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US08825531B1	Automated self-checkout system The invention includes a system and method for an automated self-checkout system. The system includes a self-checkout housing, a means for inputting information, a means for receiving payment, a means for providing information to a customer, and a controller operatively connected to the means for inputting, means for receiving and the means for providing information to the customer. Additionally, the controller includes a reset module that responds to input inactivity prior to completion of the purchaser transaction by voiding the transaction and resetting the display to start a new transaction. The invention may also include a security verification mechanism.
US08825530B2	Tax liability and deductions verification system A computer implemented method and system for verifying tax liability and tax deductions reported by taxable entities. A tax monitoring platform comprising a database management system dynamically generates one or more tax forms specific to each taxable entity based on characteristic information of the taxable entities. The tax monitoring platform acquires tax information filled into the tax forms by the taxable entities via a user interface, extracts tax elements from the tax information, and transforms the tax elements to conform to a predetermined template. The tax monitoring platform determines an association between a first taxable entity and a second taxable entity based on the tax elements of each of the taxable entities, and compares the tax elements of the first taxable entity with the tax elements of the second taxable entity based on the association using the database management system, for determining the accuracy of reporting of tax information.
US08825528B1	Online advertisement provisioning An online ad provisioning system couples persuasive media items (ads) with an established viewership/recipient set by first identifying a popularity, or number of recipients of a requested media item, and subsequently associating the media item with an advertisement (banner, window, video segment) expecting the established viewership. While conventional advertising seeks to divert the readers attention before their eyes are on the page, the system identifies and targets recipients after their eyes are on the page (or screen, window, etc.). Such an association allows an advertiser to specify, for example, to associate an ad (persuasive media item) with the most popular web page, or to run a commercial in a video stream only if at least a predetermined number of viewers are receiving the stream.
US08825526B2	Method and system for providing targeted advertising in public places and carriers A method and system for providing targeted advertising in public places and carriers such as trains, buses, train stations, shopping malls, airports, etc. The demographics, purchasing history and/or personal preferences of individuals in the public place are collected from personal digital assistants (PDAs) or other wireless communication devices carried by the individuals in the public place or public carrier. The collected data pertaining to a group of individuals who are present near the display device, is processed and used to select appropriate advertisements that would most likely interest that group of individuals. The selected advertisements are displayed on the display device located in the public place or public carrier so as to provide targeted advertising to the group of individuals.
US08825525B2	Systems and methods for campaign offers and rewards with offer serving engine based on digitized receipt data A campaign offers and rewards system includes an offer serving engine that provides offers or rewards. An analytics engine, with data intelligence, identifies receipt line items and ties the line items, including uniform price code (“UPC”), stock keeping unit (“SKU”) or product short name from different receipts to create a list of products and services not matched to advertisers. A redemption engine is in communication with a database that includes a reward budget. The redemption engine assists in controlling the redemption of rewards in view of the reward budget and in response to a communication from the analytics engine.
US08825523B2	Electronic coupon system and data mining and use thereof in relation thereto and for use interactive participation of individuals and groups within the system This invention relates generally to electronic commerce (e-commerce) systems and media platforms, for use with both mobile and non-mobile systems, to deploy virtual advertising and promotion via the use of electronic coupons, and more particularly a method and system for creating, deploying, transferring, clearing, managing, redeeming and reporting on the use of electronic coupons or virtual electronic rebates (VeeBates) and permitting individuals and groups within one or more social communications networks to participate in and transmit information to others about their activities related to the virtual advertising, incentives, redemption and promotion.
US08825517B2	On-line authorization in access environment A method is disclosed. The method includes interacting with a gate access device that is capable of preventing access to a location, where the gate access device subsequently sends an authorization request message to an issuer for approval, the authorization request message including a request to charge a predetermined amount of money to pay for access to a location, and entering the location if the gate access device receives an authorization response message indicating that the charge is authorized.
US08825515B1	Sentiment collection and association system Disclosed are various implementations of systems, methods, and computer programs that facilitate associating a sentiment with a user-defined topic. In an implementation, a system comprises a computing device in communication with a client device. The computing device includes a memory operable to store one or more modules. The computing device also includes a processor coupled to the memory to retrieve a user-defined topic and a sentiment selection, associate the sentiment with the user-defined topic, and cause generation of graphics at the client device. The graphics represent sentiment statistics corresponding to the sentiment over a predetermined time period.
US08825514B2	System and method for estimating residual lifetime value of a customer base utilizing survival analysis The present disclosure describes novel systems and methods that can be utilized to evaluate and/or direct an interaction with a consumer database and/or evaluate a consumer database, where the consumer database contains information about consumers and particular products and/or services held or used by the consumers. The interactions may be, for example, determining a strategy for sales, marketing, cross-selling, and/or retaining one or more of the consumers. The evaluations may include, for example, hierarchically ranking the consumers and/or determining a clustering of the consumers.
US08825513B1	Adaptive subscriber retention based on forecasted retention value of paying subscribers A method to process cancellation requests. The method includes receiving, by a computer processor and from a first user, a first request to cancel a first subscription to an online service, calculating, by the computer processor in response to the first request: a first retention value score of the first user based on a first usage profile of the first user interacting with the online service, and a first retention value threshold based on a first availability measure of support agents for the online service, and sending, by the computer processor and in response to the first retention value score exceeding the first retention value threshold, a message to the first user to contact at least one of the support agents to discuss cancelling the first subscription.
US08825512B2	Persistent network-based electronic transaction services A system configured to receive a request to perform an electronic transaction associated with merchant equipment, where the request identifies one or more value-added services that are to be provided when the transaction is performed; retrieve workflow information, associated with a workflow that corresponds to the transaction, where the workflow information identifies how the transaction is to be performed and how the value-added services are to be provided; obtain information associated with one or more second server devices that provide the value-added services; instruct the second server devices to provide the value-added services, in a manner that conforms to the workflow information, based on the information associated with the one or more second server devices; perform the transaction in a manner that conforms to the workflow information; and transmit, to the merchant equipment, a notification that the transaction has been performed or that the value-added services have been provided.
US08825510B2	Smart reminder management Techniques for smart reminder management. A method includes receiving input pertaining to a user task for which a schedule reminder is to be managed, automatically determining a timing and repetition management scheme for the schedule reminder based on a user model, analysis of current user context and a model of oscillators, determining a confidence level for the schedule reminder, associating the confidence level with the timing and repetition management scheme, and conveying the schedule reminder to the user in accordance with the timing and repetition management scheme.
US08825507B1	System and method for self-scheduling of service representatives A system and method for facilitating service representatives' self-scheduling of work. Work may be released for a given work period (e.g., one week) in multiple rounds, with the period being broken into multiple timeslots, each timeslot having one or more seats for representatives. A representative may be limited as to the number of timeslots he can commit to in a given scheduling round. A representative operates a user interface to access his personalized schedule, which indicates the status of each timeslot through different appearances (e.g., colors, line patterns). The representative commits to timeslots that have work available for which he is qualified, and the schedule is updated in real-time as work availability changes. Seats may be distributed among multiple virtual rooms in a timeslot, and a representative may need to be qualified to sit in a special room.
US08825505B1	Systems and methods for reverse automobile quote A system, method, and computer-usable medium are disclosed for determining a maximum amount to finance based on a plurality of periodic payments. The maximum financed amount of the purchase price of a vehicle is determined based on a plurality of periodic payments, including the cost of vehicle insurance coverage. Data associated with a borrower is retrieved, followed by the borrower providing information related to a target vehicle and a maximum periodic payment amount for the cost of financing the target vehicle and insuring it. Vehicle insurance requirement data, vehicle insurance policy data, and vehicle loan terms data is then provided and processed with the vehicle data and the borrower data to generate a periodic cost for a vehicle insurance policy. Thereafter, the vehicle data, vehicle loan terms data, and borrower data are processed to generate a periodic cost for a loan on the vehicle. In turn, the periodic cost for the vehicle insurance policy, the periodic cost for a loan on the vehicle, and the total periodic payment amount provided by the borrower are processed to generate a maximum amount of the purchase price of the vehicle to finance.
US08825503B2	Methods and systems for improving human health using targeted probiotics Methods and systems enable healthcare providers to identify metabolites that may cause a medical condition in a patient. The healthcare providers may then use the identified metabolite to identify a probiotic that may affect the regulation of that metabolite. Patient information, such as medical history and diagnosis data may then be used in combination with the identified probiotic to create a personalized medicament for that patient.
US08825502B2	System and method for providing patient record synchronization in a healthcare setting A system provides an information sharing architecture that allows physically separate healthcare information systems, called “deployments,” to share and exchange information. The collection of these participating deployments is referred to as the “Community,” and systems within the Community sometimes store records for patients in common. The system allows participants in the Community to share information on data changes to these patients, and to reconcile concurrent and conflicting updates to the patient's record.
US08825498B2	Ramp recorder and quick reporting tree data transmission method A system and method for determining whether an aircraft is ready to fly or should be repaired in light of damage and/or malfunction information observed at the departure gate includes observing damage or malfunction, alerting decision-makers, and initiating an automated interview session via a camera equipped communications device to a remote server running query driven decision and data analysis software. Data entered via the communications device, equipped with a keypad and camera for obtaining visual information, is transmitted to the remotely based software application. The software generates requests for information based on prior received information, processes and provides the information to decision-makers at remote locations. The communications device transmits decision-making support information concerning repair or dispatch. The communication device may be a wireless cell phone with a digital camera. The method and system produce a report for making repair and dispatch decisions concerning the aircraft. The information is stored in a database for statistical analysis.
US08825492B1	Language-based video game The language-based video game places a player avatar into a game environment contained within a display field following a story narrative or an adventure for completing an objective. The gameplay reinforces pronunciation and writing of a given language. The display field includes a minor head graphic, as can be highlighted text in the given language, interactive text objects, and can include a control icon and a progress icon. The minor head graphic is a representation of a human head, or portion thereof, animated to show pronunciation of the highlighted text. As the player progresses through the game, the player encounters the interactive text objects that, upon activation, transform into useful objects for overcoming challenges present in the game environment, the interactive text object being the same as, substantially the same as, or corresponding to the highlighted text. Avatar movement and interactions are controlled through a control scheme via an interface.
US08825491B2	System and method to use text-to-speech to prompt whether text-to-speech output should be added during installation of a program on a computer system normally controlled through a user interactive display An auditory user interactive interface to an application program being installed in the computer controlled system. A routine in an object, in an application program being installed in the computer controlled system for providing an auditory user interface to the program in combination with auditory means for offering the user of the computer controlled system the auditory user interface during installation of said application program, and responsive to the selection of the auditory interface provides the auditory user interface during said installation of the application program.
US08825488B2	Method and apparatus for time synchronized script metadata A method includes receiving script data including script words for dialogue, receiving audio data corresponding to at least a portion of the dialogue, wherein the audio data includes timecodes associated with dialogue words, generating a sequential alignment of the script words to the dialogue words, matching at least some of the script words to corresponding dialogue words to determine hard alignment points, partitioning the sequential alignment of script words into alignment sub-sets, wherein the bounds of the alignment sub-subsets are defined by adjacent hard-alignment points, and wherein the alignment subsets includes a sub-set of the script words and a corresponding sub-set of dialogue words that occur between the hard-alignment points, determining corresponding timecodes for a sub-set of script words in a sub-subset based on the timecodes associated with the sub-set of dialogue words, and generating time-aligned script data including the sub-set of script words and their corresponding timecodes.
US08825483B2	Apparatus and method for transforming audio characteristics of an audio recording A method of audio processing comprises composing one or more transformation profiles for transforming audio characteristics of an audio recording and then generating for the or each transformation profile, a metadata set comprising transformation profile data and location data indicative of where in the recording the transformation profile data is to be applied; the or each metadata set is then stored in association with the corresponding recording. A corresponding method of audio reproduction comprises reading a recording and a meta-data set associated with that recording from storage, applying transformations to the recording data in accordance with the metadata set transformation profile; and then outputting the transformed recording.
US08825482B2	Audio, video, simulation, and user interface paradigms Consumer electronic devices have been developed with enormous information processing capabilities, high quality audio and video outputs, large amounts of memory, and may also include wired and/or wireless networking capabilities. Additionally, relatively unsophisticated and inexpensive sensors, such as microphones, video camera, GPS or other position sensors, when coupled with devices having these enhanced capabilities, can be used to detect subtle features about users and their environments. A variety of audio, video, simulation and user interface paradigms have been developed to utilize the enhanced capabilities of these devices. These paradigms can be used separately or together in any combination. One paradigm automatically creating user identities using speaker identification. Another paradigm includes a control button with 3-axis pressure sensitivity for use with game controllers and other input devices.
US08825480B2	Apparatus and method of obtaining non-speech data embedded in vocoder packet A system is provided for transmitting information through a speech codec (in-band) such as found in a wireless communication network. A modulator transforms the data into a spectrally noise-like signal based on the mapping of a shaped pulse to predetermined positions within a modulation frame, and the signal is efficiently encoded by a speech codec. A synchronization sequence provides modulation frame timing at the receiver and is detected based on analysis of a correlation peak pattern. A request/response protocol provides reliable transfer of data using message redundancy, retransmission, and/or robust modulation modes dependent on the communication channel conditions.
US08825477B2	Systems, methods, and apparatus for frame erasure recovery In one configuration, erasure of a significant frame of a sustained voiced segment is detected. An adaptive codebook gain value for the erased frame is calculated based on the preceding frame. If the calculated value is less than (alternatively, not greater than) a threshold value, a higher adaptive codebook gain value is used for the erased frame. The higher value may be derived from the calculated value or selected from among one or more predefined values.
US08825475B2	Transform-domain codebook in a CELP coder and decoder Codebook Arrangement for use in coding an input sound signal includes First and Second Codebook Stages. First Codebook Stage includes one of a time-domain CELP codebook and a transform-domain codebook. Second Codebook Stage follows the first codebook stage and includes the other of the time-domain CELP codebook and the transform-domain codebook. Codebook Stage includes an adaptive codebook may be provided before First Codebook Stage. A selector may be provided to select an order of the time-domain CELP codebook and the transform-domain codebook in First and Second Codebook Stages, respectively, as a function of characteristics of the input sound signal. The selector may also be responsive to both the characteristics of the input sound signal and a bit rate of the codec using Codebook Arrangement to bypass Second Codebook Stage. Codebook Arrangement can be used in a coder of an input sound signal.
US08825465B2	Simulation apparatus and method for multicore system A simulation apparatus and method for a multicore system are provided. The simulation apparatus may prevent the occurrence of a data collision during the communication between modules and may reduce the overhead generated during simulation. The simulation apparatus may select a plurality of modules to be synchronized in terms of function execution timing based on timing information and may configure a multicore system architecture model using the selected modules. The simulation apparatus may acquire function execution timing information of the modules, control the execution of functions by the modules based on the acquired function execution timing information, and output the results of the control of the execution of functions by the modules.
US08825463B2	Logic simulation method and logic simulator A logic simulation method includes causing a physical specification detector to detect physical specifications of an analog circuit (a PLL circuit and a DLL circuit) as a verification object described in a logic library; causing a monitor to monitor whether a signal or setting during a logic simulation satisfies the physical specifications; and causing a warning section to issue a warning when the signal or the setting fails to satisfy the physical specifications.
US08825462B2	Method and system for simulating a plurality of devices A method and system for simulating a plurality of devices are disclosed. A simulator configured to simulate a plurality of devices may output simulated device data for the plurality of devices, where the output of the simulated device data may be performed based upon execution of commands by the simulator. The commands may be received from a device abstraction layer in response to a request from the simulator for any commands associated with the plurality of devices. Additionally, the simulated device data may be communicated to a component coupled to the simulator, where a result of the processing of the simulated device data by the component may be used to analyze the performance of the component. Further, other commands may be executed by simulator for changing the frequency at which simulated device data is output, for performing another operation defined during configuration of the simulator, etc.
US08825461B2	Overlapped multiple layer depth averaged flow model of a turbidity current A method of generating a model of a turbidity current in a fluid is disclosed. A first flow layer in the turbidity current is defined. The method successively defines at least one more flow layer in the turbidity current. Each successive flow layer includes the previously defined flow layer. A set of depth-averaged flow variables for each flow layer is defined. A model is developed that describes the turbidity current. The model uses fluid flow equations and the set of depth-averaged flow variables for each flow layer to predict fluid flow in each flow layer. The model is then output.
US08825457B2	Systems and methods for material life prediction Included are embodiments for predicting an expected life of a pliable material. Some embodiments of a method include modeling, by a computing device, the pliable material and simulating strain on the pliable material, wherein simulating strain on the pliable material includes creating a strain results file. Similarly, some embodiments of the method include identifying, from the strain results file, a point of strain energy density on the pliable material, accessing a life prediction curve associated with the pliable material to determine a material file, and creating a strain-material file by combining the strain results file and the material file. Still some embodiments of the method include executing software to predict the expected life of the pliable material and predicting the expected life of the pliable material.
US08825452B2	Model producing apparatus, model producing method, and computer-readable recording medium in which model producing program is stored A three-dimensional model data producing processing apparatus produces three-dimensional model data using design data (CAD data) of an object to be recognized. The three-dimensional model data producing processing includes processing conversion processing, edit processing, and teaching processing. The conversion processing and the edit processing are performed to the design data on a computer. The teaching processing is performed in a practical environment. It is not necessary to image a workpiece model in the three-dimensional model data producing processing.
US08825450B2	Method and system for updating a modeled object in a product lifecycle management system A computer-implemented method and system for updating a modeled object in a Product Lifecycle Management system is disclosed. The modeled object to be updated is modeled with a directed acyclic graph having at least one path. The path is formed of nodes and arcs, where: (i) each node represents a modeled object, and (ii) each arc represents the use of a respective end node by a corresponding origin node. The invention method and system build a first path of all successive nodes used by the modeled object to be updated. Next the invention method and system compute from the first path, a second path of nodes impacting the update of the modeled object to be updated. In turn, the invention method and system update the modeled object to be updated by using the nodes of the second path. The invention also provides a computerized system, such as a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system, comprising program code means for carrying out the method of the present invention.
US08825448B2	Spectroscopic reflectometer In a spectroscopic reflectometer, in order to make it possible to omit a supplementary measurement (specifically, measurement of a calibration sample) which has been needed every time a light reflectance of an inspection work is measured to promote the reduction in measurement time and simplification in measurement configuration, an internal reflection mechanism having a constant light reflectance is arranged inside a head so that light reflected by the internal reflection mechanism is received by a photo-detector, whereby the light reflectance of the inspection work is calculated based on an output value of the photo-detector in a state of having substantially no light introduced, an output value of the photo-detector when a dark sample that substantially reflects no light is used, an output value that is an output value of the photo-detector when a calibration sample of a known light reflectance is used as the object, and an output value of the photo-detector when an inspection work to be measured is used.
US08825447B2	Automatic correlation accelerator Automatic correlation, in which an automatic correlation accelerator tool accesses at least a first and a second recording of a base script that defines operations executed in testing performance of a system. The tool causes the system to execute the first recording of the base script and the second recording of the base script and stores, in electronic storage, dynamic value data that describes dynamic values generated during execution of the first recording of the base script and during execution of the second recording of the base script. The tool automatically, without human intervention, analyzes the stored dynamic value data to identify candidates for correlation within the base script and generates a correlated script based on the identified candidates for correlation and the base script.
US08825444B1	Automated system check for metrology unit A metrology unit includes an integrated reference target with which an automated system check process is performed. The automated system check process includes measuring a feature on the reference target and determining if the measurement is within a desired specification for the metrology unit. When the metrology unit fails the automated system check, or if otherwise warranted, an automated diagnosis process may be performed using the same integrated reference target. The automated system check and automated diagnosis may be optimized based on correlations between parameters of the automated qualification and parameters of the automated diagnosis. Similarly, the measurement of a processed wafer may be optimized based on a correlation between parameters of the metrology of the processed wafer and parameters of the automated system check.
US08825442B1	Probabilistic switching determination for electrical devices A method for determining switching characteristics in electronic devices is disclosed. The method includes applying a ramped series of electrical pulses, identifying a candidate switching pulse, grouping the measured parameter values for the remaining electrical pulses, extrapolating an expected parameter value for the candidate switching pulse for each group, and comparing the expected parameter value for each group to the parameter value for the candidate switching pulse. The method also includes applying a ramped series of electrical pulses, identifying a candidate switching pulse, and clustering the remaining measured parameter values.
US08825441B2	Information processing apparatus and time measurement method An information processing apparatus includes a versatile Operating System (OS) that performs a time measurement process in response to a request from an application, a storage unit that stores a process load of the versatile OS and a delay time of the time measurement process in combination, a detecting unit that detects a process load of the versatile OS when the application requests the time measurement process, an acquiring unit that acquires a delay time that corresponds to the process load, which is detected by the detecting unit, as an expected delay time from the storage unit, and a requesting unit that requests the versatile OS to measure a requested measurement time that is obtained by subtracting the expected delay time, which is acquired by the acquiring unit, from a measurement time that is requested by the application.
US08825436B2	Inertial sensing with spatially distributed sensor array and two dimensional data processing A spatially distributed MEMS inertial sensor array is designed to reduce or cancel measurement errors and to increase the signal detection accuracy. By combining the measurements from a pair of sensors having sensing axes in two different, non-orthogonal directions, the correlated error due to the environmental changes are cancelled or reduced and the uncorrelated random noise is also reduced by the square root of two. By sequentially sampling the sensor array in the time domain, the number of the ADC circuits can be largely reduced. A two dimensional signal processing method is used to process the sensor array output data, in order to further reduce the remaining errors. Namely, one dimension uses the outputs from multiple spatially distributed sensor sets and the other dimension is the time domain. The signal to noise ratio is increased by using the signal correlation in both the spatial domain and the time domain.
US08825435B2	Intertial tracking system with provision for position correction A subject location tracking process is provided that includes the attachment of a system to a subject where the system includes a radiofrequency sensor integration module, an inertial tracking module, and a microprocessor. Radiofrequency signals are communicated from the radiofrequency sensor integration module to a remote radiofrequency transceiver beacon. A measured range is determined between the radiofrequency sensory integration module and the beacon. An error value E is then computed between the measured range and a predicted range. The predicted range is computed from the inertial tracking module alone based on positional data as to location and orientation of the system. The location data of the subject is determined with a microprocessor and displayed at the location. The present invention operates to provide a high degree of accuracy as to the position of a subject in spite of intermediate obstructions and without reliance on global position satellite systems, fixed reference signals, or line of sight.
US08825433B2	Automatic generation of valid at-speed structural test (ASST) test groups A method and system is provided for automatically generating valid at speed structural test (ASST) test groups. The method includes loading a netlist for an integrated circuit into a processor. The method further includes determining a plurality of clock domain crossings between a plurality of clock domains within the integrated circuit. The method further includes generating a first test group. The method further includes adding a first clock domain of the plurality of clock domains to the first test group. The method further includes adding a second clock domain of the plurality of clock domains to the first test group when the second clock domain does not have a clock domain crossing into the first clock domain.
US08825432B2	Method for estimating maximum power of a circuit and apparatus thereof The present invention provides a method for adjusting a maximum power of a circuit having a first voltage output and a first power. The method includes the following steps: (a) obtaining a voltage coefficient by measuring the first power of the circuit and calculating an open-circuit voltage of the first voltage output; (b) estimating an estimated power based on the voltage coefficient; and (c) repeating the steps (a) to (b) for a specific number of times, in which the specific number of times is determined based on a variation of the estimated power during a time period.
US08825431B2	Fluorescence intensity correcting method, fluorescence intensity calculating method, and fluorescence intensity calculating apparatus A fluorescence intensity calculating apparatus, includes: a measuring section configured to receive fluorescences generated from plural fluorescent dyes excited by radiating a light to a microparticle multiply-labeled with the plural fluorescent dyes having fluorescence wavelength bands overlapping one another by photodetectors which correspond to different received light wavelength bands, respectively, and whose number is larger than the number of fluorescent dyes, and obtain measured spectra by collecting detected values from the photodetectors; and a calculating section configured to approximate the measured spectra based on a linear sum of single-dyeing spectra obtained from the microparticle individually labeled with the fluorescent dyes, thereby calculating intensities of the fluorescences generated from the fluorescent dyes, respectively.
US08825430B2	Differential pressure systems and methods for measuring hydraulic parameters across surface water-aquifer interfaces The systems and methods described herein related to measuring hydraulic parameters across a surface water-aquifer interface. In particular, the systems include a pressure differential sensor within a watertight housing. The pressure differential sensor has two inlets, one of which is connected to a piezometer located in an aquifer, and the other of which is connected to a surface water body. A solenoid valve allows the systems to switch between a first, measurement configuration and a second, calibration configuration. A pump and a conductivity-temperature sensor enable a third and fourth configuration for measuring the electrical conductivity and temperature of surface water and groundwater. The collected data is then locally stored or transmitted wirelessly. The low-power components and calibration capabilities of the systems allow for long-term deployment, on the order of six months or more.
US08825427B2	Method for calibrating a coordinate measuring machine A reference measurement object having known properties is used for the purpose of calibrating a coordinate measuring machine. A plurality of reference measured values are picked up on the reference measurement object. Calibration data are determined using the reference measured values and using the known properties of the reference measurement object. The calibration data comprises a first number of polynomial coefficients that are selected to correct nonlinear measuring errors using at least one polynomial transformation. The first number of polynomial coefficients is reduced in an iterative method to a lesser second number, with a plurality of pairs of polynomial coefficients being formed and with a polynomial coefficient of a pair being eliminated in each case when a statistical dependence between the polynomial coefficients of the pair is greater than a defined threshold value.
US08825426B2	Method and apparatus for calibrating a magnetic sensor In general, the invention relates to an algorithm and process for automated and/or continuous calibration of magnetic sensor, for example such as a sensor installed in a mobile positioning system handset. According to certain aspects, the calibration process can use the normal motion of the handset such that all measurement data from the three orthogonal axes of sensor when exposed to Earth's magnetic field is collected. According to still further aspects, the process includes fitting measurement data to an ellipsoid that characterizes the actual magnetic field measurements from a magnetic sensor, so that anomalies such as hard iron effect, soft iron effect and scale factors can be extracted and/or corrected by comparison to a sphere represented by magnetic field data from a model at the sensor's location.
US08825425B2	Correction method of geomagnetic sensor in mobile device, mobile device, and program A mobile device has a geomagnetic sensor, a position detection device, such as an acceleration sensor, for detecting a position of the mobile device, or a direction of a mobile device and a form of the mobile device, and a controller operable to control the geomagnetic sensor and the position detection device. When the position detection device detects a predetermined position change, the controller starts a correction process of the geomagnetic sensor based upon the detection.
US08825424B2	Apparatus and method for estimating data relating to a time difference and apparatus and method for calibrating a delay line An apparatus for estimating data relating to a time difference between two events includes a delay line having a plurality of stages. Each stage has a delay difference between a first delay in a first part and a second delay in a second part. This delay difference is measured by a phase arbiter in each stage, which outputs an indication signal indicating whether the first event of two events in the first part precedes or succeeds a second event of the two events in the second part. A summation device is provided for summing over the indication signals of the plurality of stages to obtain a sum value. The sum value indicates a time difference estimate.
US08825423B1	Calibration verification This document generally describes technology to verify the calibration of a materials testing system, such as a compact tension testing system. The calibration of a materials testing system can be verified based on the results generated from the materials testing system running one or more tests on a calibration specimen with one or more known characteristics.
US08825422B2	Field device for process instrumentation A field device for process instrumentation, in particular a measuring transducer, comprising an analogue output to which a two-wire line is connectable for transmitting an analogue output signal. The output circuit contains a controller with an actuator connected downstream for the analogue output signal. A monitoring unit monitors whether an actuating signal remains within a predeterminable value range to monitor the output circuit for correctly setting the loop current. If the actuating signal is outside the value range, an indicator signal is output to a computing unit so that suitable measures can be introduced in response to an error state that has thus been identified.
US08825421B2	Digital implementation of a tracking filter Methods and systems for tracking an electronic signal corresponding to an operating frequency of an electronic component are provided. A method may include sampling the signal to determine previous and current time samples of the signal. A frequency of interest in the signal may also be pre-warped to decrease adverse warping effects resulting from processing signals having relatively higher operating frequencies. The previous and current time samples of the signals, along with the pre-warped frequency of interest, may be input into a digital tracking filter. The digital tracking filter may be configured to execute one or more algorithms on the previous and current time samples and the pre-warped frequency of interest to estimate a current operating frequency.
US08825420B1	Method and system for calculating timing variations considering simultaneous switching noise A computer implemented method for determining a timing variation for an edge of a waveform under simultaneous switching noise (SSN) conditions is provided. The method includes characterizing an impact of mutual inductive relationships on a pin while the pin is at a quiet state and characterizing a signal edge applied to the pin. The signal edge can be characterized by the slew rate in one embodiment. A voltage change related to a curve characterizing the impact of mutual inductive relationships is identified and the voltage change is applied to a curve characterizing an impact of SSN on the signal edge. The method includes calculating a timing variation correlated to the voltage change applied to the curve characterizing the impact of SSN on the signal edge and presenting the calculated timing variation.
US08825419B2	Method and device for determining an input voltage on a transforming station of a power network A method and device are provided for determining an input voltage of a transformer of a local network station. The method includes measuring an input current of the transformer, an output current of the transformer, an output voltage of the transformer, and a phase angle between the output current and output voltage. The method also includes determining a translation ratio and an admittance of a cross-member of a p-equivalent circuit diagram of the transformer of the local network station using the measured input current, the measured output current, the measured output voltage and the phase angle between the output current and the output voltage. The method also includes determining the input voltage of the transformer of the local network station based on the determined translation ratio and the determined admittance of the cross-member of the p-equivalent circuit diagram.
US08825415B2	Methods and apparatuses for estimation and compensation on nonlinearity errors An estimation unit for estimating a nonlinearity error of a conversion circuit, such as an ADC, is adapted to receive a continuous-time input signal and output a digital output signal. In at least one embodiment, the continuous-time input signal is essentially bandlimited to an angular frequency band [ω1, ω2], where ω1>(L−1)π/T, ω2
US08825411B2	Design, synthesis and assembly of synthetic nucleic acids Methods of synthesizing oligonucleotides with high coupling efficiency (>99.5%) are provided. Methods for purification of synthetic oligonucleotides are also provided. Instrumentation configurations for oligonucleotide synthesis are also provided. Methods of designing and synthesizing polynucleotides are also provided. Polynucleotide design is optimized for subsequent assembly from shorter oligonucleotides. Modifications of phosphoramidite chemistry to improve the subsequent assembly of polynucleotides are provided. The design process also incorporates codon biases into polynucleotides that favor expression in defined hosts. Design and assembly methods are also provided for the efficient synthesis of sets of polynucleotide variants. Software to automate the design and assembly process is also provided.
US08825408B2	Using models for equilibrium distributions of asphaltenes in the prescence of GOR gradients to determine sampling procedures Methods and systems to characterize a fluid in a reservoir to determine if the fluid is in one of equilibrium or non-equilibrium in terms of one of gravity, solvency power, entropy effect or some combination thereof. The method includes acquiring tool data at each depth for each fluid sample of at least two fluid samples wherein each fluid sample is at a different depth and communicating the tool data to a processor. Determining formation properties of each fluid sample to obtain formation property data and determining fluid properties for each fluid sample to obtain fluid property data. Selecting a mathematical model based on one of gravity, solvency power or entropy, in view of a fluid property, using one of tool data, formation property data, fluid property data, known fluid reservoir data or some combination thereof, to predict if the fluid is in an equilibrium distribution or a non-equilibrium distribution.
US08825407B2	Determination of a route of a mobile device in a mobile network A method and system for determining a traveled route of a mobile device in a mobile network. Analysis of a network usage record identifies activities and associated activity information of the mobile device. A series of consecutive movements of the mobile device along a path of locations is determined from the activity information. Historical sets of routes of the mobile device are accessed. Each route is a set of locations from an origin location to a destination location of the route. At least one common route is ascertained from the set of routes. The locations in each common route include all of the locations on the path. The origin location and destination location of each common route is the origin location and destination location of the path, respectively. A common route of the at least one common route is designated as the traveled route of the mobile device.
US08825405B2	Systems and methods for improved generation of textual directions based on positional information Systems and methods are provided for providing improved generation of textual directions based on positional information. In an implementation, textual directions for traversing a path are generated based on positional information associated with the path. According to a method, positional information that specifies a longitude and latitude at a plurality of times is received and processed to generate a routing graph. The generated routing graph includes nodes and route links that connect the plurality of nodes. Textual directions are generated for traversing a path associated with the positional data, based in pan on link information associated with the links of the generated routing graph.
US08825403B1	User queries to model road network usage A system and method determines a plurality of scores for a road segment that are related to the total distance traveled when drivers traverse that road segment. The scores are displayed graphically to illustrate the usage of road segments. The scores are also used to determine which road segments to display on a map when determining which roads to display at a given zoom level for a map.
US08825400B2	Data processing apparatus When a navigation apparatus generates, in the course of learning a new road, shape points information of the new road as well as new road information and connecting road information which respectively specify a road name, road attributes and other features of the new road and connecting roads, the generated information regarding the new road is examined if a corresponding road that corresponds to the new road is registered in case that a map database used by the navigation apparatus is updated. If the corresponding road is found in the updated map database, the generated information of the new road such as the shape points information is deleted, thereby securely invalidating the generated information that became unnecessary due to the update of the map database.
US08825399B2	System and method of passive and autonomous navigation of space vehicles using an extended Kalman filter It is presumed and commonly accepted by those skilled in the art of satellite navigation and Kalman filter design that the filter must be provided with the tracker position and velocity a priori in order to determine target position and velocity. Indeed, it is generally asserted that without a priori knowledge (known or measured values) of the tracker position and velocity, line of sight measurements between satellites do not contain adequate information to infer target states. Passive and autonomous navigation of space vehicles without a priori values for the position and velocity of either the target or tracker vehicle is achieved by reconfiguring the extended Kalman filter, or more generally any predictor/correction class filter, to include states for both the target and tracker vehicles. The target and tracker vehicles must both follow trajectories in an inertial frame of reference through the gravitational field of a gravitational body having a known gravitational model. The reconfigured filter simultaneously estimates the position and velocity of both tracking and target space-based vehicles from line-of-sight measurements.
US08825397B2	Vehicle navigation system with dead reckoning A vehicle navigation system includes a GNSS position engine (GPE) that uses GNSS satellite measurements to compute a first position and velocity of a vehicle and a first quality metric associated with the position and velocity. The system also includes a dead reckoning engine (DRE) that operates parallel with the GPE that computes a second position and velocity and a second quality metric associated with the dead reckoning. The GPE is configured to use the second position and velocity to detect a set of outliers in an incoming GNSS measurement; use the second position and velocity as an initial estimate of its position and velocity for a particular time instant, which is then refined by GNSS measurements received at that particular time instant; and to replace the first position and velocity with the second position and velocity.
US08825394B2	Graphical user interface A system having a user interface which presents map data Dmap. An analysis unit analyzes map data Dmap, determining a quality Q for these map data Dmap which are to be presented. The determination is based on whether the respective map data Dmap are available and/or reliable. The quality Q is presented graphically by a presentation unit. The risk of wrong decisions being taken on the basis of deficient map data Dmap is reduced considerably, since the user can easily decide whether there are reliable map data or not.
US08825385B2	Information terminal device, information terminal management system, and storage medium in which program is stored An aspect of the invention is an information terminal device includes a widget management unit for managing execution of a widget being a monofunctional program for performing display on the display part of a display device. The widget management unit includes a policy determination unit for determining the operation policy, including operation restriction and priority, concerning a display state at the display device in the widget, and a reliability determining unit for determining the reliability representing the reliability of the widget in the widget. When the state of the movement calculated by a navigation unit becomes a preset state, the widget management unit regulates the display state of the widget according to the operation restriction and the reliability, and performs display, while preferentially displaying guidance state and positional information calculated by the navigation unit.
US08825384B2	Digital map labeling system A navigation system may display a map element represented by a spline including a plurality of vertices. Label coordinate values derived from coordinate values of the plurality of vertices may be retrieved from a database. A label assigned to the map element may be displayed based on the stored label coordinate values. The assigned label may be adapted to the geometric form of at least a portion of the map element.
US08825383B1	Extracting patterns from location history Embodiments relate to determining commute routes and clustering commute routes from a user's location history. Points in the user's location history may be clustered to find the user's home and work locations. Additionally, points along the user's commute may be identified to determine the user's typical commute. Similar commutes can be clustered together, and used to suggest various services to the user.
US08825379B2	Systems and methods for off-board voice-automated vehicle navigation A method of providing navigational information includes processing destination information spoken by a vehicle occupant on-board. The processed voice information is transmitted to a remote center wirelessly. The processed voice information is voice recognition analyzed at the remote data center to recognize components of the destination information spoken. The remote center generates a list of hypothetical recognized components of the destination information listed by confidence levels as calculated for each component of the destination information analyzed by the voice recognition system. The hypothetical recognized component list is displayed with confidence levels at the remote center for selective checking by a human data center operator. A component set is selected based on the confidence levels and accuracy of the selected set is confirmed by interactive voice exchanges between the vehicle driver and the remote data center. A destination is determined from confirmed components of the destination information.
US08825378B2	Vehicle drift determination apparatus and method Disclosed herein are embodiments of an apparatus and method for determining a drift of a vehicle. In one aspect, a vehicle testing apparatus for determining a drift of a vehicle from trajectory data indicative of a trajectory of the vehicle during a drift test comprises: a processor configured to execute instructions stored in a memory to: determine an initial local vehicle heading based on an initial trajectory dataset of the trajectory data, and determine, for the vehicle, an amount of drift indicative of a deviation of the vehicle from the initial local vehicle heading based on a comparison between the initial local vehicle heading and a drift test dataset of the trajectory data.
US08825375B2	Snap-to-road using wireless access point data Techniques for performing more accurate snap-to-road calculations using wireless access point data are disclosed. In one aspect, a corrected location corresponding to received location data is selected from a plurality of candidate map locations based on a correspondence between the access points visible to a device and the access points visible at the corrected map location. In another aspect, road vector data is augmented with access point data, and a corrected map location is selected based on a correspondence between the access points visible to the device, and the augmented road vector data.
US08825366B2	Method and device for determining an optimal flight trajectory followed by an aircraft The device includes processor elements for determining an optimal flight trajectory, which is free of collision with obstacles, which respects constraints of energy, and which links the current position of the aircraft to a target point defined by an operator. The device minimizes additional crew work required to update and validate a new trajectory when an original flight plan needs to be modified to avoid moving obstacles such as storms or other aircraft.
US08825362B2	Calendar sharing for the vehicle environment using a connected cell phone A mobile device communicates with an in-vehicle system to provide a network-based calendar and related features for viewing and/or editing within a vehicle. The mobile device executes a specialized application that retrieves calendar data from one or more calendar sources in a native calendar format, and converts the calendar data to a customized vehicle format designed specifically for convenient transfer and viewing within the vehicle. The user may record spoken voice notes that can be processed to automatically create new calendar entries. An alert feature schedules visual and/or audio alerts to notify the user in advance of scheduled calendar events. When a scheduled calendar event time is reached, the in-vehicle system may automatically place a call to an event invitee or generating a route to an event destination.
US08825359B1	Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for verifying traffic designations of roads Provided are systems, methods, and computer-readable for verifying the traffic designations of roads of a geographic map. Location data for a geographic area is obtained and location data points are filtered based on speed. A road network for the geographic area is obtained, and location data points are associated with a road based on proximity and heading with respect to the orientation of the road. The associated location data points in each direction are counted and used to determine a traffic direction. The traffic direction is compared to the existing traffic designation for the road, and conflicts are identified, such as missing one-way designations, unlikely one-way designations, and incorrect one-way designations.
US08825358B2	Computer-implemented method for ensuring the privacy of a user, computer program product, device The present description refers in particular to a computer-implemented method, a computer program product and a device for ensuring the privacy of a user and the utility of data communicated by a device, such as a vehicle telematics device, to a server, the method comprising: moving the device during a time period; receiving data at the device during the time period; processing, by the device, the received data; summarizing, by the device, the processed data in a matrix, wherein the rows and columns of the matrix define circumstances of movement of the device, wherein the matrix includes a plurality matrix-entries, and wherein each matrix-entry includes a distance covered by the device during the time period under a pair of said predefined circumstances of movement; and transmitting the summarized data from the device to the server.
US08825352B2	Traffic data prediction device, traffic data prediction method and computer program A traffic data prediction device includes an original link traffic data storage unit (103) for storing traffic data per original link as a predetermined road link, an extended link generation unit (104) for generating an extended link from the original links, and an extended link traffic data prediction unit (108) for predicting traffic data per extended link generated in the extended link generation unit (104) by use of traffic data per original link. The extended link generation unit (104) decides the original links for generating the extended link based on data indicating a predictive accuracy of traffic data in a combined link combining the selected original links, and generates the extended link made of the decided original links as elements.
US08825344B2	Control apparatus and control method for internal combustion engine When EGR is on (YES in S100), an ECU selects a first map for the time when EGR is on as an intake air temperature correction map (S 102). Thus, an intake air temperature correction retardation amount α is set to an intake air temperature correction retardation amount αon (THa, KL) for the time when EGR is on, which corresponds to an intake air temperature THa and an engine load KL. On the other hand, when EGR is off (NO in S100), the ECU selects a second map for the time when EGR is off as an intake air temperature correction map (S 104). Thus, the intake air temperature correction retardation amount α is set to an intake air temperature correction retardation amount αoff (THa, KL) for the time when EGR is off, which corresponds to the intake air temperature THa and the engine load KL.
US08825337B2	Method for operating a drive train A method of operating a drive-train having a drive aggregate comprising an electric machine and internal combustion engine. An automated variable-speed transmission is connected between the engine and a drive output. The electric machine couples, via a friction clutch, a shaft of the transmission. Gearshifts are carried out in the transmission with an interruption of the drive torque provided by the drive aggregate in such manner that first the drive torque, provided at the output, is reduced to zero, then the actual gearshift is carried out, and then the drive torque, at the output, is again built up. To accomplish the gearshift, after disengaging a current gear and before engaging a target gear, the shaft of the transmission, which couples the electric machine via the friction clutch, is synchronized utilizing the inertial mass of the electric machine.
US08825333B2	Device for controlling vehicle wheel slip using variable slip ratio thresholds Control to inhibit a slip of a wheel by controlling braking/driving force generated at the wheel is performed when a slip ratio of the wheel of a vehicle according to a running state of the vehicle becomes larger than a slip ratio threshold value set in advance or when a ratio between wheel acceleration of the wheel and a vehicle speed of the vehicle according to the running state of the vehicle becomes larger than a ratio threshold value. Therefore, it is possible to improve control accuracy when controlling a slip state of the wheel by decreasing an effect of operation by a driver and a road surface and the like, for example.
US08825325B2	Control method for closing a clutch in an automatic manual transmission A control method for closing a clutch in an automatic manual transmission during a gear shifting to pass from a current gear to a successive gear; the automatic manual transmission has a gearbox provided with at least one primary shaft and at least one secondary shaft connected to driving wheels, and at least one clutch interposed between the primary shaft of the gearbox and a drive shaft of an engine; the control method includes, during the closing of the clutch, when the rotation speed of an engine side of the clutch is close to the rotation speed of a gearbox side of the clutch, the steps of: determining a speed difference between the rotation speed of the engine side of the clutch and the rotation speed of the gearbox side of the clutch; determining an acceleration target according to the speed difference; and determining a target torque to be transmitted through the clutch according to the acceleration target.
US08825319B2	Automatic transmission input clutch control A method of controlling the performance of a vehicle from a stationary condition includes operating a vehicle powertrain in a creep mode following the disengagement of a driver-operated braking device; and operating the vehicle powertrain in a launch mode following an engagement of a driver-operated acceleration device subsequent to the disengagement of the driver-operated braking device. Operating a vehicle powertrain in a creep mode includes: applying a friction clutch to couple an engine crankshaft of the vehicle powertrain with an input shaft of the transmission; determining a torque command to accelerate the vehicle powertrain at a predetermined rate; providing the torque command to an engine controller to controllably increase the input torque to the transmission; and operating a closed loop engine speed control module to prevent the crankshaft speed from slowing below a predetermined engine idle speed.
US08825318B2	Control device and control method for automatic transmission In a control device for an automatic transmission having a flow control mechanism that causes a part of a working oil discharged from a mechanical oil pump to flow into the mechanical oil pump when a differential pressure between an upstream side and a downstream side of a narrowed portion increases beyond a predetermined value, the narrowed portion being provided in a discharge passage through which the working oil discharged from the mechanical oil pump flows, a line pressure is raised when an oil temperature of the working oil is equal to or higher than a predetermined oil temperature and an engine torque is equal to or smaller than a predetermined engine torque.
US08825314B2	Work machine drive train torque vectoring A machine may include a powertrain drivingly connected to left and right front and rear wheels through a torque transfer unit to transfer torque to the front wheels as a function of a desired front torque and to the rear wheels as a function of a desired rear torque. At least one sensor of the machine may detect a value of an operating parameter indicative of a weight distribution of the machine across the wheels, and generate a parameter signal corresponding to the operating parameter. A control unit determines the weight distribution across the wheels as a function of the parameter signal, and the desired front and rear torques as a function of the weight distribution. The control unit also considers the weight and position of a load of material borne by an implement of the machine in determining the weight distribution.
US08825313B2	Crane control system and crane A crane control system with a display and entry unit for showing and entering the crane operating mode information that is required for the load moment limiting and/or the crane control, especially corresponding to its current mechanical layout, wherein the crane control system comprises a logic that determines application and/or outfitting related dependencies between two or more input parameters.
US08825311B2	Method and apparatus for signaling to an operator of a farm implement that the farm implement is traversing a seeded area A sectional control apparatus and method prompts the operator of an implement when the implement, or portion thereof, is traversing over land that has already been seeded and/or disturbed. The apparatus includes a GPS or GNSS receiver that communicates with a GPS or GNSS system and a controller that maps movement of the implement so that real-time positional data for the implement can be compared to the movement map. When the position of the implement, or portion thereof, is detected as moving over previously seeded and/or disturbed land, the controller activates an alert mechanism in the operator cab of the implement to notify the operator that sectional control, i.e., shutting down metering of product or raising the tool bar, needs to be implemented.
US08825309B2	Cargo handling controller for cargo handling vehicle A cargo handling controller includes a rotation speed setting unit, an engine control unit, a memory, a rotation speed detection unit, a deviation calculator, an assistance amount setting unit, and a generator-motor control unit. The deviation calculator calculates a deviation of a feedback control rotation speed, which is determined from a target engine rotation speed stored in the memory a predetermined time earlier, and an actual rotation speed of the generator-motor, which is detected by the rotation speed detection unit. The assistance amount setting unit obtains a generator-motor assistance amount in accordance with the deviation. The generator-motor control unit sends a drive signal that is in accordance with the generator-motor assistance amount to the generator-motor.
US08825304B2	Mediation of tasks based on assessments of competing cognitive loads and needs Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for mediating tasks in real-time for safety-related concerns. A nature for a safety-related primary task, such as contextual elements of the task, is determined; and a nature of a secondary task that draws attention away from the primary task is also determined. A risk factor for a potential lack of cognitive resources which may be needed by the primary task is determined by applying the nature of the primary task and the nature of the secondary task to a trained risk factor model. The risk factor is applied to one or more safety-related systems in real-time, for example, to mitigate potential safety concerns.
US08825298B2	Vehicle steering system An acceleration sensor is attached to a rack housing. A FFT processing unit converts a signal output from the acceleration sensor, which is a time-domain signal, into a frequency-domain signal. An inverse input vibration component extraction unit extracts a signal, of which the frequency (f) falls within a predetermined range (fL≦f≦fH (fH>fL)) and of which the power density (ρ) falls within a predetermined range (ρL≦ρ≦ρH (ρH>ρL)), from the frequency-domain signal obtained by the FFT processing unit. An IFFT processing unit converts the frequency-domain signal extracted by the inverse input vibration component extraction unit into a time-domain signal (estimated inverse input vibration).
US08825297B2	Device for controlling vehicle travel A travel control device for a vehicle provided with: a steering angle control device that alters the relationship between the amount of steering operation of a driver and the steering angle of steerable wheels; a trajectory control device that controls the travel trajectory of the vehicle by means of controlling the steering angle of the steerable wheels; and a turning condition control device that determines a target turning condition control level for causing the turning condition of the vehicle to be a target turning condition, and controls the turning condition of the vehicle on the basis of the target turning condition control level. A turning condition control device calculates the target turning condition control level on the basis of the amount of steering operation of the driver and the control level of the trajectory control device, and thereby reflects in the target turning condition control level changes to the steering angle resulting from the control of the traveling trajectory.
US08825295B2	System and method for determining a steering angle for a vehicle and system and method for controlling a vehicle based on same A system for determining an angular position of a pair of steerable wheels of a vehicle having a plurality of wheels can include a yaw rate sensor, a pair of wheel speed sensors and a controller. The yaw rate sensor can be configured to output data representative of an angular velocity of the vehicle about a vertical axis of the vehicle. Each of the pair of wheel speed sensors can be configured to output data representative of a rotational velocity of a respective one of the plurality of wheels. The controller can be in electrical communication with each of the pair of wheel speed sensors and the yaw rate sensor. The controller can be configured to determine a first steering angle based on data received from the yaw rate sensor, to determine a second steering angle based on data received from the plurality of wheel speed sensors, and to select one of the first steering angle and the second steering angle for use in manipulating various vehicle parameters, including torque vectoring parameters, among other parameters.
US08825294B2	Vehicle center of gravity active suspension control system A method of controlling a vehicle suspension system including the steps of detecting, computing and altering the center of gravity of the vehicle. The detecting step includes the detecting of a center of gravity of the vehicle thereby defining a detected center of gravity. The computing step includes computing what alteration of a plurality of actuators is needed to substantially reduce a value of a difference between the detected center of gravity and a preferred center of gravity using a fuzzy relations control strategy. The computing step is carried out in a controller. The altering step includes altering the center of gravity of the vehicle by way of the controller actuating at least one of the actuators connected to suspension elements of the vehicle dependent upon the alteration arrived at in the computing step.
US08825292B2	Suspension control system to facilitate wheel motions during parking A method for controlling a vehicle includes the step of determining if a curb parking operation is feasible for the vehicle. If a curb parking operation is deemed infeasible, an operator of the vehicle is notified that curb parking is infeasible. If a curb parking operation is deemed feasible, actuatable elements of the vehicle are controlled to facilitate the curb parking operation.
US08825290B2	Vehicle power source device A risk-degree setting unit (108) sets the degree of risk for the case where an inverter (103) performs conversion processing (inverter risk degree), and sets the degree of risk for the case where a storage battery (105) stores electrical energy (storage battery risk degree). A final output destination determination unit (109), based on the degrees of risk set by the risk-degree setting unit (108), determines the final output destination of electrical energy output from an electric motor (106), and controls the turning ON or OFF of a relay (110). The final output destination determination unit (109) turns the relay (110) ON when the storage battery (105) is determined as the final output destination of the electrical energy output from the electric motor (106), and turns the relay (110) OFF when the inverter (103) is determined as the final output destination of the electrical energy output from the electric motor (106).
US08825289B2	Method and apparatus for integration of factory and aftermarket vehicle components An interface and corresponding method, where the interface is connected via a first connection to a factory data bus of a vehicle which transports signals according to a first data format, and further connected via a second connection to a data channel of the aftermarket component which transports signals according to a second data format. The interface identifies a factory data bus type corresponding to the factory data bus, out of a plurality of potential factory data bus types. The interface receives digital signals from the aftermarket component via the second connection, the digital signals being in the second data format which corresponds to the aftermarket component. The interface translates the digital signals into the first data format which corresponds to the identified factory bus type. The interface transmits the translated digital signals in the first data format to the vehicle via the first connection.
US08825288B2	Control apparatus A control apparatus includes a first drive device driving a movable panel, a first detection device detecting a state of the movable panel, a second drive device driving a sunshade, a second detection device detecting a state of the sunshade, and a control device controlling one of the first and second drive devices to stop an operation of a succeeding member serving as one of the movable panel and the sunshade configured to be positioned behind a preceding member serving as the other of the movable panel and the sunshade relative to each of the opening position and the closing position, in a case where a distance between the movable panel and the sunshade becomes smaller than a predetermined distance on a basis of a position of the movable panel detected by the first drive device and a position of the sunshade detected by the second drive device.
US08825287B2	Vehicle door latch system and method Methods and systems are provided for door latches for vehicles. The system includes an electric door latch mechanism movable between a latched position and an unlatched position. Exterior and interior open switches are disposed a door for receiving an unlatch request from an outside or an inside of the vehicle. A controller is in communication with the exterior open switch, the interior open switch, and the electric door latch mechanism. The controller is configured to assign either a locked state or an unlocked state for each of the open switches. The controller is also configured to control operation of the electric door latch mechanism such that the electric door latch mechanism is commanded to move from the closed position to the open position in response to the unlatch request from the open switches when the respective open switch is in the unlocked state.
US08825282B2	Method for identifying a short circuit to the positive terminal of a battery and circuit device for carrying out the method A method for identifying a short circuit to the positive terminal of a battery in a circuit of a motor vehicle. An electronic circuit breaker HS (123) is actuated by a control device (120) and has at least one electrical switch which switches on and off loads (110, 111, 112), the switching state of said switches being reported to the control device (120) and determines that operation is fault-free when the connected loads (110, 111, 112) are supplied with voltage when the electronic circuit breaker HS (123) is switched on and a “short circuit” or “load drop” message is produced at the circuit breaker when the electronic circuit breaker HS (123) is switched off, switching off the supply voltage by the electronic circuit breaker HS (123) is detected at the end of a driving cycle of the motor vehicle. A fault is determined when a “short circuit” or “load drop” message is not produced at the electrical switch.
US08825279B2	Bicycle power sensing apparatus A bicycle power sensing apparatus is basically provided with a power sensing device, a calibration signal generating device and a controller. The controller is operatively arranged to receive a calibration signal from the calibration signal generating device. The controller calibrates the power sensing device upon receiving the calibration signal.
US08825277B2	System and method for the collection, correlation and use of vehicle collision data System and method for collecting and using vehicle data. Crash data is received from a plurality of vehicle monitoring devices and added to a crash data database. The database is updated with additional information gathered from specific crashes. The crash data is correlated based upon a vehicle type parameter. Crash data parameters associated with one or more injury severity thresholds are identified. Alternatively, crash data parameters associated with one or more vehicle damage severity thresholds are identified. Injury and property damage estimates for subsequent crashes are made based upon the information collected in the crash database.
US08825275B2	Trouble diagnosis device A diagnosis device with a display unit diagnoses troubles of a vehicle by communicating with an electronic control unit of the vehicle. The diagnosis device displays, on the display unit, parameters relating to operation of the vehicle for selection of the parameters to be measured, and displays on the display unit, trigger condition for measuring the selected parameters to be measured such that triggering conditions for the parameters to be measured may be set.
US08825271B2	Smart phone app-based VIN decoding and symptomatic diagnostic system and method A system and method of diagnosing a vehicle using a smart phone to collect symptomatic data from the user/driver. The symptomatic data is received by the user in response to symptomatic questions displayed on the user's smart phone. The symptomatic questions are generated in response to deriving vehicle characteristic information (i.e., year, make, model, engine) from vehicle identification information (i.e., the vehicle identification number (VIN) or license plate information). In this regard, vehicle-specific symptomatic questions may be presented to the user so as to ask pertinent questions based on a history of diagnoses of vehicles sharing similar vehicle characteristics.
US08825267B2	Use of suspension information in tire pressure deviation detection for a vehicle tire A method, system and computer program product for detecting a tire pressure deviation in a tire of a vehicle by determining tire pressure indicating data indicative of a tire pressure condition of the tire and determining tire pressure deviation data indicative of a tire pressure deviation in the tire.
US08825265B1	Approach for consolidating observed vehicle trajectories into a single representative trajectory A method and apparatus is provided for controlling the operation of an autonomous vehicle. According to one aspect, the autonomous vehicle may track the trajectories of other vehicles on a road. Based on the other vehicle's trajectories, the autonomous vehicle may generate a pool of combined trajectories. Subsequently, the autonomous vehicle may select one of the combined trajectories as a representative trajectory. The representative trajectory may be used to change at least one of the speed or direction of the autonomous vehicle.
US08825262B2	System and method of deriving parking trajectory for vehicle Disclosed herein is a technique of deriving a parking trajectory for a vehicle. In the technique, a first extension straight line, which includes a linear travel path of the vehicle when the vehicle initially goes in reverse from a neutral position of a steering angle, is calculated upon the vehicle being to go in reverse. A final parking location is obtained based on a calculated length of a parking space and a parking target location in the parking space, and a second extension straight line which includes the final parking location is calculated therefrom. When the vehicle going in reverse along the first extension straight line turns and goes in reverse towards the second extension straight line, an intermediate extension straight line connecting the first extension straight line and the second extension straight line is calculated so that the vehicle is aligned with the second extension straight line.
US08825258B2	Engaging and disengaging for autonomous driving Aspects of the present disclosure relate switching between autonomous and manual driving modes. In order to do so, the vehicle's computer may conduct a series of environmental, system, and driver checks to identify certain conditions. The computer may correct some of these conditions and also provide a driver with a checklist of tasks for completion. Once the tasks have been completed and the conditions are changed, the computer may allow the driver to switch from the manual to the autonomous driving mode. The computer may also make a determination, under certain conditions, that it would be detrimental to the driver's safety or comfort to make a switch from the autonomous driving mode to the manual driving mode.
US08825254B2	Inverted pendulum type vehicle, and control method of inverted pendulum type vehicle A controller 21 of a vehicle 1 is equipped with a first control 24, which is configured to control a first actuator 8 so as to move a traveling motion unit 3 according to tilting of an occupant mounting section 5, and a second control unit 25, which is configured to control, in a case where a turning command is output from a joystick 12, an electric motor 14 such that a steering direction of a wheel 4 viewed from above the vehicle 1 becomes tilted with respect to a direction of a moving velocity vector V of the traveling motion unit 3.
US08825250B2	Detectible indication of an electric motor vehicle standby mode Systems and methods are provided for detecting that an electric motor drive vehicle (e.g., an electric scooter or motorbike) is idling based on one or more of sensed parameters indicative of the idling state. These sensed parameters may include one or more of, alone or in any combination, a sensed throttle position, at least one sensed electrical characteristic of a traction electric motor, a power converter, or an electrical storage device of the vehicle, and a sensed rate of rotation of a drive shaft of the traction electric motor or of a wheel drivably coupled to the traction electric motor. Upon detecting that the vehicle is in an idling state, a controller of the vehicle enters into a standby mode. In the standby mode, a relatively small amount of electrical power is supplied to the traction electric motor to cause a vibration of the motor to alert a driver that the vehicle is ON in the standby mode and is ready to be driven. Additionally, an audible and/or visual indication may be issued in the standby mode to further alert the driver that the vehicle is ON and ready to be driven.
US08825249B2	Drive control device for series hybrid vehicle A hybrid system includes a hybrid controller which controls the speed and torque of an engine based on the operated level of an accelerator pedal within a first range where the power generation efficiency of the system becomes equal to or higher than a preset power generation efficiency to allow the engine to operate at an engine operating point when the SOC detected by an SOC sensor is equal to or higher than an HEV low SOC, and which controls the speed and torque of the engine based on the operated level of the accelerator pedal within a second range where the power generated by a power generator motor becomes larger than that of the first range to allow the engine to operate at the engine operating point when the SOC detected by the SOC sensor is lower than the HEV low SOC.
US08825248B2	Information terminal and cruise controller for electric-powered vehicle Disclosed is an information terminal for electric-powered vehicles or a cruise controller therefor to provide a driver with a traveling method that can shorten a total required time to a destination including a charging time. An information terminal for electric-powered vehicle configured to calculate a required time for the vehicle to travel a route from a current position to a destination in accordance with map information, includes: route setting means that searches for a route to the destination; recharging place setting means that sets a charging place on a way of the route to the destination set by the route setting means; and charging facility information acquisition means that acquires information on the charging place set by the recharging place setting means. A recommended vehicle speed or a vehicle speed range including the recommended vehicle speed at a section to the charging place is calculated.
US08825246B2	Industrial vehicle An industrial vehicle having a vehicle body includes a battery, an electric motor, an electrolyte level sensor, a vehicle operating with lowered electrolyte level, a vehicle operating time calculator, a data-storing device storing data of the vehicle operating time, an electric motor limiting condition and a motor controller. The electric motor is driven to generate torque. The electrolyte level sensor detects whether or not electrolyte level of the battery is lower than a predetermined level. The vehicle operating time is a time elapsing while the electrolyte level is lower than the predetermined level. The vehicle operating time calculator counts the vehicle operating time in accordance with the detection of the electrolyte level. The electric motor limiting condition limits operation of the electric motor gradually in accordance with the vehicle operating time. The motor controller controls operation of the electric motor based on the electric motor limiting condition.
US08825245B2	Method for operating a fuel evaporation retention system A method is provided to prevent an undesirable flooding or breaching of an activated charcoal filter during the operation of a hybrid vehicle or of a motor vehicle with automatic start/stop. The method includes monitoring during the operation of the vehicle at least one factor that has an effect on the fuel evaporation and using the monitored factor to prevent an undesirable flooding or breaching of the activated charcoal filter.
US08825236B2	Method providing reliability data of long-term predicted orbit data of positioning satellite, apparatus for providing same, and computer program for providing same A method of determining the reliability of long-term predicted orbit data, includes: determining the reliability of long-term predicted orbit data, which is acquired by predicting a satellite orbit in a target period of at least one day, using predicted position data including predicted positions of a positioning satellite in time series and actual position data including actual positions of the positioning satellite corresponding to the predicted positions.
US08825232B2	Systems and applications of lighter-than-air (LTA) platforms Innovative new methods in connection with lighter-than-air (LTA) free floating platforms, of facilitating legal transmitter operation, platform flight termination when appropriate, environmentally acceptable landing, and recovery of these devices are provided. The new systems and methods relate to rise rate control, geo-location from a LTA platform including landed payload and ground-based vehicle locations, and steerable recovery systems.
US08825231B2	Method and system for piloting a flying craft with rear propulsion unit A method and system for piloting a craft with a rear propulsion unit are disclosed. The method can include a servo loop where the attitude (θM) of the craft (1) is measured in the vicinity of the rear end (1R) of the craft, then the orientation (β) of the propulsion means (2), which can be oriented relative to the rear end (1R), is adjusted as a function of the attitude measurement (θM) in such a way that the craft (1) is stabilized on its flight path.
US08825227B2	FADEC and avionic component distributed architecture A device for a motorized aircraft includes at least one avionic component positioned in the aircraft, at least one engine interface positioned in the aircraft and at least one engine controller positioned in or near an engine of the aircraft. The at least one engine interface is designed to exchange data between the at least one avionic component and the at least one engine controller. The at least one engine interface is generic and able to communicate with engine controllers of various types that may be mounted on the aircraft. The at least one engine controller is specific to a particular engine.
US08825224B2	Engine idle protection system An automated vehicle shutdown and user notification method and device for shutting down an engine in a vehicle having a passive keyless entry and start ignition system where the engine has unintentionally been left running by the user is disclosed. In one aftermarket embodiment, the method is implemented in an aftermarket remote start interface module. The module comprises a micro-controller, a memory, a vehicle data bus connector that provides for interface through the vehicles onboard diagnostic (OBDII) port to the vehicle data bus. The system includes a remote start module having a radio frequency transceiver and a cellular telephone transceiver, and provides audible, visual and electronic notifications that the vehicle has been left running and that the engine will be shut off unless the shutdown sequence is deactivated. If the shutdown fails by any malfunction, the system will go into an alternative notice mode.
US08825222B2	Remote management of vehicle settings A method of remotely managing vehicle settings wherein the method includes receiving an identification (ID) code associated with at least one user. The method further includes corresponding the ID code to at least one user profile following verification of the ID code and executing a vehicle setting associated with the at least one user profile. An apparatus for remotely managing vehicle settings is further disclosed. The apparatus includes memory for storing at least one user profile. The apparatus further includes a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to receive an identification (ID) code corresponding to the at least one user profile. Furthermore, the processor is in communication with a vehicle processing system operable to execute a vehicle setting associated with the at least one user profile.
US08825221B2	Method and device for assisting parking of a motor vehicle A method and device for selecting a parking assistance function from a predefined group of parking assistance functions of a parking steering assistant by an input element of the parking steering assistant of a motor vehicle. The parking assistance functions are arranged in two groups, wherein the first group includes the functions which relate to parking of the vehicle and the second group includes functions which relate to exiting a parking space by the vehicle. A selection is made between the two function groups as a function of the ignition switch state and a distance traveled by the vehicle, as a result of which the method differentiates automatically between parking functions and parking space exiting functions.
US08825218B2	Dynamic distributed power grid control system A system for dynamically managing and controlling distributed energy resources in a transmission/distribution power grid is disclosed. A plurality of regions within a transmission/distribution power grid is autonomously managed using regional control modules. Each regional control module oversees the management and control of the transmission/distribution power grid and is further associated with a plurality of local control modules that interface with distributed energy resources within a region. Power production and power consumption are monitored and analyzed by the enterprise control module which, upon determining that power consumption within a region does not match power producing capability, dynamically reallocates distributed energy resources throughout the grid keeping the system balance. Power flow at key nodes within the network are monitored and analyzed by the local control modules, regional control modules, and enterprise control modules with compensating actions taken in the event that system parameter risks violating safety, stability, or operational thresholds.
US08825213B2	Gait generating device for legged mobile robot and operational target generating device for robot A gait generating device 32 includes a desired particular-site motion velocity value determining unit 45 that uses a quadratic evaluation function having a particular-site motion velocity vector ↑Vb as a variable and a linear matrix inequality having ↑Vb as a variable to sequentially determine, as a desired value ↑Vb_cmd2 of ↑Vb, a value of ↑Vb that can minimize the value of the evaluation function within a range in which a restriction condition that the linear matrix inequality holds is satisfied, by arithmetic processing according to a solution method for a quadratic programming problem. The device then integrates ↑Vb_cmd2 to sequentially determine desired values of the position and posture of the particular site (the body) 2 of the robot 1. The linear matrix inequality is set to satisfy a condition restricting the operations of the joints between the particular site 2 and the distal portion of each leg link 3.
US08825212B2	Robot system A robot system according to an embodiment includes a robot a switching determination unit and a rearrangement instruction unit The switching determination unit performs determination of switching between the operation of transferring the workpiece and the operation of rearranging the workpiece based on the state of transferring the workpiece by the robot The rearrangement instruction unit instructs the robot to rearrange the workpiece.
US08825211B2	Automated steering wheel leveling system and method The present invention provides an automated steering wheel leveling system and method. Particularly, the automated steering wheel leveling system includes a machine vision, a plurality of motor cylinders, a motor, and a robot, each operated by a process PC. The machine vision photographs a steering wheel to obtain position information of the steering wheel and determines a stroke of a motor cylinder and a grip position of a gripper using the position information. The plurality of motor cylinders move a plurality of grippers to steering wheel to secure the steering wheel. The motor rotates the steering wheel in order to adjust a zero-point of the steering wheel. The robot then moves the machine vision, the motor cylinder, and the motor to the steering wheel to align a shaft of the servo motor with a shaft of the steering wheel.
US08825210B2	Robot and robot system A robot according to embodiments includes a speed reducer, a first shaft, a rotary electric machine, a second shaft, and a brake. The speed reducer reduces and outputs rotation to be input into an input unit. The first shaft is connected to the input unit. The rotary electric machine rotates the first shaft. The second shaft is connected to the input unit. The brake regulates the rotation of the second shaft.
US08825207B2	Trajectory planning method, trajectory planning system and trajectory planning and control system A trajectory planning method according to the present invention is one for obtaining a trajectory for controlling a state of an object toward a goal state by a trajectory planning system. The method includes the steps of dividing, by a cell generating section for dividing a state space of the object into cells, the state space into cells in such a way that approximation error due to discretization is minimized for a predetermined number of cells; generating, by a search tree generating section, a search tree which corresponds to state transition of the object in such a way that each cell does not contain more than one of nodes of branches of the search tree; and determining, by a trajectory generating section, a path from the current state to the goal state of the object using the search tree.
US08825205B2	Method for controlling movement of travelling carriers A method for controlling movement of travelling carriers includes providing, to a rear travelling carrier approaching a work area at a high speed, current location information corresponding to distances from a measurement starting point to the rear travelling carrier and a front travelling carrier, the rear travelling carrier calculating a following distance between the front and rear travelling carriers based on the current location information, and the rear travelling carrier performing deceleration control to the operating speed based on decremental changes of the following distance.
US08825203B2	Pneumatic tube carrier routing and tracking system A system and method provides for a pneumatic tube carrier routing and tracking system having a system control module that captures and presents tracking information associated with sending and receiving carriers. The pneumatic tube carrier tracking system comprises sending and receiving stations connected by pneumatic tubing, and which are configured to securely send carriers, with receiving users optionally being restricted from unauthorized access of carriers. The pneumatic tube carrier tracking system further comprises a color sensor to automatically route the color-coded carriers to dedicated receiving stations using color identifiers. The sending and receiving stations further have identifying tag readers configured to scan identifier tags to read carrier delivery, carrier receipt and receiving user information.
US08825202B2	System for auto-exchanging of electric vehicle battery A system for automatically exchanging a battery of an electric vehicle, the system including a horizontal frame of a predetermined area formed at a location higher than the electric vehicle; a plurality of battery stands formed on a bottom surface of the horizontal frame at a predetermined interval; a pair of fixed guide rails arranged and installed on front and rear sides or left and right sides of the horizontal frame, respectively; a variable guide rail adapted to move horizontally along X-axis or Y-axis along the fixed guide rails; a movable rail adapted to move horizontally along Y-axis or X-axis along the variable guide rail and ascend/descend vertically; and a grasping means installed on a lower end of the movable rail and adapted to pick up a battery of the electric vehicle or a battery seated on the battery stand and exchange each other.
US08825201B2	Processing of undeliverable as addressed mail A computerized method includes sorting mail that comprises a multiple pass mail sort operation, wherein the multiple pass mail sort operation for a mail piece that is undeliverable as addressed comprises performing a first pass of the multiple pass mail sort operation, wherein performing the first pass comprises capturing data to identify a feature of the mail piece. The multiple pass mail sort operation also includes generating a first fingerprint for the mail piece between performing the first pass and performing a second pass of the multiple pass mail sort operation. The multiple pass mail sort operation also includes performing the second pass of the multiple pass mail sort operation. Performing the second pass includes determining a final disposition of the mail piece that is undeliverable as addressed.
US08825198B2	Control device for a processing installation for the production of collections of printed products A control device controls a processing installation for the production of collections of printed products, wherein the processing installation includes installation sections which combine input streams of part products into output streams of collections of these part products. Control units are assigned to the installation sections and which, on the basis of a predefined product requirement (Pa2, Pa3, Pa4, Pa21, Pa31, Pa41), activate the assigned installation section for the production of a respective output stream. In each case a control unit is set up to obtain product requirements from the master control or from a different control unit, and to produce product requirements for the control unit of an installation section arranged upstream.
US08825194B2	Global positioning system location information for an automated data storage library Disclosed are a system, a method, and an article of manufacture to provide for the use of a global positioning system (GPS) to provide location information for an automated data storage library. One or more GPS antennas and receivers are coupled to an automated data storage library to enable quick and accurate location information for the automated data storage library. The location information may be used to determine the physical location of the automated data storage library. The GPS antennas may also be attached to one or more library frames in the automated data storage library to enable accurate location information for each frame. The GPS antennas are attached to one or more accessors or one or more drive canisters to provide accurate location information for each component.
US08825193B2	Control system for and method of controlling product delivery systems A control system for and methods of controlling a product delivery system are provided.
US08825191B2	System and method for improved automated semiconductor wafer manufacturing A method for aligning a photolithographic machine in an automated semiconductor manufacturing system is provided. The method may include identifying a maximum precision degree for a wafer and identifying a maximum overlay correction value. The method may simulate one or more algorithms to determine whether an algorithm aligns a leading lot within alignment specifications. The method may align a photolithography machine using an algorithm selected based on the simulations.
US08825189B2	Methods and apparatus to execute an auxiliary recipe and a batch recipe associated with a process control system Example methods and apparatus to execute an auxiliary recipe and a batch recipe execution are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves executing a first recipe, and before completion of execution of the first recipe, receiving an auxiliary recipe. The example method also involves determining whether the first recipe has reached an entry point at which the auxiliary recipe can be executed. The auxiliary recipe is then executed in response to determining that the first recipe has reached the entry point.
US08825184B2	Multivariable optimization of operation of vapor compression systems A method for operating a vapor compression system modifies each control signal of a set of control signals with a corresponding modification signal of a set of modification signals, wherein each modification signal includes a perturbation signal, and the pertubation signals haver different frequencies and determines a metric signal representing perturbations in the system caused by the set of modification signals. Next, the method adjusts a value of each modification signal based on a function of a phase between the modification signal and a corresponding frequency component of the metric signal.
US08825181B2	Lead conductor with pitch and torque control for MRI conditionally safe use A medical device lead includes an insulated lead body including at least one electrode, a helically coiled conductor electrically coupled to the at least one electrode, and one or more polymer coils formed coaxially with the helically coiled conductor. The helically coiled conductor includes a plurality of turns having a conductive coil pitch and including one or more conductive filars each having a conductive filar diameter. The one or more polymer coils provide at least about 25 μN·m of torque transmitting capacity along a length of the medical device lead.
US08825179B2	Implantable medical device lead including a unifilar coiled cable A medical device lead includes a flexible body having a proximal region with a proximal end, and a distal region with a distal end. A connector is coupled to the proximal end of the flexible body of the lead to electrically and mechanically connect the lead to an implantable pulse generator. The medical device lead also includes an electrode in the distal region of the flexible body, and a cable conductor having a proximal end electrically coupled to the connector and a distal end electrically coupled to the electrode. The cable conductor consists of a single helically coiled filar including a plurality of co-radial turns and having an outer diameter of less than about 0.020 inch (0.508 mm).
US08825178B2	Electrode lead of pacemaker and pacemaker An electrode lead of a pacemaker includes a lead wire. The lead wire includes at least one sub-lead wire and an electrode head electrically connected with the lead wire. The sub-lead wire includes a core wire structure and a carbon nanotube composite structure wound around the core wire structure. The pacemaker includes a pulse generator and the electrode lead electrically connected to the pulse generator.
US08825176B2	Apparatus for the noninvasive treatment of tissue using microwave energy The present invention is directed to systems, apparatus, methods and procedures for the noninvasive treatment of tissue using microwave energy. In one embodiment of the invention a medical device and associated apparatus and procedures are used to treat dermatological conditions using microwave energy.
US08825173B2	Method and apparatus for supplying energy to a medical device For supplying energy to a medical implant (100) in a patient's body a receiver (102) cooperates with an external energizer (104) so that energy is wirelessly transferred. A feedback communication system (109) sends feedback information from the receiver to the energizer, the feedback information being related to the transfer of energy to the receiver. The feedback communication system communicates using the patient's body as an electrical signal line. In particular, the communication path between the receiver and the external energizer can be established using a capacitive coupling, i.e. the feedback information can be capacitively transferred over a capacitor having parts outside and inside the patient's body. An energy balance between the amount of energy received in the receiver and the energy used by the medical implant can be followed over time, and then the feedback information is related to the energy balance.
US08825167B2	Device and method for auditory stimulation A device and method for desynchronizing a patient's neuronal brain activity involving a neuron population firing in a pathologically synchronized manner. The device includes a stimulation unit configured to generate an acoustic stimulation signal to stimulate the neuron population when the acoustic stimulation signal is aurally received by the patient. Furthermore, the acoustic stimulation signal has a first frequency and a second frequency, with the first frequency provided to reset the phase of the neuronal brain activity in a first sub-population of the stimulated neuron population, and the second frequency provided to reset the phase of the neuronal brain activity in a second sub-population of the stimulated neuron population.
US08825166B2	Multiple-symptom medical treatment with roving-based neurostimulation Stimulation treatments for various medical disorders comprise serially varying the stimulation parameters, especially in order to treat multiple symptoms of a disorder. Roving of parameter values can be done in relation to the proportional incidence of the symptoms. Varying the parameters can occur according to algorithms designed in relation to endogenous rhythms of a patient. Especially when using low-frequency stimulation signals the parameter values can be set in order to match or avoid these internal activity patterns and rhythms. These treatment strategies thereby improve the therapeutic efficacy of stimulation or and decrease risk of interference with normal brain, sensory, motor, and cognitive processes. Novel methods are described for choosing, creating and subsequently stimulating with partial signals having unique temporal and spectral profiles which summate to produce desired vector fields, and which may be roved to produce roving vector fields. Stimulation can occur using different devices such as implantable devices or transcranial magnetic stimulators.
US08825165B2	Laparoscopic transpelveo-abdominal implantation of multiple channel electrodes to the endopelvic portions of the pudendus and sciatic nerves A method for altering operation of a nerve related to a given body condition includes the steps of: laparascopically gaining access to the endopelvic area of the abdomen through the abdominal wall; implanting a multiple channel electrode through the access on endopelvic portions of at least one nerve of the sciatic nerve, the pudendus nerve, or both; and operating the electrode to electrostimulate the at least one nerve.
US08825161B1	Acoustic transducer for an implantable medical device An implantable medical device includes a housing defining a hermetically sealed chamber and includes a diaphragm portion having a first resonance frequency, an acoustic communication circuit within the chamber, and an acoustic transducer within the chamber. The transducer includes a substantially rigid pin member attached to an inner surface of the diaphragm portion, and an active portion coupled to the pin member. The active portion has a second resonant frequency and includes a piezoelectric element electrically coupled to the acoustic communication circuit. The diaphragm portion and the active transducer portion may be configured such that the first and second resonance frequencies are substantially equal.
US08825158B2	Method and apparatus for detection of lead conductor anomalies using dynamic electrical parameters A method and apparatus to detect anomalies in the conductors of leads attached to implantable medical devices based on the dynamical electrical changes these anomalies cause. In one embodiment, impedance is measured for weak input signals of different applied frequencies, and a conductor anomaly is detected based on differences in impedance measured at different frequencies. In another embodiment, a transient input signal is applied to the conductor, and an anomaly is identified based on parameters related to the time course of the voltage or current response, which is altered by anomaly-related changes in capacitance and inductance, even if resistance is unchanged. The method may be implemented in the implantable medical device or in a programmer used for testing leads.
US08825157B2	Vector switching in an implantable cardiac stimulus system The implantable cardiac treatment system of the present invention is capable of choosing the most appropriate electrode vector to sense within a particular patient. In certain embodiments, the implantable cardiac treatment system determines the most appropriate electrode vector for continuous sensing based on which electrode vector results in the greatest signal amplitude, or some other useful metric such as signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). The electrode vector possessing the highest quality as measured using the metric is then set as the default electrode vector for sensing. Additionally, in certain embodiments of the present invention, a next alternative electrode vector is selected based on being generally orthogonal to the default electrode vector. In yet other embodiments of the present invention, the next alternative electrode vector is selected based on possessing the next highest quality metric after the default electrode vector. In some embodiments, if analysis of the default vector is ambiguous, the next alternative electrode vector is analyzed to reduce ambiguity.
US08825152B2	Modulation of intracellular calcium concentration using non-excitatory electrical signals applied to the tissue According to a method and device for modulating intracellular calcium concentration in biological tissue, a stimulation probe is applied to the tissue, a non-excitatory stimulation pulse is generated, and the pulse is conveyed to the stimulation probe. In one embodiment concerning cardiac tissue, a stimulation probe is applied to a patient's heart, a signal is received from at least one sensor responsive to the patient's cardiac muscle activity, a non-excitatory stimulation pulse responsive to the signal is generated, and the pulse is conveyed to the stimulation probe.
US08825151B2	Methods and systems for determining vascular bodily lumen information and guiding medical devices Methods and systems for determining information about a vascular bodily lumen are described. An exemplary method includes generating an electrical signal, delivering the electrical signal to a plurality of excitation elements in the vicinity of the vascular bodily lumen, measuring a responsive electrical signal from a plurality of sensing elements in response to the delivered electrical signal, and determining a lumen dimension. Specific embodiments include generating a multiple frequency electrical signal. Another embodiment includes measuring a plurality of responsive signals at a plurality of frequencies. Still other embodiments include using spatial diversity of the excitation elements. Yet other embodiments use method for calibration and de-embedding of such measurements to determine the lumen dimensions. Diagnostic devices incorporating the method are also disclosed, including guide wires, catheters and implants. The methods and systems described herein are advantageous as they do not include injecting a second fluid for the measurements.
US08825150B2	Bio-impedance measurement apparatus and assembly A bio-impedance measurement apparatus includes a flexible band member fastened around a body portion, two probe sets attached to the flexible band member, a measurement device, and a wireless device. One probe set includes a probe having a tip portion for piercing the skin of the body portion to be located adjacent to an acupuncture point. Another probe set, used as an electrical ground, includes a probe that contacts the reference skin. The measurement device is disposed on the flexible band member and electrically coupled to the two probe sets to provide an impulse current signal to the acupuncture point. The measurement device amplifies and measures the voltage response across the acupuncture points and the ground. The amplified signal is converted to a digital signal for Fourier transformation. The wireless device, coupled to the measurement device, transmits the acupuncture code and impedance information to a remote monitor station.
US08825144B2	Cardiac mapping system and method Medical navigation and mapping system and methods are disclosed for modeling both unobstructed and obstructed portions of a catheter. An exemplary system includes a rendering component operatively associated with an output device. The rendering component overlays a plurality of data images on one another to generate a three-dimensional image representing both the internal tissue and a visible portion of a catheter body. An enhancement component is configured to overlay a silhouette on the three-dimensional image. The silhouette represents an obstructed portion of the catheter body.
US08825142B2	Imaging apparatus for diagnosis and control method thereof An imaging apparatus for diagnosis is connected with a probe including a transmitting and receiving unit transmitting a light transmitted from a light source continuously to the inside of a body cavity and concurrently, receiving a reflected light continuously from the inside of the body cavity, and generates a tomographic image inside the body cavity based on the obtained reflected light by obtaining the reflected light from the transmitting and receiving unit while rotating the transmitting and receiving unit. The apparatus includes a mechanism for extracting intensity of the reflected light obtained by a phenomenon that the light transmitted to the transmitting and receiving unit is reflected at the transmitting and receiving unit; and a mechanism for judging whether or not the extracted intensity of each reflected light at each rotary angle of the transmitting and receiving unit lies in a range of a predetermined variation width.
US08825141B2	Sterile Protective membrane with light guides for a medical probe and associated method of production In the field of dual-mode medical probes, a simple device perfectly meets the double need for dual-modality and sterilization, and provides a sterile, disposable, or sterilizable protective membrane, also called a “glove” or “sock”, equipped with optical fibers. This protective membrane can be slipped onto an ultrasound probe. It therefore ensures both the dual-mode functionality and perfect sterilization of the probe, this being the desired effect. The protective membrane is easy to produce and easy to use.
US08825136B2	System and method for pre-planning a radiation treatment The present invention includes a method of pre-planning a spherical fixed point stereotactic radiosurgery by obtaining an image from a patient having a target, the image comprising coordinates of the actual patient target in 3 dimensions on a first day; planning an optimal stereotactic radiosurgery using the patient's actual target using actual coordinates in 3 dimensions prior to the day of surgery by creating virtual radiosurgical coordinates and plans to maximize target exposure and minimize the patient's waiting time in radiosurgery, thereby allowing evaluation of several plans to maximize plan conformality and safety; and treating the patient based on the virtual stereotactic radiosurgery plans on a second day.
US08825135B2	Radiographic image capturing system and bioptic method using radiographic image capturing system A mammographic system which carries out a bioptic method for inserting a bioptic needle into a breast to sample a tissue from a bioptic region includes a display unit for displaying second stereoscopic images acquired by applying a radiation to the breast while the bioptic needle is being inserted in the breast, an indicating unit for indicating a pointed end of the bioptic needle and the bioptic region in each of the second stereoscopic images, a bioptic needle position calculator for calculating a three-dimensional coordinate position of the pointed end of the bioptic needle which is indicated, a bioptic region position calculator for calculating a three-dimensional coordinate position of the bioptic region which is indicated, and an angle calculator for calculating a direction of the calculated bioptic region with respect to the calculated pointed end of the bioptic needle and displaying the calculated direction on the display unit.
US08825128B2	Sensor for measuring biosignals A sensor for measuring biosignals is provided. The sensor comprises at least one electrode comprising: a substrate comprising a flexible non-conductive material; a conductive layer configured to transfer electrical signals; a gel layer configured to transfer electrical signals; and a barrier layer configured to protect the conductive layer and transfer electrical signals, wherein the barrier layer deposited on the substrate, the gel layer is deposited on the barrier layer so that the gel layer covers only a part of the barrier layer, and the conductive layer is deposited over an area of the barrier layer which is outside of an area of the barrier layer on which the gel layer is deposited.
US08825121B2	Folding electronic device with continuous display In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes an apparatus that includes two panels pivotally connected together. The panels can pivot from an open arrangement where the two panels lay side by side to a closed arrangement where the two panels lay one on top of another. The apparatus also includes a flexible display connected to the two panels and having a portion that is mechanically free from the two panels. The apparatus further includes a cavity to receive at least a portion of the free portion of the display when the panels are pivoted into the closed arrangement.
US08825119B2	Portable telephone with connection indicator A slave device is charged directly from a cellular phone. The slave device can be charged along with the cellular phone or from the internal battery of the cellular phone. When the slave device is connected, a “click” sound is played through an enunciator of the cellular phone.
US08825117B2	Device and method for augmenting cellular telephone audio signals A system and method is described for augmenting cellular telephone signals for a cellular telephone. In an exemplary embodiment, a cellular battery is equipped with a sound generating device that stores one or more audio signals that are activated upon receipt of a telephone call. Optionally, the battery may store a library of audio signals that may be programmable and edited. The system and method of the present invention enables a user to choose audio alert sounds beyond the scope of those provided by the manufacturer of a cellular telephone. A removable memory device containing at least one accessible sound file is attachable to the battery or telephone body, and provides increased selection of audio signal choices.
US08825116B2	Enhanced call reception and privacy An audio interface adapted to reduce a subscriber voice may receive a subscriber voice and a background noise. The subscriber voice may then be compared to the to the background noise. If the received subscriber voice is louder than the received background noise, the audio interface may output a message to the cellular telephone subscriber indicating the subscriber may reduce his speaking volume. Additionally, an audio interface may process a voice waveform that corresponds to the subscriber voice and a background waveform that corresponds to the background noise to generate a substantially opposite voice waveform and a substantially opposite background waveform respectively. The substantially opposite voice waveform and background waveform may be substantially out of phase from the voice waveform and background waveform respectively and output via one or more output ports of the audio interface.
US08825114B2	Mobile display device A mobile display device includes a display part, a speaker, a microphone, an incoming call-detecting part, a state-detecting part, and a display control part. The display part displays information. The speaker outputs voice. The microphone picks up voice. The incoming call-detecting part detects an incoming call. The state-detecting part detects a positional relationship of the speaker and the microphone. The display control part displays, on the display part, information suggesting the correction of the inclination of the apparatus itself, when the incoming call-detecting part detects an incoming call and the state-detecting part detects that the positional relationship of the speaker and the microphone is in a prescribed positional relationship.
US08825112B1	Mobile communication device with electromagnetic radiation sensors A hand-held mobile communication device, such as smart telephone, alone or in protective case, incorporating sensors and signal conditioning modules for measuring signals from external sources of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) in different spectral ranges. These include detector monitoring EMR that pose potential health hazards or may interfere with various electronic devices. Other integrated EMR sensor is a photodiode for the ultraviolet detection to monitor the user's sun exposure and a thermal infrared detector for non-contact measurement of temperature of humans or inanimate objects. This detector in combination with a digital camera and a pattern recognition signal processing allows accurate non-contact measuring temperatures at specific location.
US08825111B2	Portable communication equipment for mobile telephony and television, and corresponding accessory The invention relates to a portable communication equipment comprising a handset with means for transmitting and receiving radiofrequency mobile telephony signals via a cellular radiocommunication network; means for receiving radiofrequency television signals; means for displaying data corresponding to received television signals and acoustic means for reproducing sounds associated to received television signal. According to the invention, said means for receiving radiofrequency television signals comprise a tuner and demodulator located in an accessory separated from said handset and intended to be worn by a user of the handset, said accessory comprising an external metallic area intended to be in direct contact with the skin of said user and electrically linked to an input of said demodulator, and in that said equipment also comprises a transmitting link for transmitting to said handset data corresponding to received radiofrequency television signals downstream from said demodulator.
US08825109B2	Policy-based data routing for a multi-mode device Communication devices capable of at least two communication modes (e.g. WLAN, WMAN and WWAN and/or wired modes) can be configured to optimize communications using a policy-based mechanism to configure connections and routes. A rules engine evaluates its policies on a state change (e.g. network availability, time of day, etc.) to configure a routing table and, together with communication APIs, provides an appropriate connection to an application for its respective communications. Policies may be responsive to various factors such as Radio Access Technology (high/low bandwidth), cost, presence, time of day, location, application type and quality of service (QoS) requirements among others to optimize communications.
US08825104B2	Wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication system and transmitting power control method A wireless communication apparatus having a plurality of neighboring wireless communication apparatuses may includes a wireless transmitter, an information control storage member, and a transmitting power calculator. A wireless transmitter may transmit a wireless signal with a transmitting power to a destination wireless communication apparatus. An information control storage member may maintain first information of links between the wireless communication apparatus and the plurality of neighboring wireless communication apparatuses, and second information of a communication route between the wireless communication apparatus and the destination wireless communication apparatus. A transmitting power calculator may calculate the transmitting power based on the first and second information, so as to ensure reception of the wireless signal.
US08825100B2	Method and system for providing a power boost for a wireless communication link using a subset of subcarrier frequencies of the wireless communication link channel as a reduced bandwidth channel A method and system are provided for boosting power for a communications link between a base station and a user device, or user equipment, in a cellular communications network. In one embodiment, the communications link is a downlink between the base station and the user device established via a downlink channel having a full channel bandwidth including a number of sub-carrier frequencies. The base station determines whether a power boost is needed for a downlink to the user device. If so, the base station uses a subset of the sub-carrier frequencies from the full channel bandwidth as a reduced bandwidth channel, or sub-channel, for the downlink to the user device such that signal power is concentrated on the sub-carrier frequencies of the reduced channel bandwidth rather than spread across the sub-carrier frequencies of the full channel bandwidth. As a result, a power boost for the downlink is provided.
US08825099B2	CQI reporting for MIMO transmission in a wireless communication system Techniques for determining and reporting channel quality indicator (CQI) information are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine a transmit power per channelization code, POVSF, based on the available transmit power and a designated number of channelization codes, e.g., by uniformly distributing the available transmit power across all transport blocks and all of the designated number of channelization codes. The UE may estimate SINRs of multiple transport blocks based on POVSF, determine CQI indices for the transport blocks based on the SINRs, and send the CQI indices to a Node B. The Node B may send multiple transport blocks to the UE based on the CQI indices. The Node B may send the transport blocks (i) with the designated number of channelization codes at POVSF or (ii) with a second number of channelization codes at POVSF, with the transport block sizes being scaled based on the designated and second numbers of channelization codes.
US08825097B2	Emergency notification system for a portable device Systems and methods for providing alerts to end users of networked enabled portable devices are provided so that the end users are made aware when broadcast emergency alerts are issued. In various embodiments, a portable device is enabled to receive information about an emergency alert broadcast of which the user should be aware, e.g., from the EAS, and to notify the user of the emergency alert. The user can be automatically taken to the emergency alert information by having the portable device automatically tune to the emergency broadcast information, the user can optionally retrieve the emergency information by tuning to the emergency broadcast channel, and/or the user can otherwise be presented with a reference to the emergency data, such as a link to the information.
US08825096B2	Method and apparatus for enabling voice discussions among independent and simultaneous users of data content Some embodiments are directed to methods and apparatuses for enabling voice discussions about a same data content being independently and simultaneously accessed on at least two devices. A server detects when a first device of the at least two devices accesses the data content. The server identifies and reserves an available voice communication group resource. Responsive to detecting that the at least two devices are independently and simultaneously accessing the data content, the server identifies and reserves an available voice communication group resource, and sends a voice group identifier for a reserved voice communication group resource to the at least two devices to allow access to the reserved voice communication group resource.
US08825095B2	Method and system for setting reference signal in wireless communication system A method and a system of setting up a reference signal in a radio communication system. The radio communication system includes a serving cell and a neighboring cell, and a mobile terminal of the serving cell uses the same temporal frequency resource so as to receive a serving resource block from the serving cell and receive an interference resource block from the neighboring cell. The method according to the present disclosure includes a step of setting up a user-specific reference signal in the interference resource block and a step in which puncturing is performed at same temporal frequency position as the temporal frequency position at which the user-specific reference signal is set up on the interference resource block of the serving resource block so as to prevent any signal from being transmitted at the punctured temporal frequency position. When the method and the system provided in the present disclosure are used and the interference power between cells is thereby measured, it is possible to effectively reduce feedback overhead in a coordinated beamforming.
US08825092B2	Multi-mode provision of emergency alerts Systems and methods are provided for sending emergency alerts to mobile devices in a geographical region affected by an emergency condition. An emergency alert may be broadcast via cellular network to devices with active cellular communications, while those mobile devices comprising cellular communications components that are temporarily inoperative due to their connection to wireless internet access points can be reached by sending emergency alerts via the internet.
US08825090B1	Communication device The communication device comprising a power-off notification implementer, a power-off location notifying implementer, a header displaying implementer, a footer displaying implementer, a zone leaving notifying implementer, and a zone entering notifying implementer.
US08825087B2	Interactive tracking virtual world system An Interactive Tracking Virtual World (ITVW) system, may be utilized with other systems accessible through the Internet and/or a communications network. The ITVW system may be operable as an online game and/or to provide a virtual environment. ITVW system users (i.e., ITVW users) may be individuals or groups, such as parents and/or their children, which utilize the ITVW system for tracking an identity within the ITVW system. The ITVW system may also include ITVW system participants (i.e., ITVW participants), such as commercial business establishments, individuals and/or other entities associated with the ITVW system. The ITVW system collects an ITVW user's location information and location history.
US08825084B2	System and method for determining action spot locations relative to the location of a mobile device A system, server, mobile device, and method for determining action spot location. The action spot location can be determined relative to the location of a mobile device. The mobile device can include a display and a processor module communicatively coupled to the display. The system, server, mobile device, and method can receive data indicative of the current location of the mobile device, and determine at least one action spot relative to the current location of the mobile device. The action spot can be a location where at least one other mobile device has engaged in documenting action within a predetermined period of time from when the mobile device arrived at the current location.
US08825083B1	Experience sharing system and method A method, computer program product, and computing system for the sharing of experiences is provided. The method may include receiving a request for suggested experience data from the first user, said first user being associated with first user profile data stored in an experience data store and determining location data for the first user. The method may further include determining one or more interests for the first user based at least in part on the first user profile data. The method may also include determining at least one suggested experience based at least in part on the location data for the first user and the one or more determined interests for the first user. The method may further include providing the at least one suggested experience to the first user in response to the received request.
US08825076B2	Method and device for positioning terminal in long term evolution system A method and an apparatus for terminal locating in long term evolution system are provided by the present invention, wherein, the method includes: calculating the propagation delay from the terminal to the base station to which the terminal belongs, according to the synchronization time advance of the terminal and the signal reception delay of the base station to which the terminal belongs (101); and determining the distance between the terminal and the base station by using said propagation delay, and determining the position of the terminal relative to that of the base station according to said distance and the direction of arrival of the signal from the terminal (102). By applying the method and the apparatus provided by the present invention, the terminal locating can be achieved with low cost, low implementation complexity, and high precision for location only by using a simple algorithm.
US08825071B2	Resource allocation in a radio communication system A method of using resource blocks in a communication system with a plurality of Base Stations (BSs), including assigning resource blocks to a first BS, the first BS communicating to a second BS a message comprising information about at least one resource block assigned to the first BS and not planned to be used by the first BS, and the second BS receiving the message. Optionally, the second BS using the at least one resource block. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
US08825070B2	Radio resource reservation for wireless networks The present invention supports a communication protocol on a wireless communication network to allocate network resources. The radio network controller maintains quality of service (QoS) profiles. A serving node determines the type of application in a communication call and determines a QoS policy it transmits to the radio network. The radio network identifies the QoS profile based on the received policy and allocates network resources before announcing the call to an access terminal.
US08825068B2	Communication system for supporting carrier aggregation and method and apparatus for updating system information thereof A communication system for supporting carrier aggregation and a method and apparatus for updating system information thereof are disclosed. A method for providing system information in the communication system supporting carrier aggregation includes: when system information of said communication system changes, generating first information including information for indicating the change of system information; determining a first cell of a terminal related to the change of system information, wherein said first cell is one of cells to which said terminal connects, and corresponds to a carrier unit currently used by said terminal for keeping connection with a base station of said communication system; and transmitting said first information to said terminal through said first cell.
US08825065B2	Transmit power dependent reduced emissions from a wireless transceiver Methods and apparatus for reducing out of band emissions through selective resource allocation, transmit power control, or a combination thereof. A resource controller, such as a base station, can allocate uplink resources to a requesting subscriber station based in part on an expected transmit power. The base station can allocate uplink bandwidth to the subscriber station based on an expected subscriber station uplink transmit power and a frequency of a restricted emissions band. Those subscriber stations having higher expected transmit powers are allocated bandwidth further from the restricted emissions band. The subscriber station can perform complementary transmit power control based on allocated uplink resources. The subscriber station can limit a transmit power based in part on a bandwidth allocation, modulation type allocation, or some combination thereof.
US08825064B2	Femtocell measurements for merger integration planning A system and methodology that utilizes data collected by a femto access point (FAP) to identify and prioritize cell sites that can be acquired to improve indoor coverage of an existing communication network is provided. Moreover, the data can include femto network listen measurements that can be utilized to compare the macro coverage provided by the existing communication network with the radio coverage provided by a disparate communication network, for example, by the cell sites of an operator being considered for acquisition. In addition, a number of attachment attempts made to the FAP within a specified period can be calculated. Moreover, this information can be leveraged to make merger/acquisition decisions, including quantifying the number of sites of the disparate communication networks to operate and/or predicting the incremental performance gain opportunities that result due to the operation of the sites of the disparate communication networks.
US08825062B2	Method for deploying a cellular communication network A method for deploying a cellular communication network may comprise reconfiguring the cellular communication network from an initial state to a reconfigured state, with the cellular communication network comprising in the initial state a plurality of cells, with each cell comprising at least a base station and one or more antennas arranged to cover the cell. The reconfiguring may comprise selecting non-adjacent cells for use as central cell(s), and for each central cell, one or more antennas in base stations of cells that are adjacent the central cell may then be arranged to be directed towards the central cell, thereby defining a super-cell comprising the central cell and at least part of the adjacent cells. Use of the antennas of the super-cell may be coordinated as to communications with mobile devices located within the super-cell, wherein the signals from the antennas of the super-cell may use the same channel resources.
US08825059B2	Enterprise network and femtocell thereof An enterprise network is disclosed. The enterprise network includes at least one site. The site includes an authorizing unit, an enterprise private branch exchange (PBX), and a plurality of femtocells. After a first femtocell of the plurality of femtocells receives a voice/data signal from an enterprise-authenticated handset and the authorizing unit authorizes the voice/data signal, the first femtocell distinguishes a destination of the voice/data signal and routes the voice/data signal to the destination.
US08825058B2	Single number services for fixed mobile telephony devices A special-purpose Service Control Point includes a customized application that provides Fixed Mobile Convergence services and interoperates with a Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network to achieve a single-number fixed mobile convergence overlay network. By determining if a dual-mode cellular/WiFi handset is reachable via a WiFi network, the Service Control Point may redirect incoming and outgoing calls off of the cellular network and onto the WiFi network, thereby reducing cost and providing greater coverage.
US08825057B2	Range expansion in a wireless network environment Aspects relate to modifications to one or more handover parameters such that spectrum efficiency and user performance can be increased by retaining a mobile device in a source cell, having a more desirable multiple-input multiple-output capability, longer before handover to a cell having a less desirable (or non-) multiple-input multiple-output capability (e.g., slower handover). Another aspect relates to modifying one or more handover parameters such that the mobile device is handed over from a source cell to a target cell quicker if the target cell has better multiple-input multiple-output performance than the source cell. The source cell and/or target cell can be macro cells and/or small cells. For example, the mobile device can hand over from a macro cell to a small cell and/or from a small cell to a macro cell. Further, the disclosed aspects can be implemented on the network and/or the mobile device.
US08825056B2	Method to select MS in overload control triggered base station initiated handover in WiMAX systems Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus that may help alleviate load conditions by taking action to select one or more mobile stations (MSs) for handover to a neighbor base station are provided.
US08825055B2	Base station, mobile communication system using the base station, and data transfer method Provided is a handover originating base station which transmits data to a handover destination base station, for performing mobile communication terminal handover in a mobile communication system. The handover originating base station is provided with a means for transmitting data whose transmission is not confirmed by a communication terminal, with information which indicates data transmitted just before.
US08825054B2	Apparatus and methods for performing handover of user equipment between different radio access networks Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a user equipment, an RNC, or an application operable in a wireless communications network and methods. A network controller for wireless communication is configured to transfer data via a first user plane connection in a first radio access network and initiate a handover procedure of transferring the user equipment to a second user plane connection in a second radio access network.
US08825050B2	Random access channel preamble detection The present invention provides a method of and a network entity for processing a random access preamble. The network entity comprises a transceiver for receiving an random access preamble; and a processor for determining if the random access preamble is successfully detected, and for determining, in the case where the random access preamble is not successfully detected, if a combined preamble resulting from a combination of the random access preamble with a previous random access preamble received at the network entity prior to reception of the random access preamble and having an identical signature to the signature of the random access preamble, is successfully detected.
US08825041B2	Relay device, relay device control method, and radio communication system An information receiving unit receives specific information for specifying a radio signal that uses a predetermined type of data transmitted by the mobile station. The radio signal receiving unit receives, on the basis of the specific information, the radio signal transmitted by the mobile station. A measuring unit measures reception quality of the radio signal received by the radio signal receiving unit. The quality transmitting unit transmits the reception quality of the radio signal measured by the measuring unit.
US08825040B2	Selection of connection type in cellular system The present invention presents a method and a controller for selecting the type of connection used to connect a terminal device to a serving base station. The connection type is selected on the basis of monitored communication-environmental parameters of the terminal device. The selection is made between a direct cellular radio connection and a relayed cellular radio connection. The relayed connection is established through another terminal device acting as a relay terminal for the connection being relayed. A direct device-to-device link between the two terminal devices is established as a cognitive radio connection, and a radio access technology and communication parameters of the device-to-device link may be negotiated between the terminal devices. The relay terminal then links the device-to-device link to a direct cellular radio connection between the relay terminal and the serving base station.
US08825039B2	Mobile telephone device, control method thereof and non-transitory computer-readable medium Call control of a mobile telephone device and so on used for a plurality of carriers (telephone lines) is provided for acquisition of carrier information and notification thereof to improve serviceability, wherein carrier information of a call destination is stored, carrier information is exchanged during the telephone call, and, when notified carrier information is different from stored carrier information, which is notified or a connection is suppressed. In addition, when a carrier of a call destination is not a specific carrier, after which is notified and carrier information of the call destination is also notified to an outgoing call side, a connection with the call destination is initiated at a request from the outgoing call side.
US08825036B2	Parent telecommunication device configuration of activity-based child telecommunication device A telecommunications network offers a subscription plan or feature for parent and activity-based child devices. Configuration choices are made at the parent device and communicated to the activity-based child device. The child device creates a graphical menu showing activities as specified by the configuration information received from the parent device.
US08825035B2	System and method for remote control of appliances utilizing mobile location-based applications A system and method is provided for using location information associated with wireless devices. The system includes a wireless device, a location system, and a feature server. The wireless device includes any wireless apparatus having wireless communications capabilities. The location system can generate location information pinpointing the location of the wireless device. The feature server can use the location information to determine whether to execute an action in accordance with subscriber rules. A large number of applications may be implemented to execute the action via a number of communication channels, including without limitation, a wireless communications network, a computer network, and a public switched telephone system, for example.
US08825034B2	System and method for using a computer as a bridge for data synchronization between a cellular device and a computer network A method for data bridging and synchronization between a mobile device and a computer network, using a computer connected to the mobile device over a short range communication channel.
US08825033B1	Position information assisted network control A network controller including processing circuitry may be configured to receive dynamic position information indicative of a three dimensional position of at least one mobile communication node, compare fixed position information indicative of fixed geographic locations of respective access points of a network to the dynamic position information to determine a relative position of the at least one mobile communication node relative to at least one of the access points based on the fixed position information and the dynamic position information, and provide network control instructions to at least one network asset based on the relative position.
US08825032B1	Method and system for using a hands-free audio profile to limit use of a wireless communication device The described systems and methods allow for safer operation of a wireless communication device (WCD). The methods may be carried out at the WCD or at a wireless-communications network that interfaces to the WCD. A hands-free-audio (HFA) profile associated with the WCD may be set to enabled or disabled. A speed-condition of the WCD is determined and compared to a speed-threshold. If the speed-condition is greater than the speed-threshold and the HFA profile is enabled, then the WCD is operable to engage in wireless communications (e.g., voice calls or text messaging) via an HFA device associated with the WCD. If the speed-condition is greater than the speed-threshold and the HFA profile is set to disabled, then the WCD may prevent and/or postpone wireless communications from occurring. After the speed-condition is determined to be less than the speed-threshold, previously received communications (e.g., text messages) may be presented via the WCD.
US08825028B2	Caller information displaying method, cellular phone, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program Provided is a caller information displaying method capable of displaying caller information with latest data registered in a cellular phone on a Bluetooth device at an earlier timing. The caller information displaying method according to an exemplary embodiment is a caller information displaying method for displaying caller information on a Bluetooth device 20 capable of establishing a Bluetooth communication with a cellular phone 10, the method including: updating, by the cellular phone 10, incoming call history data 12 upon receiving an incoming call, and transmitting, to the Bluetooth device 20, caller information corresponding to a latest incoming call history in the updated incoming call history data 12; and receiving, by the Bluetooth device 20, the caller information transmitted from the cellular phone 10, and displaying the received caller information.
US08825023B2	System and method for providing a screen switching service during call counseling and device applied thereto The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a screen switching service during call counseling and a device applied thereto. According to the system for providing a screen switching service during call counseling, after a counselor displays a predetermined counseling material screen on a terminal of a caller in the event that the caller requests a call to the counselor in a customer service center in order to have a consultation, the consultation is provided with a voice call while the counseling material screen, being displayed on the terminal of the caller, is switched according to a page control of the remotely-located counselor.
US08825022B2	Information sharing for third party applications in cellular telecommunication infrastructures A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for providing content to a communications device. In an embodiment of the invention, a communications network receives a first content portion from a content provider and sends the first content portion to the communications device. The communications network also sends a second content portion to the communications device, and this second content portion is customized for the user of the communications device based on selected information about the user that the communications network has. In one embodiment, the communications network uses the selected information about the user to customize the second content portion for the user, and sends the customized second content portion to the communications device. In an embodiment, the communications network sends the selected information to the content provider, and the content provider uses the selected information to customize the second content portion.
US08825018B2	Methods and apparatus for increasing voice call performance through controlled interruption of data transfer in a relay network Methods and apparatus for use by a mobile communication device (MCD) operating in a wireless communication network for increasing call performance through controlled temporary interruption of data transfer by the relay network outside of the wireless network. One illustrative method involves identifying a voice call request at the MCD operating in the wireless network and, in response to identifying the voice call request, performing the following actions of sending a pause data indicator to the relay network over the wireless communication network; sending a call confirm or setup voice call message to the wireless communication network for establishing the voice call; and maintaining the voice call at the mobile communication device. The pause data indicator is defined to pause data transfer for the MCD at the relay network. The method may further involve identifying a voice call termination request during the voice call and, in response to identifying the voice termination request, performing the following actions of sending a disconnect voice call message to the wireless communication network; and sending a resume data indicator to the relay network over the wireless communication network.
US08825014B2	Apparatus, and an associated methodology, for providing repeat notification at a radio communication device An apparatus, and an associated methodology, for alerting a user of a radio device of delivery thereto of a text, or other, message. The alert of the received message is made according to a selected schedule and settings and includes a repeat notification. A user selects schedules and settings that define the manner by which the received message is to be annunciated. The user enters the selections by way of a touch screen interface. Determination is made, upon detection, by detector of a received message in what manner to make notification of the message.
US08825011B2	Intelligent network access control A method for controlling wireless communications to and from a macro wireless network includes provoking an access request from a wireless device to register the device with an intelligent network access controller for a local wireless network. The method then includes locking the wireless device to the controller and determining a category of the wireless device. If the determined category of the wireless device is a first category, the method includes preventing access to wireless communications using the macro wireless network. If the determined category of the wireless device is a second category, the method includes directing the wireless device to re-attempt access with the macro wireless network.
US08825010B2	Cell locking method for mobile terminal and mobile terminal capable of locking cell A cell locking method for a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal capable of locking a cell are disclosed in the present invention. The method includes: the mobile terminal acquiring a system identification (SID), a network identification (NID), a base station identifier (BASE ID) and a pseudo-random number (PN) of a current cell; judging whether the SID, NID, BASE ID and PN are already stored in a database of the mobile terminal, if yes, then setting the mobile terminal to a normal status; judging whether the SID, the NID, and the PN are already stored in the database of the mobile terminal and the database is not full, or whether the BASE ID and PN are already stored in the database of the mobile terminal, if yes, then transferring to D; and D. writing the SID, NID, BASE ID and PN into the database of the mobile terminal.
US08825002B2	Fractional applications product catalog A method is provided for controlling access to applications available on a second network by a plurality of client mobile communications devices on a first network, wherein the first network includes (a) a first database comprising (i) a product catalog which contains a listing of a subset of the applications available on the second network, and (ii) a set of service rules which governs access to any of the applications in the product catalog by the client mobile communications devices, (b) a second database which specifies the applications that have been activated for each of the plurality of client mobile communications devices, and (c) a network appliance which is in communication with the second database and which grants access by each of the client mobile communications devices to the respective applications specified as active for that device.
US08824999B2	System and method for providing contact information of an out of area mobile device to a reverse 911 database A system and method for registering the contact information of mobile devices with a service 911 service is presented. In one embodiment, a mobile switching center receives the contact information of a mobile device. If the mobile switching center determines that the mobile device is not located within a particular wireless sub-network, such as, but not limited to, a wireless sub-network associated with an area code registered to the mobile device, the mobile switching center generates a reverse 911 registration text message and transmits the reverse 911 registration text message to the mobile device. A user of the mobile device may then transmit the reverse 911 registration text message to a local reverse 911 database to have the contact information associated with the mobile device added to the local reverse 911 database.
US08824995B2	Systems and methods for using a network identifier to determine emergency alert information A mobile device may be activated and/or updated to receive alert messages from a network. For example, the mobile device may initiate a registration request with a network. Upon initiating the registration request, the mobile device may receive a network identifier from the network. The mobile device may then access information associated with alert messages for a location of the network based on the network identifier such that the mobile device may be activated to receive an alert message from the network based on the accessed information.
US08824992B2	Method and system for wireless local area network (WLAN) phase shifter training Aspects of a method and system for wireless local area network (WLAN) phase shifter training are presented. Aspect of the system may enable a receiving station, at which is located a plurality of receiving antennas, to estimate the relative phase at which each of the receiving antennas receives signals from a transmitting station. This process may be referred to as phase shifter training. After determining the relative phase for each of the receiving antennas, the receiving station may process received signals by phase shifting the signals received via each of the receiving antennas in accordance with the relative phase shifts determined during the phase shifter training process. Signals received via a selected one of the receiving antennas may be unshifted. The processed signals may be combined to generate a diversity reception signal.
US08824990B2	Detection of false signals in wireless communications There is provided a method for use in a wireless communication to avoid detection of a false modulated signal in a paged device. In one embodiment, a modulated signal is received by the paged device. Then, the modulated signal is identified by the paged device as a preliminary false modulated signal. Thereafter, the gain of at least one paged device amplifier and/or a matching threshold of the paged device is reduced by the paged device to decrease a sensitivity of the paged device to avoid detection of a future false modulated signal. In one embodiment, the wireless communication is a Bluetooth wireless communication and the paged device is a Bluetooth enabled device. An exemplary system for implementing one embodiment of the disclosed method is described.
US08824989B2	Signal degradation detection Implementations are directed to predicting signal degradation at receivers used to display a programming service. The receivers capture signal strength data that is then transmitted to a processing location, which may be associated with a provider of the programming service. A signal degradation detector at the provider operates to predict whether or not a future unacceptable signal quality will occur within a time interval. The prediction may be based on a test quantity calculated from signals captured at the receiver and based on a figure of merit for the geographic locale in which the receiver is located. A maintenance call may be initiated for those receivers that have such a poor signal quality.
US08824985B2	Mobile device and method for controlling the same A mobile device configured to display at least one application executed in the first mode and the second mode respectively; a sensor unit configured to sense a user input for the mobile device; and a processor configured to: provide an unlock interface to unlock a lock state of the first mode or the second mode, display at least one application executed in the first mode and maintain the second mode in the lock state when the mobile device unlocks the first mode and enters into the first mode through the unlock interface, detect an event for the second mode in the first mode even though the second mode is in the lock state, indicate information related to the event for the second mode in the first mode, and process the event when the mobile device unlocks the second mode and enters into the second mode through the unlock interface.
US08824978B2	RF amplifier architecture and related techniques A radio frequency (RF) power amplifier system or transmitter includes one or more power amplifiers and a controller that is configured to adjust amplitudes and phases of RF input signals of the one or more power amplifiers and supply voltages applied to the one or more power amplifiers. In embodiments where multiple power amplifiers are used, a combiner may be provided to combine outputs of the power amplifiers. In at least one implementation, amplitude adjustment of the RF input signals of the one or more power amplifiers may be used to provide transmit power control and/or power backoff.
US08824972B2	Radio station A radio station connected to another radio station via a radio link and identifying a fault of the radio link, including: a radio link controlling unit, a statistical information acquiring unit and a fault identifying unit wherein the radio link controlling unit executes radio link control of the radio link in accordance with a radio link control scheme, the statistical information acquiring unit acquires statistical information indicating a state of the radio link during the execution of the radio link control, and the fault identifying unit identifies the fault of the radio link from among a plurality of faults associated with statistical information, on the basis of the statistical information acquired by the statistical information acquiring unit.
US08824970B2	System and method for identifying and managing overlapping spectrum use A spectrum use assessment server receives spectrum use data from each of plural electronic devices. The spectrum use data from each electronic device includes at least location of the electronic device and operating channel of the electronic device. The server determines a spectrum use coverage area of each electronic device and identifies an overlap in the coverage areas in which two or more of the electronic devices engage in competing spectrum use.
US08824968B2	Method and apparatus for reducing inter-cell interference in a wireless communication system The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for reducing inter-cell interference in a wireless communication system. The method for reducing inter-cell interference in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: a step in which a first terminal receives, from a first cell, scheduling information for the transmission of a first signal to a second cell; and a step in which the first terminal transmits the first signal to the second cell on the basis of the scheduling information. The scheduling information is provided by the first cell in the event an uplink or downlink transmission of the first cell is interfered with by an uplink or downlink transmission of the second cell. The first signal indicates a request for reducing the transmitting power of the second cell or of the second terminal served by the second cell.
US08824957B2	Wireless communication system, wireless communication method, wireless communication terminal device, relay device, and relay system Wireless terminal devices (TA) to (TH) each detects whether channel information received from each of repeaters (1111) to (111n) indicates an occupied state or an idle state, and when detecting a channel in an idle state, writes identification information of that channel in a RAM (23). The wireless terminal devices (TA) to (TH) each selects a piece of identification information of a channel among plural pieces of identification information of a channel written in the RAM (23) to start making a call to a channel of the selected identification information.
US08824948B2	Method for managing wax on a print having a toner image therein In one aspect a method for operating a printer is provided in which a toner image is formed on a receiver using a toner having a polymeric binder and a wax. A contact surface is used to apply heat and pressure to heat the toner at least to a glass transition temperature for the toner and to heat the wax to at least an incorporated melting temperature. The toner image is allowed to cool below a glass transition temperature of the toner to form a fused toner image having a viewing surface and the wax is allowed to cool below the melting temperature for the wax so that after cooling the viewing surface has first portions with wax globules and second portions without wax globules. The viewing surface is wiped to move at least some of the wax from the wax globules in the first portions onto the second portions.
US08824947B2	Fixing device and image forming apparatus including the same A recording sheet has an unfixed toner image that is formed thereon, and is conveyed to a fixing device. A surface reforming device of the fixing device performs surface reformation for the surface of the toner on the recording sheet by, for example, plasma irradiation or the like, thereby generating a polar group of a hydrophilic property on the surface of the toner. Next, the recording sheet is conveyed to a laser irradiation portion by a recording sheet conveyance device to be irradiated with a laser, in which the toner is fused to be fixed to the recording sheet. The toner on the recording sheet is subjected to surface reforming treatment, thus having increased affinity (adhesion force) with the recording sheet, so that it is possible to secure favorable fixability without pressing.
US08824941B2	Image transfer device and image forming apparatus incorporating same An image transfer device includes an image bearing member, a pair of opposed transfer members, a media separator, and an electrical bias applicator. The image bearing member defines an image bearing surface on which a toner image is created. The pair of opposed transfer members is disposed opposite each other via the image bearing member to form a transfer nip therebetween through which a recording medium is passed. One of the transfer members defines a first electrode to which a first electrical bias is applied. The media separator defines a second electrode downstream from the transfer nip to which a second electrical bias is applied. The electrical bias applicator includes a power supply connectable with each of the first and second electrodes to supply the first electrical bias to the first electrode and the second electrical bias to the second electrode.
US08824936B2	Image forming method using an external additive of inorganic fine particles that have been subjected to surface treatment with a tin-containing compound and an antimony-containing compound The image forming apparatus is an image forming apparatus including an image bearing member, a developing device, a transfer device, and a cleaning device. The developing device includes a toner bearing member having a surface subjected to alumite treatment. Toner that is used in the image forming apparatus is magnetic mono-component developer including magnetic toner particles containing at least binder resin and iron-containing magnetic powder, and an external additive to be externally added to the magnetic toner particles. The external additive is formed from inorganic fine particles which have been subjected to surface treatment with a tin-containing compound and an antimony-containing compound. In the image forming apparatus, the ratio of antimony to iron of the toner that has been removed by the cleaning device is double or more the ratio of antimony to iron of the toner before being conveyed by the toner bearing member.
US08824935B2	Development device, process cartridge incorporating same, and image forming apparatus incorporating same A development device includes a developer container; a rotary cylindrical developer carrier including an outer electrode including multiple electrode portions arranged in a circumferential direction of the developer carrier, an inner electrode provided on an inner circumferential side of the developer carrier from the outer electrode, an insulation layer disposed between the outer electrode and the inner electrode, and a surface layer; and a bias power source to apply a first bias voltage and a second bias voltage to the inner electrode and the outer electrode, respectively. The first bias power source causes an electrical potential difference that changes with time between the inner electrode and the outer electrode to cause the developer to hop on a circumferential surface of the developer carrier. At least one of the first bias voltage and the second bias voltage has a cyclic waveform in which pulse-on time is reduced.
US08824930B2	Synchronized drive unit and image forming apparatus having the synchronized drive unit A synchronized drive unit, including a drive member including a pulley; a driven member including a pulley; a relay member including to transmit a power; and timing belts hung around the drive and driven members through the relay member with tension and rotates the drive and driven members in synchronization, wherein each of the timing belts is formed of plural narrow timing belts parallely placed in a rotational axis direction of the pulley and the narrow timing belts are located on the driven member so as to counteract their eccentric components each other.
US08824928B2	Charging apparatus and image forming apparatus A charging apparatus includes a latent image bearing member having a charge generating layer for generating an electric charge by receiving light energy; a light source for emitting light energy for generating the electric charge in the charge generating layer; an electrode; a bias voltage applying portion for applying a bias voltage to the electrode; and an elastic member, which is insulative and transparent, for contacting the electrode to a surface of the latent image bearing member. The electric charge is generated in the charge generating layer by reception of the light energy emitted from the light source, and the surface of the latent image bearing member is electrically charged by applying the bias voltage from the bias voltage applying portion to the electrode. The electrode is provided on the elastic member and is contacted to the surface of the latent image bearing member in a contact area and does not extend to an outside of the contact area.
US08824921B2	Image forming device providing accurate positioning between exposure unit and photosensitive body An image forming device capable of providing precise positional relationship between an exposure unit and a photosensitive body. The exposure unit having an exposure head elongated in a longitudinal direction and having light emitting sections arrayed in the longitudinal direction. The light elements emit light in an optical axis direction. A frame supports the photosensitive body. A positioning protrusion protrudes in the optical axis direction from one of the frame and the exposure unit. A remaining one of the frame and the exposure unit is formed with a positioning part engageable with the positioning protrusion. A biasing unit provides a biasing force that ensures engagement between the positioning protrusion and the positioning part.
US08824916B2	Belt conveyor member and image forming apparatus A belt conveyor member includes an endless belt and a cleaning blade. The cleaning blade is configured to remove residual toner remaining on a surface of the endless belt which is processed into a smooth surface. The endless belt has a first region and a second region. The first region is a region in contact with the cleaning blade which is located outside a region for a recording sheet of a maximum usable width to pass therethrough. The second region is located outside the first region. A contact surface between the cleaning blade and the first region is in a rough condition free from intimate contact.
US08824915B2	Image forming apparatus with fan control An image forming apparatus includes a corona charger, including a charging electrode, for charging a photosensitive member; a cleaning member for cleaning the charging electrode; a shutter in the form of a sheet for opening and closing an opening provided between the charging electrode of the corona charger and the photosensitive member; a driving unit for driving the shutter and the cleaning member; a fan for supplying the air toward the photosensitive member through the opening of the corona charger; and a controller for controlling the fan such that an air supply operation of the fan is stopped before the shutter operates to close the opening.
US08824912B2	Image forming apparatus and method An image forming apparatus includes an image fixing device (9), a measuring module (101) and a control module (300). The measuring module (101) is used to measure the temperature of the image fixing device (9) to generate a temperature measure value. The control module (300) is used to control an execution mechanism to act to show that the image forming apparatus is in the working state, upon determining that the temperature measure value is lower than a preset threshold. The present invention further includes a corresponding image forming method. Advantages of the present invention are that, a user is clearly prompted that the apparatus is in a normal operation state, thereby bringing convenience to the use of the apparatus.
US08824911B2	Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device includes a fixing member including a heat generating layer that generates heat by induction, the fixing member fixing images onto plural recording media that are successively supplied thereto with heat generated from the heat generating layer; a pressure member that contacts the fixing member and forms a nip between the pressure member and the fixing member, the nip allowing the recording media to pass therethrough; an induction heating unit that inductively heats the heat generating layer of the fixing member; and a controller that controls a manner in which the induction heating unit heats the heat generating layer when the plural recording media successively pass through the nip in accordance with a total of times during which the recording media are not present in the nip, the total of times being measured from when the recording media started passing through the nip.
US08824909B2	Image forming apparatus using two-component developer and having controlled timing of application of voltage to magnetic roller An image forming apparatus includes a magnetic roller voltage applier for a magnetic roller, a developing roller voltage applier for a developing roller and a controller for controlling the appliers. The controller controls the magnetic roller voltage applier to apply, to the magnetic roller, a first voltage for forcibly conveying a thin layer of toner held on the developing roller toward the magnetic roller for a first period required for one turn of the developing roller, and controls the developing roller voltage applier to apply, to the developing roller, a second voltage for causing toner on the developing roller to fly onto the image carrier for a second period when at least the forcible consumption electrostatic latent image faces a facing portion between the developing roller and the magnetic roller. At least parts of the first period and the second period are overlapped with each other.
US08824908B2	Information processing apparatus for determining a height of a toner image formed on an image bearing member, information processing method, and image forming apparatus An information processing apparatus capable of determining a height of a toner image formed on an image bearing member with high accuracy includes detecting a two-dimensional reflection image corresponding to a reflection image of a beam from the toner image formed on the image bearing member, identifying a representative position based on the detected two-dimensional reflection image, and determining the height of the toner image based on the identified representative position.
US08824905B2	Storage container for developer and image forming apparatus A storage container for a developer, includes: a first storage unit; a second storage unit; a detection member; a full-state determining unit; and a conveyance member as defined herein, and one end side of the conveyance member is supported on other end side of the first storage unit in a cantilever state, and other end side of the conveyance member is disposed to have a gap with respect to a wall of one end side of the second storage unit.
US08824902B2	Optical receiver, method for receiving optical signal, and optical transmission system An optical receiver includes: an optical to electric converter that converts a received optical signal into an analog electric signal; an analog to digital converter that converts the analog electric signal obtained by the optical to electric converter into a digital signal; a digital signal processor that performs wave shaping on the digital signal; an information extract circuit that extracts information related to loss or deterioration of the optical signal from a signal propagating from the analog to digital converter to the digital signal processor or a signal in the digital signal processor; and a judging circuit that judges, based on the information extracted by the information extract circuit, whether the optical signal is lost or deteriorates.
US08824901B2	Multi-mode optoelectronic oscillator A multi-mode optoelectronic oscillator (MM-OEO) includes an OEO cavity having an input for receiving an RF signal and an RF output. The OEO cavity includes a) a first laser having a first laser output, a second laser having a second laser output, b) a modulator having i) a first input coupled to the first laser output, ii) a second input coupled to the second laser output, iii) a third input, iv) a first modulator output, and v) a second modulator output, c) a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) having an input coupled to the first modulator output and having an SOA amplified output, d) a photodetector coupled to the SOA amplified output and having an output, and e) a coupler having an input coupled to the photodetector output and having a first output coupled to the third modulator input and a second output, whereby an amplified RF signal is produced at the OEO RF output.
US08824899B2	Terminal device, method of controlling the same, computer-readable storage medium storing program therfor OSUs 1 to N are connected to a plurality of PON lines respectively. A control unit performs processing for registering a plurality of subscriber devices connected to the plurality of PON lines respectively and processing for allocating a bandwidth. In addition, the control unit switches an OSU while a state of registration of the plurality of subscriber devices is maintained, by changing a communication path between the plurality of PON lines and a plurality of OSUs 1 to N.
US08824898B2	Circuit arrangement and method for transmitting TMDS encoded signals For providing circuit arrangement and method for transmitting signals from a data source to a data sink, the signals being TMDS encoded, the driver circuit is supplied by a connection interface, connected upstream, assigned to data source, with supply voltage, electrical TMDS encoded signals are electro-optically converted by an LED connected downstream of the driver circuit and coupled into an optical fiber as light supplied with TMDS encoded signals, the direct current portion supplied from TMDS transmitter to connection interface, to data source, is converted by driver circuit to a modulated signal current for controlling LED. Light supplied with TMDS encoded signals decoupled out from optical fiber by light-absorbing element, opto-electrically converted and supplied to transimpedance converter circuit connected downstream of light-absorbing element and upstream of connection interface assigned to data sink, transimpedance converter circuit being supplied by direct voltage portion being applied to differential pair of wires.
US08824895B2	Radio-on-fiber unit and radio-on-fiber system An object of the present invention is to provide a radio-on-fiber unit and a radio-on-fiber system which can transmit/receive signals at adequate rates especially, to/from a mobile device. A first aspect of the present invention relates to a radio-on-fiber unit (3) which includes an antenna array (1) and a light modulator array (2). The light modulator array (2) comprises antenna elements (5) and light modulators (7) that are connected with the respective antenna elements via electric circuits. The optical waveguide (13) is composed of linear optical waveguides (13) that are arranged along the light modulators (7) included in certain lines among the light modulators (7). The light modulator array (2) comprises reflection units (17) for connecting two adjacent linear optical waveguides with each other. Consequently, a signal light inputted to a light input unit (11) is outputted from a light output unit (15) via each linear optical waveguide (13).
US08824894B2	Passive optical network system When an ONU accommodating range is enlarged, and ONUs shorter and ONUs longer in a communication path to an OLT are accommodated in a PON at the same time, there is a need to change a light intensity at the time of transmitting a downstream signal in order that both of the ONUs receive a downstream signal from the OLT. When a near-end ONU receives a signal having a light intensity necessary to communicate between the OLT and a far-end ONU, there arises such a problem that the light intensity is as high as an ONU receiver fails. In order to eliminate the ONU failure of the above problem, prior to transmission of the downstream signal, a downstream signal transmission schedule (downstream light intensity map) is notified to all of the ONUs. An optical transceiver of the OLT has a function of adjusting an output light intensity, and adjusts the light intensity to values receivable by the individual ONUs when the signal arrives at the respective ONUs according to route distances to the respective ONUs.
US08824893B2	Meshed protected passive optical access network structure and optical network unit structure therefore Provided is an optical network system and optical network unit (ONU) structure enabling a passive optical access network having a meshed structure with at least two central nodes and plurality of ONUs. One embodiment employs a partially or fully meshed structure of optical fibers between customer locations and multiple optical line terminal (OLT) locations creating a passive optical access network. The ONUs can communicate with a neighboring OLT or ONU using a symmetrical or asymmetrical TDM scheme, and convert between the different TDM schemes. For this purpose, the ONU structure includes two transceiver units, one connected to the western network port and the other to the eastern. The ONU can establish communication between either network port and a further ONU or an OLT, with the ONU controller adapted for passing through data, and converting TDM schemes.
US08824892B2	Optical line terminal for optoelectrically converting a signal and a method therefor In an optical line terminal connectable to optical network units in an optical communication network, an receiver converts an upstream optical signal, received from an optical network unit, into a corresponding upstream electric signal and then derives an upstream control signal controlling the optical line terminal from the upstream electric signal. A controller generates a power control signal switching on or off power supply to the receiver on the basis of the upstream control signal, and a power feeder switches on or off the power supply to the receiver in response to the power control signal. Thus, the optical line terminal can reduce the waste of standby electricity.
US08824891B2	Method and apparatus for preventing signal interference in a passive optical network A method removes signal interference in a passive optical network. The passive optical network includes an optical line terminal, a splitting unit coupled with the optical line terminal, an optical network unit coupled with the splitting unit, and an identification signal uniquely associated with the optical network unit. The method includes the steps of sending a first signal, detecting the first signal, comparing the detected first signal with an identification signal and decoupling the optical network unit from the splitting unit if the comparing step results in a mismatch.
US08824886B2	Optical signal monitoring method and apparatus A method of monitoring a differential group delay (DGD) of an optical communications signal having a polarisation multiplexed modulation format is described. The method includes the operations of receiving a signal and performing analogue to digital conversion of the signal to generate a digitised signal corresponding to one polarisation of the signal and to generate another digitised signal corresponding to another polarisation of the signal, and applying a polarisation mode dispersion(PMD) compensation to each of the digitised signals. The method further includes the operations of obtaining an indication of the channel transfer function of the optical communications signal, determining a DGD in dependence on the indication of the channel transfer function, determining a delay between the PMD compensated digitised signals, subtracting the delay from the DGD to obtain a corrected DGD, and generating and transmitting a monitoring signal with an indication of the corrected DGD.
US08824883B2	Lens device and image capturing apparatus having the same A lens device (2) is provided with a first operating ring (11) for adjusting the opening surface area of an aperture device (15) and a second operating ring (12) for adjusting the transmittance of a variable light transmittance filter (16). The correspondence relation between the operational amount for the first operating ring and the rate of change in the amount of light transmitted by the aperture device and correspondence relation between the operational amount for the second operating ring and the rate of change in the amount of light transmitted by the variable light transmittance filter are the same.
US08824881B2	Camera flash systems and methods for adjusting flash exposure power Camera flash systems and methods for data transmission between cameras and flash devices remote to the camera for remotely adjusting flash exposure power of the flash devices are disclosed. The camera flash systems include a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter receives camera output data from a camera that includes exposure power data for at least one flash device remote to the transmitter and user input data that includes adjustments to the flash exposure power data for the at least one flash device. The transmitter is operable to transmit the adjusted flash exposure power data to the at least one flash device. The receiver receives the adjusted flash exposure power data from the transmitter and is operable to transmit the adjusted flash exposure power data to a flash device.
US08824879B2	Two words as the same voice command for a camera A system and method is disclosed for enabling user friendly interaction with a camera system. Specifically, the inventive system and method has several aspects to improve the interaction with a camera system, including voice recognition, gaze tracking, touch sensitive inputs and others. The voice recognition unit is operable for, among other things, receiving multiple different voice commands, recognizing the vocal commands, associating the different voice commands to one camera command and controlling at least some aspect of the digital camera operation in response to these voice commands. The gaze tracking unit is operable for, among other things, determining the location on the viewfinder image that the user is gazing upon. One aspect of the touch sensitive inputs provides that the touch sensitive pad is mouse-like and is operable for, among other things, receiving user touch inputs to control at least some aspect of the camera operation. Another aspect of the disclosed invention provides for gesture recognition to be used to interface with and control the camera system.
US08824877B1	Softbox A softbox for being mounted on a light exit of a light source includes support structure extending outwardly and forwardly from the light exit; plural gradually reflective side walls which can be mounted on the support structure; and one or more diffusors arranged between the side walls, wherein the one or more diffusors are, in use, centrally arranged in front of the light exit and inclined in such a manner that a lateral light intensity distribution is more homogeneous at an exit of the softbox, than at an entry of the softbox.
US08824876B2	Exhaust apparatus of air-cooled fuel cell vehicle An exhaust apparatus includes a lower side exhaust duct and an upper side exhaust duct which are branched vertically, and in that the lower side exhaust duct is extended toward the lower side of the vehicle from an exhaust outlet portion of the air-cooled fuel cell stack, and the downstream end portion of the lower side exhaust duct is opened at a lower portion of the front compartment, while the upper side exhaust duct is extended toward the upper side of the vehicle from an upper portion of an outer wall of the lower side exhaust duct, the outer wall extending toward the lower side of the vehicle, and the downstream end portion of the upper side exhaust duct is opened between the rear end portion of the front hood and the front end portion of the front window.
US08824869B2	Randomly accessible visual information recording medium and recording method, and reproducing device and reproducing method Access point pictures designated as randomly accessible positions are I pictures or P pictures. Information indicating the decoding sequence (I1, P1, B1, B2, B3, B4, P2, . . . ) of pictures functioning as access points and attribute information (picture_type) indicating whether a picture functions as an access point or is necessary for decoding of the access point following a given access point are recorded on the video information recording medium. Random access is possible even if the GOP interval is lengthened.
US08824868B2	Playback apparatus and method, program, recording medium, data structure, and manufacturing method for recording medium A playback apparatus includes an obtaining unit obtaining playback management information including a main playback path of a main stream set, a first sub playback path of a first sub-stream set, and a second sub playback path of a second sub-stream set. The first and second sub playback paths are allowed for a predetermined category. A selection-receiver receives a selection of streams as a first combination or a second combination. A reading unit reads the corresponding stream sets according to whether the first or second combination is selected. A playback unit plays back the main stream set and the first or second sub-stream set. The number of files that are readable at one time is predetermined. The sub playback paths are determined so that the number of the files that are readable at one time does not exceed the predetermined number.
US08824866B1	Storage emulation control Storage emulation control is described. In embodiment(s), a logical storage media can be emulated to a video processor of a video processing device where the logical storage media includes at least an internal storage media and an external storage media of the video processing device. A video processor command to initiate recording of video content on the logical storage media can be received, and the video processor command can then be arbitrated to record the video content on at least one of the internal storage media and the external storage media.
US08824861B2	Interactive systems and methods for video compositing Certain interactive role performance systems and methods are disclosed that allow users to select a role to play in a prerecorded video, such as a movie scene, and to replace an original actor of that role with the user's performance. In certain examples, the user selects a prerecorded scene from which a character has been removed and records his or her performance. The interactive role performance system can insert the user's performance in place of the original character, thereby creating the appearance that the user is interacting, such as in real-time, with the other characters in the movie scene. Moreover, systems and methods can further utilize background subtraction techniques to isolate the user image. In further examples, the recorded user performance is stored separately from the prerecorded video.
US08824858B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method An information processing apparatus is provided, which includes: a parameter setting section for setting a parameter of a delimitation detecting method with respect to a service that receives content by an operation of an input device; and a delimitation detecting section for detecting delimitation of the received content by the set parameter.
US08824856B2	Moving image processing apparatus, moving image processing method, and program A moving image display processing apparatus, method and system is disclosed for displaying a moving image having frames and including additional information related to the moving image. The additional information is a plurality of representative frames from the moving image, each representative frame being a still image representing a group of sequential frames, and an implicative image associated with at least one frame in the group of sequential frames other than the representative frame. The representative frames are displayed in a predetermined sequence such that implicative images are displayed between the representative frames. The moving image and the additional information can be received from different information providers and the additional information may be available for use for a predetermined period of time.
US08824855B2	Digital program splice visual quality A digital splicing process includes calculating the length of data to be inserted into a transport stream between first and second video clips; and removing B-frames in the second clip that reference non-existent I-frames without replacing the removed B-frames with new B-frames.
US08824854B2	Method and arrangement for transferring multimedia data A method, arrangement and computer program for transferring multimedia data from a multimedia data capture device to a metadata recording device via a data communication connection and for enhancing the multimedia data using metadata captured by the recording device. The method involves establishing a data communication connection between the data capture device and a metadata recording device, determining the time difference between the clocks of the devices, receiving a captured multimedia data item from the multimedia data capture device. having a first timestamp indicating the creation time of the data item, recording metadata having a second timestamp indicating the creation time of the metadata according to the clock of the metadata recording device, and associating the captured multimedia data item with the metadata, utilizing the first and the second timestamps, where at least one timestamp is corrected using the time difference between the clocks of the two devices.
US08824852B2	Cable clamp assembly and method for a flat fiber optic cable A cable clamp assembly and a cable clamp method for a flat fiber optic cable are disclosed. The assembly includes a wedge-shaped outer shell with a bottom wall having a friction inner surface with a longitudinal central recess formed therein. The flat fiber optic cable resides within the interior of the outer shell and is supported by the friction inner surface. A shim having two parallel rows of protrusions fits within the interior of the outer shell with the protrusions being in contact with the fiber optic cable. The assembly includes a wedge insert having two outer ridges that substantially align with the two rows of protrusions. When the wedge insert matingly engages the outer shell, the outer ridges press down on the protrusions, which in turn press down on the fiber optic cable mainly at the locations where longitudinal dielectric strength members reside.
US08824845B1	Buffer tubes having reduced stress whitening Disclosed are buffer tubes of various colors having reduced stress whitening while retaining compliance with standard color requirements. In this regard, each buffer tube includes a polymeric tube that typically has a small amount of titanium dioxide. Each buffer tube typically demonstrates color compliance with the EIA Standard EIA-359-A.
US08824841B1	Expanded beam optical insert An expanded beam optical insert is provided for use in optical data connectors, such as fiber optic connectors or the like. The expanded beam optical insert may be readily assembled, substantially without the use of costly fixturing tools or adhesives, while still allowing the precise positioning of alignment of optical lenses for placement of ferrule assemblies, optical stubs, and the like.
US08824840B2	Optical connector having low insertion loss and optical connector assembly An optical connector assembly includes two optical connectors, each of which includes a transparent shell forming a blind hole and a lensed fiber integrally forming a lens at a front end thereof. The lensed fibers are inserted into the respective blind holes using the front ends and held in the respective blind holes. A distance between the lensed fibers is two times of a working distance of the lensed fibers.
US08824839B2	Optical coupling device and method of implementing optical coupling device An optical coupling device includes an optical fiber holder configured to hold an optical fiber, a wavelength conversion member including a phosphor and an optical characteristic matching member and a wavelength conversion member holder configured to hold the wavelength conversion member. The optical coupling device includes a first region which is formed on an end face of the optical fiber and an end face of the wavelength conversion member, which are optically coupled, when bonding the optical fiber holder and the wavelength conversion member holder, and in which foreign bodies that shield the laser beam are removed from an optical axis of the optical fiber and an optical axis of the wavelength conversion member and a second region which is formed outside the first region when bonding the optical fiber holder and the wavelength conversion member holder, and in which the foreign bodies removed from the first region flow.
US08824837B2	Integration of optoelectronics with waveguides using interposer layer Improved integration of optoelectronic devices is provided by a spacer layer laterally sandwiched between distinct regions that are monolithically fabricated onto the same substrate (e.g., by selective epitaxy). An optical waveguide in one of the regions can optically couple to an optoelectronic device in another of the regions through the spacer layer, thereby providing a monolithically integrated form of butt-coupling. Preferably, the spacer layer thickness is less than about 50 nm, and is more preferably less than about 20 nm, to reduce optical loss. The spacer layer is preferably electrically insulating, to prevent shorting of devices grown by selective epitaxy.
US08824836B2	Optical waveguide, optical modulator and optical coupler An optical waveguide formed in a substrate including: a curved waveguide; and a splitter that is coupled to the curved waveguide and branches, wherein a low refraction index portion having an effective refraction index that is lower than that of a start point of the curved waveguide on an opposite side of the splitter is provided in a waveguide extending from the start point of the curved waveguide to the splitter.
US08824835B2	Techniques for secure destruction of documents Techniques for generating fingerprints for articles and using the fingerprints for various applications. Scan-related parameter values, including the area of an article scanned, may be specified and varied from one scan to another for collecting data points used for generating fingerprints for articles. A paper shredder is provided that is configured to, prior to shredding a paper sheet, scan the paper sheet and generate a fingerprint for the paper sheet. Fingerprints may also be generated for media keys that are used to access media data. The fingerprint generated for a media key may be used to authenticate the media key. Access to media data corresponding to the media key may be made contingent on successful authentication of the media key.
US08824832B2	Image processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, storage medium storing image processing program, and image processing method An image processing apparatus includes an image reducing section generating at least one reduced image by generating a reduced pixel with reference to pixel values by each predetermined area of a target image being a process object, a noise extracting section extracting a noise component at a frequency band according to a reduction ratio of the reduced image for each reduced pixel based on the reduced image, a noise subtraction section subtracting the noise component of the reduced pixel from each of pixels at the predetermined area being referred to generate the reduced pixel, and an area smoothing section smoothing the pixels with each other at the predetermined area being referred to generate the reduced pixel based on the noise component of the reduced pixel.
US08824829B2	Enhancing dynamic ranges of images Methods and apparatus according to various aspects take as input image data in a lower-dynamic-range (LDR) format and produce as output enhanced image data having a dynamic range greater than that of the input image data (i.e. higher-dynamic range (HDR) image data). In some embodiments, the methods are applied to video data and are performed in real-time (i.e. processing of video frames to enhance the dynamic range of the video frames is completed at least on average at the frame rate of the video signal).
US08824828B1	Thermal V-curve for fusion image declutter A method of fusing two images includes adjusting contrast of (a) a visual image and (b) a thermal image. Also included is modifying the adjusted contrast of the thermal image to form output brightness levels, by using a transformation curve, and then displaying both (a) the brightness levels of the thermal image and (b) the adjusted contrast of the visual image. Modifying the adjusted contrast of the thermal image includes using a V-curve as the transformation curve, in which the V-curve includes similar maximum output brightness levels at the coldest and hottest relative temperatures, respectively. The V-curve also includes a minimum output brightness level at a midpoint between the coldest and hottest relative temperatures. Furthermore, the method assigns different hues to the intensity values of the thermal image, ranging from coldest to hottest relative temperatures.
US08824827B2	Systems, methods, and apparatus for exposure control Systems, methods and apparatus for image processing by classifying pixels are described. In some systems, an exposure control operation is performed according to the pixel classifications. In some cases, the pixels are classified according to a predetermined segmentation of a color space, based on predicted sensor responses.
US08824826B2	Methods for performing fast detail-preserving image filtering A method for performing fast detail-preserving filtering of an input digital image includes, for each pixel in the image, calculating the difference between the selected pixel and each of its four neighboring pixels located above, left, right, and below the selected pixel, calculating a scaled weighted sum of differences between the actual pixel and its four neighbors, where for each neighboring pixel the weight is an edge-sensing function having a data-adaptive scaling parameter function, and adding the weighted sum of differences to the value of the selected pixel.
US08824825B2	Decoding device with nonlinear process section, control method for the decoding device, transmission system, and computer-readable recording medium having a control program recorded thereon Disclosed is a decoding device (300a) that outputs an output signal by receiving, as an input, an encoded signal including a signal in which an original signal is encoded, the original signal being indicative of contents of at least one of image and audio, and the output signal being indicative of the contents, which decoding device includes a decoding process section (310) that generates a decoded signal be decoding the encoded signal, and a nonlinear process section (102) that generates a nonlinear process signal (i) in which positive and negative signs of a low-frequency-free signal are retained, which low-frequency-free signal is obtained by removing from the input signal at least a direct current of frequency components included in the decoded signal, and (ii) which broadly monotonically increases nonlinearly with respect to the low-frequency-free signal when values of the low-frequency-free signal are at least in the vicinity of 0; the nonlinear process signal is added to the decoded signal, to generate the output signal.
US08824821B2	Method and apparatus for performing user inspired visual effects rendering on an image Method and apparatus for performing visual effects rendering on an image are described. User specifications are processed for at least one visual effect for the image. Scene analysis information associated with the image may be accessed, wherein the scene analysis information is based on the user specifications and indicates at least one pixel of the image for coupling with the at least one visual effect. The at least one pixel is accentuated using depth map information, wherein dimensions for the at least one pixel are determined in response to corresponding depth values of the at least one pixel. An output image is generated having at least one visual effect.
US08824810B2	Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding image in bitmap format using reduced number of bitmap indices An apparatus and a method of encoding/decoding an image are provided. The method includes generating a bitmap table by mapping a quantized image, that is quantized according to a predetermined bit-depth, to a map table, and setting a bitmap index corresponding to each pixel location of the quantized image with reference to the bitmap table; setting a fixed filter index corresponding to an image of each pixel of the image by analyzing local characteristics of the image; generating bitmap data by adding the filter index to the bitmap index; extracting a bitmap index, a bitmap table, and a filter index from the bitmap data; extracting an encoded image mapped to the bitmap index from the bitmap table; and filtering the extracted encoded image based on a filter corresponding to the filter index.
US08824804B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus includes: a determining unit determining, in image data including packs each including pixels and serving as a unit, a monotonic pack including pixels equal to a precedently image-processed preceding pixel and a normal pack other than the monotonic pack; a pixel row forming unit forming a pixel row including aligned pixels of the normal pack, while deleting the pixels of the monotonic pack; a pixel row processing unit processing the formed pixel row by inputting the pixel row to an image processing unit; and a supplementing unit supplementing an image processing result of the pixel row output from the image processing unit with, as an image processing result of the deleted pixels of the monotonic pack, a result of image processing by the image processing unit on the preceding pixel of the normal pack, to thereby obtain an image processing result of the image data.
US08824803B2	Automated field position linking of indexed data to digital images According to one embodiment, a method of linking a document image with indexed data is provided. The method may be performed by providing a document image, which is a digitized document having various information. Indexed data is also provided, which is a record that includes information extracted from the document image or a different document image. The process is further performed by identifying a feature of the indexed data and analyzing the document image to determine whether the feature is present within the information of the digitized document. The feature may be information or a characteristic defined by the information extracted from the document image or the different document image. If the feature is present within the information of the digitized document, a determination is made that the indexed data corresponds with the document image and the indexed data is linked with the document image.
US08824800B2	Immunoassay analysis method A method and system for analysis of immunoassays, and more specifically to an improved analysis of chromatographic assays, often referred to as a lateral flow assay is disclosed. These assays commonly employ a test strip utilizing visible particles as the labels for the analytes to be detected, where, as an additional feature, the analytical strip is removable for reading the quantity of analytes captured therein and for archival purposes. An image of the test strip is analyzed automatically.
US08824798B2	Information processing device, computer readable medium storing information processing program, and information processing method An information processing device includes: a document receiving unit that receives a document containing at least one page, wherein positions of document components of a page of the at least one page are fixed within the page; a page dividing unit that divides the document received by the document receiving unit into at least one page; a page heading determining unit that determines a heading of a page of the at least one page divided by the page dividing unit based on components included in the page; and a processing unit that assigns the heading determined by the page heading determining unit to the page divided by the page dividing unit as first level outline information of the page.
US08824796B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable, non-transitory medium There are provided an image processing apparatus, image processing method, and a computer-readable, non-transitory medium that can determine with high accuracy whether or not an input image contains a background element. The image processing apparatus includes a decimated image generator for generating a decimated image through pixel decimation from an input image, an edge pixel extractor for extracting edge pixels from the decimated image, an edge class extractor for extracting an isolated edge pixel from among the edge pixels, a histogram generator for generating an isolated histogram based on the isolated edge pixel, and a decision unit for making, based on the isolated histogram, a decision as to whether or not the input image contains a background element.
US08824791B2	Color correction for static cameras Methods and apparatus are provided for color correction of images. One or more colors in an image obtained from a static video camera are corrected by obtaining one or more historical background models from one or more prior images obtained from the static video camera; obtaining a live background model and a live foreground model from one or more current images obtained from the static video camera; generating a reference image from the one or more historical background models; and processing the reference image, the live background model, and the live foreground model to generate a set of color corrected foreground objects in the image. The set of color corrected foreground objects is optionally processed to classify a color of at least one of the foreground objects.
US08824790B2	Prediction-based image processing A pixel block is compressed by providing a respective color component prediction for each pixel in the block. A difference between color components of two neighboring pixels is calculated and compared to a threshold. If the difference is smaller than the threshold, the prediction is calculated based on a first linear combination of the color components of these two neighboring pixels. However, if the difference exceeds the threshold, a second or third linear combination of the color components of the neighboring pixels is employed in the prediction. A guiding bit associated with the selected linear combination may be used. A prediction error is calculated based on the color component of the pixel and the provided prediction. The compressed block comprises an encoded representation of the prediction error and any guiding bit.
US08824789B2	Image encode controller, image encoder and computer implemented method for encoding image data According to one embodiment, an image encode controller includes a chroma component adjuster, a difference generator, a quantizer, an inverse-quantizer, and a variable codeword length encoder. The chroma component adjuster adjusts an original color component in accordance with a quantization coefficient to generate an adjusted chroma component. The difference generator generates a difference pixel component. The quantizer quantizes an output of the difference generator based on the quantization coefficient. The inverse-quantizer inversely quantizes an output of the quantizer based on the quantization coefficient. The variable codeword length encoder performs variable codeword length encoding with respect to an output of the quantizer to generate encoded data. The difference generator generates the difference pixel component based on a pixel component corresponding to an i-th pixel (where i denotes natural number), the adjusted chroma component, and an output of the inverse-quantizer corresponding to the (i−1)th pixel.
US08824787B2	Silhouette correction method and system and silhouette extraction method and system A method and system for correcting a silhouette of a person extracted from an image by labeling each pixel as the person or the background are disclosed. The pixels in a target region are corrected by: a step in which, by the use of pixels in the target region labeled as the person, a person histogram is created; a step in which, by the use of pixels in the target region labeled as the background, a background histogram is created; a step in which, for each pixel in the target region, by the use of the person histogram, the background histogram and color data of each pixel in the target region, first connective costs of the pixel to the color data of the person and the background are calculated; and a step in which, for each pixel in the target region, a second connective cost of the pixel is calculated.
US08824784B2	System for image analysis in a network that is structured with multiple layers and differentially weighted neurons Disclosed herein are systems and methods for facilitating the usage of an online workforce to remotely monitor security-sensitive sites and report potential security breaches. In some embodiments, cameras are configured to monitor critical civilian infrastructure, such as water supplies and nuclear reactors. The cameras are operatively connected to a central computer or series of computers, and images captured by the cameras are transmitted to the central computer. After initially registering with the central computer, Guardians “log on” to a central website hosted by the central computer and monitor the images, thereby earning compensation. Site owners compensate the operator of the computer system for this monitoring service, and the operator in turn compensates Guardians based on, for example, (i) the amount of time spent monitoring, and/or (ii) the degree of a given Guardian's responsiveness to real or fabricated security breaches.
US08824782B2	Addition ratio learning apparatus and method, image processing apparatus and method, program, and recording medium There is provided an addition ratio learning apparatus including a noise adding unit that adds noises to data of an image input as a teacher image, a motion compensating unit that sets an image where time addition noise reduction processing is executed as an NR screen and performs motion compensation with respect to the NR screen, a differential feature amount calculating unit that sets an image as an input screen and calculates a differential feature amount, a circulation history specifying unit that counts a circulation history in the time addition noise reduction processing and specifies the circulation history, an addition ratio computing unit that computes an addition ratio on the basis of pixel values, and a time adding unit that performs multiplication by a coefficient determined according to the computed addition ratio to perform weighted addition and executes the time addition noise reduction processing with respect to the input screen.
US08824780B2	Human tracking system An image such as a depth image of a scene may be received, observed, or captured by a device. A grid of voxels may then be generated based on the depth image such that the depth image may be downsampled. A background included in the grid of voxels may also be removed to isolate one or more voxels associated with a foreground object such as a human target. A location or position of one or more extremities of the isolated human target may be determined and a model may be adjusted based on the location or position of the one or more extremities.
US08824779B1	Apparatus and method for determining eye gaze from stereo-optic views The invention, exemplified as a single lens stereo optics design with a stepped mirror system for tracking the eye, isolates landmark features in the separate images, locates the pupil in the eye, matches landmarks to a template centered on the pupil, mathematically traces refracted rays back from the matched image points through the cornea to the inner structure, and locates these structures from the intersection of the rays for the separate stereo views. Having located in this way structures of the eye in the coordinate system of the optical unit, the invention computes the optical axes and from that the line of sight and the torsion roll in vision. Along with providing a wider field of view, this invention has an additional advantage since the stereo images tend to be offset from each other and for this reason the reconstructed pupil is more accurately aligned and centered.
US08824778B2	Systems and methods for depth map generation Various embodiments are disclosed for generating depth maps. One embodiment is a method implemented in an image processing device. The method comprises retrieving, by the image processing device, a (2D) image; and determining, by the image processing device, at least one region within the (2D) image having a high gradient characteristic relative to other regions within the (2D) image. The method further comprises identifying, by the image processing device, an out-of-focus region based on the at least one region having a high gradient characteristic; and deriving, by the image processing device, a color model according to the out-of-focus region. Based on the color model, the image processing device provides a depth map for (2D)-to-stereoscopic conversion.
US08824777B2	Method of post-correction of 3D feature point-based direct teaching trajectory There is provided a method of post-correction of a 3D feature point-based direct teaching trajectory, which improves direct teaching performance by extracting shape-based feature points based on curvature and velocity and improving a direct teaching trajectory correction algorithm using the shape-based feature points. Particularly, there is provided a method of post-correction of a 3D feature point-based direct teaching trajectory, which makes it possible to extract and post-correct a 3D (i.e., spatial) trajectory, as well as a 2D (i.e., planar) trajectory, with higher accuracy.
US08824775B2	Robot and control method thereof Disclosed herein are a feature point used to localize an image-based robot and build a map of the robot and a method of extracting and matching an image patch of a three-dimensional (3D) image, which is used as the feature point. It is possible to extract the image patch converted into the reference image using the position information of the robot and the 3D position information of the feature point. Also, it is possible to obtain the 3D surface information with the brightness values of the image patches to obtain the match value with the minimum error by a 3D surface matching method of matching the 3D surface information of the image patches converted into the reference image through the ICP algorithm.
US08824773B2	Defect observation method and defect observation device A defect observation device including an input-output unit supplied with information of a taught defect, and information of an ideal output of the taught defect, and configured to display a processing result based upon a determined image processing parameter set; and an automatic determination unit configured to: select image processing parameter sets which are less in number than the total number of all image processing parameter sets, out of all image processing parameter sets, calculate image processing results on an input defect image, by using the selected image processing parameter sets, calculate a coincidence degree for each of the selected image processing parameter sets, estimate distribution of an index value in all image processing parameter sets from distribution of the coincidence degree for the selected image processing parameter sets, and determine an image processing parameter set to have a high coincidence degree out of all image processing parameter sets.
US08824772B2	System and method for improved remote deposit image handling Improved systems and methods for detecting and correcting image errors and risks in remote deposit systems during an in-line or in-process troubleshooting session are disclosed. Various embodiments include systems for displaying remote deposit session data to a support technician with links for invoking an image display or image editor user interface during a troubleshooting session. The links can be included in one or more individual remote deposit session events, records, or tasks, such as check image uploads and bi-tonalization events. The image editor can be used to manually or automatically correct any detected errors or flaws in uploaded or processed deposit document images. The corrected check images can be then be stored and used to complete or reprocess a remote deposit.
US08824765B2	Method for acquiring a 3D image dataset associated with an image object for reducing beam artifacts A method for acquiring a 3D image dataset is proposed. A 3D X-ray image dataset of an image object is acquired during scanning of a partial circle by X-ray radiation source and X-ray radiation detector. A first and a second 3D image datasets are calculated from the acquired image dataset. Redundancies are eliminated by averaging the first and second 3D image datasets. A filtering that is antisymmetric in respect of a center of symmetry is performed in respect of the 2D image datasets in calculating the second 3D image dataset. Said filtering has a row-by-row Hilbert transform. Suitable weights can be specified based on an axis defined in space.
US08824759B2	Correcting axial tilt based on object positions in axial slices of three dimensional image A computer-implemented process is provided for reorienting a three-dimensional (3D) scan image of an object. The object has a generally flat surface. The image is constructed from image data obtained during rotation of the object about a rotation axis, which intersects the plane of the flat surface at an angle. Axial slices of the scan image are obtained, each of which represents a slice of the object that is perpendicular to the rotation axis and comprises a line representing the flat surface of the object. The axial slices are shifted to align lines representing the flat surface in different axial slices, thus forming a reoriented 3D image. Alternatively, an axial tilt angle is determined from the positions of these lines and the image is rotated by the determined angle to form a reoriented 3D image.
US08824756B2	Image reconstruction incorporating organ motion Systems and methods which implement an image reconstruction framework to incorporate complex motion of structure, such as complex deformation of an object or objects being imaged, in image reconstruction techniques are shown. For example, techniques are provided for tracking organ motion which uses raw time-stamped data provided by any of a number of imaging modalities and simultaneously reconstructs images and estimates deformations in anatomy. Operation according to embodiments reduces artifacts, increase the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and facilitates reduced image modality energy dosing to patients. The technology also facilitates the incorporation of physical properties of organ motion, such as the conservation of local tissue volume. This approach is accurate and robust against noise and irregular breathing for tracking organ motion.
US08824748B2	Auto tagging in geo-social networking system In one embodiment, a social networking system automatically tags one or more users to an image file by creating a list of potential matches, and selecting a subset of potential matches based on location, asking a first user to confirm the subset of potential matches, and tagging one or more matched users to the image file.
US08824746B2	Biometric information processing device, biometric-information processing method, and computer-readable storage medium An biometric-information processing device includes a biometric-information acquiring unit that generates a biometric image representing biometric information on a surface of a specific portion of a user; a divider that divides the biometric image into multiple blocks; a prior-complexity-degree estimator that estimates, for each of the multiple blocks, a prior complexity degree indicating complexity of a pattern of part included in the biometric information and represented in the block, on a basis of a difference between a direction of the pattern of the part included in the biometric information and represented in the block and a direction of a pattern of other part included in the biometric information and represented in the block adjacent to that block; a posterity-complexity-degree determiner that determines, for each of the multiple blocks, a posterior complexity degree indicating complexity of an image of the part included in the biometric information and represented in the block.
US08824742B2	Occupancy detection for managed lane enforcement based on localization and classification of windshield images A system for detecting a vehicle occupancy violation includes an image capture module that acquires an image including a vehicle cabin from a camera positioned to view oncoming traffic. The system includes a violation determination device, which includes a feature extraction module that processes the image pixels for determining an image descriptor. The process is selected from a group consisting of a Successive Mean Quantization Transform; a Scale-Invariant Feature Transform; a Histogram of Gradients; a Bag-of-Visual-Words Representation; a Fisher Vector Representation; and, a combination of the above. The system further includes a classifier that determines a distance that the vehicle image descriptor/representation is positioned in the projected feature space relative to a hyper-plane. The classifier determines whether the distance meets a threshold and classifies the image when the threshold is met. A processor implements the modules. A graphic user interface outputs the classification.
US08824739B2	Eyelid-detection device, eyelid-detection method, and recording medium A lower eyelid search window (W2) matching the pixels constituting the edge of a lower eyelid is transformed so that the lower eyelid search window (W2) fits the pixels constituting the edge of the lower eyelid. Then, the position of the centroid of the transformed lower eyelid search window (W2) is set as the lower eyelid reference position. Consequently, the lower eyelid reference position can be accurately set even if the lower eyelid search window (W2) is different in shape from the edge of the lower eyelid. Then, it is possible to accurately detect the degree of opening of the eyes of a driver and thus accurately determine the degree of wakefulness of the driver.
US08824736B2	Systems and methods for augmenting a real scene Systems and devices for augmenting a real scene in a video stream are disclosed herein.
US08824735B2	Multi-hypothesis projection-based shift estimation A method for determining a shift between two images, determining a first correlation in a first direction, the first correlation being derived from a first image projection characteristics and a second image projection characteristics, and a second correlation in a second direction, the second correlation being derived from the first image projection characteristics and the second image projection characteristics. The method determines a set of hypotheses from a first plurality of local maxima of the first correlation and a second plurality of local maxima of the second correlation. The method then calculates a two-dimensional correlation score between the first image and the second image based on a shift indicated in at least one of the set of hypotheses, and selecting one of the set of hypotheses as the shift between the first image and the second image based on the calculated two-dimensional correlation score.
US08824732B2	Apparatus and method for recognizing hand rotation An apparatus and a method are provided that can intuitively and easily recognize hand rotation. The apparatus for recognizing a hand rotation includes a camera for photographing a plurality of hand image data, a detector for extracting circles through fingers of the hand image data and a controller for recognizing hand rotation through changes in positions and sizes of the circles extracted from each of the plurality of hand image data.
US08824727B2	Selection of watermarks for the watermarking of compressed video A method comprises accessing changes which can be watermarks in a list for coded data, the changes having an syntax element, an original value and an candidate alternative value; determining for a subset a group of compliant changes from the changes, the complaint changes being compliant with a coding protocol such as a CABAC encoding protocol; and selecting for the subset only compliant changes that result in the subset having only one candidate alternative value for each syntax elements and result in only compliant changes also meeting at least one performance criterion. The method can include determining fidelity, recoverability, or robustness of the watermarks and removing or preventing watermarks from being in the subset based on the fidelity, recoverability, or robustness, wherein fidelity, recoverability, and robustness are performance criteria. The method can include determining at least two performance values for the watermarks, determining some collective metric of the at least two performance values, and removing or preventing watermarks from being in the subset based on the same collective metric.
US08824724B2	Audio transducer An audio transducer for use in a loudspeaker system. The transducer includes a pair of flexible, curved diaphragms, with each diaphragm having a distal end and a proximal end. The curved diaphragms form hemi-cylindrical lobes being substantially tangent to one another at their proximal ends and are attached to energy absorbent dampers at their distal ends. The transducers can be employed in a line array as part of the loudspeaker system as well as some of the transducers facing forward while others rearward and, in doing so, their amplitudes and phases can be adjusted for fine tailoring the geometric coverage of acoustic energy radiating from the loudspeaker system.
US08824720B2	Detachable earphone A detachable earphone is disclosed. The detachable earphone comprises an audio plug; an earplug; and an earphone cable connecting the audio plug to the earplug, wherein at least one of the audio plug and the earplug forms a joining portion, at least one end of the earphone cable forms an insertion portion, and the insertion portion is detachably engaged in the joining portion.
US08824717B2	Multiple aperture diffraction device A horn assembly for high frequency acoustic speakers. In an array of speakers, a spacing between adjacent speakers needs to be less than the wavelength of sound being emitted in order to combine effectively. For high frequency sound, a relatively small wavelength imposes a limitation on such a spacing. Such limitations are sometimes physically difficult to implement. A horn assembly increases the exit dimensions of the small speaker to larger desired dimensions by utilizing one or more plugs that divide a larger horn cavity into smaller horn cavities and creating similar pathlengths thereto. The similar pathlengths and the smaller horn cavities having desired dimensions allow the exiting sound to combine effectively. The overall dimensions of the exit portion of the horn assembly can be selected to match the dimensions of larger bass speakers, thus allowing improved arraying of the high frequency speakers with respect to other larger speakers.
US08824716B2	Apparatus for magnetic field induction in portable devices An apparatus comprising at least one signal coil; and a connection plug, comprising a first electrical connector connected to one end of at least one signal coil and a second electrical connector connected to a second end of at least one signal coil.
US08824711B1	Efficient convex optimization for real-time robust beamforming with microphone arrays Disclosed herein, among other things, are methods and apparatus for improving speech intelligibility for speech-in-noise in audio processing and hearing assistance devices. The present subject matter includes a method for improving speech intelligibility for speech-in-noise for audio processing and hearing assistance devices. The method includes receiving an audio signal using a microphone array and processing the received signal to improve speech intelligibility in noise. A barrier-type beamforming process is used to improve signal-to-noise ratio at the output of the microphone array. The beamforming process includes convex optimization using a logarithmic barrier function, according to various embodiments.
US08824709B2	Generation of 3D sound with adjustable source positioning A system for generating 3D sound with adjustable source positioning includes a first stage and a second stage, which is coupled to the first stage and to a speaker array that includes a plurality of speakers. The first stage is configured to position a plurality of virtual sound sources through a positioner output. The second stage is configured to generate a 3D signal for the speaker array based on the positioner output. The speaker array is configured to generate a 3D sound stage including the virtual sound sources based on the 3D signal. The first stage may be further configured to reposition the virtual sound sources.
US08824701B2	Determining automatic gain control levels An apparatus comprises an integrated circuit (IC) and a resistor external to the IC. The IC includes a current output digital-to-analog converter (IDAC) circuit configured to provide an adjustable specified current to a resistor external to the apparatus, a voltage sensing circuit configured to sense the voltage of the external resistor, and an automatic gain control (AGC) circuit configured to receive threshold information using the adjustable specified current.
US08824693B2	Processing audio signals Method, device and computer program product for processing audio signals at the device, the device comprising an audio output for outputting audio signals. Audio signals are received at a plurality of microphones of the device. A characteristic of at least one of the audio signals received by the plurality of microphones is measured. A beamformer applies beamformer coefficients to the received audio signals, thereby generating a beamformer output. An echo canceller is applied to the beamformer output, thereby suppressing, from the beamformer output, an echo resulting from audio signals output from the audio output, wherein an operating parameter of the echo canceller is controlled based on the measured characteristic of the at least one of the audio signals received by the plurality of microphones.
US08824690B2	Apparatus and method for processing multi-channel audio signal using space information An apparatus for and a method of processing a multi-channel audio signal using space information. The apparatus includes: a main coding unit down mixing a multi-channel audio signal by applying space information to surround components included in the multi-channel audio signal, generating side information using the multi-channel audio signal or a stereo signal of a down-mixed result, coding the stereo signal and the side information, and transmitting the coded result as a coding signal; and a main decoding unit receiving the coding signal, decoding the stereo signal and the side information using the received coding signal, up mixing the decoded stereo signal using the decoded side information, and restoring the multi-channel audio signal.
US08824687B2	Method and system for pacing, acking, timing, and handicapping (path) for simultaneous receipt of documents employing encryption A method of facilitating substantially simultaneous receipt of electronic content by a plurality of intended recipients is disclosed. The electronic content is encrypted. The encrypted electronic content is transmitted to the plurality of intended recipients. An acknowledgement packet is received from each of the plurality of intended recipients within a predetermined timeout period. A handicap time is calculated for transmitting a decryption key to each of the intended recipient based on a time associated with the acknowledgement packet last received. Decryption keys are transmitted to the plurality of intended recipients using a delay based on the handicap time, where a decryption key having a smaller handicap time is transmitted prior to a decryption key having a larger handicap time.
US08824678B2	MAC address anonymizer Methods and systems for generating anonymous MAC addresses and determining permanent MAC addresses from anonymous MAC addresses are disclosed. Permanent MAC addresses may be associated with a location in a location database. Generating anonymous MAC addresses may protect user privacy and allow manufacturers and users of wireless access points to control their inclusion in location databases.
US08824677B1	Provably secure and efficient pseudorandom number generation A pseudorandom number is generated from a random seed number using a collision-resistant hash function. A iteration input is extracted from the seed number. A hardcore predicate is applied to the iteration input to generate a pseudorandom bit. A pairwise-independent function is identified using a pairwise-independent function identifier extracted from the seed number and applied to the iteration input to produce a randomized iteration input. The collision-resistant hash function is applied to the randomized iteration input to produce a hash result and pad the output. The padded hash result is assigned as the iteration input for the next iteration. The process repeats iteratively and pseudorandom bits are generated using the hardcore predicate in each iteration until a predetermined number of pseudorandom bits are generated. The pseudorandom number is constructed using the generated pseudorandom bits.
US08824675B2	Modular broadcast receiver system and method The construction of a receiving apparatus for receiving a broadcast from a plurality of broadcasting providers is simplified. In a receiving apparatus for receiving a broadcast from a plurality of broadcasting providers, of the function blocks which constitute the receiving apparatus, a block used in common irrespective of the broadcasting provider is formed as a common block, and a block different from one broadcasting provider to another is formed as an independent block. These blocks are connected to each other through an IEEE1394 interface, and the common block is shared among the plurality of blocks which are not used in common, so that a receiving process is performed.
US08824673B2	Machine, machine management apparatus, system, and method, and recording medium A machine management method includes installing software in a machine including a security device that holds a secret key unextractable from the security device and a public key extractable from the security device, encrypts input data with the public key, and decrypts the input data with the secret key; storing machine identification information of the machine in association with software identification information of the software installed in the machine in an external management apparatus; creating a device-encryption key to encrypt data stored on a first storage device of the machine; storing a device-encryption-key BLOB obtained by encrypting the device-encryption key with the public key on a second storage device of the machine; and storing the device-encryption key in association with the machine identification information in the external management apparatus.
US08824672B1	Reconfigurable block encryption logic Methods and systems for cryptography use a reconfigurable platform to perform cryptographic functions. Where a reconfigurable platform is use the configuration may be used as a key or secret. The function schema may be maintained as public. The reconfigurable platform may be implemented in a manner to provide desirable families of functions, including reconfigurable functions which are pseudo one-way and pseudo random. An electronic device may include a reconfigurable platform adapted to perform cryptographic functions wherein a configuration of the reconfigurable platform is used as a secret.
US08824671B2	Data converter, data conversion method, and computer program A data conversion algorithm achieving efficient data diffusion is achieved. For example, in a configuration where a various processes are executed on two data segments which are resultants of dividing a rectangular matrix of data containing arranged one-byte data blocks into two parts to perform data conversion, efficient data scrambling with less operation cost is achieved by executing a linear conversion process on one of the data segments, an exclusive OR operation between the two data segments, a shift process on one of the data segments, and a swap process between the two data segments. Moreover, cryptographic processing with a high security level is achieved by including nonlinear conversion or key application operation on the data segments.
US08824670B2	Cryptography by parameterizing on elliptic curve A device is controlled by a controller on the basis of a password. A determination is made at the device or at the controller, on the basis of a random value r1, of a point P(X,Y) on an elliptic curve in a finite body Fq, q being an integer, according to: Ea,b(x, y):x3+ax+b=y2. First and second parameters k and k′ are obtained such that P(X,Y)=F(K,k′), where F is a surjective function of Fq×Fq, in Fq. The first and second parameters are obtained in an encrypted format by encryption in accordance with the password. The first and second encrypted parameters are then transmitted to the controller. During the control, the function F is used, such that, whatever the values of z and z′ which are input elements of Fq, F(z,z′) is a point on the elliptic curve and the input elements do not satisfy the equation.
US08824669B2	Handheld electronic device with keyboard A keyboard includes a plurality of keys each of which is associated with indicia corresponding to at least one of alphabetic characters, numbers, or commands. The keys of the plurality of keys associated with alphabetic characters number fewer than 26 and greater than nine. No more than two alphabetic characters are associated with each of the keys associated with alphabetic characters. At least one of the keys associated with alphabetic characters is associated with two alphabetic characters and at least one number. The numbers are arranged and displayed in the format of a phone keypad and the letters are arranged and displayed in a keyboard layout.
US08824664B1	System and method for controlling lifespan of interaction requests An apparatus for controlling lifespan of interaction requests includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to detect when an interaction request is being initiated for send from a communications appliance, server, or system, activate an interface on the appliance, server, or system for configuring a time to live (TTL) for the interaction request, cause, via the configuration, the interaction request to expire if not answered within the TTL life span, and cause, via the configuration, the TTL constraint applied to the interaction request to be lifted if the interaction is answered within the TTL life span.
US08824660B2	History management apparatus, history management method and history management program A history management apparatus includes: an acquisition part that acquires a fragment data set indicating an action of a switchboard to a call, and an execution time of the action; a history generation part that generates a historical data set indicating a history of response states of an agent to one call, from a plurality of fragment data sets acquired; an extraction part that extracts a historical data set satisfying predetermined conditions, respectively, among the historical data sets; an image generation part that generates data of a display image displaying information specifying a call corresponding to the historical data set extracted, along with information indicating the predetermined conditions; and a display control part that causes the display image to be displayed on a display unit.
US08824658B2	Selective mapping of callers in a call center routing system Systems and methods are disclosed for routing callers to agents in a contact center, along with an intelligent routing system. An exemplary method includes mapping a first portion (or fraction) of callers to agents according to a performance and/or pattern matching algorithm based on comparing caller data associated with the callers and agent data associated with the agents. The method further includes mapping a second portion of the callers (e.g., the remaining portion or fraction of all callers) to agents differently than the first portion of the callers (e.g., mapping based on queue order or performance based), which may provide a control group for monitoring or analyzing the effect of the pattern matching algorithm. The method may further include displaying the effect of the routing on at least one outcome variable, which may include revenue generation, cost, customer satisfaction, first call resolution, cancellation, or other variable outputs from the pattern matching algorithm of the system.
US08824656B2	System and method for self-supporting applications A method and system self-supportable devices and applications are provided. The method and system in one embodiment allows devices and applications to automatically communicate and service themselves, for example, by checking knowledgebase services and other services for instructions on how to handle an exception. In another embodiment, the devices and applications automatically initiate actions needed to handle the exception.
US08824648B2	Network assurance analytic system A network assurance analytics (NAA) system and method is disclosed. The NAA can be part of a risk analytic for telecom (RAFT) program. The NAA system is configured to monitor telecommunications networks, detect errors or fraud in those telecommunications networks, and provide solutions to resolve the errors or reduce the fraud. Traffic of a telecommunications network is electronically monitored for at least one pattern that is indicative of a telecommunications anomaly. Based on a set of a set of telecommunications profiles stored in a database, a model score representing a value of the telecommunications anomaly is generated. A solution for the telecommunications network to reduce the model score associated with the telecommunications anomaly is then generated for execution on the telecommunications network.
US08824647B2	Electronic device with function of replying to message based on receiver environment and method thereof An electronic device with a function of replying to a message based on the environment of the receiver is provided. The electronic device includes a storage unit, a receiving module, a determining module, a detecting module, an acquiring module, and a sending module. The storage unit stores an environment table which records relationships between receiver-environments and suitable replies. The receiving module receives a short message from a sending phone number. The determining module collects information to determine a current receiver-environment of the user of the electronic device. The detecting module detects an existing reply matching the current receiver-environment in the environment table. The acquiring module acquires the reply matching the current environment and the sending module sends a message which includes the acquired reply to the sending phone number.
US08824646B2	Method and apparatus for intelligent processing of suspend and resume operations in a call center Methods and apparatus are provided for processing “on hold” commands in a call center. A communication dialog is processed by storing a checkpoint containing a context of the communication; monitoring the communication dialog for an “on-hold” condition; and suspending the communication dialog when the “on-hold” condition is detected The “on-hold” condition can be detected by monitoring telephony signaling. The communication dialog can optionally be returned to a restart point, such as a checkpoint, when the “on-hold” condition is detected. The communication dialog can be monitored for an “off-hold” condition and restarted from a checkpoint when the “off-hold” condition is detected. A resume context message can optionally be provided to the caller when the “off-hold” condition is detected.
US08824645B2	Video messaging systems and methods An exemplary method includes a video messaging system 1) providing an asynchronous video messaging service, 2) maintaining communication thread data representative of a video communication thread that includes a plurality of video messages exchanged between users of the asynchronous video messaging service, 3) providing a user interface configured to facilitate user interaction with the video communication thread, 4) receiving, by way of the user interface, a user input command to process multiple video messages included in the video communication thread, and 5) stitching together the multiple video messages for use in processing the multiple video messages in response to the user input command. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.
US08824642B2	Method and apparatus for enabling a user to perform telecommunications operations Methods and apparatuses for enabling a user to perform telecommunication operations are disclosed. A method disclosed includes receiving a device having a storage containing data corresponding to an account identifier and data associated with a voice portal and then establishing a connection with a server associated with the voice portal. Upon establishing the connection, the data corresponding to the account identifier is provided to the server associated with the voice portal. Then, upon confirmation by the server that the account identifier corresponds to an active subscriber account, the user is enabled to perform selected operations of the voice portal using voice input commands based on limitations, if any, associated with the active subscriber account.
US08824639B2	Triggering a 911 voice call from a non-voice message A voice based emergency call, such as a call to 911, is provided to a public safety answering point (PSAP) triggered from a non-voice based emergency call. When a non-voice based call is sent to a PSAP that does not accept non-voice based calls, upon determining that the PSAP cannot handle non-voice based calls, the communication network is utilized to establish a voice based call with the PSAP.
US08824634B2	Configurable AEC sensor for an X-ray system A method for sensing a level of ionizing radiation directed from a radiation source through a subject and toward an imaging detector, the method executed at least in part by a logic processor, obtains positional coordinate data that is indicative of at least a portion of the subject to be exposed to radiation and that defines a radiation measurement area relative to the subject. The method assigns one or more sensing elements to sense radiation within the radiation measurement area. A measurement signal is acquired from each of one or more assigned sensing elements.
US08824630B2	Method and apparatus for treating a target's partial motion range A computing system determines a full motion range of a target, wherein the full motion range of the target defines an internal target volume (ITV). The computing system identifies a partial motion range of the target, wherein the partial motion range is a subset of the full motion range of the target. The computing system generates a partial-ITV based on the identified partial motion range, wherein the partial-ITV is a volume swept by the target as the target moves through the partial motion range, the partial-ITV being smaller than the ITV. The computing system generates a treatment plan to deliver treatment to the partial-ITV.
US08824628B2	Method of and apparatus for continuous wave tomosynthesis using photon counting Tomosynthesis data may be acquired from an ionizing radiation source that substantially continuously emits radiation while its position is varied relative to a photon counting detector. The detector detects photons comprised within the radiation and photon data indicative of the detected photons is generated. The photon data may comprise data related to a detected photon's detection time, detection location on the detector, energy level, and/or trajectory from the radiation source, for example. The photon data of various photons may be compiled into a plurality of bins and, through reconstruction and tomosynthesis techniques, produce synthesized images of various tomography planes of an object under examination. In this way, the tomosynthesis techniques rely on counting photons rather than measuring their energy to create synthesized images.
US08824627B2	X-ray CT scanner and image processing apparatus According to one embodiment, an X-ray CT scanner includes a gantry unit, a reconstruction unit, an extraction unit, and an output unit. The gantry unit includes an X-ray source and an X-ray detector and is configured to rotate the source and the detector. The reconstruction unit generates reconstruction image data by using data acquired by the detector. The extraction unit extracts, when using a predetermined phantom as the object, pixel values of pixels existing on a locus surrounding a tomographic image of the phantom contained in reconstruction image data generated by the reconstruction unit based on data acquired by the detector. The output unit outputs an extraction result obtained by the extraction unit or information obtained based on the extraction result.
US08824625B2	Computed tomography scanning system A system for recording CT data of an object in an object area (4) comprises an X-ray source (5) and an X-ray detector (6) at either side of the object area. The X-ray detector comprises a stack of elongated detector array arrangements (6a) arranged in parallel and provided for detecting X-rays (9a) from the X-ray source transmitted through the object, thus recording images of the object. A device (10a) is provided for rotating the X-ray source (5) and the X-ray detector (6) around an axis of rotation which is parallel with the elongated detector array arrangements, while the elongated detector array arrangements are provided for imaging the object repeatedly. Further, either the elongated detector array arrangements are moved within the X-ray detector or the axis of rotation is moved during the rotation to thereby provide for the elongated detector array arrangements to record the CT data.
US08824623B2	Timer device and electronic apparatus A timer device includes a RES input terminal, an OUT output terminal, a delay circuit that delays a signal input to the RES input terminal, and a pre-settable down counter that counts a given set value, and outputs a measurement completion signal via an output terminal when the counting of the set value is completed. When a predetermined signal is input to an input terminal after an output of the measurement completion signal, the pre-settable down counter completes the output of the measurement completion signal based on a delay signal obtained by the delaying the predetermined signal using the delay circuit.
US08824620B2	Filter for separating particles in a coolant fluid in a nuclear reactor A filter is provided which includes channels for circulation of coolant fluid through the filter, at least one channel extending along a channel centerline and includes an upstream section, a downstream section and an intermediate section extending between the upstream section and the downstream section and being enlarged relative to the upstream section and the downstream section. The filter also includes at least one separating member defining inside the intermediate section of the at least one channel an annular passage whose axis is substantially coaxial to the channel centerline in the intermediate section.
US08824618B2	Control rod blade unlatching tool Disclosed is an unlatching tool that may be used to unlatch a control rod from a control drive. The unlatching tool may include a baseplate, a first guide member and a second guide member attached to the baseplate, a first frame and a second frame attached to the baseplate, a stepper motor attached to the first frame, a worm drive attached to the first frame, a cable reel shaft attached to the first and second frame, a hose wrapped around the cable reel shaft, and a hook attached to a first end of the hose. The hook may include a cylindrical sleeve having a at least one finger configured to fold and unfold. Disclosed also is a method of unlatching a control rod from a control drive.
US08824617B2	Control rod position indication systems and methods for nuclear power plants Systems and methods of monitoring position information of a control rod in a nuclear reactor, including detecting an output signal induced by movement of a control rod with respect to at least one detection coil of the control rod, the output signal having identifiable characteristics representative of a plurality of positions of the control rod within the at least one detection coil, and processing the identifiable characteristics to derive the positions of the control rod within the at least one detection coil.
US08824609B2	Receiving device and receiving method A synthesizing unit of a receiving device according to an embodiment synthesizes fixed components, which are fixed between carriers of an effective symbol, included in inter-carrier interference (ICI) in a broadcast signal on which fast Fourier transform (FFT) has been performed in view of an adding position of the guard interval in the broadcast signal and ICI in a broadcast signal on which FFT has been performed without considering the adding position, according to an addition amount of the guard interval. The ICI calculating unit calculates ICI to be removed from the broadcast signal based on the fixed component synthesized by the synthesizing unit.
US08824608B2	Radio communication apparatus An apparatus includes: an offset adjustment unit supplying an offset correction signal corresponding to a frequency switching to an adder unit receiving output from a mixer; a timing adjustment unit adjusting the timing of a frequency switching signal supplied to a local oscillator and the timing of an offset correction amount switching signal supplied to the offset adjustment unit for changing an offset amount in correspondence with the frequency switching in the local oscillator; a noise amount measurement and calculation unit receiving a signal obtained by amplifying and filtering the signal from the adder unit, to measure a noise amount of the signal and generates a timing determination signal based on the noise amount; and a control unit controlling frequency switching signal timing and the offset correction amount switching signal supplied to the timing adjustment unit, based on the timing determination signal from the noise amount measurement and calculation unit.
US08824603B1	Bi-directional ring-bus architecture for CORDIC-based matrix inversion A method and a system is provided for Coordinate Rotation Digital Computer (CORDIC) based matrix inversion of input digital signal streams from multiple antennas using an bi-directional ring-bus architecture. The bi-directional ring bus includes a first ring bus having signals flow in a clockwise direction, and a second ring bus having signals flow in a counter-clockwise direction. An I/O controller is coupled to the first and the second ring bus, respectively. A plurality of processing elements (PEs), where each of the plurality of PEs is coupled to the first and the second ring bus, respectively, wherein each of the plurality of PEs includes at least one CORDIC core for performing CORDIC iterations on the plurality of input digital stream signals to produce inversed matrix signals.
US08824601B2	Hierarchical modulation for communication channels in single-carrier frequency division multiple access System(s) and method(s) are provided to transmit simultaneously a first and a second communication channel in a single-carrier waveform format with disparate error rate requirements. First channel and second channel are coded individually to form an alphabet for a first and second constellation. Prior to transmission, bits of information of the first and second channels are modulated with a hierarchical modulation constellation is generated through a combination of a first a second constellation; each constellation is assigned a configurable weight (e.g., a “hierarchic weight”) that is expressed in terms of a configurable energy ratio. The energy ratio determines the resilience of bits associated with the first and second channel. Bit mapping within the first and second constellation provides redundancy to mitigate error rate within each quadrant of the hierarchical constellation. Hierarchical modulation of more than two channels can be accomplished through the same principal of individual coding and constellation composition.
US08824598B2	System and method for communicating information in a wireless network A method for receiving data transmitted wirelessly includes receiving information indicating a device type associated with a wireless communication device and, based on the device type associated with the wireless communication device, deciding to request information indicating a set of possible data values associated with transmissions from the wireless communication device. The method further includes receiving information indicating the set of possible data values and receiving a data transmission from the wireless communication device that comprises encoded data bits. Additionally, the method includes attempting to decode the data transmission using the set of possible data values.
US08824594B2	Digital frequency modulation aided AMPM predistortion digital transmitter Amplitude-modulation (AM) to AM (AMAM) predistortion data is obtained from an AMAM predistorter. When applied to a digital quadrature signal, the AMAM predistortion data predistorts in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) data words in a digital quadrature modulator. AM to phase-modulation (AMPM) predistortion data is obtained that is associated with the AMAM predistortion data and a frequency change or a phase shift in a local oscillator (LO) signal is compelled in accordance with the AMPM predistortion data. The frequency-changed or phase-shifted LO signal is provided to a digital upconverter such that an output signal of the digital upconverter is linearized with respect to at least phase distortion in the digital upconverter.
US08824592B2	Modulated impulse generating apparatus and transmission apparatus A modulated impulse generating apparatus includes a source signal generator that generates a source signal, a first oscillation unit that, when activated, a signal having extracts a desired frequency component from the source signal generated by the source signal generator and causes amplitude of the extracted signal to increase, a second oscillation unit that, receives input of a signal caused to increase by the first oscillation unit, and that, when activated, causes amplitude of the input signal to increase together with the first oscillation unit and outputs a modulated impulse modulated wave, and an activation unit that activates the first oscillation unit after the source signal generated by the source signal generator has been input to the first oscillation unit and activates the second oscillation unit after a certain time period has elapsed and oscillation amplitude of the input signal has increased.
US08824590B2	Layered transmission apparatus and method, reception apparatus and reception method A layered transmission apparatus transmitting information regarding a plurality of layers includes: coding units coding an information bit of a corresponding layer to generate code bits; bit interleaving units bit-interleaving a corresponding code bit to generate interleaved symbols; a modulation unit classifying layers into layer groups, and modulating interleaved symbols corresponding to each of the groups to generate a modulation symbol of each of the groups; a gain control unit controlling gain of the modulation symbol of each of the groups; and an adding unit adding gain-controlled modulation symbols of the groups to generate a transmission symbol.
US08824588B2	Near-field MIMO wireless transmit power measurement test systems, structures, and processes Systems, processes, and structures provide near-field transmit power measurement for MIMO wireless devices (DUT), such as for any of product development, product verification, and/or production testing. A test signal, such as comprising a pulse train signal, is provided to a MIMO device under test (DUT), wherein portions of the test signal controllably steered and sequentially transmitted from each of the device antennas, to one or more test antennas that are positioned in close proximity to the MIMO DUT. The near-field power of the received test signals is measured, to quickly and efficiently determine if one or more data streams of the MIMO DUT has a problem.
US08824586B2	Antenna pointing for multiple-input-multiple-out (MIMO) devices Performance in multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) antenna systems may be enhanced by configuring beams in a direction that reduces coupling between the beams. A decoupling metric may be calculated based on signal strengths received through the beams when an antenna system is pointed in different directions. The decoupling metric may be used to select a particular direction for operation of the antenna system. The decoupling metric may be combined with the signal strengths from each beam to select a direction for the antenna. An interface provides information to a user during positioning of the antenna to allow the user to select a direction for placement of the antenna that reduces coupling between beams in the MIMO antenna system.
US08824585B2	Communication apparatus, wireless communication system, method for approximation in feedback information calculation, and recording medium Provided is a communication apparatus which calculates a CQI indicating reception quality of a reception signal in a receiver and feeds back the CQI to a transmitter, the CQI containing information obtained by averaging SNRs of a plurality of subbands, which are generated by dividing a reception band into a predetermined number, in the reception band, the communication apparatus including a CQI/PMI/RI estimation unit directly uses an initial value in a predetermined approximation method as an approximation calculation result obtained by the predetermined approximation method to thereby simplify the calculation, when the predetermined approximation method is used for calculation in the averaging in place of root calculation and when values of the SNRs are high.
US08824583B2	Reduced complexity beam-steered MIMO OFDM system Techniques for transmitting data using channel information for a subset of all subcarriers used for data transmission are described. A transmitter station receives channel information for at least one subcarrier that is a subset of multiple subcarriers used for data transmission. The channel information may include at least one transmit steering matrix, at least one set of eigenvectors, at least one channel response matrix, at least one channel covariance matrix, an unsteered pilot, or a steered pilot for the at least one subcarrier. The transmitter station obtains at least one transmit steering matrix for the at least one subcarrier from the channel information and determines a transmit steering matrix for each of the multiple subcarriers. The transmitter station performs transmit steering or beam-steering for each of the multiple subcarriers with the transmit steering matrix for that subcarrier.
US08824581B2	Data transmission apparatus, data transmission system and data transmission method A data transmission apparatus includes a plurality of transmission data generation units that generate a first symbol by attaching one control bit to data of a predetermined bit length or a second symbol including data of a bit length longer than the predetermined bit length by one bit. The data transmission apparatus includes a transmission unit that transmits the first symbol or the second symbol generated by each of the transmission data generation units. At least one transmission data generation unit, in each timing at which the plurality of transmission data generation units generate the first symbol or the second symbol, generates the first symbol and the other transmission data generation units generate the second symbol.
US08824577B2	Apparatus and method for encoding and decoding multichannel signal Disclosed is an apparatus for encoding and decoding multi-channel signals. The apparatus for encoding the multi-channel signals may shift a phase of the multi-channel signals based on a characteristic of the multi-channel signals. An encoded bitstream with respect to the multi-channel signals may be generated using a downmix signal and a residual signal extracted from the phase-shifted multi-channel signals.
US08824575B2	Method and apparatus for providing pilot signals in OFDM frames In a telecommunication network, pilot signals are provided in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing frames to enable a single-carrier frequency division multiple access method to work substantially harmoniously with an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing access method in uplink. Each orthogonal frequency division multiplexing frame comprises a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbols. At least one pilot signal is placed within at least one existing orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol.
US08824570B2	Communications interface to differential-pair cabling Disclosed is a communications interface to connect to a first device and to establish a communication between the first device and a second device over a medium. The communications interface comprises at least one common mode choke having a first end configured to connect to an Ethernet transceiver of the first device. The communications interface further comprises an optional capacitor having a first end coupled to a second end of the at least one common mode choke and having a second end configured to connect to the medium. The communications interface does not include any transformers connected to the second end of the at least one common mode choke. The Ethernet communications is readily adaptable to differential-pair cabling and applications in harsh electromagnetic interference environments, such as automotive, aero-space, air crafts, water crafts, trains, railroad and marine applications, where high rejection of EMI is required.
US08824567B2	Method and device for tracking error propagation and refreshing a video stream A method and device for tracking error propagation and refreshing a video stream is provided. The proposed subject matter comprises of an error propagation tracking method that works in the sub-sampled domain to reduce computational cycles and memory bandwidth. Further, the tracking based update of the error propagation metric is done differently for static and non-static regions to avoid unnecessary refresh of static areas. Through suitable thresholding of the metric at a macroblock (MB) level, a set of refresh MBs are selected for each frame. These refresh MBs are coded either as an intra MB or as an inter MB that is predicted from one or more reliable reference frames (—frames that are known to be available at the decoder with negligible errors—). Such inter coding of refresh MBs improves the compression efficiency when compared to pure intra coding of refresh MBs. Further, variants to the threshold selection are presented that result in temporally uniform distribution of the number of refresh MBs and a strict refresh scheme wherein all MBs are guaranteed to be with negligible errors following a packet loss within a committed refresh period. In addition, to using the error propagation metric, spatial connectivity to already chosen refresh MBs is used in the selection of additional refresh MBs within a frame and across frames; this reduces the rate of error propagation due to part of a macroblock predicting from older, erroneous neighboring MBs and in turn requiring more refresh MBs on the average per frame.
US08824564B2	Method and system for redundancy-based decoding of video content Aspects of a method and system for redundancy-based decoding of video content are provided. A bit sequence comprising video content may be decoded in a multilayer process based on a decoding algorithm and at least one physical constraint. The decoding algorithm may be based on the Viterbi algorithm. Whether the bit sequence comprises video content may be determined based on information provided by a portion of a packet header or by packet priority information necessary for enabling quality of service applications. The physical constraint may be based on border, DC component, and/or low frequency continuity between neighboring discrete cosine transform (DCT) blocks. The physical constraint may also be based on the consistency of video data coded by a variable length coding (VLC) operation. At least one physical constraint test may be performed on selected estimated video bit sequences to select a decoded output video bit sequence.
US08824561B2	Image encoding device and image decoding device An image decoding device and method analyzes a parameter of the encoded bit stream to restore a 1-bit information to indicate that temporal distance between any two successive video frames to be displayed is constant in the video sequence, the 1-bit information being analyzed prior to a decoding process for a data area representing the video frames, A VOP decoder decodes a VOP that is image data serving as an encoding unit of video object and a VOL header analyzing part decodes a VOP rate flag, contained in encoded form in a header information part of a VOL layer composed of several VOPs, for indicating that a display rate in the VOL of the VOP to be decoded by the VOP decoder is a fixed rate by the VOP rate flag only.
US08824560B2	Virtual frame buffer system and method A method encodes or decodes a frame (also file), such as a video, graphic, media, or other frame or data, representing a real-time graphic output from a frame buffer, output by a video camera, or another file or data. The file includes frames each comprising macroblocks. Reference frame buffers (PFTs), virtual frame buffer tables (VFTBs) of equal number to the PFTs, each VFTB corresponds to a respective PFT, and respective sectors of each PFT for respective macroblocks are created. Frames of the file are encoded/decoded by successive encode/decode of macroblocks. A pointer is created in the VFBT associated with the PFT rather than encoding/decoding any matching macroblock. The pointer and its reference are relied on for each already encoded/decoded macroblock retained in the PFT. Processing, memory, bandwidth and power requirements for encoding or decoding are reduced.
US08824555B2	Video encoding and decoding A temporal motion vector predictor is includable, together with one or more spatial motion vector predictors, in a set of motion vector predictors for a block to encode of a current frame. A method of determining the temporal motion vector predictor comprises selecting as the temporal predictor one motion vector from among motion vectors in a reference block of a reference frame different from the current frame. The reference block is a block of the reference frame collocated with the block to encode or a block of the reference frame neighboring the collocated block. The selection is based on a diversity criterion for achieving diversity among the predictors of the set.This can reduce the motion vector memory requirements with no or no significant additional coding efficiency penalty. Alternatively, even if the motion vector memory is not reduced in size, coding efficiency improvements can be achieved.
US08824554B2	Systems and methods for video content analysis Video analytics systems and methods are described that typically comprise a video encoder operable to generate macroblock video analytics metadata (VAMD) from a video frame. Functional modules receive the VAMD and an encoded version of the video frame is configured to generate video analytics information related to the frame using the VAMD and the encoded video frame. The downstream decoder can use the VAMD to obtain a global motion vector related to the frame, detect and track motion of an object within the frame and monitor a line provided or found within the frame. Traversals of the line by a moving object can be detected and counted using information in the VAMD and the line may be part of a polygon that delineates an area to be monitored within the encoded frame. The VAMD can comprise macroblock level and video frame level information.
US08824552B2	Motion picture encoding device and motion picture encoding processing program The minimum Sum of Absolute Differences obtained by a motion vector search roughly judges the magnitude of quantization error by whether or not exceeding a predetermined threshold value. When the quantization error is lower, whether or not visually noticeable noise exists in some of the pixels of the current macroblock is judged based on the amount of flatness and noise detected in each of the 4×4 pixel blocks of the current macroblock partitioned into 16 sub-macroblocks. If there is visually noticeable noise, intra-frame coding is selected. When the quantization error is higher, whether or not visually noticeable noise exists in the current macroblock is judged while considering the magnitude of the motion vector. If there is visually noticeable noise, intra-frame coding is selected.
US08824551B2	Method and apparatus for encoding video in consideration of scanning order of coding units having hierarchical structure, and method and apparatus for decoding video in consideration of scanning order of coding units having hierarchical structure A method and apparatus for decoding a video and a method and apparatus for encoding a video are provided. The method for decoding the video includes: receiving and parsing a bitstream of an encoded video; extracting, from the bitstream, encoded image data of a current picture of the encoded video assigned to a maximum coding unit, and information about a coded depth and an encoding mode according to the maximum coding unit; and decoding the encoded image data for the maximum coding unit based on the information about the coded depth and the encoding mode for the maximum coding unit, in consideration of a raster scanning order for the maximum coding unit and a zigzag scanning order for coding units of the maximum coding unit according to depths.
US08824549B2	Image encoding method and device, and decoding method and device therefor A video encoding method and apparatus and a video decoding method and apparatus. In the video encoding method, a first predicted coding unit of a current coding unit that is to be encoded is produced, a second predicted coding unit is produced by changing a value of each pixel of the first predicted coding unit by using each pixel of the first predicted coding unit and at least one neighboring pixel of each pixel, and the difference between the current coding unit and the second predicted coding unit is encoded, thereby improving video prediction efficiency.
US08824548B2	Object detecting with 1D range sensors Moving objects are classified based on maximum margin classification and discriminative probabilistic sequential modeling of range data acquired by a scanner with a set of one or more 1D laser line scanner. The range data in the form of 2D images is pre-processed and then classified. The classifier is composed of appearance classifiers, sequence classifiers with different inference techniques, and state machine enforcement of a structure of the objects.
US08824542B2	Image processing apparatus and method An image processing apparatus and method that can improve encoding efficiency while preventing an increase in load. An extraction circuit of a filtering prediction circuit extracts motion compensation images for generating a prediction image in a high-resolution enhancement layer from reference frames in a low-resolution base layer. A filtering circuit of the filtering prediction circuit performs filtering, which involves upconversion and which uses analysis in the time direction, on a plurality of motion compensation images in the base layer extracted by the extraction circuit to generate a prediction image in the enhancement layer. The image processing apparatus may be an encoding apparatus or a decoding apparatus.
US08824540B2	Decision feedback equalizers with high-order continuous time feedback Equalization techniques are provided for high-speed data communications and, more specifically, DFE (decision feedback equalizer) circuits and methods are provided which implement a high-order continuous time filter in a DFE feedback path to emulate structured elements of a channel response.
US08824537B2	Signal processing in wireless communication receivers A method, receiver and program for equalizing digital samples of a radio signal received over a wireless communications channel. The method comprises: receiving digital samples of the radio signal; calculating equalizer coefficients in the frequency domain; transforming the equalizer coefficients from the frequency domain to the time domain; and equalizing the digital samples in the time domain using the transformed time domain equalizer coefficients.
US08824534B2	Method for channel estimation The invention relates to a method of estimating BEM coefficients of the Channel taps of a transmission Channel of an OFDM System having a given pilot arrangement, comprising, at the receiver side of the transmission Channel, the Steps of a) subsampling a received OFDM symbol in the frequency domain into a set of subsequences, b) inverse Fourier transforming each subsequence into a transformed subsequence, and c) estimating Fourier coefficients of a truncated Fourier series expansion model of the Channel taps from the set of transformed subsequences.
US08824529B2	Signal transmission system, transmitting device, receiving device, electronic device, and signal transmission method A signal transmission system includes: a transmitting section including a first carrier signal generating section configured to generate a carrier signal for modulation and a first frequency converting section configured to generate a transmission signal by frequency-converting a transmission object signal by the carrier signal for modulation, the carrier signal for modulation being generated by the first carrier signal generating section; and a receiving section including a second carrier signal generating section configured to generate a carrier signal for demodulation and a second frequency converting section configured to frequency-convert the transmission signal received by the carrier signal for demodulation, the carrier signal for demodulation being generated by the second carrier signal generating section.
US08824526B2	Apparatus and method for antenna diversity reception An apparatus provides a baseband signal for exploiting receive antenna diversity by means of a digital baseband processor. The apparatus includes a combiner configured to temporally alternately select at least one sample of a first received signal corresponding to a first receive antenna and at least one sample of a second received signal corresponding to a second receive antenna and to interleave the selected samples of the first and second received signal to obtain a temporally continuous stream of samples of a baseband representation of a combined signal at an output of the combiner as the baseband signal for exploiting receive antenna diversity.
US08824522B2	Pump light assembly for a disc laser A pump light assembly (6) for a disc laser (1), comprising: a focusing device, in particular a concave mirror (11), having a reflecting surface (10) for focusing a pump light beam (8) onto a laser-active medium (2), and a deflecting assembly for deflecting the pump light beam (8) between reflecting regions formed on the reflecting surface (10) and disposed in different angular regions about a central axis (12) of the reflecting surface (10). The deflecting device is configured to produce a deflection of the pump light beam (8) between in each case two of the reflecting regions with an optical path length (2 f+2 d1; 2 f+2 d2) that is greater than the optical path length (2f) in the case of telecentric imaging in order to compensate for a beam expansion of the pump light beam (8), caused by aberrations of the focusing device (11), in successive focusings onto the laser-active medium (2). The invention also relates to a disc laser (1) and to a method for pumping a laser-active medium (2).
US08824518B2	Two-cavity surface-emitting laser A the vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser includes a stripe-shaped active medium (10) having an emission maximum at a first wavelength (λ1), wherein a first reflector (18) is arranged below the stripe-shaped active medium (10) and a second reflector (20) is arranged above the stripe-shaped active medium (10), with the first reflector (18) facing the second reflector (20), wherein the first reflector (18) and a second reflector (20) have a reflectivity maximum in the region of the first wavelength (λ1), wherein a third reflector (12) and a fourth reflector (13) are each arranged on a side above or next to the stripe-shaped active medium (10), wherein the third reflector (12) faces the fourth reflector (13), and wherein the third reflector (12) and the fourth reflector (13) have a reflectivity maximum in the region of a second wavelength (λ2), wherein the first wavelength (λ1) is greater than the second wavelength (λ2).
US08824514B2	Measuring crystal site lifetime in a non-linear optical crystal The present invention includes a fundamental laser light source configured to generate fundamental wavelength laser light, an optical crystal configured to receive fundamental laser light from the fundamental laser light source, the optical crystal configured to generate alternate wavelength light by frequency converting a portion of the received fundamental laser light to alternate wavelength light, an auxiliary light source configured to generate auxiliary wavelength light, the auxiliary wavelength light having a wavelength different from the fundamental wavelength laser light and the alternate wavelength light, the fundamental laser light source and the auxiliary light source oriented such that the fundamental laser light copropagates with the auxiliary light through a surface of the optical crystal, and a detector configured to detect at least one of fundamental wavelength laser light scattered by the optical crystal, alternate wavelength light scattered by the optical crystal, or auxiliary light scattered by the optical crystal.
US08824508B2	High-speed CLD-based TCP assembly offload A method offloading data intensive tasks from a processor comprises receiving at a configurable logic device (CLD) a network packet, parsing the network packet to determine that the packet is a TCP segment, searching a partially assembled packet table to locate an associated partially assembled packet data structure, inserting the network packet into the associated partially assembled packet data structure, recognizing that the partially assembled packet data structure contains every segment produced from an original TCP packet, assembling a fully assembled TCP packet from the data in the partially assembled packet data structure, and transmitting the fully assembled TCP packet to a processor in the same computer system as the CLD.
US08824504B2	Packet add/drop multiplexer and data transmission method of packet add/drop multiplexer A packet add/drop multiplexer and a data transmission method of a packet add/drop multiplexer are provided. The packet add/drop multiplexer includes: a line interface unit including a first line interface and a second line interface; a scheduling unit, configured to schedule a data frame of an input transporting side and send a data frame of an output transporting side through the second line interface; a branch unit, configured to encapsulate received data to a third Transmission Container (T-CONT) data packet and send the third T-CONT data packet to the scheduling unit, or decapsulate a first T-CONT data packet sent by the scheduling unit to recover data. In the packet add/drop multiplexer and the data transmission method of the packet add/drop multiplexer, a T-CONT data packet of a transporting side is used as a packet add/drop multiplexing structure of a packet scheduling entity, the data packet has a simple structure and a capability of self-synchronization, and the logic is simple when the data packet is processed.
US08824502B2	Long-reach Ethernet for 1000BASE-T and 10GBASE-T A network interface module includes a physical layer module and a data rate module. The physical layer module is configured to transmit first signals to a network device via a cable at a first data rate while conforming to Ethernet baseband characteristics for the first data rate, and at least one of determine a characteristic of the cable, or perform an autonegotiation process with the network device. The data rate module is configured to select a second data rate based on at least one of the characteristic of the cable, or results of the autonegotiation process. The second data rate is slower than the first data rate. The physical layer module is configured to transmit second signals to the network device at the second data rate while conforming to the Ethernet baseband characteristics for the first data rate.
US08824497B2	Method and apparatus for performing data access according to protocol handling A method for performing data access via software according to communication protocol handling includes: calculating a time slot period and an upper limit of a processing time for performing a predetermined data processing according to time slot information defined in a communication protocol, a critical period and a time slot number; defining a clock frequency of a processor according to the upper limit of the processing time; and performing data access according to the slot time by the processor operating at the clock frequency. Accordingly, design inflexibility arising from performing data access via hardware is addressed, and a non-real-time issue caused by performing data access via software is also prevented.
US08824491B2	Distributed scheduling for variable-size packet switching system Scheduling methods and apparatus are provided for an input-queued switch. The exemplary distributed scheduling process achieves 100% throughput for any admissible Bernoulli arrival traffic. The exemplary distributed scheduling process includes scheduling variable size packets. The exemplary distributed scheduling process may be easily implemented with a low-rate control or by sacrificing the throughput by a small amount. Simulation results also showed that this distributed scheduling process can provide very good delay performance for different traffic patterns. The exemplary distributed scheduling process may therefore be a good candidate large-scale high-speed switching systems.
US08824488B2	Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to select label switched paths (LSPs) for preemption Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to select label switched paths (LSPs) for preemption are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes sorting a first list of first label switched paths based on their respective bandwidths and priorities to form a sorted first list, each of the label switched paths having a lower priority than a requested label switched path, sequentially marking the first label switched paths for preemption based on their position in the sorted list until a bandwidth associated with the marked label switched paths exceeds a bandwidth gap, and configuring a routing engine to preempt the marked first label switched paths.
US08824487B1	Multi-access gateway for direct to residence communication services Different residences can be communicatively linked to a communication backbone via a multi-access gateway, where each residence comprises an adapter through which a set of IP devices directly connect to the multi-access gateway via IPSec compliant communication channels. The multi-access gateway can connect each of the IP devices to remotely located resources. Telecommunication services can be provided to the IP devices in the residences for fees. The multi-access gateway can controls specifics of the telecommunication services, which can include emergency (e.g., 911) services, home control services, and residential administration services. Any of the telecommunication services can be initiated, modified, or terminated by a carrier maintaining the multi-access gateway on a per residence basis for any of the different residences.
US08824486B2	Network re-routing systems and methods A telecommunications system includes a local data switch in communication with a first interexchange carrier network and a customer computer in communication with the local data switch. When there is a disruption in a first interexchange carrier network, the customer computer can reconfigure the local data switch from a customer facility such that data traffic to and from the customer facility is rerouted from the first interexchange carrier network to a second interexchange carrier network.
US08824482B2	Method and system for removing dead access control entries (ACEs) Methods and systems have been provided for removing dead Access Control Entries (ACEs) in an Access Control List (ACL). In one embodiment, the dead ACEs can be detected for an egress as well as an ingress ACL. The ACEs that have a hit count above a user-specified hit count are checked for their validity. The validity of the ACE is checked, using the information based on a Forwarding Information Base (FIB). If an ACE is found to be invalid, it is considered dead. The dead ACEs are referred as candidates for removal from the ACL. If the ACE is found to be a candidate for removal, a system administrator can either warn the network administrator about the candidate for removal or delete the ACE from the ACL after a pre-defined time limit.
US08824481B2	System, method, and apparatus to correlate a TCAP web service request to an application server session A method includes encoding a session identifier into a uniform resource identifier (URI) associated with a TCAP Begin message request originating at an application server, where the session identifier identifies a communication session. The method also includes transmitting the TCAP Begin message request from the application server to a transaction capabilities application part (TCAP) interface and receiving a TCAP Continue message request from the TCAP interface with the TCAP Continue message request including the encoded URI. The method includes correlating the TCAP Continue message request to the communication session that originated the Begin request identified by the session identifier in the received URI and routing the TCAP Continue message request to the communication session.
US08824478B2	System and method for transporting digital radio signal streams in a small cell network environment A method is provided in one example embodiment that includes receiving a radio signal stream, segmenting the radio signal stream based on a control word in the radio signal stream, mapping the segmented radio signal stream to a service class, transporting the segmented radio signal stream in packets through channels over a backhaul link, and maintaining the order of the radio signal stream over the backhaul link. In more particular embodiments, the backhaul link may use a DOCSIS link, the radio signal stream can be received using a Common Public Radio Interface, and the radio signal stream may include sub-streams transported through segmented channels over the backhaul link.
US08824477B2	Multiple delivery route packet ordering A hybrid network device can implement functionality to indicate the sequence of packets associated with a common packet stream transmitted via a plurality of packet routes and to manage out-of-order packet arrival. In a hybrid communication network, a first network device can determine sequence identifiers associated with a plurality of packets of a packet stream received from a second network device via a plurality of packet routes between the first network device and the second network device. The first network device can detect out-of-order delivery of one or more of the plurality of received packets based, at least in part, on the sequence identifiers associated with the plurality of packets. Consequently, the first network device can re-order at least a subset of the plurality of packets based on the sequence identifiers associated with the plurality of packets.
US08824473B2	Apparatus and method for pseudo wire emulation edge-to-edge access The present disclosure provides an apparatus and a method for PWE3 access. The method includes: after receiving non-Ethernet data transmitted by a local user, a local PE performs inner layer PWE3 frame format encapsulation and an outer layer L2VPN frame format encapsulation on the non-Ethernet data in sequence, and then transmits the encapsulated data to an opposite PE; after receiving the data transmitted by the opposite PE, the local PE performs an outer layer L2VPN frame format de-encapsulation and an inner layer PWE3 frame format de-encapsulation on the date in sequence, and then transmits, to the local user, the non-Ethernet data obtained after the two de-encapsulations. The present disclosure can implement the pseudo wire emulation edge-to-edge access for non-Ethernet with saving label space of the PE, and can avoid multiple exchanges of Pseudo Wire (PW) labels.
US08824471B2	Maintained message delivery during routing domain migration In one embodiment, an ingress device of a first routing domain in a computer network buffers received packets, and in response to receiving a request from a particular node indicating that the particular node has migrated from the first routing domain to a second routing domain, determines how to reach the particular node in the second routing domain, and forwards the buffered received packets to the particular node in the second routing domain, accordingly. In another embodiment, a device in the first routing domain migrates from the first routing domain to a second routing domain, and determines its new IP address. The device may then send a request to the first ingress router to forward buffered packets for the device to the second routing domain at the new IP address, and may thus receive buffered packets forwarded from the first ingress router at the device in the second routing domain.
US08824449B2	Synchronization of broadcast-only wireless networks Time synchronization for nodes of a broadcast-only network is provided by combining two methods. The first method provides relative synchronization of communication frames of node broadcasts, so that all nodes have frames with aligned start and end times. The second method associates a network time with each frame at each node (i.e., each node locally tracks this network time). When a time-stamped message is received by a node, the node network time is set to the larger of its current value or the time stamp of the received message. Each node increments its network time by the same amount from one communication frame to the next.
US08824447B2	Timeslot scheduling in digital audio and hybrid audio radio systems Systems and methods of decoding data streams and conserving power are described. In some embodiments, a stream of data containing audio and other data is divided into a plurality of timeslots. A first timeslot of the plurality of timeslots is allocated to a first service. A grant allocation message which indicates a location of the first timeslot allocated to the first service is generated. The grant allocation message and the plurality of timeslots are transmitted to a receiver. The transmission system and receiver may be compatible with NRSC-5. The receiver may receive and decode the grant allocation message to identify OFDM symbols that carry information regarding the first service. The receiver may also receive the plurality of timeslots. The receiver may set a power mode of a component during OFDM symbols that indicate a status of the first service.
US08824446B2	Wireless communication system, transmission device, and receiving device A wireless communication system includes a transmission device including plural transmission antennas and a receiving device including plural reception antennas. The transmission device includes a branching unit that branches a signal into plural transmission signals respectively passing plural signal lines each corresponding to each of the transmission antennas and delay units provided on at least one of the signal lines to apply a delay to the transmission signal. When a transmission signal branched by the branching unit is applied with a delay by the delay units, the transmission device sets the transmission signal on which the delay is applied as the transmission signal, and transmits the transmission signals to the receiving device via the transmission antennas. The receiving device includes delay units provided on at least one of plural signal lines that respectively pass plural reception signals received at the reception antennas to apply a delay to the reception signal and a combining unit that sets the reception signal on which the delay is applied as the reception signal, and combines the reception signals.
US08824445B1	Null interface feature in wireless mesh networking device This disclosure describes processes and methods for enhancing reporting of status information in a wireless sensor network. This disclosure also provides designs of wireless sensor devices configured to connect to a wireless network, and to execute the processes disclosed herein. As described herein, a first sensor device transmits a beacon signal to a second wireless device, and the beacon signal is transmitted while the first and second wireless devices are disconnected from the sensor network. The first wireless device facilitates supplemental network formation by transmitting information to the second wireless device, wherein the information causes the second wireless device to form the supplemental network by performing network joining procedures with the first wireless sensor device, and wherein, after performing network joining procedures, the second wireless device transmits status information to the first wireless sensor device. The first wireless device then connects to the wireless network and transmits the status information through the network.
US08824444B1	Null interface feature in wireless mesh networking device This disclosure describes processes and methods for enhancing reporting of status information in a wireless sensor network. This disclosure also provides designs of wireless sensor devices configured to connect to a wireless network, and to execute the processes disclosed herein. As described herein, a first sensor device transmits a beacon signal to a second wireless device, and the beacon signal is transmitted while the first and second wireless devices are disconnected from the sensor network. The first wireless device facilitates supplemental network formation by transmitting information to the second wireless device, wherein the information causes the second wireless device to form the supplemental network by performing network joining procedures with the first wireless sensor device, and wherein, after performing network joining procedures, the second wireless device transmits status information to the first wireless sensor device. The first wireless device then connects to the wireless network and transmits the status information through the network.
US08824442B2	Intelligent backhaul radio with adaptive channel bandwidth control A intelligent backhaul radio have an advanced antenna system for use in PTP or PMP topologies. The antenna system provides a significant diversity benefit. Antenna configurations are disclosed that provide for increased transmitter to receiver isolation, adaptive polarization and MIMO transmission equalization. Adaptive optimization of transmission parameters based upon side information provided in the form of metric feedback from a far end receiver utilizing the antenna system is also disclosed.
US08824440B2	Method, apparatus, and computer program product for efficient TIM compression and decoding Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments improve power saving in network environments. An example method embodiment comprises: generating in an access point device, a traffic indication map comprising a page bitmap field, a page control field, one or more block bitmap fields, and one or more sub-block bitmaps indicating wireless client devices having buffered data in the access point device available for them; and periodically broadcasting the traffic indication map in a beacon frame to the wireless client devices.
US08824435B2	Method of channel scanning in wireless local area network system A method and apparatus of scanning channels of a white space zone in a wireless local area network is provided. A response frame includes a white space map including information about whether each white space channel in the white space zone is occupied by an incumbent user. Channels of the white space zone are scanned based on the white space map.
US08824432B2	Beaconing period framing for efficient multi-channel inter-cell communications in cognitive radio networks A protocol for inter-cell communication in a cognitive radio wireless access network using beacon period framing is disclosed. By establishing scheduled use of beacon periods within each frame of a super-frame among a plurality of participating cells in a wireless access network, efficient and reliable communication can take place eliminating beacon packet collisions and bandwidth wastage. Within each super-frame exits 16 data frames of fixed size which can each include both a data transmission portion and a beacon period. A protocol is established by which announcement, reserved, and free-to-use beacon periods are established within the super-frames associated with a particular spectrum. By coordinating communication between cells on the beacon period, collision between cells by simultaneous attempts to transmit or bandwidth wastage of periods in which no transmission takes place can be avoided.
US08824431B2	Apparatus for acquiring network information A network information acquisition apparatus is provided for acquiring network information related to a wireless network. The apparatus being located in a wireless network coverage area, which can receive network information related to a wireless network, from a base station of a wireless network, an access point, and another terminal which has already received network information and is located a short distance away, thereby minimizing a power consumption amount required for receiving network information.
US08824430B2	Wireless mobility gateway A Wireless Mobility Gateway (MOGW) creates a wireless connection to allow a mobile terminal to perform IP packet transmission and reception and make use of mobile data services. The MOGW is able to directly route packets to the Internet and Corporate Networks, thus rendering the whole mobile network more efficient and simpler to construct and manage. The MOGW generates a special tunnel identifier to identify the wireless connection that must be contained in all packets received from the RAN. The MOGW generates such a tunnel identifier by concatenating a number of values that characterize the connection. Therefore, simply by reading this tunnel identifier, the MOGW can more efficiently forward packets appropriately. The Mobility protocol and function between MOGWs allows Mobile terminals to easily move between geographical areas served by different MOGWs.
US08824428B2	Method for resolving data conflicts and mobile terminal The invention provides a method for resolving data conflicts and a mobile communication terminal. The embodiment about the method of the invention includes: a mobile terminal determining a time slot in a frame i for receiving a first data block; if a second data block needs to be received in the frame i, the mobile terminal determining a relationship between the time slot for receiving the first data block and a time slot for receiving the second data block; and if the time slots for receiving the first data block and the second data block are not the same and not adjacent, the mobile terminal receiving the first data block and the second data block sequentially according to the time slots in the frame i. The embodiment of the invention further provides a mobile terminal for implementing the method described above. The invention could receive multiple data blocks in a frame i and decrease the number of data blocks being discarded.
US08824425B2	Base station device and communication control method for base station device Provided is a base station device which communicates to/from a mobile station device supporting a MIMO scheme. A base station device (100) includes: a number-of-spatial-streams identification section (126) for identifying the number of spatial streams to be formed between the base station device and a mobile station device (200); a PRU-to-be-allocated identification section (128) for identifying at least part of a plurality of radio channels (PRUs), as a PRU to be allocated for forming the spatial streams whose number is identified by the number-of-spatial-streams identification section (126); and a message generating section (130) for transmitting, to the mobile station device (200), a single piece of control information which includes information indicating the number of the spatial streams, and information indicating the PRU to be allocated.
US08824424B2	System and method for adjusting monitoring of timeslots during data transmission A method for coordinating communications between a user equipment and a base station is presented. The method includes receiving an assignment of a first set of timeslots for at least one of uplink and downlink communications between the user equipment and the base station. The method also includes transmitting to the base station an instruction to delay a reduction of a number of timeslots monitored by the user equipment to less than the first set of timeslots for communications. In some implementations, the instruction comprises at least one of a predetermined communication and a block including at least one of a dummy block format and a specified block format. The method may include transmitting a control block to the base station, the control block identifying one or more timeslots being monitored by the user equipment.
US08824422B2	Techniques enabling dynamic bandwidth reservation in a wireless personal area network An embodiment of the present invention provides a method, comprising dynamically reserving free channel time blocks for directional transmissions in a wireless personal area network (WPAN) by a transceiver communicating with a Coordinator and the Coordinator allocating a part or a whole of unreserved channel time blocks for a directional link during a handshake with the transceiver.
US08824412B2	Apparatus and method for signaling in a wireless communication system A method of signaling in a wireless communication system (300) comprising a first network element (310) serving a wireless communication unit (325) with at least one packet data network (PDN) connection. The method comprises transmitting, by the first network element (310) to the wireless communication unit (325), a signaling message relating to a wireless communication unit (325) uplink (UL) PDN transmission, where the signaling message comprises a parameter indicative of at least one aggregate maximum bit rate (AMBR) value.
US08824409B2	Radio transmission device and radio transmission method Disclosed are a radio transmission device and a radio transmission method which reduce the RACH conflict ratio and improve the RACH detection characteristic. When the device and the method are used: as the number of signature numbers allocated for UE by the network side increases, the condition for allocating a signature by UE itself is mitigated and an expectation value which is a statistic average value of the RA quantity using the signature allocated by UE for itself is decreased; and as the number of signature numbers allocated for UE by the network side decreases, the condition for allocating a signature by UE itself is limited and an expectation value of the RA quantity using the signature allocated by UE for itself is increased.
US08824405B2	Method and apparatus for receiving a downlink signal in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation The present invention relates to a method for receiving a downlink signal at a terminal in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method comprises: receiving a control channel to be transmitted to a specific subframe via a first carrier; and decoding a data channel corresponding to the control channel to be transmitted to the specific subframe via a second carrier, using at least one parameter included in the control channel, wherein information on the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) start symbol of data channels that are transmitted via each of at least one carrier allocated to the terminal is signaled through an upper layer.
US08824403B2	Mobile station apparatus, base station apparatus, wireless communication system, communication control method, communication control program, and processor An ASN encoder of a mobile station apparatus generates transmission and reception capability information including information relating to one or a plurality of component carriers to be used for communication with a base station apparatus. A transmission and reception apparatus transmits the transmission and reception capability information to the base station apparatus. A controller controls the communication with the base station apparatus, using the one or the plurality of component carriers assigned by the base station apparatus based on the transmission and reception capability information.
US08824397B2	Methods and devices for transmitting a control message Embodiments disclose a method in a first communication device in a radio telecommunications network for transmitting a control message comprising communication configuration information to a second communication device within the radio telecommunications network. The first communication device determines the communication configuration information of the control message and maps the control message to a plurality of control channel element groups for the second communication device. The first communication device then transmits the control message to the second communication device over the plurality of control channel element groups within a single transmission time interval on a radio control channel.
US08824394B2	Method and apparatus for supporting multiple carriers A method and apparatus supporting multiple carriers is provided. A user equipment receives a self-control format indicator (CFI) indicating a size of a control region of a first carrier by using the first carrier. The user equipment receives downlink control information (DCI) comprising a cross-CFI indicating a size of a control region of a second carrier over a first downlink control channel in the control region of the first carrier. The user equipment monitors a second downlink control channel in the control region of the second carrier.
US08824393B2	Wireless communication device Broadcast data is divided into a plurality of broadcast channels. Any of the plurality of broadcast channels is placed on a predetermined subcarrier in each of a plurality of main bands such that the placed broadcast channels differ from each other in a same frame and are consecutive in a predetermined order in a frame direction. The subcarriers are converted into a transmit RF signal and the transmit RF signal is transmitted.
US08824387B2	Resource mapping for multicarrier operation An apparatus for wireless communication may allocate resources for multicarrier wireless communication. The apparatus may be enabled for cross-carrier signaling and semi-persistent scheduling on at least one carrier. Semi-persistent scheduling may be enabled by deriving a resource, such as a PHICH resource, for uplink HARQ operation using at least part of a demodulation reference signal field. The resource may be chose to reduce PHICH collision and may be based on a starting physical block of uplink data transmission. Cross-carrier signaling may be enabled by an information field, such as a carrier indicator field in the PDCCH, not enabled when cross-carrier signaling is not enabled.
US08824383B2	Downlink scheduling in heterogeneous networks The present invention provides methods to support scheduling of transmissions from a pico base station or micro base station to a mobile terminal operating in a link imbalance zone where interference from macro base station is present. A method is provided to enable the mobile terminal to detect when it is in a link imbalance zone, and for triggering scheduling restrictions when the mobile terminal is in the link imbalance zone.
US08824381B2	Reliable uplink resource request Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate reliably requesting uplink resources in a wireless communications environment. In particular, mechanisms are provided for reliable uplink resource requests at instants when uplink resources are not retained. A mobile device transmits an uplink resource request on a feedback information channel conventionally utilized for channel quality indicators. The mobile device utilizes specific codewords reserved for uplink requests. In addition, a power spectral density of the feedback information channel is boosted to lower an error rate of the channel when reserved codewords are transmitted.
US08824380B2	Multi-channel assignment method for multi-radio multi-hop wireless mesh networks Techniques are described for automatically determining quasi-static per-link channel assignments for each radio in multiple-hop mesh networks having nodes with two or more radios and where only a small number of channels is available for use in the network. The method optimally assigns the channels to the radios of all of the nodes in the network so as to achieve the lowest interference among links and the highest possible bandwidth.
US08824379B2	System and method for trasmitting/receving a signal in a communication system Disclosed is a system and method for transmitting/receiving a signal in a communication system. In the system and method, a base station transmits data to a first relay station, which is connected directly thereto from among relay stations belonging to a first relay station group, through a first frame interval, and transmits data to a second relay station, which is connected directly thereto from among relay stations belonging to a second relay station group, through a second frame interval subsequent to the first frame interval. In the first frame interval or the second frame interval where no data is received from the base station, each of the first and second relay stations transmits data to a next relay station connected directly thereto within the same relay station group, and communicates data with a mobile station in direct communication therewith.
US08824373B2	Apparatus for transmitting an uplink signal and method thereof An apparatus for transmitting an uplink signal and method thereof are disclosed, by which an uplink signal can be efficiently transmitted in a wireless communication system. The present invention includes receiving a downlink control information (DCI) used for PUSCH (physical uplink shared channel) scheduling, the DCI including an information for resource block allocation, an information for a channel status information request and a plurality of MCS (modulation and coding scheme) informations for a plurality of transport blocks and if a condition is met, transmitting a channel status information only on the PUSCH without a transport block for UL-SCH (uplink shared channel). Moreover, the condition includes a case that: only one transport block is enabled, the MCS information for the enabled transport block indicates an MCS index 29, the information for the channel status information request indicates 1, and the number of allocated resource blocks is equal to or smaller than 4.
US08824372B2	Location based authentication for online services Providing access to online services is contemplated. The online services authorized for access may be limited or controlled according to a location of an access point used to facilitate access to the online services. This location based authorization may be useful in providing access to online services that have location dependent restraints.
US08824371B2	Systems and methods for wireless communication of packets having a plurality of formats Systems and methods for communicating packets having a plurality of formats are described herein. In some aspects, a signal (SIG) field in the preamble of a packet may indicate whether an extension field, such as an extension SIG field or SIG-B field, is included in the packet. In another aspect, one or more detectors may be used to auto-detect packets formatted as one of at least two different formats based on a short training field (STF) of a received packet. In some aspects, along training field (LTF) in the preamble of a packet may indicate whether the payload is repetition coded.
US08824368B2	Method and terminal for sending scan report based on multi-carrier system A method and terminal for sending a scan report based on a multi-carrier system are provided. The method comprises the following steps: a terminal acquiring a first configuration parameter of carrier(s) indicated by a base station and a second configuration parameter needed for the terminal to send a scan report, wherein the carrier(s) indicated by the base station is one of or a plurality of carriers of the base station and/or a neighboring base station of the base station; and the terminal scanning the carrier(s) indicated by the base station according to the first configuration parameter, generating a scan report, and sending the scan report to the base station according to the second configuration parameter.
US08824363B2	Satellite telecommunication system comprising a mechanism for seperating messages transmitted by a plurality of transmitters A satellite telecommunications system comprises at least one satellite receiving signals originating from a plurality of transmitters present in a surveillance zone called a task, the transmission of the signals by the transmitters being discontinuous and organized into time slots. The satellite includes an array of reception antennas, a set of digital reception filters being associated with each antenna. The satellite also includes means for separating the signals originating from various transmitters and colliding in one and the same slot, said separation being carried out by adapting the coefficients of the digital reception filters, said coefficients being deduced from predictions of the position of the transmitters.
US08824361B2	Multi-frequency band receiver based on path superposition with regulation possibilities A multi-frequency band receiver includes first and second receive paths, a combiner, a code multiplex baseband stage and an amplifier controller. The first and second receive paths receive and process first and second code multiplex signals, respectively. The first or the second receive path includes an amplifier having a variable gain factor. The combiner superposes the first and second processed code multiplex signals. The code multiplex baseband stage processes the superposed code multiplex signal to obtain and use first and second baseband receive signals. The first and second baseband receive signals represent data of the first and second code multiplex signals, respectively. In addition, the amplifier controller controls the gain factor of the amplifier having a variable gain factor so that the first or the second baseband receive signal includes a minimum reception quality which can be variably predetermined and is dependent on the operating state.
US08824355B2	Communication system, communication apparatus, communication method and computer program product A relay node (or relay station) operates as an intermediary entity in a transmission between a base station and a mobile station based on its position in a cell and the mobile station's position in the cell. Since the cell is divided into multiple regions and different wireless resources are used in the multiple regions, the relay node employs the relevant wireless resources to be used in the communications based on positions of the relay node and the mobile station. When the relay station and the mobile station are both in the boundary region, it is possible to avoid interference in the relay station by adapting a relay mode that uses a boundary frequency avoiding interference with adjacent cells for both an uplink and a downlink and demultiplexes a relay link and an access link in a time direction for each of the uplink and the downlink. Similar adaptations are made when the mobile station and the relay station are in various positions within a center cell region and boundary cell region.
US08824353B2	Mobility route optimization in a network having distributed local mobility anchors A method, system and device for achieving an optimized mobility routing path are disclosed. A preferred embodiment comprises a method of cutting unnecessary network tunnels. In a mobile network system, transmitting data packets through a tunnel is an effective way to provide network location privacy. An optimization method is proposed to consolidate two tunnels connecting with a network element such as a first distributed local mobility anchor (D-LMA). The first D-LMA informs a data packet sender such as a second D-LMA of the destination address saved in the first D-LMA. The second D-LMA updates its destination address accordingly and sends subsequent data packets to the destination directly. By applying this optimization method, a network system provides a further optimized route for data packets as well as location privacy.
US08824343B2	Method and system for implementing synchronization among micro base stations The present disclosure provides a method and system for implementing synchronization among micro-base stations, including: a micro-base station intercepts a wireless reference signal of an air interface, and selects a synchronization reference object according to an intercepted wireless reference signal; and the micro-base station implements synchronization processing through detecting the wireless reference signal of the selected synchronization reference object, and adjusts its own synchronization information. The method for implementing synchronization among micro-base stations disclosed in the present disclosure is implemented on the basis of the wireless air interface signals of the micro-base stations, requires no additional synchronization hardware devices (such as Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) receiving apparatus, etc.) and has low cost. By the solution disclosed in the present disclosure, the mutual interference caused by asynchronization between a Time Division Duplex (TDD) micro-base station and other base stations is eliminated flexibly.
US08824341B2	Method of joining a conference call In a computer-implemented method of joining a user to a conference call event an interface associated with a time management software application is displayed. The interface displays information relating to the conference call event including a date for a conference call which is subject of the conference call event and a start time of the conference call. While displaying the interface, a menu offering one or more options is displayed; these one or more options include an option to join the conference call. When an indication of a selection of the option to join the conference call is received, information associated with the conference call is located; this information includes a telephone number for a conference call bridge. A connection with the conference call bridge using the telephone number is initiated.
US08824338B2	Distributed spanning tree protocol A network element coupled to a communication network is described. The network element includes multiple switching units. The switching units may be configured to independently implement a Spanning Tree Protocol (xSTP) processing in a completely distributed manner including each of the switching units independently calculating an external spanning tree for the network element in the communication network. The network element may act as a single bridge to other network elements in a bridging domain of the communication network.
US08824336B2	Method and apparatus for a wireless home mesh network with network topology visualizer An apparatus and method for a wireless home mesh network with a network topology visualizer is described. In one embodiment, the method may include collecting node topology information by a node of a wireless home mesh network, where the node topology information includes a list of neighbor nodes for the node. Thereafter, a communication socket is opened, and a node topology packet, including a lust of neighbor nodes, is transmitted in order to produce a global network topology map. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08824334B2	Dynamic shared risk node group (SRNG) membership discovery In one embodiment, a network device determines identities of each peer device in a second routing domain attached to edge devices in a first routing domain. The network device associates each address prefix reachable in the second routing domain with an identity of each peer device in the second routing domain that advertised the address prefix and with an identity of one or more edge devices in the first routing domain to which that peer device is attached. The network device determines an address prefix is associated with a same identity of a peer device in the second routing domain but with different edge devices in the first routing domain. The network device assigns the different edge devices in the first routing domain associated with the determined address prefix to a shared risk node group (SRNG).
US08824325B2	Positioning technique for wireless communication system A hybrid positioning system can be implemented to improve location estimation of a wireless network device when reference network devices can have different distance calibration constants. For each of a plurality of positions at which the wireless network device is placed and for each reference network device, a distance between the wireless network device and the reference network device is determined. A first positioning algorithm is executed to determine an intermediate location (corresponding to each position) of the wireless network device and a distance calibration constant for each reference network device based, in part, on a corresponding initial location of the wireless network device. A second positioning algorithm is executed to estimate a subset of the positions of the wireless network device based on the intermediate location (corresponding to the position) of the wireless network device and the distance calibration constant of each of reference network devices.
US08824321B2	Multi-function device A multi-function device capable of executing a plurality of functions, the device comprising: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire communication state information relating to a current communication state of the multi-function device; a determination unit configured to determine: a first priority order in a case of a first state indicating that the current communication state of the multi-function device is good; and a second priority order in a case of a second state indicating that the current communication state of the multi-function device is poor, wherein the second priority order is different from the first priority order, and wherein each of the priority orders indicate each of priorities of the plurality of functions; and a data transmission unit configured to execute preferentially a transmission of data for a high-priority function earlier than a transmission of data for a low-priority function, based on the determined priority order.
US08824318B2	Device and method for computation of channel loss rate and collision loss rate of communication link(s) in a random access network A method is intended for computing online channel loss rate and collision loss rate of at least one communication link established between nodes of a network using a random access MAC protocol. This method comprises the steps of i) dividing time in probing windows and transmitting a chosen number S of probe packets during each probing window from a transmitter node to a receiver node linked therebetween, ii) measuring a packet loss rate from probe packets lost on this communication link during a probing window, iii) scanning each probing window with smaller sliding windows, each having a size Wk smaller than S, to identify the sliding window during which only channel losses occur, and then for computing a channel loss rate on this communication link from this identified sliding window, and iv) computing a collision loss rate on this communication link by subtracting the computed channel loss rate from the measured packet loss rate.
US08824317B2	Parallel calculation system, and method and program thereof A parallel calculation system includes a plurality of functional nodes and a plurality of network switches, which serve as part of a communication path for communication between the functional nodes and function as communication channels. As for the functional nodes, a functional node group made up of part or all of a plurality of the functional nodes that the parallel calculation system includes is managed as one group. The network switches include a plurality of input/output ports, which are ports for inputting and outputting the communication request, and a switch, which outputs the communication request that the input/output port inputs to the input/output port. The network switches manage a communication bandwidth for each of the communication channels between the functional nodes and control the switch.
US08824316B2	Mechanism for proximity detection based on Wi-Fi signals A mechanism is described for proximity detection based on Wi-Fi signals. A method of embodiments of the invention includes determining strength of one or more signals being communicated between one or more antennae of a first device and two or more antennae of a second device. The one or more signals are associated with a broadcast packet. The method further includes determining proximity of the first device and the second device based on the determined strength of the one or more signals.
US08824315B2	Method and apparatus for data offloading In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises receiving data dependent offloading parameters at a mobile device, measuring data amount usage of the mobile device, comparing the measured data amount usage to the received data dependent offloading parameters, and determining whether to attempt offloading of data from the mobile device to a complementary network based on the comparison.
US08824311B2	System and method for co-channel interference measurement and managed adaptive resource allocation for wireless backhaul A system, method, and software are provided for measuring co-channel interference comprising interlink interference in a wireless backhaul network with particular application for management of resource allocation for Non Line of Sight (NLOS) wireless backhaul in MicroCell and PicoCell networks. Given the difficulty of predicting the interlink interference between multiple links, DownLink and UpLink co-channel interference are characterized for each backhaul radio link between each Hub and each Remote Backhaul Module Unit periodically during active service. Beneficially, the co-channel interference metrics are used as the basis for intelligently and adaptively managing network resources to substantially reduce cumulative interference and increase the aggregate data capacity of the network e.g. by grouping of interfering and/or non-interfering links, and managing resource block allocations accordingly, i.e. assigning common resource blocks preferentially to weakly interfering links or groups of links and allocating a different resource block or orthogonal channels to each strongly interfering link or groups of links.
US08824310B2	Method and apparatus for controlling random access in wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation A random access procedure control method and apparatus is provided for controlling a random access procedure efficiently in a mobile communication system supporting carrier aggregation. The method for controlling random access procedure of a terminal in a wireless communication system having a primary cell and at least one secondary cell includes initiating a random access procedure in the primary cell and the at least one secondary cells, detecting a random access failure of a terminal performing the random access procedure, determining whether the random access failure is detected in the primary cell or the at least one secondary cell, and determining whether to continue the random access procedure according to a result of the determining of whether the random access failure is detected.
US08824308B2	Ethernet OAM to ATM OAM interworking for loopback capability In general, techniques are described for interworking between Ethernet organization, administration, and maintenance (OAM) frames and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) ATM OAM cells. For example, an access node in an Ethernet and ATM network may implement the techniques. The access node comprises an Ethernet interface that receives an Ethernet OAM Loopback frame from a device within an Ethernet network. The access node includes a control unit that constructs an ATM OAM End-to-End Loopback cell from the Ethernet OAM Loopback frame, and an ATM interface that transmits the ATM OAM End-to-End Loopback cell from the access node towards a virtual circuit connected to a subscriber device to verify connectivity from the originating device within the Ethernet network to the subscriber device within the ATM network.
US08824306B2	Determining preamble sequences for random access The present invention relates to a method and a communication network node for enabling auto-tuning of preamble sequences used during random access procedures when user equipments (18) are accessing a communication network system comprising radio base stations (15) each serving at least one cell (19) and with which said user equipments (18) are communicating on uplink (13) and downlink (12) channels. An initial set of RACH preamble sequences in one cell of a radio base station (15) and statistics on RACH usage and information on identified RACH preamble sequences potentially conflicting between neighbors of said radio base station (15) is collected. The collected statistics is used for optimizing said set of RACH preamble sequences, whereby the initial set of RACH preamble sequences is replaced with the optimized set of RACH preamble sequences.
US08824301B2	Method and apparatus to provide assistance information for reconfiguration in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus are disclosed to provide assistance information for reconfiguration in a wireless communication system. In one embodiment, the method comprises providing, from a UE (user equipment), information to an eNB (evolved Node B) to indicate whether there is buffered data or no buffered data for a radio bearer, a logical channel, or a service.
US08824300B2	System and method for using feedback to manage congestion in a network environment A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving a first congestion message associated with traffic congestion in a signaling system seven (SS7) a network, the first congestion message being associated with a first timer. The method also includes receiving a second congestion message after the first timer has expired and before a second timer has expired. The method further includes communicating a portion of traffic, which was originally intended for a first destination, to a second destination in the network based on receiving the second congestion message. The method can further include recovering and returning to an initial state.
US08824299B1	Selecting network services based on hostname In an embodiment, a method configures a network to route data on a first network service that connects a user's network with a service provider network. In the method, an instruction to route data from the network addressed to a hostname on the first network service is received. According to the hostname, a first IP address that addresses a server identified by the hostname is determined. A second IP address is also determined as the second IP address of the specific network service. Finally, a message is sent to the user's network that specifically instructs the user's network to route data addressed to the first IP address to the second IP address. The message causes configuration of a router on the user's network to route data on the first network service. System and computer program product embodiments are also disclosed.
US08824298B2	Multi-RAT carrier aggregation for integrated WWAN-WLAN operation Systems and methods for Multi-Radio Access Technology (RAT) Carrier Aggregation (MRCA) wireless wide area network (WWAN) assisted wireless local area network (WLAN) flow mapping and flow routing are disclosed. One system comprises a dynamic flow mapping module that is configured to form a flow-mapping table to dynamically map service flows between the WWAN radio and the WLAN radio in the wireless device. A flow routing module is configured to route data packets to one of the WWAN radio and the WLAN radio in the wireless device based on the flow-mapping table to transmit and receive the data packets via the wireless device.
US08824296B2	Handling congestion in a queue without discarding new messages received from a message sender A method, in an element having a queue used to store messages sent from a message sender to a message receiver, of handling congestion in the queue, without discarding a new message from the message sender. The new message which is to be added to the queue is received. The new message is of a given message type. It is determined that congestion handling is to be performed. The congestion handling is performed by removing older messages, of the given message type, from the queue. The new message is added to the queue. Other methods, apparatus, and network elements are also disclosed.
US08824293B2	Implementation of a QoS processing filter to manage upstream over-subscription A switch device can be configured to operate in a manner that was not originally intended. For example, a switch device can be a Broadcom XGS type of device that is configured with a packet-processing unit to perform line speed lookups in accordance with a default configuration. The default configuration can include classifying and forwarding received packets to an upstream interface based on VLAN information. The default configuration can be overwritten such that the switch device operates in a different manner than originally intended. For example, the switch device can be reconfigured to include mapping rules that specify different QoS data to be assigned to different type of received packets. Subsequent to utilizing the maps to identify QoS information for received packets, the reconfigured switch device uses the QoS information to forward the packets to queues in an upstream interface.
US08824292B2	Cross-connect method and cross-connect apparatus A cross-connect apparatus and method where the apparatus includes an interface section which divides signals from a transmission line into multiple paths to provide the signals to cross-connect sections, and multiplexes signals provided from the cross-connect sections to send out the signals to the transmission line, the cross-connect sections cross-connects the signals from the interface section to output the signals to the interface section. The cross-connect apparatus includes a control section which determines a number of paths divided by the interface section and an operation mode of the cross-connect sections, according to a line capacity occupied by the signals from the transmission line and which controls the interface section and stops an operation of a cross-connect section which does not perform cross-connect processing.
US08824283B2	Control node, a network of control nodes and a network configurator A control node for a network of control nodes includes a transmitter module configured to manage the data to be sent in an output process image, to convert the output process image into a data packet and to output the data packet onto the network at a predetermined point in time. The control node further includes a receiver module configured to log on to the data packets of one or of a plurality of transmitter modules of further control nodes and to convert a received data packet into an input process image. The data transmission between the control nodes in the network takes place in the form of data packets.
US08824280B2	Method and arrangement for enabling link status propagation A system and method for implementation of a process that propagates a link status across a media converter system implemented in a telecom and/or data com network is provided. More specifically, the system comprise XAUI and PMA/PMD interfaces that support both a copper cable and the different types of SFP+/SFP fiber-optic pluggable modules for accessing a host system and a remote link partner, respectively. With the method, the link statuses at both the copper and fiber-optic link sides of the media converter system are being monitored, such that a change of link status at one side of the media converter system will automatically be propagated across the media converter system to the other side, by dynamically enabling or disabling a respective XAUI or PMD transmitter at the opposite side of a physical layer device (PHY) of the media converter system.
US08824279B2	Implementing redundancy on infiniband (IB) networks Method embodiments are provided to improve efficiency of systems operating on internet protocol (IP) over Infiniband (IB) networks. In an embodiment, by way of example only, a method is provided for implementing redundancy for IB networks. The method includes detecting a failure at a first source port of a source node having a plurality of source ports, selecting a new source port, sending an address resolution protocol (ARP) message to one or more other nodes in communication with the source node including an IP address of the source node and IB address of the new source port of the source node, and re-balancing host traffic.
US08824277B2	Method of routing a data packet via a router in a packet communications network supported by a transport network The invention relates to a method of routing a data packet via a router (12) in a packet communications network (1) supported by a transport network, said method including a step of determining from said packet a required back-up level and a required route. It further includes: a preliminary step of establishing a table storing for a given route links (Ifp1-Ifp6) of the transport network able to provide said route and classified by back-up level; and a step of selecting a link of said transport network in the table on the basis of the required back-up level and the required route.
US08824273B2	Crossover operation in A 1+1 protection switching environment A communication system that comprises at least two links to carry signals, a first communication unit and a second communication unit. The first communication unit comprises at least two ports, each port configured to transmit and receive signals; and a logic unit configured to process the signals transmitted and received by each of the at least two ports in the first communication unit. The second communication unit comprises at least two ports, each port configured to transmit and receive signals and coupled to a respective one of the at least two ports in the first communication unit via a respective one of the at least two links; a programmable logic unit configured to process the signals transmitted and received by each of the at least two ports in the second communication unit; and a processor. The processor is configured to detect a crossover connection between one of the at least two ports in the second communication unit and the respective one of the at least two ports in the first communication unit based on an analysis of a pair identifier field in a message received at the second communication unit, wherein the pair identifier field is separate from the address field of the received message.
US08824263B2	Optical information recording device, optical information recording method and optical information recording medium When the power of the write pulse is taken as the peak power and the power of the bottom pulse is taken as the bottom power, the power setting device (114) sets the power of each pulse in the recording pulse train such that the peak power PwN of the Nth information layer which is closest to the light entry surface of the optical recording medium (11), the bottom power PbN of the Nth information layer, the peak power PwM of the Mth information layer (where M is an integer such that N>M≧1), and the bottom power PbM of the Mth information layer satisfy the following formula: PbN/PwN>PbM/PwM.
US08824261B1	Peer to peer vibration mitigation A system for peer-to-peer vibration mitigation in a distributing computing system includes a secondary communication interface over which chassis management electronics (e.g., a chassis-level controller) and/or system storage nodes may initiate communications to in order to affect system changes that may decrease vibration-related performance degradation in the system.
US08824259B2	Optical disc and optical disc device In a multilayer optical disc having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, because the type of each information layer is not recorded in the other information layers, in read and write operations by a compatible optical disc device conforming to a plurality of optical disc standards, every time the information layer being accessed changes, it has been necessary to read the type of the information layer and select a method of generating a tracking error signal adapted to the type of information layer, so access has taken time. In order to solve the above problem, in the optical multilayer disc according to the present invention, having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, in an area in one of the information layers, information about the other information layers is recorded. The time required to access the other information layers can be reduced by using this information to select a tracking error signal generating method.
US08824257B2	Optical disc and optical disc device In a multilayer optical disc having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, because the type of each information layer is not recorded in the other information layers, in read and write operations by a compatible optical disc device conforming to a plurality of optical disc standards, every time the information layer being accessed changes, it has been necessary to read the type of the information layer and select a method of generating a tracking error signal adapted to the type of information layer, so access has taken time. In order to solve the above problem, in the optical multilayer disc according to the present invention, having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, in an area in one of the information layers, information about the other information layers is recorded. The time required to access the other information layers can be reduced by using this information to select a tracking error signal generating method.
US08824256B2	Optical disc and optical disc device In a multilayer optical disc having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, because the type of each information layer is not recorded in the other information layers, in read and write operations by a compatible optical disc device conforming to a plurality of optical disc standards, every time the information layer being accessed changes, it has been necessary to read the type of the information layer and select a method of generating a tracking error signal adapted to the type of information layer, so access has taken time. In order to solve the above problem, in the optical multilayer disc according to the present invention, having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, in an area in one of the information layers, information about the other information layers is recorded. The time required to access the other information layers can be reduced by using this information to select a tracking error signal generating method.
US08824250B2	Archive system for double sided optical disc Disclosed is an archive system for a double sided optical disc, in which optical disc drives for recording or reading data on second surfaces of double sided optical discs are mounted in at least one of first and second drive bays respectively mounted at left and right sides of a disc picker robot, so that data recording or reading operations on first and second surfaces of double sided optical discs can be automatically performed.
US08824249B2	Light source power control for heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) Apparatus and method for light source power control during the writing of data to a storage medium. In accordance with various embodiments, a data recording head is provided having a magnetic transducer and a light source. The light source is driven at a first power level to irradiate an adjacent storage medium prior to the writing if data to the medium using the magnetic transducer. The first power level is insufficient to alter a magnetization state of the medium. The light source is subsequently transitioned to a higher, second power level to irradiate the storage medium during the writing of data to said medium using the magnetic transducer, the second power level being sufficient to alter said magnetization state of the medium.
US08824248B2	Glass for magnetic recording medium substrate and usage thereof An aspect of the present invention relates to glass for a magnetic recording medium substrate, which includes essential components in the form of SiO2, Li2O, Na2O, and one or more alkaline earth metal oxides selected from the group consisting of MgO, CaO, SrO, and BaO, wherein a molar ratio of a content of MgO to a combined content of MgO, CaO, SrO, and BaO (MgO/(MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO)) is equal to or greater than 0.80, and which has a Young's modulus of equal to or greater than 80 GPa, and a glass transition temperature of equal to or greater than 620° C.
US08824245B2	Touch screen watch A wristwatch includes a case and a corresponding crystal, and an integrated circuit sized to be received with the case. The wristwatch has a first, second, third, and fourth capacitive touch sensor adapted to be located beneath the crystal and within the case when the wristwatch is assembled. The capacitive touch sensors are in electrical communication with the integrated circuit to control operation of the wristwatch. The capacitive touch sensors are located adjacent to the periphery of the crystal and are spaced apart.
US08824243B2	Ultrasonic transducer unit and ultrasonic probe In an ultrasonic transducer unit comprising a plurality of ultrasonic transducers, each of the ultrasonic transducers is provided with a recess formed in one face of an insulating substrate, and a substrate-side electrode is buried in a bottom of the recess, and a vibrating membrane is formed so as to cover the recess.
US08824242B2	Methods, systems, and apparatus to calculate distance from audio sources Systems, methods, articles of manufacture and apparatus are disclosed to calculate distance from audio sources. An example method disclosed herein includes receiving, at the reference audio collecting device, a first radio frequency (RF) signal from the portable audio collecting device, in response to receiving the RF signal, storing ambient audio to a memory as reference data samples, each of the reference data samples associated with an indication of a respective time of acquisition, and receiving a second RF signal containing portable data samples of the ambient audio, each of the portable data samples associated with an indication of a respective time of acquisition. The example method also includes computing a correlation value between a set of the portable data samples and a plurality of the reference data samples, selecting a set of samples having a highest correlation value, subtracting the indication of times of the pair of samples to form a difference value, and calculating a distance between the portable audio device and the reference audio collecting device based on the difference value.
US08824239B2	Marine seismic survey method and system An inventive method provides for control of a seismic survey spread while conducting a seismic survey, the spread having a vessel, a plurality of spread control elements, a plurality of navigation nodes, and a plurality of sources and receivers. The method includes the step of collecting input data, including navigation data for the navigation nodes, operating states from sensors associated with the spread control elements, environmental data for the survey, and survey design data. The positions of the sources and receivers are estimated using the navigation data, the operating states, and the environmental data. Optimum tracks for the sources and receivers are determined using the position estimates and a portion of the input data that includes at least the survey design data. Drive commands are calculated for at least two of the spread control elements using the determined optimum tracks. The inventive method is complemented by an inventive system.
US08824234B2	Electrical fuse memory A method of reading an eFuse in a column of eFuse memory cells includes electrically disconnecting a first end of the eFuse from a first electrical path. A second electrical path between a second end of the eFuse and a node is activated to bypass a third electrical path, where the third electrical path includes a diode device between the second end of the eFuse and the node. A footer coupled with the node is turned on.
US08824233B2	Systems, circuits, and methods for charge sharing Systems, circuits, and methods are disclosed for charge sharing. In one such example system, a first line is configured to be driven to a first voltage representative of data to be placed on the first line and then precharged to a first precharge voltage. A second line is configured to be driven to a second voltage representative of data to be placed on the second line and then precharged to a second precharge voltage. A charge sharing device is coupled between the first line and the second line. The charge sharing device is configured to selectively allow charge from the first line to flow to the second line after the first and second lines are driven to the respective first and second voltages representative of data to be placed on the respective lines.
US08824232B2	Semiconductor memory device and method of operating the same A semiconductor memory device may include a cell string configured to include memory cells, a page buffer coupled to the cell string through a bit line, and configured to include a latch for storing data to be programmed in a memory cell or data read from the memory cell, a precharge voltage generation circuit configured to generate a precharge voltage from an external voltage according to the data stored in the latch, bit line precharge circuits configured to supply the precharge voltage to the bit line in response to precharge control signals, and a control circuit configured to output the precharge control signals so that the number of enabled bit line precharge circuits increases, accordingly, as a supply number of a program voltage augments in a program operation.
US08824229B2	Semiconductor memory apparatus having a pre-discharging function, semiconductor integrated circuit having the same, and method for driving the same A semiconductor memory apparatus includes a bit line coupled to a plurality of memory cells, a discharge controller configured to generate a bit line discharge signal to pre-discharge the bit line before the memory cells are activated, and a bit line discharge block coupled to the bit line and configured to discharge the bit line in response to the bit line discharge signal.
US08824225B2	Output enable signal generation circuit An output enable signal generation circuit includes an output enable reset signal generation unit configured to enable an output enable reset signal in response to an external clock signal, a DLL locking signal, and a reset signal, an output enable reset signal delay unit configured to delay the output enable reset signal and output the delayed output enable reset signal, a counter unit configured to output the count of the external clock signal as a value in response to the output enable reset signal and the delayed output enable reset signal, a read command delay unit configured to delay a read command and output the delayed read command, and an output enable signal output unit configured to shift the delayed read command in synchronization with a DLL clock signal and output an output enable signal, according to control of CL and the count value.
US08824222B2	Fast-wake memory One or more timing signals used to time data and command transmission over highspeed data and command signaling links are paused or otherwise disabled when a memory system enters a low-power state, and require substantial time to be re-established at appropriate frequency and/or phase as the system returns to an active operating state. Instead of waiting for the high-speed timing signals to be re-established before beginning memory access operations, an alternative, lower-frequency timing source is used to time transfer of one or more memory-access commands over a combination of data and command signaling links while the high-speed timing signals are being restored, thereby hastening transmission of memory-access commands to memory devices and reducing the incremental latency required to exit the low-power state. A timing signal generators capable of glitchlessly shifting a timing signal between two or more oscillation frequencies may also (or alternatively) be provided, thus enabling different-frequency timing signals to be delivered to system components via the same timing signal paths in either operating state. When the timing signal is used to time data (or command) transfer over information-bearing signaling links, the ability to glitchlessly shift the timing signal frequency enables a corresponding glitchless shift between lower and higher data rates on the information-bearing signaling links.
US08824219B2	Power source circuit and semiconductor memory circuit using the same A semiconductor memory circuit includes: a plurality of memory regions; a plurality of driving units configured to be enabled in response to a plurality of enable signals, respectively, and generate a predetermined voltage used for operations of the plurality of memory regions; and an enable control unit configured to count a control pulse and activate one or more enable signals among the plurality of enable signals.
US08824216B2	Semiconductor memory apparatus A semiconductor memory apparatus includes: a data output signal transmitter configured to receive a data signal and a data mask signal and transmit a data output signal through a global data line, the data output signal being outputted by determining whether the data signal is masked or not; and a write driver configured to receive the data output signal through the global data line and input the received data output signal to a local data line corresponding to the data output signal.
US08824214B2	Inter-word-line programming in arrays of analog memory cells A method includes selecting a word line for programming in an array of analog memory cells that are arranged in rows associated with respective word lines and columns associated with respective bit lines. Word-line voltages, which program the memory cells in the selected word line, are applied to the respective word lines. Bit-line voltages, which cause one or more additional memory cells outside the selected word line to be programmed as a result of programming the selected word line, are applied to the respective bit lines. Using the applied word-line and bit-line voltages, data is stored in the memory cells in the selected word line and the additional memory cells are simultaneously programmed.
US08824209B2	Non-volatile memory device having vertical structure and method of operating the same Provided is a method of operating a non-volatile memory device. The method includes applying a turn-on voltage to each of first and second string select transistors of a first NAND string, applying first and second voltages to third and fourth string select transistors of a second NAND string, respectively, and applying a high voltage to word lines connected with memory cells of the first and second NAND strings.
US08824208B2	Non-volatile memory using pyramidal nanocrystals as electron storage elements A non-volatile memory device includes a floating gate with pyramidal-shaped silicon nanocrystals as electron storage elements. Electrons tunnel from the pyramidal-shaped silicon nanocrystals through a gate oxide layer to a control gate of the non-volatile memory device. The pyramidal shape of each silicon nanocrystal concentrates an electrical field at its peak to facilitate electron tunneling. This allows an erase process to occur at a lower tunneling voltage and shorter tunneling time than that of prior art devices.
US08824206B2	Non-volatile semiconductor memory device and readout method thereof A non-volatile semiconductor device includes: memory strings formed by series connection of memory cells respectively connected to word lines, wherein each memory string is connected between a bit line and a source line via first and second select gate transistors; and a control circuit controlling the first and second select gate transistors, such that when voltage of the word line is raised to a predetermined value for data readout from the memory cell, a first status where the first select gate transistor is turned on and the second select gate transistor is turned off and second status where the first select gate transistor is turned off and the second select gate transistor is turned on are generated alternately.
US08824202B2	Self-referenced magnetic random access memory cells The present disclosure concerns a magnetic random access memory cell containing a magnetic tunnel junction formed from an insulating layer comprised between a sense layer and a storage layer. The present disclosure also concerns a method for writing and reading the memory cell comprising, during a write operation, switching a magnetization direction of said storage layer to write data to said storage layer and, during a read operation, aligning magnetization direction of said sense layer in a first aligned direction and comparing said write data with said first aligned direction by measuring a first resistance value of said magnetic tunnel junction. The disclosed memory cell and method allow for performing the write and read operations with low power consumption and an increased speed.
US08824199B2	Magnetic random access memory and memory system According to one embodiment, a magnetic random access memory includes a write circuit to write s-bit (s is a natural number equal to 2 or greater) write data to magnetoresistive elements, and a read circuit to read s-bit read data from the magnetoresistive elements. The control circuit is configured to select one of first and second modes based on a mode selection signal, read the read data by the read circuit and write one of the write data and inversion data of the write data to the magnetoresistive elements by the write circuit based on the read data and the write data if free space of the buffer memory is equal to a fixed value or more when the second mode is selected.
US08824198B2	Circuits and methods for reducing minimum supply for register file cells A register file employing a shared supply structure to improve the minimum supply voltage.
US08824192B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device that has a simple peripheral circuit configuration, is unlikely to deteriorate due to repetitive data writing operations, and is used as a nonvolatile switch. Even when supply of a power supply voltage is stopped, data on a conduction state is held in a data retention portion connected to a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer having a channel formation region. The data retention portion is connected to a gate of a field-effect transistor in a current amplifier circuit (in which the field-effect transistor and a bipolar transistor are connected as a Darlington pair), and thus the conduction state is controlled without leaking charge in the data retention portion.
US08824188B2	Operating method for memory device and memory array and operating method for the same An operating method for a memory device and a memory array and an operating method for the same are provided. The operating method for the memory device comprises following steps. A memory device is made being in a set state. A method for making the memory device being in the set state comprises applying a first bias voltage to the memory device. The memory device in the set state is read. A method for reading the memory device in the set state comprises applying a second bias voltage to the memory device. A recovering bias voltage is applied to the memory device. The step for applying the recovering bias voltage is performed after the step for applying the first bias voltage or the step for applying the second bias voltage.
US08824186B2	Embedded non-volatile memory circuit for implementing logic functions across periods of power disruption A circuit having an autonomous ferroelectric memory latch (AML) is disclosed. An AML characterized by an AML input, an AML output, a first AML power contact, a second AML power contact and an AML state, and a first switch in series with one of the AML input or the AML output. The switch is positioned to prevent the state of the AML from changing when power is provided between the first and second AML power contacts. In one aspect of the invention, the circuit could include a second switch in series with the other of the AML input or the AML output and a latch in series with the AML input or the AML output. The latch is positioned such that a direct path back does not exist between the AML output and the AML input.
US08824184B2	Semiconductor memory devices A semiconductor memory device includes a stacked structure including a plurality of wordline structures sequentially stacked that each include: a plurality of wordlines with sidewalls and extending in a first direction on the substrate, and a connecting pad extending in a second direction on the substrate and being connected in common to the plurality of wordlines. A plurality of interconnections at a height over the substrate are connected to the connecting pads of the wordline structures, respectively. The device further includes bitlines substantially vertical to a top surface of the substrate and crossing one of the sidewalls of the plurality of wordlines, and memory elements between the bitlines and the plurality of wordlines, respectively. A length of the connecting pad in the second direction is substantially equal to a product of a minimum pitch between the interconnections and a stack number of one of the plurality of wordlines.
US08824182B2	Switch controller and converter including the same The present invention relates to a switch controller and a converter including the same. The switch controller generates an oscillating voltage determining a switching frequency alternately switching a high-side switch and a low-side switch, senses a power source voltage supplied to the switch controller, and maintains the high-side switch and the low-side switch in the turn-off state in a case that the change of the power source voltage is not generated after one of the high-side switch and the low-side switch is turned off according to the oscillating voltage.
US08824180B2	Power conversion apparatus A power conversion apparatus determines a peak value of circuit current in each pulse cycle and a lower limit value lower than the peak value, from a corrected output voltage value obtained by subtracting a predetermined reference voltage from an output voltage detected, and an input voltage detected. The pulse signal output unit outputs a pulse signal to the first switch when the polarity of input voltage is positive, and outputs a pulse signal to the second switch when the polarity of input voltage is negative. A pulse signal is turned on in response to start of a pulse cycle, and is kept on until a circuit current detected reaches a peak value. A pulse signal turns off when a circuit current reaches a peak value, and turns on again when a circuit current decreases to a lower limit value.
US08824178B1	Parallel power converter topology A power converter may include a first power path having no energy storage and a second power path having substantial energy storage. The first and second power paths have first and second input waveforms that are complementary with respect to a source waveform. The first power path, which may be more efficient than the second path, may transfer as much power as possible from the input to the output. The energy storage enables the second power path to make up the difference between the power available from the source and the power drawn by the first power path, and to make up the difference between the power demanded by a load and the power supplied by the first path.
US08824175B2	Constant voltage welder capacitor ripple current reduction method and system A power circuit, in certain embodiments, includes an inductor to limit current through a capacitor, wherein the capacitor is configured to smooth ripple for a constant voltage welding system. More specifically, the power circuit may include a rectifier configured to convert AC power to DC power. The rectifier may be coupled to a DC bus configured to transmit the DC power. A capacitive circuit having the capacitor may be coupled across the DC bus to smooth ripple in the DC power. The inductor, e.g., coupled between the DC bus and the capacitive circuit, limits the rate of current flow between the capacitive circuit and the DC bus during a welding operation, thereby reducing heating in the output capacitive circuit. A further inductor may be coupled to one side of the DC bus to stabilize the rate of current flow from the power circuit to a load.
US08824173B2	Systems and methods for constant voltage control and constant current control System and method for regulating a power conversion system. A system controller for regulating a power conversion system includes a first controller terminal, a second controller terminal and a third controller terminal. The system controller is configured to receive an input signal at the first controller terminal and turn on or off a switch based on at least information associated with the input signal to adjust a primary current flowing through a primary winding of the power conversion system, receive a first signal at the second controller terminal from the switch, and charge a capacitor through the third controller terminal in response to the first signal.
US08824170B2	Power factor correct current resonance converter A power factor correct current resonance converter is disclosed which eliminates interference of switching operations between two cascade-connected converter circuits. The power factor correct current resonance converter includes a current resonance converter circuit having switches, a resonance capacitor, a resonance inductor, a transformer, diodes, a smoothing capacitor, and a control circuit. The power factor correct current resonance converter also includes a power factor correct converter circuit having a choke coil, a diode, a smoothing capacitor, and a switch. The switch is turned on or off in response to a voltage produced in a winding of the transformer. Thus, the switching operation of the power factor correct converter circuit is performed in synchronization with the switching operation of the current resonance converter circuit, so that interference of the switching operations is eliminated. In addition, since a dedicated control circuit is not required, the cost can be reduced.
US08824166B2	Magnetic stand for tablet device A magnetic stand for a tablet device is disclosed. The magnetic stand is configured to rigidly hold a portion of the tablet device in place and to shield the magnetic field from adversely affecting nearby devices susceptible to strong magnetic fields. The shielding portion of the magnetic stand allows for significant increases in magnetic field strength when compared to similarly configured, unshielded products.
US08824165B2	Electronic package structure An electronic package structure including at least one first electronic element, a second electronic element and a lead frame is provided. The second electronic element includes a body having a cavity. The first electronic element is disposed in the cavity. The lead frame has a plurality of leads. Each of the leads has a first end and a second end. The first end of at least one of the leads extends to the cavity to electrically connect the first electronic element.
US08824157B2	Mounting apparatus for expansion cards A mounting apparatus includes a chassis, an expansion piece attached to a first end of an expansion card, and a securing member. The chassis includes a bottom plate and a front plate substantially perpendicular to the bottom plate. The expansion piece is secured to the front plate. The securing member for securing a second opposite end of the expansion card and includes a first securing portion attached to the bottom plate and a second securing portion. The first securing portion includes a securing panel and a supporting tab extending from the securing panel for supporting the expansion card. The second securing portion includes a positioning post. The second securing portion is deformable in a direction away from the securing panel, and when the second securing portion is released, the positioning post is engaged in a retaining hole of the expansion card.
US08824153B2	Chip card holder and electronic device with same A chip card holder for holding at least two chip cards is disclosed. The chip card holder includes a base, a drawer slidably attached to the base. The drawer includes at least two receiving spaces, each receiving space for receiving a chip card. The drawer moves relative to the base to make the at least two receiving spaces be exposed out of the base or be received in the base.
US08824152B2	Cover for a frame for a device mounted above a printed circuit board in an electronic device The disclosure describes a cover for a frame for mounting a device above a printed circuit board (PCB) in an electronic device. The cover comprises: a surface to cover a bottom of the display device and to be located on top of a frame section of a frame that is mounted on the PCB and surrounds a surface device on the PCB; a raised region in the surface to allow a part of the surface device to jut above the frame section; and a depressed region in the surface to receive a feature on a bottom of the display device to allow the feature to extend into an interior cavity bounded by the frame section.
US08824151B2	Mounting system for an electronic control module housing in a vehicle A mounting system for a control module in a vehicle comprises a housing with a flange formed with an opening adapted to receive a fastener for securing the housing to the vehicle. A crack initiator causes a crack to occur in the flange or the housing and thus reduces bending of the housing during a side impact collision causing lateral forces. Preferably, an attachment bolt extends through the opening into the vehicle and the flange forms a C-shape around the opening to allow lateral forces during the side impact collision to force the attachment bolt to slide out of the opening. Preferably, electronic components in the module include an event data recorder for recording data about the vehicle collision and relaying the data after the collision, a communications system for calling for assistance and a controller for cutting off the vehicle fuel supply.
US08824148B2	Shock prevention apparatus of medium cassette and financial device Provided is a financial device, which comprises a medium cassette, a cassette box, and a shock prevention apparatus. The medium cassette accommodates a medium. The medium cassette is installed on the cassette box. The shock prevention apparatus is disposed between a portion of the medium cassette and a portion of the cassette box facing the portion of the medium cassette. The shock prevention apparatus prevents a shock from being applied to the medium cassette while the medium cassette is installed on the cassette box.
US08824145B2	Electric device package and method of making an electric device package A system and method for manufacturing an electric device package are disclosed. An embodiment comprises a carrier, a component disposed on the carrier, the component having a first component contact pad, and a first electrical connection between the first component contact pad and a first carrier contact pad, wherein the first electrical connection comprises a first hollow space, the first hollow space comprising a first liquid.
US08824142B2	Electrohydrodynamic fluid mover techniques for thin, low-profile or high-aspect-ratio electronic devices Surfaces for electromagnetic shielding, retaining electrostatic charge and indeed collecting ion current in EHD fluid mover designs may be formed as or on surfaces of other components and/or structures in an electronic device. In this way, dimensions may be reduced and packing densities increased. In some cases, electrostatically operative portions of an EHD fluid mover are formed as or on surfaces of an enclosure, an EMI shield, a circuit board and/or a heat pipe or spreader. Depending on the role of these electrostatically operative portions, dielectric, resistive and/or ozone robust or catalytic coatings or conditioning may be applied.
US08824141B2	Mounting device A mounting device capable of mounting two objects of different sizes is disclosed. The mounting device includes a mounting member including a first end, a second end opposite to the first end, a mounting portion, a securing piece between the first end and the second end, and an installing plate including a first installing portion and a second installing portion. The mounting member is secured to the first installing portion and the second installing portion. When the mounting portion and the securing piece are engaged with the first installing portion, the first end is adapted to abut a first object. When the mounting portion and the installing portion are engaged with the second installing portion, the second end is adapted to abut a second object of a different size from a size of the first object.
US08824136B1	Tablet PC cover stand with integrated input device and biometric reader A device comprising at least one cover, wherein the at least one cover is operative to be formed into a stand for at least one computing device at least one computer peripheral device integrated with the at least one cover, and at least one biometric reader integrated with the at least one cover, wherein the at least one biometric reader is operative to be used to log into the at least one computing device.
US08824135B2	Function expanding apparatus and electronic apparatus system Disclosed herein is a function expanding apparatus, including: a mounting base section adapted to receive an information processing apparatus placed thereon solely or together with a battery mounted on a bottom face of the information processing apparatus; and a first connector movable in response to presence or absence of the battery until the first connector is connected to the information processing apparatus.
US08824134B2	Tablet electronic device A tablet electronic device is disclosed. The tablet electronic device includes a first side, a second side and an electronic component. The first side has a first thickness. The second side is opposite to the first side and has a second thickness. The second thickness is larger than the first thickness. The second side has a recess. The electronic component is accommodated in the recess such that a gravity center of the tablet electronic device is adjusted towards the second side. The tablet electronic device has a holding portion and the center of gravity of the tablet electronic device is arranged in a suitable position, thus the tablet electronic device disclosed herein can be comfortably operated while being held in a user's hand. Furthermore, the tablet electronic device can be set in various ways for comfortable usage.
US08824131B2	Disk drive mounting assembly A disk drive mount assembly for a removable disk drive includes a write protect switch located on a front of the disk drive mount assembly. The write protect switch is electrically coupled to the disk drive so that moving the switch between a write protect position and a write enable position allows one to change the write protect mode of the disk drive. A mechanism for holding the write protect switch in either the write protect position or the write enable position may also be provided on the disk drive mount assembly to prevent the switch from being accidentally moved between these two positions due to shock, vibration or accidental contact.
US08824130B2	Chip card holder and electronic device with same A chip card holder includes a base, a first retaining board attached to the base, a second retaining board attached to the base spaced apart from the first retaining board, and a receptacle is defined between the first retaining board and the second retaining board. The first retaining board has a first electrical connector. The second retaining board has a second electrical connector. A drawer is movably received in the receptacle. When the drawer received in the receptacle, the chip cards are retained between the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector.
US08824126B2	Casing, electronic apparatus, and method and machine for forming casing A casing includes a first casing and a second casing that sandwich an elastic member, wherein the first casing includes a pressed portion that is pressed by the elastic member, and an engaging portion adjacent to the pressed portion that has a flange protruding toward the pressed portion that engages with the second casing, and the pressed portion is flat in a region corresponding to at least the engaging portion.
US08824125B1	Modular installation and conversion kit for electronic sign structure and method of using same An out of the box signage kit facilitates in field conversion of a static billboard having an anchored planar mounting structure into a large format billboard type electronic sign that includes a plurality of interchangeable weatherized display modules; a plurality of hand mountable interchangeable structural frames for supporting the plurality of weatherized display modules, each structural frame having a back portion for mounting to a frontside of the anchored planar mounting structure and a front portion defining a plurality of bay members for receiving corresponding ones of said plurality of weatherized display modules; and a plurality of interchangeable wire harnesses, each individual wire harness including a first end for coupling to a power source mounted on a backside of the anchored planar mounting structure, each individual wire harness having a plurality of power extensions for coupling the power source to at least one of the display modules.
US08824122B2	Solid electrolytic capacitor for use in high voltage and high temperature applications A capacitor assembly for use in high voltage and high temperature environments is provided. More particularly, the capacitor assembly includes a solid electrolytic capacitor element containing an anode body, a dielectric overlying the anode, and a solid electrolyte overlying the dielectric. To help facilitate the use of the capacitor assembly in high voltage applications, it is generally desired that the solid electrolyte is formed from a dispersion of preformed conductive polymer particles. In this manner, the electrolyte may remain generally free of high energy radicals (e.g., Fe2+or Fe3+ions) that can lead to dielectric degradation, particularly at relatively high voltages (e.g., above about 60 volts). Furthermore, to help protect the stability of the solid electrolyte at high temperatures, the capacitor element is enclosed and hermetically sealed within a housing in the presence of a gaseous atmosphere that contains an inert gas.
US08824115B2	Vehicle communication component and process having active overvoltage protection An active overvoltage protection process and device is disclosed to protect vehicle communication components. The overvoltage protection process and device includes determining an allowed low and high voltage threshold range for a communication interface, monitoring the communication interface, and disconnecting the communication interface when a voltage of the communication outside a threshold range.
US08824111B2	Electrostatic discharge protection A circuit for protecting a node (201) in an electronic device (200) from an electrostatic discharge comprising: a voltage rail (206) arranged to provide an predetermined voltage when the device is powered; a first switching device (202) connected between said node (201) and ground (204); a second switching device (203) coupled to said node (201) and arranged to control the conductance of the first switching device (202) between said node (201) and ground (204); wherein, the second switching device (203) is configured to, irrespective of whether the device is powered or not powered, (a) hold the conductance of the first switching device (202) low when the potential difference between the node (201) and the voltage rail (206) is within an operating range, and (b) hold the conductance of the first switching device (202) high in response to an overvoltage at the node (201) so as to allow current to flow from the node (201) to ground (204).
US08824109B2	Disconnector for distribution transformers with dielectric liquid A disconnector for distribution transformers with dielectric liquid intended for comprehensive protection of a power grid or for protecting distribution transformers. The disconnector provides at least two cylindrical current-limiting fuses located inside a transformer tank. Each fuse is electrically connected with an external phase power supply through fixed contacts and moving contacts of the disconnector with the active part of the transformer. The disconnector has an additional auxiliary contact which is electrically connected to a switch connected to the active part of the transformer on a low voltage side of the transformer.

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