production, their use as building blocks for the production of perylene monoimide derivatives, monoimide derivatives and their use in dye-sensitized solar cells Boron-comprising perylene monoimides and a process for producing the boron-comprising perylene monoimides are provided. The boron-comprising perylene monoimides are useful as building blocks for producing perylene monoimide derivatives and monoimide derivatives. The boron-comprising perylene monoimides are also useful for preparing dye-sensitized solar cells.
US08816080B2	Four coordinated platinum and palladium complexes with geometrically distorted charge transfer state and their applications in light emitting devices Described herein are platinum and palladium compounds with geometrically distorted charge transfer state, applications and methods for the preparation thereof. The platinum and/or palladium compounds described herein are capable of emitting light and can be used in light emitting devices.
US08816078B2	Acidic gas removal by aqueous amine solvents Compositions and methods related to the removal of acidic gas. In one embodiment, compositions and methods are provided for the removal of acidic gas from a gas mixture using an aqueous amine solvent comprising water, a first amine, and a second amine, wherein the first amine contributes at least 50% by weight of the solvent's total amine concentration.
US08816075B2	Process for the preparation of dihydroquinazolines Dihydroquinazolines of the formula: The dihydroquinalzolines are useful as antiviral agents in particular against cytomegaloviruses.
US08816070B2	Triazole derivative as an HSP 90 inhibitor 5-[4-(2-Methylphenyl)-3-hydroxy-4H-1,2,4-triazol-5-yl]-2,4-dihydroxy-N-methyl-N-butylbenzamide is an HSP90 inhibitor and can be used for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of diseases in which the inhibition, regulation and/or modulation of HSP90 plays a role.
US08816066B2	Cellulose interpolymers and methods of oxidation This invention provides cellulose ester interpolymers, and methods of oxidizing cellulose interpolymers and cellulose ester interpolymers. The invention also provides routes to access carboxylated cellulose ester derivatives with high acid numbers wherein the carboxyl group is attached directly to the cellulose backbone by a carbon-carbon bond. Through functionalization of an intermediate aldehyde, the corresponding cationic or zwitterionic cellulose ester derivatives can also be accessed. The interpolymers of the present invention have a number of end-use applications, for example, as binder resins in various types of coating compositions and as drug delivery agents.
US08816065B2	Pharmaceutical or cosmetic composition containing nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide phosphate or derivative thereof Provided are a method of preparing a zinc oxide nanostructure electrode and a method of preparing a dye-sensitized solar cell using the same.The present invention relates to a use of nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide phosphate or a derivative thereof for promoting the differentiation of keratinocytes into fibroblasts. The present invention provides a pharmaceutical or cosmetic use of a composition containing NAADP or a derivative thereof for regenerating and improving a skin barrier, or preventing, improving or treating stratum corneum disorders such as psoriasis or atopy, and a use for promoting the differentiation of separated keratinocytes.
US08816064B2	Purification of nucleic acids The present invention solves the problem of isolating nucleic acids from cells in the presence of the growth medium. The invention is particularly useful for isolating extrachromosomal replicons such as plasmids. Cells are lysed in the presence of the medium in which they were grown and nucleic acids are isolated using a pipette tip column. A liquid handling robot can be used to isolate nucleic acids from multiple samples simultaneously without the need for human intervention.
US08816062B2	Maleimide-furanyl compounds that can be used in a general method for preparing maleimide-oligonucleotide derivatives The compounds of formula (I) substantially in exo form or salts thereof, wherein: X is a biradical selected from —(CH2)n—, —(CH2CH2O)nCH2CH2—, methylcyclohexyl and methylphenyl; n is an integer ranging between 1 and 30; Y is a radical selected from —COOH, a substituted phosphoramidite radical and N-hydroxysuccinimide ester (or other active ester) of carboxylic acid; and * represents the place through which X binds to Y, are useful in a general process for solid-phase preparation of maleimide-oligonucleotide derivatives.
US08816060B2	Anti-microRNA oligonucleotide molecules The invention relates to isolated anti-microRNA molecules. In another embodiment, the invention relates to an isolated microRNA molecule. In yet another embodiment, the invention provides a method for inhibiting microRNP activity in a cell.
US08816058B2	Polynucleotides encoding anti-CD100 antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof Isolated polynucleotides are provided which encode antibody VH and VL polypeptides, and anti-CD100 antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof. In another aspect, the invention provides a vector comprising a polynucleotide of the invention. In another aspect, the invention provides a host cell comprising the vector of the invention. In another aspect, the invention provides a method of producing an antibody of the invention, e.g., for treating diseases associated with CD100, including certain autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, and cancers.
US08816055B2	Plasma kallikrein binding proteins Plasma kallikrein binding proteins and methods of using such proteins are described.
US08816046B2	Compositions and methods for CaMKII inhibitors and uses thereof Embodiments herein generally relate to methods, compositions and uses of CaMKII inhibitors. Other embodiments relate to methods, compositions and uses of agents that target CaMKII. Yet further embodiments relate to compositions, methods and uses of CaMKIIN-derived molecules and other CaMKII inhibitor molecules that inhibit autonomous CaMKII activity. In accordance with these embodiments, compositions that inhibit autonomous CaMKII activity may be used for treating conditions causing neuronal cell death, for treating cancer or for treating neurodegenerative disorders.
US08816045B2	Membrane stripping process for removing volatile organic compounds from a latex The present invention relates to a method of removing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from a latex using a membrane.
US08816044B2	Flexible polyamines, flexible amine-terminated adducts, compositions thereof and methods of use Disclosed are flexible polyamines, flexible amine-terminated polyformal adducts, flexible-amine-terminated polythioether adducts, compositions comprising flexible polyamines and isocyanate-terminated prepolymers, and compositions comprising flexible amine-terminated adducts and isocyanate-terminated prepolymers. Uses of the compositions as sealants, and particularly as aerospace sealants, are also disclosed.
US08816043B2	Difluoro benzotriazolyl solar cell material, preparation method and use thereof The present invention relates to solar cells and discloses a difluoro benzotriazolyl solar cell material and preparation method and use thereof. The solar cell material is represented by formula (I), wherein both R1 and R2, are C1 to C20 alkyl, and n is an integer from 10 to 50. In the difluoro benzotriazolyl solar cell material, since the 1,2,3-benzotriazole solar cell material contains two fluorine atoms, the HOMO energy level is reduced by 0.11 eV, while the fluorine-substituted 1,2,3-benzotriazole has two imido groups with electron-withdrawing ability; the fluorine-substituted 1,2,3-benzotriazole is a heterocyclic compound with strong electron-withdrawing ability, and an alkyl chain can be easily introduced to the N-position of the N—H bond of the benzotriazole. The functional group of the alkyl chain can improve the solar energy conversion efficiency, thus solving the low efficiency problem of solar cells made of the solar cell material.
US08816040B2	Polymer dye A polymer dye has repeating units of formula (I): Each of R1, R2, and R3 is independently a monocyclic carbocyclic group, a condensed polycyclic carbocyclic group, a monocyclic heterocyclic group, or a condensed polycyclic heterocyclic group. In any case, each of R1, R2, and R3 independently may have a substituent. R1 is a divalent group, and R2 and R3 are monovalent groups. D is an organic dye group and n is an integer of from 0 to 10. The polymer dye has a number-average molecular weight of from 500 to 500,000. The dye can be a component in a film. The dye can also be included in various industrial materials in automobiles; communication instruments, such as mobile phones, PDA, remote controllers, mobile information terminals, electronic dictionaries, and electronic organizers; home electric appliances; construction parts; and the like.
US08816038B2	Aromatic ether polymer, method for producing the same, and polymer composition Disclosed is a polymer which is useful for the preparation of an epoxy resin composition or a cured product thereof in film or sheet exhibiting high heat resistance, high thermal conductivity, low thermal expansion, high gas barrier property, and high toughness. The polymer is a thermoplastic aromatic ether polymer comprising a unit represented by the following general formula (1) at a ratio of 10 to 100 mol % and having a weight average molecular weight of 3,000 or more; in formula (1), X is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, R1 and R2 each is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an aralkyl group, or a halogen atom, and n is a number of 1 to 3.
US08816036B2	Catalysts for reaction between an isocyanate and an alcohol Catalysts, which are free of tin, are described which are useful in the reaction between an isocyanate and an alcohol, which is a key step for preparing polyurethane polymers. The catalyst is a metal complex or salt of formula (1): [Zn(L1)l1(L2)l2(Y)x] (1) in which: l1≧1 and l2=0 or 1; with l1+l2=2, x=1 or 2, the symbol L1 represents a ligand which is a β-dicarbonylato anion or the enolate anion of a β-dicarbonyl compound or an acetylacetato anion derived from a β-ketoester, when l1=2, the symbols L1 are identical or different, the symbol L2 represents an anionic ligand which is different from L1, and the symbol Y represents a neutral ligand; where the metal complex or salt C of formula (1) is not zinc diacetylacetonate.
US08816034B2	Method for producing alpha-olefin oligomer A method for producing an α-olefin oligomer including: polymerizing in the presence of a catalyst one or more α-olefins having 6 to 20 carbon atoms to produce an α-olefin oligomer; and deactivating the catalyst by a deactivator from which oxygen is removed. A method for producing an α-olefin oligomer including: polymerizing in the presence of a catalyst one or more α-olefins having 6 to 20 carbon atoms to produce an α-olefin oligomer; and passing the reaction solution containing the α-olefin oligomer through a bag filter.
US08816033B2	Radically curable compound, cured product thereof, and method for producing the compound An object of the present invention is to provide a radically curable compound which produces cured products with excellent heat resistance, and in order to achieve the object, the present invention provides a radically curable compound represented by general formula (1) below. (In the formula, R1 and R2 are each independently an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, R3 and R4 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, m and n are each independently an integer of 1 to 4, and X is an aromatic hydrocarbon group or an aromatic hydrocarbon group substituted by an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms.)
US08816030B2	Chloroprene rubber, chloroprene rubber composition, vulcanizate thereof, and formed body Provided are a chloroprene rubber, a chloroprene rubber composition and the vulcanizate and formed body thereof superior in low-temperature properties.A chloroprene rubber is obtained by emulsion polymerization of raw monomers containing antiperiplanar trans-1-chlorobuta-1,3-diene and cis-1-chlorobuta-1,3-diene in a total amount of 0.5 mass % or more, 2,3-dichlorobuta-1,3-diene in an amount of 2.0 mass % or more, and the rest being chloroprene. A composition containing the chloroprene is vulcanized into a formed body.
US08816022B2	Sealing members, articles using the same and methods of reducing sticktion The present invention provides rubber sealing members having an exterior surface adapted to sealingly engage an inner surface of a chamber of a medical device, the exterior surface of the sealing member having a coating thereon prepared from a curable composition including: (a) a first organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups; and (b) a second organopolysiloxane having at least two pendant hydrogen groups, the second organopolysiloxane being different from the first organopolysiloxane, wherein at least one of the first organopolysiloxane, the second organopolysiloxane or an optional third organopolysiloxane of the curable composition comprises a fluoro group.
US08816018B2	Resin composition comprising a cyclic carbodiimide A resin composition which comprises a polyester and is free from a smell produced from a free isocyanate compound. The resin composition comprises a polyester (component A) whose end is modified and a compound including a cyclic structure having one carbodiimide group whose first nitrogen and second nitrogen are bonded together by a bond group (component B).
US08816008B2	Impact modifier and impact modified thermoplastic composition The invention relates to an impact modified thermoplastic resin comprising a polymeric impact modifier with a core-shell structure comprising 2-octylacrylate.
US08816007B2	Phenol-formaldehyde polymer with carbon nanotubes, a method of producing same, and products derived therefrom The present invention provides methods to functionalize and solubilize WCNT with a phenolic polymer such as a lignin or a PF resin followed by in-situ integration of this functionalized CNT in the presence of formaldehyde and phenol and/or lignin to generate either CNT-reinforced phenol-formaldehyde polymer or CNT-reinforced lignin-phenol-formaldehyde polymer in either liquid or powder form suitable as an adhesive in the manufacture of a lignocellulosic composite material such as OSB and plywood.
US08816005B2	Solvent-free synthesis of amphiphilic polymeric material The present invention provides a method for making a composition comprising an amphiphilic polymeric material which comprises a straight or branched chain carbon-carbon backbone and a multiplicity of side chains attached to the backbone; wherein in the method, backbone precursors comprising acylating groups are mixed with side chain precursors which comprise a nucleophilic group at at least one terminus, to form a reaction mixture; the backbone precursors, side chain precursors and/or the reaction mixture are heated; the reaction mixture is stirred; and the nucleophilic groups react with the acylating groups to form the amphiphilic polymeric material wherein the side chains are linked to the backbone via acyl linkages; characterized in that the reaction mixture does not comprise organic solvent.
US08816001B2	Genetically encoded initiator for polymer growth from proteins This invention pertains to methods for producing homogeneous recombinant proteins that contain polymer initiators at defined sites. The unnatural amino acid, 4-(2′-bromoisobutyramido)phenylalanine of formula 1, was designed and synthesized as a molecule comprising a functional group further comprising an initiator for an atom-transfer radical polymerization (‘ATRP”) that additionally would provide a stable linkage between the protein and growing polymer. We evolved a Methanococcus jannaschii (Mj) tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase/tRNACUA pair to genetically encode this unnatural amino acid in response to an amber codon. To demonstrate the utility of this functional amino acid, we produced Green Fluorescent Protein with the unnatural amino acid initiator of formula 1 site-specifically incorporated on its surface (GFP-1). Purified GFP-1 was then used as an initiator under standard ATRP conditions with oligo(ethylene oxide)monomethyl ether methacrylate, efficiently producing a polymer-GFP bioconjugate wherein the polymer is connected at a specifically selected site on GFP.
US08816000B2	Multifunctional stellate prepolymer mixtures, production and use and coatings made thereof The invention relates to coatings having a contact angle hysteresis with water measured by the sessile drop method of at most 20°. The coatings can be produced from a mixture of at least two different stellate prepolymers and/or stellate prepolymer/nanoparticle complexes which may cross-link to each other and to the surface of the substrate coated, wherein the stellate prepolymers and/or stellate prepolymer/nanoparticle complex have at least three hydrophilic polymer branches before cross-linking which are themselves soluble in water with on all or a part of the free ends thereof, silyl end groups R1 of general formula (I): R1=—CRa2—Si(ORb)r(Rc)3−r, where Ra=H or straight or branched chain 1-6C alkyl, ORb=a hydrolysable group, Rc=linear or branched chain 1-6C alkyl and r=a number from 1 to 3 and the optionally non silyl end group carrying ends have reactive end groups which a reactive with each other, with the substrate to be coated optional entities included in the coating and/or with the silyl end groups with the proviso the mixture (a) has at least one stellate prepolymer with 3-5 hydrophilic polymer branches and (b) at least one stellate prepolymer and/or a stellate prepolymer/nanoparticle complex with a least 6 hydrophilic polymer branches. The invention further relates to a method for production for said coatings and stellate prepolymers as used in the coatings. The invention furthermore relates to the use of the stellate prepolymers as additives in various materials for temporary or permanent anti-soiling treatment of surfaces.
US08815999B2	Cross-linker Disclosed are novel cross-linkable end-cappers for oligo- and polyimides. End-capped oligo- and polyimides comprising such an end-capper may be cured at a lower temperature compared to oligo- and polyimides end-capped with PEPA.
US08815997B2	Aqueous compositions comprising ion exchange resins that deliver paint and primer properties in a coating The present invention provides one component aqueous compositions comprising (i) from 0.01 to 7 wt. %, based on the total weight of solids in the composition, of anion exchange resin beads having a weight average particle size of from 0.1 to 20 μm a low crosslinker content, the anion exchange resin copolymer beads being chosen from gelular beads, beads having a dual morphology, and mixtures thereof, (ii) an emulsion copolymer having a copolymerization residue of one or more phosphorus acid monomer, and having an anionic surfactant or its polymerization residue and a reductant or its polymerization residue and, (iii) at least one phosphorous containing surfactant in the amount of from 0.1 to 5 wt. %, based on the weight of emulsion copolymer solids. The compositions find use as coating binders and either pigmented or unpigmented paints and enable the provision of a single coat primer plus topcoat with excellent stain blocking.
US08815995B2	Tire tread with resin A cross-linkable or cross-linked rubber composition having a diene rubber selected from one or more natural rubbers, one or more synthetic rubbers or combinations thereof as well as a petroleum hydrocarbon resin. The petroleum hydrocarbon resin may be characterized as having a number-average molecular weight of between 750 and 1000 g/mole, a glass transition temperature of between 20° C. and 60° C. and a polydispersity index of between 1.8 and 3. Furthermore, the resin has units resulting from the polymerization of dicyclopentadiene and dicyclopentadiene codimers with an olefinic composition. Additionally, the rubber composition may include a reinforcing filler that is selected from an inorganic filler, an organic filler or combinations thereof. The composition is useful as a material for articles that include tire components, such as a tire tread.
US08815994B2	Heat-shrinkable polyester-based single-layer film The present invention relates to a heat-shrinkable polyester-based single-layer film which has superior shrinkability and color, and thus provides aesthetic enhancement to the product to which the film is attached when the film is printed. Therefore, the polyester-based single-layer film of the present invention can be valuably used as a label film as it can replace labels made of paper, and can be easily peeled off by means of hot water, thus contributing to the recycling of bottles.
US08815990B2	Stabilizer composition A stabilizer composition comprising a phenyl acrylate compound or phosphite compound, and a sugar alcohol.A thermoplastic polymer composition comprising a phenyl acrylate compound or phosphite compound, and a sugar alcohol, wherein the total weight of the phenyl acrylate compound or phosphite compound, and the sugar alcohol is 0.001 to 3 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the thermoplastic polymer.
US08815986B2	Method for storing resin solution, and method for producing prepreg and laminate This invention relates to a method for storing a naphthol aralkyl type cyanate ester resin solution, which is difficult to precipitate due to long term storage in a solution state, and particularly relates to a method for storing a naphthol aralkyl type cyanate ester resin solution (AB), which comprises: preparing (i) a naphthol aralkyl type cyanate ester resin solution (AB) comprising a naphthol aralkyl type cyanate ester resin (A), a maleimide compound (B) and a solvent, (ii) a naphthol aralkyl type cyanate ester resin solution (AB) comprising a prepolymer of a naphthol aralkyl type cyanate ester resin (A), a maleimide compound (B) and a solvent, or (iii) a naphthol aralkyl type cyanate ester resin solution (AB) comprising a prepolymer of a naphthol aralkyl type cyanate ester resin (A) and a maleimide compound (B), and a solvent, and; storing the resin solution (AB).
US08815982B2	Colored system A colored system including a coated substrate and a color pigment that adheres to the coated substrate, and a method for producing the colored system are described. The disclosed method adheres effectively the color pigments to the coated substrates. The resulting colored system avoids their separation during coating applications. The colored metallic paints/inks can be prepared by mixing a color pigment solution with a coated substrate solution. The resulting colored system displays vivid color and strong metallic luster.
US08815971B2	Control over controlled radical polymerization processes A procedure for improved temperature control in controlled radical polymerization processes is disclosed. The procedure is directed at controlling the concentration of the persistent radical in ATRP and NMP polymerizations procedures and the concentration of radicals in a RAFT polymerization process by feeding a reducing agent or radical precursor continuously or intermittently to the reaction medium through one of more ports.
US08815970B2	Method of preparing polyurethane A method of preparing polyurethane prepolymer does not require using a toxic isocyanate monomer (manufactured by harmful phosgene) as a raw material. Epoxy resin and carbon dioxide are used as major raw materials to form cyclic carbonates to be reacted with a functional group oligomer, and then amino groups in a hydrophilic (ether group) or hydrophobic (siloxane group) diamine polymer are used for performing a ring-opening polymerization, and the microwave irradiation is used in the ring-opening polymerization to efficiently synthesize the amino-terminated PU prepolymer, and then an acrylic group at an end is added to manufacture an UV cross-linking PU (UV-PU) oligomer which can be coated onto a fabric surface, and the fabric is dried by UV radiation for a surface treatment to form a washing-resisted long lasting hydrophilic or hydrophobic PU fabric.
US08815967B2	Porous polyurea material and methods for preparing the same A porous polyurea material may be prepared by polymerization and crosslinking of tetra(4-aminophenyl)methane or tetra(4-aminophenyl)silane with a monomer having two to four isocyanate (—NCO) groups, or by polymerization and crosslinking of tetra(4-isocyanatophenyl)methane or tetra(4-isocyanatophenyl)silane with a monomer having two to four amino groups. The method includes: mixing an organic solution of tetra(4-aminophenyl)methane with an organic solution of a monomer having two to four isocyanate groups; reacting the mixed solution under a nitrogen atmosphere; and drying a semi-solid or solid material formed by gelation of the reaction solution, or adding the reaction solution to a non-solvent before gelation of the reaction solution to form a precipitate, followed by drying, or applying the reaction solution to a substrate before gelation of the reaction solution, followed by drying. The introduction of the monomer having a tetrahedral structure can impart good chemical resistance, heat resistance and durability to the porous polyurea material.
US08815966B2	Sheet for use as a packaging material for solar cells Disclosed is a sheet for use as a packaging material having a low percentage thermal shrinkage, outstanding flexibility and outstanding properties as a packaging material for solar cells. The sheet for use as a packaging material for solar cells according to the present invention is a resin sheet having air spaces obtained by the hot-melt bonding of a portion of a dispersed hot-bonding resin powder, wherein the apparent density of the sheet is no less than 20(%) and no more than 70(%) of the net density of the hot-bonding resin, such that the sheet is adequately flexible.
US08815963B1	Catalyst composition formulated for synthesis of alcohols and method of preparing the same A catalyst composition includes an active material having a molybdenum- and sulfur-containing substance impregnated with an effective amount of cesium sufficient to promote synthesis of an alcohol, optionally carried on an inert support, wherein the active material is at least substantially free of a transition metal. The present invention is further directed to methods of preparing and using the same.
US08815961B2	Method of and plant for making a methane-containing gas from syngas The invention relates to a process for producing a methane-containing gas from synthesis gas, wherein a synthesis gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen is fed for methanation to a reactor system (1) having a catalyst material, wherein the process gas stream leaving the reactor system (1) is divided into a product gas stream and a recycle gas stream, and wherein the recycle gas stream, for compensation of the pressure drop, is transported through an ejector (5) and for cooling is passed together with the synthesis gas into the reactor system (1). According to the invention, the product gas stream is compressed to a pressure which is greater than the pressure of the synthesis gas that is fed to the reactor system (1). Either compressed product gas or industrial gas from an industrial gas pipe system (9) is fed as propellant medium to the ejector (5). The invention also relates to a methane production plant for carrying out the process.
US08815960B2	Demulsifying and dehydrating formulations for heavy crude oils based on block copolymers bifunctionalized with amines The present invention relates to demulsifying and dehydrating formulations of heavy crude oil based block copolymers amine bifunctionalized with low polydispersities. These formulations can contain solvents whose boiling point is in the range from 35 to 200° C., preferably: dichloromethane, chloroform, toluene, xylenes, turbosine, naphtha or mixtures thereof.
US08815957B2	Surfactant A surfactant for water/supercritical carbon dioxide microemulsions that can achieve high water dispersion ability, water/supercritical carbon dioxide microemulsion forming ability under a moderate condition, and high water solubilization rate and that reduces burden on the environment and ecosystem. Provided are a surfactant for stabilizing a water/supercritical carbon dioxide microemulsion including a compound of Formula (I) and a water/supercritical carbon dioxide microemulsion including the surfactant. The compound of Formula (I) has the structure:
US08815954B2	Arginine heteromers for topical administration The invention is directed to a strategy for providing therapeutic or cosmetic benefit to skin by topically applying arginine chemically bound to a second (non-oligoarginine) compound in order to increase transepithelial delivery of arginine through a combination of increased solubility and flux across the skin. The arginine heteromers of the invention can add other complementary or beneficial properties for the skin beyond those that are arginine-related.
US08815953B2	Formulations of vitamin K analogs for topical use The present invention provides topical formulations containing a vitamin K analog, e.g., menadione, that deliver a uniform, therapeutically effective concentration of the vitamin K analog to the skin in a vehicle which is stable, non-irritating, non-drying and cosmetically acceptable. These topical formulations are useful for the treatment and prevention of dermatological conditions associated with inflammation, particularly, dermatological conditions resulting from anti-EGFR therapies.
US08815952B1	Chlorhexadine antiseptic A composition comprising a mixture of chlorohexidine, a surfactant, and a cationic quaternary ammonium compound is suitable for use as an antiseptic and is surprisingly effective against difficult-to-kill organisms such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis and against Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) while still being suitable for topical application. The composition may include a chelating agent.
US08815950B2	Pharmaceutical compositions and method of using levodopa and carbidopa The present invention relates to stable dosage forms and compositions of levodopa and carbidopa for the treatment of patients suffering from Parkinson's disease. The dosage forms and compositions comprise both solid and liquid formulations and result in stable pharmaceutical products. Such dosage forms and compositions comprise a metal chelator and a levodopa concentration from about 1 mg/mL to about 30 mg/mL.
US08815949B2	Composition for treating influenza a (H1N1) virus and a preparation method therefor New pharmaceutical compositions extracted from Ferula assa-foetida are confirmed to effectively treat influenza A (H1N1) virus. The extraction method of the new pharmaceutical compositions mainly includes steps of: (a) extracting F. assa-foetida with methanol to obtain a crude extract; (b) fractioning the crude extract with n-hexane-methanol to obtain a methanol extract; (c) fractioning the methanol extract with chloroform-water to obtain a chloroform extract; and (d) chromatographing the chloroform extract to obtain the pharmaceutical compositions, which can be further fractioned and chromatographed to obtain various sesquiterpene coumarins.
US08815943B2	Modulation of bacterial quorum sensing with synthetic ligands The present invention provides compounds and methods for modulation of the quorum sensing of bacteria. In an embodiment, the compounds of the present invention are able to act as replacements for naturally occurring bacterial quorum sensing ligands in a ligand-protein binding system; that is, they imitate the effect of natural ligands and produce an agonistic effect. In another embodiment, the compounds of the present invention are able to act in a manner which disturbs or inhibits the naturally occurring ligand-protein binding system in quorum sensing bacteria; that is, they produce an antagonistic effect. The compounds of the present invention comprise N-acylated-homoserine lactones (AHLs) comprised of a wide range of acyl groups.
US08815937B2	Lipoyl compounds and their use for treating ischemic injury The present invention relates, in various embodiments, to a compound represented by Structural Formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof, and compositions comprising said compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof. Methods of using compounds of Structural Formulas (I) and (la) or compositions comprising compounds of Structural Formulas (I) and (la), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof, to treat ischemia or ischemia-reperfusion injury are also disclosed.
US08815933B2	Treatment of cognitive disorders with (R)-7-chloro-N-(quinuclidin-3-yl)benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxamide and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof (R)-7-chloro-N-(quinuclidin-3-yl)benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxamide has been found to have procognitive effects in humans at unexpectedly low doses. Thus, (R)-7-chloro-N-(quinuclidin-3-yl)benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxamide and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof can be used at unexpectedly low doses to improve cognition.
US08815927B2	Bivalent diazo bicyclic Smac mimetics and the uses thereof The invention relates to diazo bicyclic Smac mimetics that are tethered through a covalent linker to give a bivalent species. Bivalent diazo bicyclic Smac mimetics function as inhibitors of Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins (IAPs). The invention also relates to the use of bivalent diazo bicyclic Smac mimetics for inducing or sensitizing cells to the induction of apoptotic cell death. Thus, compounds of the invention are useful in the treatment, amelioration, or prevention of hyperproliferative diseases such as cancer.
US08815925B2	Use of combination preparations comprising antifungal agents The invention relates to the use of an antimycotic agent and an epithelial cell or endothelial cell adhesion inhibitor for producing a combination drug for the topical treatment of Candida mycoses selected from vulvovaginal candidiasis, oropharyngeal candidiasis (oral thrush), diaper dermatitis (diaper thrush) and intertriginous (Candida) eczema.
US08815920B2	Substituted amide compound A substituted amide compound is useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition, in particular a pharmaceutical composition for treating diseases caused by lysophosphatidic acid (LPA). The compound is of a formula: In this formula, A is an optionally substituted aryl, etc.; B is an optionally substituted 5-membered aromatic hetero ring group; X is a single bond or —(CRX1RX2)n—; n is 1, 2, 3, or 4; RX1 and RX2 are hydrogen, etc.; Y1 to Y5 are each CRY or N; each RY is hydrogen, etc.; R1 and R2 are hydrogen, etc.; m is 1, 2, or 3; R3 is hydrogen, etc.; and R4 is an optically substituted lower alkyl, etc.
US08815919B2	Oxadiazole derivatives The invention relates to oxadiazole compounds of formula I. The compounds are useful e.g. in the treatment of autoimmune disorders, such as multiple sclerosis.
US08815915B2	Benzofuran-2-sulfonamides pyridine derivatives as chemokine receptor modulators The present invention relates to novel benzofuran-2-sulfonamide pyridine derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of chemokine receptors.
US08815914B2	Positive allosteric modulators of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor The present invention relates to compounds useful in therapy, to compositions comprising said compounds, and to methods of treating diseases comprising administration of said compounds. The compounds referred to are positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) of the nicotinic acetylcholine α7 receptor.
US08815913B2	Metal-catalyzed copolymerization of imines and carbon monoxide as a route to synthesize polypeptides Polypeptides of formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 are substituents independently selected from substituted and un-substituted alkyl groups and substituted and un-substituted aryl groups, and n is an integer greater than or equal to 2. Synthesis methods are also provided that do not use amino acids as starting materials, but instead employ imines and carbon monoxide as monomers that undergo transition metal-catalyzed alternating copolymerization to directly provide polypeptides using an acylcobalt catalyst with the following structural formula: wherein R is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, phenyl, and substituted phenyl groups.
US08815908B2	Compounds and methods for inhibiting phosphate transport Compounds having activity as phosphate transport inhibitors, more specifically, inhibitors of intestinal apical membrane Na/phosphate co-transport, are disclosed. The compounds have the following structure (I): including stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein X, Y, R1 and R2 are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, are also disclosed.
US08815903B2	Indole derivative and pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof The present invention provides a compound represented by the general formula (I) of the present invention, which has EP1 receptor antagonism: wherein A represents a benzene ring, a pyridine ring, or the like; Y1 represents a C1-6 alkylene group or the like; Y2 represents a single bond or the like; Z represents —C(═O)—NHSO2R6, an acidic 5-membered hetero ring group, or the like; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; R2 represents a phenyl group, a 5-membered aromatic heterocyclic group, or the like; R3 represents a halogen atom, a C1-6 alkoxy group, or the like; R4 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or the like; R5 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; and R6 represents a C1-6 alkyl group or the like], or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Furthermore, the compound (I) of the present invention can be used as an agent for treating or preventing LUTS, in particular, various symptoms of OABs.
US08815901B2	Quinoline carboxamide derivatives as protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification, in free form or in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, ester, N-oxide thereof; processes for the preparation thereof; to pharmaceuticals containing such compounds, in particular for the use in one or more Protein tyrosine kinase mediated diseases.
US08815896B2	1-(5-tert-butyl-2-phenyl-2H-pyrazol-3-yl)-3-[2-fluoro-4-(1-methyl-2-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-imidazo[4,5-B]pyridin-7-yloxy)-phenyl]-urea and related compounds and their use in therapy The present invention pertains generally to the field of therapeutic compounds, and more specifically to certain compounds of the following formula (I) (for convenience, collectively referred to herein as “IP compounds”), which, inter alia, are useful in the treatment of cancer, e.g., cancer characterized by (e.g., driven by) mutant RAS (“mutant RAS cancer”). The present invention also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds and compositions in the treatment of cancer, e.g., mutant RAS cancer.
US08815894B2	Crystalline forms of (S)-7-([1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-4-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline and use thereof Novel [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridinyl-6-yl-substituted tetrahydroisoquinolines are described in the present invention. These compounds and crystalline forms SA1 and N-2 are used in the treatment of various neurological and physiological disorders. Methods of making these compounds and crystalline forms SA-1 and N-2 are also described in the present invention.
US08815891B2	Tricyclic derivative or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, preparation method thereof, and pharmaceutical composition containing the same The present invention relates to a novel tricyclic derivative with efficient inhibitory activity against poly(ADP-ribose)polymerases (PARP) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, a preparation method thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same. The tricyclic derivative of the invention is useful for the prevention or treatment of diseases caused by excess PARP activity, especially neuropathic pain, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, diabetic nephropathy, inflammatory diseases, osteoporosis, and cancer, by inhibiting the activity of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerases.
US08815890B2	Rhinitis treatment regimens A treatment regimen for rhinitis with rhinorrhea includes a daytime dosage unit containing medication for treating rhinitis and an anticholinergic agent for treating rhinorrhea, and a nighttime dosage unit containing medication for treating rhinitis and an attenuated dosage of anticholinergic agent or no anticholinergic agent. A pharmaceutical package for treating rhinitis with rhinorrhea includes a daytime dosage unit containing a medication for treating rhinitis and an anticholinergic agent for treating rhinorrhea, a nighttime dosage unit containing medication for treating rhinitis and an attenuated dosage of anticholinergic agent or no anticholinergic agent, indicia to distinguish between the daytime dosage unit and the nighttime dosage unit, instructions for coordinating the daytime dosage unit and the nighttime dosage unit as a treatment regimen for treating rhinitis with rhinorrhea, and a unifying container for housing the daytime dosage unit, the nighttime dosage unit, the indicia, and the instructions.
US08815883B2	Compounds and methods for inhibiting serotonin synthesis Compounds having the structures below that are TPH1 inhibitors are provided: The compounds are useful of, e.g., to increase bone mass. In preferred embodiments, the patient is known to have, or to be at risk for, a low bone mass disease such as osteoporosis.
US08815882B2	Pyrazole aminopyrimidine derivatives as LRRK2 modulators Compounds of the formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of making the compounds and using the compounds for treatment of diseases associated with LRRK2 receptor, such as Parkinson's disease.
US08815880B2	Crystal of tricyclic pyrazolopyrimidine derivative To provide a hydrochloride of a tricyclic pyrazolopyrimidine compound inhibiting the effect of HSP90 and a crystal thereof. The present invention provides a hydrochloride of 2-{4-amino-2-[(3-chloro-4-methoxy-5-methylpyridin-2-yl)methyl]-2,7-dihydro-6-thia-1,2,3,5-tetraazabenzo[cd]azulen-8-yl}-N-methylacetamide which inhibits the ATPase activity of HSP90 and which has antitumor activity, a crystal thereof, a medicament comprising the same, an anticancer agent comprising the same, and the like.
US08815876B2	Bicyclic heterocycle derivatives and methods of use thereof The present invention relates to Bicyclic Heterocycle Derivatives, compositions comprising a Bicyclic Heterocycle Derivative, and methods of using the Bicyclic Heterocycle Derivatives for treating or preventing obesity, diabetes, a diabetic complication, a metabolic disorder, a cardiovascular disease or a disorder related to the activity of a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) in a patient. The compounds are of structure (I).
US08815870B2	4-(2-(6-substituted-hexylidene) hydrazinyl)benzonitrile and preparation thereof The present teachings provide a compound of Formula (I-B): wherein R1-R10 are as described herein; a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound, a geometric isomer of the compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the geometric isomer. Also described are methods of preparing the same, as well as methods for preparing vilazodone using the same.
US08815869B2	Lactam acetamides as calcium channel blockers The present application relates to calcium channel inhibitors containing compounds of formula (I) wherein Ar1, n, R1, X and Y are as defined in the specification. The present application also relates to compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions.
US08815867B2	Inhibitors of c-fms kinase The invention is directed to compounds of Formula I: wherein Z, X, J, R2 and W are set forth in the specification, as well as solvates, hydrates, tautomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that inhibit protein tyrosine kinases, especially c-fms kinase. Methods of treating autoimmune diseases; and diseases with an inflammatory component; treating metastasis from ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, stomach cancer, hairy cell leukemia; and treating pain, including skeletal pain caused by tumor metastasis or osteoarthritis, or visceral, inflammatory, and neurogenic pain; as well as osteoporosis, Paget's disease, and other diseases in which bone resorption mediates morbidity including rheumatoid arthritis, and other forms of inflammatory arthritis, osteoarthritis, prosthesis failure, osteolytic sarcoma, myeloma, and tumor metastasis to bone with the compounds of Formula I, are also provided.
US08815866B2	Aminopyridine kinase inhibitors The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of protein kinase. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders. The invention also provides processes for preparing compounds of the inventions.
US08815864B2	Indanyloxydihydrobenzofuranylacetic acids The present invention relates to compounds of general formula I, wherein the group (Het)Ar is defined as in claim 1, which have valuable pharmacological properties, in particular bind to the GPR40 receptor and modulate its activity. The compounds are suitable for treatment and prevention of diseases which can be influenced by this receptor, such as metabolic diseases, in particular diabetes type 2.
US08815862B2	Co-crystal intermediates of rosuvastatin and methods of using same Methods for the preparation of Rosuvastatin by co-crystals of Rosuvastatin or intermediates are provided. Also provided are co-crystals, pharmaceutical compositions which include such co-crystals and methods for treating conditions associated with hypercholesterolemia by administering such compositions.
US08815853B2	Pyrimidinone derivatives, preparation thereof and pharmaceutical use thereof The invention relates to novel products of formula (Ia) or (Ib): these products being in all the isomeric forms and salts as drugs, notably as anticancer drugs.
US08815851B2	Aminodihydrothiazine derivatives A composition having BACE 1 inhibitory activity containing a compound represented by the general formula (I): wherein ring A is an optionally substituted carbocyclic group or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; E is lower alkylene; X is S, O, or NR1; R1 is a hydrogen atom or lower alkyl; R2a, R2b, R3a, R3b, R4a and R4b is each independently a hydrogen atom, halogen, or hydroxy etc.; n and m are each independently an integer of 0 to 3; n+m is an integer of 0 to 3; R5 is a hydrogen atom or substituted lower alkyl; its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or a solvate thereof.
US08815844B2	Mitochondrial activity inhibitors of cancer-initiating cells and use thereof The present invention relates to the compounds useful in the prevention and/or treatment of tumors. More specifically the present invention relates to inhibitors of the activity of the electron transport chains and/or the mitochondrial TCA cycle in glioma-initiating cells (GICs) for use in a method for preventing and/or treating tumors presenting glioma-initiating cells (GICs) in a subject who has undergone a prior removal of a tumor glioma bulk. The present invention further provides a pharmaceutical composition containing the inhibitors of the invention and a screening method for identifying the inhibitors of the invention.
US08815842B2	Anti-foot-and-mouth disease virus agent for animal belonging to family Suidae or sheep, and method for prevention or treatment of foot-and-mouth disease in animal belonging to family Suidae or sheep Disclosed is an anti-foot-and-mouth disease virus agent for an animal belonging to the Family Suidae, which comprises 3-oxo-3,4-dihyro-2-pyrazincarboxamide or a salt thereof. The agent is extremely useful for the prevention or treatment of food-and-mouth disease in an animal belonging to the Family Suidae. Also disclosed is an anti-foot-and-mouth disease virus agent for sheep, which comprises 3-oxo-3,4-dihyro-2-pyrazincarboxamide or a salt thereof. The agent is extremely useful for the prevention, therapy or the like of food-and-mouth disease in sheep.
US08815832B2	Oxidized regenerated cellulose hemostatic powders and methods of making The present invention is directed to hemostatic material containing compacted ORC powder comprising particles having an average aspect ratio from about 1 to about 18, wherein said compacted ORC powder have preferably been processed in a compaction device, such as a ball milled ORC powder. The present invention further relates to methods of making the hemostatic material and a method of treating a wound by applying the hemostatic powder onto and/or into the wound of a patient.
US08815831B2	Treatment of Acinetobacter with alginate oligomers and antibiotics The invention provides a method to improve the efficacy of an antibiotic to inhibit the growth of Acinetobacter, said method comprising using said antibiotic together with an alginate oligomer. The Acinetobacter may be on an animate or inanimate surface and both medical and non-medical uses and methods are provided. In one aspect the invention provides an alginate oligomer for use together with at least one antibiotic in treating a subject infected, suspected to be infected, or at risk of infection, with Acinetobacter. In another aspect the method can be used to combat Acinetobacter contamination of a site e.g., for disinfection and cleaning purposes.
US08815830B2	Nucleosides with antiviral and anticancer activity The invention provides a compound of formula (I), wherein R1-R6 and X have any of the values described, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and therapeutic methods comprising the administration of such compounds.
US08815821B2	Double-stranded oligonucleotides Antisense sequences, including duplex RNAi compositions, which possess improved properties over those taught in the prior art are disclosed. The invention provides optimized antisense oligomer compositions and method for making and using the both in in vitro systems and therapeutically. The invention also provides methods of making and using the improved antisense oligomer compositions.
US08815819B2	Anti-connexin compounds targeted to connexins and methods of use thereof Methods and compositions for modulating the activities of connexins are provided, including, for example, for use in post-surgical, trauma, or tissue engineering applications. These compounds and methods can be used therapeutically, for example, to reduce the severity of adverse effects associated diseases and disorders where localized disruption in direct cell-cell communication is desirable.
US08815814B2	Cosmetic composition containing oligopeptides The invention is directed to the cosmetic use of tetrapeptides according to formula (I) R1-Val-Leu-Leu-Lys-R2 (I) wherein R1 is linked to the NH2-terminal group of the peptide and is chosen from the group consisting of —H, a linear saturated or unsaturated or branched saturated or unsaturated acyl group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, which may be functionalized by a —OH, —SH, —COOH or —CONH2 group wherein R2 is the terminal carboxylic group of the peptide either as —COOR3 or —CO—NH2, and wherein R3 is chosen from the group consisting of —H, a linear saturated or unsaturated or branched saturated or unsaturated alkyl group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, which may be functionalized by a —OH, —SH, —COOH or —CONH2 group. The invention is also directed to the respective tetrapeptides and cosmetic compositions containing these.
US08815813B2	Methods for treating immune-mediated Dengue Fever infections and antibody-dependent enhancement of Dengue Fever infections, including Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever and Dengue Shock Syndrome Polypeptides and other compounds that can bind specifically to the CH2-CH3 cleft of an immunoglobulin molecule, as well as methods for using such polypeptides and compounds to inhibit Fc-mediated immune complex formation in viral infection, are described. For example, polypeptides and other compounds can be used to inhibit binding of DF-associated, immune-complexed IgG anti-DF viron(s) or DV viral antigens to FγR, ADE of DF/DHF/DSS infections by inhibition of DF viral antigen binding to immune complexed IgG, FγR and immune complexed IgG mC1q (membrane C1q) or soluble C1q binding.
US08815812B2	Synthetic arginine substituted peptides and their use The present invention relates to new arginine substituted peptides designed based on the sequence of human lactoferrin and to use thereof, in particular for treatment and/or prevention of infections, inflammations, tumors, pain, wounds and/or scars.
US08815810B2	Treatment of allodynia, hyperalgesia, spontaneous pain and phantom pain The present invention relates to the use of Meteorin for the treatment of allodynia, hyperalgesia, spontaneous pain and phantom pain. In a preferred embodiment the disorder to be treated is allodynia, and hyperalgesia, more preferably allodynia including thermal and tactile allodynia.
US08815809B2	Cysteine protease inhibitors Compounds of Formula II wherein R1a is H; and R1b is C1-C6alkyl, Carbocyclyl or Het; or R1a and R1b together define a saturated cyclic amine with 3-6 ring atoms; R2a and R2b are independently H, halo, C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4haloalkyl or C1-C4alkoxy, or R2a and R2b together with the carbon atom to which they are attached form a C3-C6cycloalkyl; R3 is a branched C5-C10 alkyl chain, C2-C4haloalkyl or —CH2C3-C7 cycloalkyl; R4′ is C1-C6alkyl, C1-C6haloalkyl or oxetany-3-yl. for use in the prophylaxis or treatment of a disorder characterized by inappropriate expression or activation of cathepsin S.
US08815807B2	Peptides and peptide compositions having osteoinductive activity Compositions and kits are provided having a peptide having an amino acid sequence that binds to eukaryotic cells and effects differentiation and support growth of the cells. Peptide-scaffold compositions containing at least one peptide or combinations of peptides are therapeutic agents for stimulating and promoting osteogenic activity and osteoinduction activity for cells. The scaffold is for example apatite, natural cancellous bone, demineralized natural cancellous bone, collagen, calcium phosphate, or hydroxyapatite.
US08815802B2	GLP-1 analogues and derivatives The invention relates to a GLP-1 analog which comprises a histidine (H) residue at a position corresponding to position 31 of GLP-1(7-37) (SEQ ID NO: 1), a glutamine (Q) residue at a position corresponding to position 34 of GLP-1 (7-37) (SEQ ID NO: 1), and a maximum of ten amino acid modifications as compared to GLP-1 (7-37) (SEQ ID NO: 1); wherein the H residue is designated H31, and the Q residue is designated Q34; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, amide, or ester thereof. The invention also relates to derivatives thereof, as well as the pharmaceutical use of these analogs and derivatives, for example in the treatment and/or prevention of all forms of diabetes and related diseases. The invention furthermore relates to corresponding novel side chain intermediates. The derivatives are suitable for oral administration.
US08815799B2	Inhibiting striated muscle activator of RHO (stars) to improve glycemic control Described are methods of improving glycemic control/improving insulin sensitivity by administering an inhibitor of Striated Muscle Activator of Rho Signaling (STARS) activity, and methods of identifying new compounds for use in the described methods of treatment.
US08815797B2	High protein liquid enteral nutritional composition The present invention relates in general to a shelf-stable liquid enteral composition for providing nutrition, either as a supplement, or as a complete nutrition, with a high protein content of a non-hydrolysed globular protein, in particular a whey protein.
US08815796B2	Polyheterocyclic compounds highly potent as HCV inhibitors The present invention discloses the structure, preparation methods and uses of a series of novel polyheterocyclic based compounds (Ia-Ib and IIa-IIb) that are highly effective for inhibiting hepatitis C virus (HCV): where the structural variables are defined herein. The present invention is also provides a method of treating HCV infection by the polyheterocyclic based HCV inhibitory compounds, compositions and therapeutic methods.
US08815793B2	Polymeric compositions and related methods of use Adhesive polymeric compositions which can comprise dihydroxyphenyl moieties and derivatives thereof, and related methods of use.
US08815792B2	Perfuming ingredients of the floral and/or anis type The present invention concerns a compound of formula wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-2 alkyl or alkoxyl group; each R1, R2 or R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl or ethyl group; and X represents a CHO, COOR4 or CN group, R4 being a methyl or ethyl group; and at least one of said R, R1 or R2 represents a group containing at least one carbon atom; and it use as perfuming ingredient, for instance to impart odor notes of the floral and/or anis type.
US08815789B2	Metal bleach catalysts Metal bleach catalysts that are complexes of a transition-metal and a dioxo ligand, cleaning compositions comprising such metal bleach catalysts, and methods of using such metal bleach catalysts, are described herein.
US08815787B2	Skin cleansing agent Provided is a skin cleanser, including the following components (A) to (D): (A) 1 to 30% by weight of a higher fatty acid or a salt thereof; (B) 0.5 to 10% by weight of a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether carboxylic acid or a salt thereof; (C) 0.1 to 10% by weight of an amphiphilic substance having an IOB of 0.25 to 1.2; and (D) 1 to 25% by weight of a water-insoluble particle having an average particle diameter of 50 to 500 μm, in which a weight ratio between the components (A) and (B) “(A)/(B)” is 1/2 to 10/1.
US08815785B2	Utilization of surfactant as conformance materials Methods for creating a fluid diverting barrier in a zone of a subterranean formation are provided. Certain methods comprise providing a treatment fluid that comprises an aqueous base fluid, a viscoelastic surfactant, and a soap component; placing the treatment fluid in a subterranean formation penetrated by a well bore; and allowing the soap component of the treatment fluid to interact with a metal ion present in the subterranean formation to form a precipitate.
US08815782B2	Use of DNAzymes for analysis of an RNA sample Provided herein is method comprising: contacting an initial RNA sample containing a population of different RNA molecules with a divalent cation and a set of DNAzymes that are designed to cleave multiple target RNAs in the initial sample, thereby producing a product RNA sample that comprises: a) uncleaved RNA molecules and b) cleaved RNA fragments that contain a 2′,3′-cyclic-phosphate and a 5′ hydroxyl as the result of DNAzyme cleavage.
US08815777B2	Metal laminated substrate for use as an oxide superconducting wire material, and manufacturing method therefor A metal laminated substrate for an oxide superconducting wire is produced by removing, in a state where a copper foil to which rolling is applied at a draft of 90% or more is held at a temperature below a recrystallization temperature, an absorbed material on a surface of the copper foil by applying sputter etching to the surface of the copper foil; removing an absorbed material on a surface of a nonmagnetic metal sheet by applying sputter etching to the surface of the nonmagnetic metal sheet; bonding the copper foil and the metal sheet to each other by reduction rolls at an applied pressure of 300 MPa to 1500 MPa; orienting crystals of the copper by heating a laminated body obtained by bonding at a crystal orientation temperature of copper or above; and forming a protective layer on a copper-side surface of the laminated body by coating.
US08815776B2	Herbicidal compositions and method of use thereof An herbicidal emulsifiable concentrate composition that contains Prodiamine herbicide that shows excellent spreadability and stability and is particularly suitable for effective control of weeds in general residential and commercial landscaped areas.
US08815775B2	Bis(difluoromethyl)pyrazoles as fungicides Bis(difluoromethyl)pyrazole derivatives of the formula (I) in which the symbols R1, X, Y and Q are each as defined in the description, and agrochemically active salts thereof, and use thereof for controlling phytopathogenic harmful fungi, and also processes for preparing compounds of the formula (I).
US08815774B2	Herbicidal composition and method of use thereof The present invention relates to a to a method of controlling the growth of weeds, in particular, large crabgrass and white clover, using a herbicidal composition comprising mesotrione and a triazolinone herbicide such as sulfentrazone or carfentrazone-ethyl. The invention also relates to the use of this composition.
US08815771B2	Mechanochromic coating composition A mechanochromic coating composition is disclosed comprising a polymeric network incorporating a plurality of ring-opening mechanophores each bound at two positions thereof within said polymeric network.
US08815769B2	Process for conditioning a high efficiency ethylene oxide catalyst A process for conditioning a high efficiency silver catalyst used to manufacture ethylene oxide from ethylene, oxygen, and at least one organic chloride is described. A non-reactive conditioning gas comprising at least one of ethylene, oxygen, and a ballast gas is introduced to the catalyst at a conditioning temperature ranging from 150° C. to 180° C. for a selected period of at least 4 hours.
US08815768B2	Processes for making catalysts with acidic precursors The present invention relates to catalysts, to processes for making catalysts with acidic precursors and to chemical processes employing such catalysts. The catalysts are preferably used for converting acetic acid to ethanol. The catalyst comprises a precious metal and one or more active metals on a support, optionally a modified support.
US08815764B2	Water treated catalyst to produce light olefins A process is presented for the formation of a SAPO-34 catalyst product. The process, that involves treatment with water or optionally at least one dissolved solid selected from the group consisting of ammonium chloride, ammonium phosphate, ammonium sulfate, ammonium acetate, ammonium carbonate, ammonium nitrate and mixtures thereof creates a SAPO-34 catalyst that has an increased selectivity for production of ethylene and propylene.
US08815762B2	Process for regenerating catalyst Disclosed is a catalyst distributor and process for mixing spent catalyst and recycled regenerated catalyst in a regenerator vessel. Mixing is conducted in a confined space to which catalyst is delivered from catalyst conduits protruding through the wall of the regenerator.
US08815760B2	Transparent zirconia sintered body, method for producing same, and use of same The subject of the present invention relates to obtaining a zirconia sintered body having excellent in both properties of a translucency and a mechanical strength. The present invention relates to obtaining a high-strength zirconia sintered body having a translucency of an in-line transmission of 50% or more at a sample thickness of 1 mm for visible light at a wavelength of 600 nm and an average flexural strength of 300 MPa or more by subjecting a zirconia primary sintered body having an average grain size of 1 μm or less and a relative density of 92% or more and the crystal phase composed of cubic crystals only to HIP treatment at a temperature of 1,250° C. to 1,600° C. and a pressure of at least 50 MPa. The primary sintered body is obtained by maintaining a molded body of a zirconia powder containing 7 mol % to 30 mol % of yttria at 1,100° C. to 1,300° C. for at least 5 hrs or by heating the molded body at a high rate of temperature rise of 500° C./hr or more.
US08815759B2	Cement-free high strength unshaped refractory Disclosed is a cement-free high strength unshaped refractory in which barium aluminate and a dispersant are further added to a refractory which includes a refractory material containing Al2O3 and SiC and an alumina sol binder to largely improve handling strength of the unshaped refractory. The unshaped refractory according to the present invention is usefully applicable to lining which contacts slag in a blast furnace or a gasifier.
US08815756B2	Contoured composite armour panels and systems comprising such panels An armor panel provides a continuous armored strike face defined within a periphery. The panel is manufactured from a composite material having a plurality of armor tiles embedded in a polymeric matrix that is structurally reinforced by a layer of fiber fabric. The armored strike face may be contoured to accommodate the base upon which it will be mounted. In some applications, an armor system is assembled from at least two of the armor panels. In such a system, at least a portion of the periphery of each armor panel defines an internal seam edge of the armor system. Each such periphery portion is in a lapping relationship with the corresponding internal seam edge of another armor panel.

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