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US08838061B2	Method and apparatus for providing multiparty participation and management for a text message session A method and apparatus provides for multiparty participation and management in text messaging sessions. The method includes a server establishing a text messaging session, which establishes a media path for exchanging text messages between a caller device and a single device having a device identifier known to the caller device, wherein the session is established in response to a call from the caller device. The server further joins multiple responding devices to the text messaging session, receives text messages from the multiple responding devices, and sends, over the media path to the caller device, a set of text messages based on the text messages received from the multiple responding devices.
US08838060B2	Device communications via intra-body communication path A communication device that may comprise one of a cell phone or a game controller system that further includes a game console and a pair of game controllers that communicate via a human body path. Generally, the communication device communicates by way of a touch pad array through a human body path using capacitive coupling in one embodiment of the invention. Encryption parameters and user contact information may be exchanged through the human body path. For example, a pre-shared key may be transmitted through the human body path to support subsequent encrypted wireless communications. The touch pad array may be a part of a display of the communication device but is not required to be so.
US08838058B2	Extending the upper frequency limit of a communications radio A communications radio or transceiver having an extended upper operating frequency limit of at least 6 GHz. The radio includes a first IF conversion stage for receiving and downconverting a RF input signal to a first IF signal, and a second IF conversion stage for downconverting the first IF signal to a second IF signal. The first and the second conversion stages each have adjustable first and second attenuators, a serial peripheral interface (SPI) for controlling the attenuators in response to command words, a mixer coupled to an output of the second attenuator, and a buffer for applying a local oscillator (LO) signal to an input of the mixer. Each conversion stage is in the form of an integrated circuit chip. Component devices of each chip and electrical connections between the components, are dimensioned so that the chip has a 6 GHz upper frequency limit.
US08838057B2	Harmonic rejection mixer architecture with reduced sensitivity to gain and phase mismatches A harmonic rejection mixer includes a first scaling circuit for scaling an RF signal to generate a plurality of scaled RF signals, a first switching stage for sampling the scaled RF signals using a first plurality of switching signals, and a second mixing stage for mixing the sampled RF signals with a second plurality of switching signals to generate a plurality of frequency translated signals having different phases. A combiner adds the frequency translated signals together to generate a first plurality of baseband versions of the RF signal. A first amplifier stage processes the first plurality of baseband versions to generate a second plurality of baseband versions. The mixer further includes a second scaling circuit for scaling the second plurality of baseband versions and a second amplifier stage to generate an in-phase baseband signal and a quadrature baseband signal from the scaled second plurality of baseband versions.
US08838054B2	FM receiver FM receiver including an RF input circuit followed by a tunable mixer stage for frequency conversion of an RF FM signal into an IF FM signal, which is coupled to an FM input of a first narrow-band IF filter. The center frequency of the first narrow-band IF filter is controlled to vary in dependence on the IF FM signal. The first narrow-band IF filter is subsequently coupled to a first FM demodulator and a first LF signal processing unit. To increase the receiver's selectivity and sensitivity without adversely affecting tracking stability, the FM input of a first narrow-band IF filter is coupled through a second FM demodulator to a control input of said first narrow-band FM tracking filter for a feed forward tracking control of the center frequency of said first narrow-band FM tracking filter with the momentary frequency of the IF FM signal.
US08838050B2	Power amplifier for time division multiple access Disclosed herein is a power amplifier for time division multiple access. The power amplifier for time division multiple access includes: power amplifiers power-amplifying input transmission signals and outputting the amplified signals; a power control unit using a time division multiple access type to control amplification of the power amplifiers; a switching unit formed at output terminals of the power amplifiers and the power control unit and outputting the amplified signals to an antenna based on a switching pass determined by the power control unit; and a timing control unit formed at an input terminal of the power control unit and determining turn-on time of a second signal by a level of an output signal generated by comparing a first signal with reference voltage.
US08838049B1	Method and arrangement for transmitting and receiving RF signals through various radio interfaces of communication systems A method and arrangement for transmitting and receiving RF signals, associated with different radio interfaces of communication systems, employ a direct conversion based transceiver which substantially comprises one receive signal branch and one transmit signal branch. Mixing frequencies of the different systems are generated by a single common by use of an output frequency divider in combination with the synthesizer, and by use of filtering corresponding to a system channel bandwidth by means of a controllable low—pass filter operating at baseband frequency.
US08838047B2	Dynamic RF front end A dynamic radio frequency (RF) front end includes an antenna array, a power amplifier structure, and a low noise amplifier structure. The power amplifier structure generates a plurality of outbound RF signals from an outbound RF signal and provides the plurality of outbound RF signals to the antenna array. Each of the plurality of outbound RF signals has a different transmit phase rotation. The low noise amplifier structure receives a plurality of inbound RF signals from the antenna array and outputs one of the plurality of inbound RF signals based on a favorable phase relationship with respect to the outbound RF signal. Each of the plurality of inbound RF signals has a different receive phase rotation.
US08838045B2	Sub-band duplexer with active frequency tuning Embodiments disclosed herein relate to programmable duplexers. The frequency pass band of the programmable duplexer is changed according to a selection of a channel-pair selection to control or maximize the transition band between the receiver path and the transmitter path. The programmable duplexer permits selections of desired pass bands without the need for multiple duplexer filters. As an additional advantage, the transmission band requirements become less sensitive to manufacturing tolerances and temperature variations.
US08838043B2	Multiband active-passive base station antenna Generally described, the present disclosure relates to antennas with an active component and a passive component, generally referred to as an active-passive antenna. More specifically, aspects of the present application include a combination of an active antenna element configured to process communications in accordance with a first frequency bandwidth and a passive antenna element configured to process communication in accordance with a second frequency bandwidth. Still further, the present disclosure includes the integration of the active and passive antenna components as well as the utilization of components of traditional active array antennas to allow the incorporation of the active-passive antenna in the same form factor previously utilized for solely active array antennas.
US08838041B2	Sub-carrier and channel matrix element order for receiver feedback A first network device including a first calibration module to generate training signals for each of a plurality of subcarriers. The training signals are transmitted from the first network device to a second network device via antennas of the first network device using the subcarriers. A first steering module receives a first matrix for each subcarrier, which includes channel state information for each of the training signals received by the second network device, from the second network device according to a transmission schedule and generates a steering matrix based on the first matrix. The transmission schedule is predetermined or is transmitted to the second network device prior to transmitting the training signals. A first control module adjusts, based on the steering matrix, first beamforming weights associated with the antennas to direct first radio frequency signals to be transmitted toward the second network device.
US08838039B2	Device for controlling the operation of a radiocommunication electronic module, and corresponding electronic circuit A device is provided for controlling operation of a radiocommunication electronic module using a control signal. The device includes a circuit for switching the control signal between a high logic state and a low logic state or vice versa, and a circuit for controlling the switching circuit. The control circuit generates a control signal. The module includes an activation input receiving the control signal. The control circuit includes: a first input receiving a first signal representative of a supply voltage; and a second input receiving a second signal from the module.
US08838038B1	Clear-channel assessment in 40 MHz wireless receivers A system including a plurality of filter modules to respectively communicate with a plurality of antennas, filter signals from channels other than a communication channel of a first wireless network, where the communication channel includes a first channel and a second channel, and generate a plurality of signals. A sensing module senses, based on the plurality of signals, whether radio frequency signals from a second network are present in at least one of the first channel and the second channel, and generates a plurality of control signals indicating presence or absence of the radio frequency signals in at least one of the first channel and the second channel. A channel identification module determines, based on the plurality of control signals, availability of the first channel and the second channel in response to whether the radio frequency signals are present in the first channel and the second channel.
US08838036B2	Switch for transmit/receive mode selection and antenna polarization diversity A transceiver circuit includes a transmitter to send communication signals and a receiver to receive communication signals sent by other transmitters. The transceiver circuit also includes a switch to connect the transmitter and the receiver to at least one antenna. The switch controls at least two directions of polarization of the at least one antenna.
US08838029B2	Headset system with two user interfaces A headset system (1; 94) comprising a wireless headset (3; 32) and a headset base unit (2). The wireless headset (3; 32) comprises a headset transceiver (51) for wireless connectivity to the headset base unit (2), a speaker (43) and a microphone (44) and a headset user interface (52, 53). The headset base unit (2) comprises a base housing (4), a headset holder (5, 38), a first connection device (7), by means of which the headset base unit (2) is connectable to at least one telecommunication device (9, 10, 11), such as a PSTN phone (9), a PC phone (10) and a mobile phone (11). In addition, the headset base unit (2) comprises a first base transceiver (27) for wireless connectivity to the wireless headset (3; 32) and a base user interface (6). At least one audio characteristic, such as microphone audio volume, microphone audio equalization, speaker audio volume and speaker audio equalization, can be adjusted equally by the headset user interface (52, 53) and the base user interface (6).
US08838026B2	Methods and apparatus for improving NFC data exchange configuration parameter update mechanisms Aspects disclosed herein relate to improving mechanisms for prompting a NFCC to update data exchange parameters for ISO-DEP communications between a DH and a remote NFC endpoint. In an example, with a NFC device a DH may be configured to receive an activation message from a NFCC that is using a Frame RF interface over NFC-B RF technology, determine that one or more data exchange parameters included in the activation message are different from one or more corresponding current relevant data exchange parameters that the NFCC is configured to implement, generate an RF parameter update command including the one or more data exchange parameters corresponding to the one or more current relevant data exchange parameters that are determined to be different, and send the generated RF parameter update command to the NFCC to prompt the NFCC to update the one or more corresponding current relevant data exchange parameters.
US08838021B2	Data relay for a controller A two conductor hard wired communications link accepts an actual value of at least one parameter of interest from an environmental sensor in the form of data encoded on the conductors via current modulation. The sensor is mounted in a location remote from an irrigation controller. A circuit connected to the sensor transmits an RF signal representing an actual value of a parameter of interest detected by the sensor. A data relay is connected to the hard wired communication link of the irrigation controller. The data relay includes a receiver that receives the RF signal, and circuitry configured to extract the actual value of the parameter of interest and emulate a predetermined set of physical and protocol properties of the hard wired communication link of the irrigation controller.
US08838019B2	System and method for detection of mobile operating through a repeater A system and method for a network analysis system operating in a wireless communication system with repeaters is disclosed. Embodiments of the system and method enable the network analysis system to determine if signals being received by the network receivers arrive directly from a target mobile appliance or if the signals are passing through a repeater. The repeaters through an augmentation measure attribute of a received signal to a network manager and based on these attributes it is determine whether the signal is served by a repeater or other network device.
US08838016B2	Computer-aided learning system and method with adaptive optimization A computer-aided learning system with adaptive optimization is disclosed. The system may comprise a storage module configured for storing learning data; a man-machine interface configured for providing the learning data to at least one learner; an information collection module configured for tracking and recording an interactive learning process; a learning process analysis module configured for receiving the interactional learning process provided by the information collection module, the learning process analysis module further configured for analyzing the interactional learning process and forming a control signal; and a learning strategy generation module configured for receiving the control signal from the learning process analysis module, the learning strategy generation module further configured for generating a learning strategy signal based on the control signal; wherein the man-machine interface is configured to provide the learning data to the at least one learner based on the learning strategy signal.
US08838014B2	Bookbinding system using unfixed toner image as adhesive A bookbinding system includes an image forming unit to form a toner image on a sheet; a fixing device to fix the toner image onto the sheet; a sheet stacker to load sheets passing through the fixing device, to create a sheet bundle, in which the sheet bundle stacked on the sheet stacker is adhered to produce a complete book; an adhesive toner image forming unit to form an adhesive toner image on an area corresponding to a spine of the complete book; and a heater to heat the unfixed adhesive toner image formed on each sheet of the sheet bundle stacked on the sheet stacker, wherein the adhesive toner image on the sheet stacked on the sheet stacker is the unfixed toner image.
US08838010B2	Sheet conveying apparatus, image forming apparatus, sheet conveying distance calculation apparatus and sheet length calculation apparatus A sheet conveying apparatus includes a sheet conveying unit that conveys a sheet; a conveying amount measuring unit that measures a conveying amount of the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying unit; a first detection unit that detects the sheet downstream of the sheet conveying unit in a conveying direction of the sheet; a second detection unit that detects the sheet upstream of the sheet conveying unit in the conveying direction of the sheet; and a conveying distance calculation unit that calculates a conveying distance of the sheet based on the measured result by the conveying amount measuring unit and the detected results detected by the first detection unit and the second detection unit.
US08838008B2	Device for switching transport direction of recording material, and image forming apparatus A device for switching a transport direction of a recording material includes a switching unit and a movement unit. The switching unit switches a transport direction of a recording material by being selectively moved to a first position or a second position. The movement unit moves the switching unit between the first position and the second position by increasing or reducing a force exerted on the switching unit. The movement unit changes, on the basis of a temperature of the movement unit, timing at which the force exerted on the switching unit is increased or reduced.
US08838006B2	Developer collection device and image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a first developer containing part accommodating a developer that is ejected after a depeloper image is formed, a second developer containing part, a communication part allowing the first developer containing part and the second developer containing part to communicate each other, and a first developer carrying member carrying the developer to the first developer containing part to the communication part. Wherein, the communication part carries the developer carried by the first developer carrying member to the second developer containing part.
US08838005B2	Loop brush, lubricant application mechanism, and image forming apparatus A loop brush includes a shaft and a ribbon having loop-shaped fiber bundles arranged regularly on a base cloth. The ribbon is wound around the shaft at a prescribed angle. An arrangement angle that is an angle of an arrangement line, which is a straight line connecting adjacent fiber bundles, with respect to a longitudinal direction of the ribbon differs from a winding angle that is an angle of the longitudinal direction of the ribbon with respect to a circumferential direction of the shaft.
US08838004B2	Gloss processing apparatus A sheet of paper is set on a paper-supplying portion of a back surface gloss processing apparatus while its top surface is faced upward. A gloss level sensor measures a gloss level of a back surface of the sheet of paper. Data of this measurement is compared with a previously set threshold value. When this measurement result does not exceed the threshold value, it is determined that the gloss processing has not been performed on the back surface thereof. It is then determined whether or not the presently set operation mode is a top surface gloss processing mode. When determining that the present operation mode is not the top surface gloss processing mode, the operation mode is automatically changed from a presently set back surface gloss processing mode to the top surface gloss processing mode.
US08838001B2	Fixing device including a tubular member and leaf spring which urges inner peripheral surface of tubular member in radial direction A fixing device includes: a flexible tubular member, a nip member, a backup member, and a leaf spring member. The flexible tubular member is circularly movable in a moving direction and has an inner peripheral surface. The nip member is disposed so as to be in sliding contact with the inner surface of the tubular member. The backup member is configured to provide a nip region in cooperation with the nip member upon nipping the tubular member between the backup member and the nip member. The leaf spring member is disposed so as to be in sliding contact with the inner peripheral surface of the tubular member and is configured to urge the inner peripheral surface of the tubular member outward in a radial direction of the tubular member.
US08837999B2	Cleaning system control method, fixing device, and image forming apparatus incorporating same A fixing device includes a rotary fuser member, a rotary pressure member, and a cleaning system. The rotary fuser member is subjected to heating. The rotary pressure member is disposed opposite the fuser member. The cleaning system includes a cleaning web, a feeding mechanism, a positioning mechanism, and a controller. The cleaning web is disposed adjacent to the pressure member to wipe the pressure member. The feeding mechanism is operatively connected to the cleaning web to feed a new, unused portion of the cleaning web toward the pressure member. The positioning mechanism is operatively connected to at least one of the cleaning web and the pressure member to position the cleaning web and the pressure member with respect to each other. The controller is operatively connected with the feeding mechanism and the positioning mechanism to control feeding and positioning of the cleaning web.
US08837998B2	Fixing device with guide member having multiple spurs and image forming apparatus incorporating same A fixing device includes a fixing nip and a guide member to guide a recording medium transported through a recording media transport pathway to the fixing nip, disposed upstream from the fixing nip in a direction in which the recording medium is transported and facing an unfixed-image side of the recording media. The guide member includes a guide face, the guide face including a first guide face and a second guide face located where at least a trailing-edge of the recording medium approaches the guide member as the recording medium is transported through the recording media transport pathway and which is inclined with respect to the first guide face away from the recording media transport pathway, and a first spur rotatably provided on the guide member and projecting into the recording media transport pathway from a connection portion between the first guide face and the second guide face.
US08837995B2	Image apparatus with color registration adjustment, control method therefor, and storage medium storing control program therefor An image forming apparatus comprising image forming units, an image bearing member for bearing images, a table indicative of a correspondence relationship between temperature and an amount of a color misregistration. A pattern detection unit detects color registration patterns on the image bearing member. A calculation unit calculates the amount of the color misregistration based on the detection result of the patterns. A color registration adjustment unit has a first mode in which color registration adjustment is performed based on the amount of the color misregistration, and a second mode in which the amount of the color misregistration is predicted based on temperature using the table and the color registration adjustment is performed based on the predicted amount. An updating unit makes the image forming units form the color registration patterns when the temperature reaches a predetermined temperature, and updates the table based on the amount of the color misregistration.
US08837992B2	Powder feeding device having negative pressure generation control and powder discharge control and image forming apparatus A powder feeding device includes a powder container, a feeding tank in communication with the powder container, a negative pressure room in communication with the feeding tank via a suction port communicating tube; an air suction device in communication with the negative pressure room via a negative pressure room communication tube; a suction port opening and closing unit that opens and closes the suction port communicating tube; a negative pressure room opening and closing unit that opens and closes of the negative pressure room communication tube; an output port opening and closing unit that opens and closes an output port of the feeding tank; and a controller that performs negative pressure generation control, powder supply control, and powder discharge control. Further, the controller simultaneously starts the negative pressure generation control and the powder discharge control.
US08837989B2	Belt driving apparatus and image forming apparatus A belt driving apparatus includes a movable belt member, a stretching member configured to stretch the belt member, and a steering unit configured to stretch the belt member and to be inclined to steer the belt member in a widthwise direction substantially perpendicular to a direction of moving of the belt member. The steering unit includes a rotatable member contacting an inner surface of the belt member and configured to be rotatable with movement of the belt member around a rotational axis of the rotatable member, with the rotational axis extending in the widthwise direction, and non-rotatable members contacting an inner surface of the belt member, provided at each opposite axial end of the rotatable member and configured not to be rotatable with movement of the belt member. In addition, a supporting member supports the rotatable member and the non-rotatable members, and is inclined by frictional force from sliding between the belt member and each of the non-rotatable members, around an axis perpendicular to the rotational axis, and urging members urge the belt member in contact with an outer surface of the non-rotatable members, with each of the urging members disposed against one of the non-rotatable members.
US08837982B2	Electrophotographic image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a drum cartridge supporting member supporting a plurality of drum cartridges having photosensitive drums. The drum cartridge supporting member is movable between first and second positions inside and outside a main assembly of the image forming apparatus. A guide portion guides a plurality of developing cartridges having developing rollers for developing electrostatic latent images formed on the corresponding photosensitive drums. The guide portion individually guides the developing cartridges to and from the main assembly. A moving mechanism moves the developing cartridges mounted in the main assembly between a developing position in which the electrostatic latent images are to be developed and a retracted position in which the developing cartridges are retracted from the developing position. When the developing cartridges are in the retracted position, the drum cartridge supporting member is permitted to move between the first and second positions.
US08837980B2	Image forming apparatus having supporting member movable in and out of main assembly of apparatus for supporting developer cartridge An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a drum unit which holds photosensitive drums in parallel, a developing cartridge which is detachably mounted in the drum unit, a translation member which is provided in the apparatus body to be movable linearly, a shaft which is provided on the tandem photosensitive drum unit for each developing cartridge; and a pivoting member which is rotatably supported by the shaft. The pivoting member includes an abutting portion which is provided on one side to abut the translation member, a pressing portion which is provided on the other side, and is configured to press a predetermined portion of the developing cartridge in a direction in which the developing roller is separated from the photosensitive drum; and a spring portion which applies a biasing force in a direction in which the pressing portion is separated from the predetermined portion.
US08837972B2	Image forming apparatus that removes residual toner on image bearing body with cleaning blade An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing body, a latent image forming section that forms a latent image on the image bearing body, a development section that develops the latent image using toner, a transfer section that transfers a toner image to a transferred body, a pressuring and contacting section that pressures and contact the transfer section against and with the image bearing body via the transferred body, a cleaning blade that removes residual toner, and a controller. The controller analyzes a print pattern of the image to be formed on the sheet. The controller controls the pressuring and contacting section to change a contact state between the image bearing body and the transferred body while adjusting an image patch formed in a domain corresponding to an inter-sheet portion between the sheet and the next sheet on the image bearing body according to an analysis result.
US08837971B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an unfixed toner image on a recording material and a fixing unit, wherein, in a case where an image is formed by using the toners of the plurality of colors, when a specific gravity of the toners is ρ (g/cm3) and a weight average particle diameter of the toners is L (μm), the image forming unit sets a maximum laid-on amount A (mg/cm2) of each color in the unfixed toner image on the recording material so as to satisfy the following condition: A<ρπL/30√3, and wherein the fixing unit fixes the unfixed toner image to the recording material so that a dot spread amount (μm) of the toner image satisfies the following condition: √(ρπL3/90√3A)≦Dot Spread Amount.
US08837969B2	Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and computer program product for causing a computer to execute the method An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier; a toner image forming unit that forms a toner image on the image carrier; a transfer unit that transfers the toner image on the image carrier to a transfer target having ridges and valleys on a surface thereof; an adjusting unit that adjusts a ratio of A/B, where A is a transfer ratio [%] from the image carrier to a valley portion of the transfer target while B is a transfer ratio [%] from the image carrier to a ridge portion of the transfer target, based on an adjustment input by a user; and a control unit that controls a transfer condition of the transfer unit based on the ratio of A/B adjusted by the adjusting unit.
US08837964B2	Image forming apparatus and method of setting exposure amount An image forming apparatus and a method of setting an exposure amount are provided. The image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, an exposure device which expose the photosensitive member to form a latent image on the photosensitive member, a conveyance member which conveys a recording medium, an image forming unit which forms a plurality of density detection images corresponding to the image data and having different pixel densities on the conveyance member, a density detection unit which detects densities of the density detection images, and an exposure setting unit which compares respective detected image densities of the density detection images with reference densities corresponding to the respective density detection images, and sets an exposure amount according to a condition based on a combination of respective comparison results between the detected image densities and the reference densities.
US08837963B2	Image forming apparatus that forms color images on recording sheet based on image information An image forming apparatus having below arrangements. A plurality of image forming units form a plurality of images which are transferred onto a transfer belt. A detection unit detects a position of the transfer belt in a belt width direction. A position adjusting unit adjusts the position of the transfer belt in the belt width direction according to a detected position. A calibration unit calibrates an adjustment amount for adjusting color registration based on a detected position of patterns formed onto the transfer belt. A registration adjusting unit adjusts image forming positions of the plurality of image forming units based on the set adjustment amount. During formation of the patterns and during detection of the formed patterns a control unit controls not to adjust the position of the transfer belt in the belt width direction according to the detected position of the transfer belt.
US08837961B2	Image forming apparatus, method for controlling same, and storage medium for same An image forming apparatus rotationally moves a plurality of recording material storage units that store a recording material and includes a moving unit configured to move the recording material storage unit to a replacement position, and a detection unit configured to detect an in-motion status in which the recording material storage unit is moving to the replacement position. In addition, a determination unit determines either a first state or a second state of the image forming apparatus as the state of the image forming apparatus that is to replace the in-motion status and should be reported to a user when the detection unit detects the in-motion status should not be reported to a user. The first state is a state which is currently being reported to the user when it is detected that the recording material storage unit is in the in-motion status, and the second state is a state which transitions after the recording material storage unit moves to the replacement position, and the second state is a printing state in which the image forming apparatus is in printing.
US08837960B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, and a rotation device having image-forming devices each containing a toner and forming a toner image on the image carrier with the toner. The apparatus further includes: a detector attached to at least one of the image-forming devices to detect a quantity of the toner, thereby outputting an analog signal representing the quantity; and a transmission path transmitting the analog signal to the outside of the rotation device. The transmission path includes: a rotation terminal mounted on and rotating with the rotation device; and a contact terminal provided outside the rotation device, and maintaining continuity with the rotation terminal by contacting a surface of the rotation terminal even when the rotation terminal rotates. The apparatus further includes a correction section correcting the analog signal transmitted by the transmission path, according to a contact resistance between the rotation terminal and the contact terminal.
US08837958B2	Fuser including replacement detecting function According to one embodiment, a fuser includes a fixing rotating section including a heat generating section, an opposed section configured to form a nip between the opposed section and the fixing rotating section, a first bimetal type thermostat disconnected by heat from the fixing rotating section to cut power supply to a heat generation source that causes the heat generation section to generate heat, and a second bimetal type thermostat present in a position different from the position of the first bimetal type thermostat in a rotating direction of the fixing rotating section and is disconnected by heat from the fixing rotating section to output an indication that the fixing rotating section is in use.
US08837957B2	Method and apparatus of using digital equalizer for cascaded wavelength selective switch compensation An apparatus comprising a frequency-domain equalizer that has been iteratively generated to compensate for filtering effects of a wavelength selective switch, wherein the FDEQ is configured to process in a frequency domain digital samples of a polarization multiplexed phase-shift-keying signal that has been transported over an optical channel.
US08837956B1	Pipelined receiver system and method A receiver or spectrum determiner includes stages, Fourier transforms, phase delays and a summer. The stages are coupled are in pipelined fashion along a signal path. Each of the stages has a respective output for providing at least one respective demodulated signal for the stage. The Fourier transforms are for receiving the respective demodulated signal and providing a respective Fourier transform. The phase delays each have a delay associated with the respective stage. Each phase delay is for receiving the respective Fourier transform and providing a respective phase delayed transform in accordance with the respective stage. The summer is for summing the respective phase delayed Fourier transform from each phase delay. The receiver can be an electronic intelligence (ELINT) receiver.
US08837952B2	Textile-structure optical communication interface device and system A textile-structure optical communication interface device includes a diffusing unit configured to diffuse an optical signal including information transmitted between information devices. Further, the textile-structure optical communication interface device includes a condensing unit configured to condense the optical signal. Further, a textile-structure optical communication interface system includes a textile-structure optical communication interface device configured to enable optical fibers to be woven with yarns and to transmit and receive information between information devices. Furthermore, the textile-structure optical communication interface system includes a signal processing unit configured to signal-process the information transmitted and received between the information devices.
US08837949B2	Compact wide-angle pixellated active optical link A system, method, and optical communication device are disclosed. The system can include a plurality of optically coupled nodes forming an optical communication network. Each node may include an array of pixel elements, each pixel element having an optical detector and an active optical source. The pixel array may be disposed in a backplane of a lens that is configured to map incoming optical signals to pixel locations in the backplane according to their respective angles of incidence and to minimize a deviation at each pixel location between incoming optical signals arriving at the optical detector and emissions from the optical source. The node may include a processor and memory. The processor can register senders in the optical network at locations in the pixel array and can generate routing information by which to route communications from the registered senders to other pixel elements for transmission to their respective destinations.
US08837944B2	Power supply control method, an optical network unit, an optical line terminal and a communication system In an optical communication system that communicates between an optical line terminal (OLT) and a plurality of optical network units (ONU), an ONU can decide an operation time period of communicating with the OLT and an idle time period of reduced or suspended communication with the OLT by using a timer. The OLT can decide a software renewal time period based on the operation time period and the idle time period. Accordingly, the ONU can supply electrical power to its own communication circuit during the operation time period or the software renewal time period, or cut off or reduce the electrical power if a present time does not occur in either the operation time period or the software renewal time period.
US08837936B2	Method and system for dynamic selection of transport path with lowest latency In accordance with a particular embodiment of the present disclosure, a network element may include a network-side interface configured to communicatively couple to a network and a controller communicatively coupled to the network-side interface. The controller may be configured to periodically receive one or more messages indicative of a delay for each of a plurality of paths for a network flow between the network element and a second network element, periodically compare the delays for the plurality of paths, and select a path for a network flow from the plurality of paths based on the delays.
US08837934B2	Monitoring circuitry for optical transceivers Monitoring signals associated with operating parameters of an optical transceiver are ascertained by using a comparator arrangement external to a micro-controller unit. Monitoring signals associated with these operating parameter are provided as inputs to a discrete arrangement of comparators and then evaluated against a known reference voltage source. The reference source is swept across a known range of values, and when the output of the comparator changes state, the value of the reference input associated with this transition is defined as the value of the specific monitoring input signal and stored within the proper memory location within the microcontroller portion of the transceiver monitor circuit. The digital output signal of the comparator is applied as an input to the microcontroller, which recognizes this digital signal as defining the specific value of the reference signal to use and equate with the value of the monitored signal.
US08837926B2	Reflective photography Reflective Photography produces prints that make the objects photographed completely unrecognizable. A thin sheet of undulating polyester film is photographed. The objects placed in front and indirectly photographed produce an impressionistic print.
US08837921B2	System for fast angle changing in video playback devices Embodiments of the present invention provide faster user-selected scene switching during playback of a video production. In one embodiment, several channels of video (e.g., several video streams each depicting a different camera angle) are read from interleaved data on a DVD disc. Each channel's data is maintained in a channel buffer that is input to a video decoder via a selector. When a signal from a user input device indicates that a user has selected a new channel, the selector can immediately provide the selected channel's data from the channel buffer to the video decoder, thus providing an increase in switching speed.
US08837913B2	Recording device and dubbing method According to one embodiment, a copying method including, deriving a first time requested by a process in a first transmission device that interrupts transmission to a copying destination device to transmit a copying object to the copying destination device, detecting a second transmission device that transmits the same copying object to the copying destination device during the process that interrupts transmission to the copying destination device following after interruption point and deriving second time in which the detected device transmits the copying object to the copying destination device, deriving third time in which the copying destination device is set in a non-reception state for the copying object.
US08837910B2	Image processing program, image processing device and image processing method An image processing program that is executed by a computer includes: reading process of reading a plurality of image data items that have been photographed and acquired by a plurality of cameras; and editing process of extracting image data items of which dates and times of photography overlap within a same time band from among the plurality of image data items that have been read, and generating a data item for playback by editing the plurality of extracted image data items.
US08837908B2	Systems and methods for performing secure playback of media content Systems and methods for performing secure playback of media content are described. One embodiment, among others, is a method for performing secure playback of video in a hardware protection module. The method comprises receiving media content from a media player comprising video data, audio data, and navigation data. The method further comprises receiving digital rights management (DRM) information relating to the media content, removing a portion of the video data from the media content, forwarding the audio data, navigation data, and a remaining portion of the video data to the media player for decoding, and decoding, in the hardware protection module, the portion of the video data.
US08837907B2	Recording apparatus, recording method, image pickup apparatus, reproducing apparatus and video system A video is recorded on a recording medium so that a reproducing apparatus can faithfully reproduce an original color of the recorded video. An sRGB color space or an extended sRGB color space is specified as the color space of the video to be recorded. A signal processing unit generates a video signal corresponding to the specified color space. An encoding/decoding unit compresses the video signal in accordance with the MPEG4-AVC standard to generate a compressed video signal. A CPU generates a color space identifier including information indicating the color space specified and is configured so that an access unit including an SPS NAL unit in the compressed video signal includes an SEI NAL unit in which the color space identifier is stored. The video recorded on the recording medium includes the color space identifier having information for a color space of that video.
US08837906B2	Computer assisted dispatch incident report video search and tagging systems and methods A video tagging method, a video analytics method, and a Computer Assisted Dispatch (CAD) system use incident reports for video tagging and searching. A CAD system is integrated with field-based video surveillance systems to aid in searching video content and subsequent tagging of the video content. The systems and methods can include extracting keywords from a CAD incident report and creating a small, focused, and incident-specific dictionary on which to perform video searching in real-time. The small, focused, and incident-specific dictionary increases tagging accuracy and reduces tagging processing time in the context of video analytics. Further, a multi-pass approach in real-time continually updates and disseminates to video cameras of interest the small, focused, and incident-specific dictionary as the CAD incident report is updated and as the incident of interest plays out.
US08837903B2	Method and apparatus for generating movie-in-short of contents Provided are a method and apparatus for generating a movie-in-short (MIS). The method includes extracting metadata, in which predetermined points of time of content are recorded, generating a list of at least one MIS by using storage addresses of the points of time or reproduction points of time, which are indicated by the extracted metadata, storing the list, and reproducing a summary by reproducing the content during a predetermined time based on a point of time indicated by at least one MIS of the stored list.
US08837901B2	Systems and methods for a recorder user interface An incident recorder records original and supplemental incident information using a simplified user interface.
US08837897B2	Method of supporting scene-based seeking while reproducing content in distributed multimedia system A method of reproducing a plurality of scenes can support scene-based seeking while reproducing content in a distributed multimedia system. The method includes: receiving, information about the plurality of scenes from a media server; transmitting, the information about the plurality of scenes to a media renderer and controlling the media renderer to display the plurality of scenes; and selecting, in the UPnP control point, one of the plurality of scenes.
US08837894B2	Wall box adapted to be mounted at a mid-span access location of a telecommunications cable A wall box includes an enclosure having a base and a cover connected to the base. The base and the cover enclose an interior region. The wall box further includes a plurality of fiber optic adapters mounted to the enclosure. The fiber optic adapters include an inner port positioned inside the interior region and an outer port positioned at an outer surface of the enclosure. A tray stack is mounted within the interior region. The tray stack includes a tray mount pivotally connected to the enclosure. The tray mount includes a top surface and an oppositely disposed bottom surface. A first splice tray mounting area is disposed on the top surface and a second splice tray mounting area is disposed on the bottom surface. A plurality of trays is disposed in the first splice tray mounting area. A tray is disposed in the second splice tray mounting area.
US08837892B2	Few mode optical fibers for mode division multiplexing An optical fiber comprising: (i) a core having a refractive index profile; (ii) an annular cladding surrounding the core; (iii) a primary coating contacting and surrounding the cladding, the primary coating having an in situ modulus of less than 0.35 MPa and an in situ glass transition temperature of less than −35° C.; and (iv) a secondary coating surrounding the primary coating, the secondary coating having an in situ modulus of greater than 1200 MPa; wherein the refractive index profile of said core is constructed to provide an LP11 theoretical cutoff wavelength greater than 2.0 μm and an effective area greater than 110 microns2 at 1550 nm.
US08837891B2	Optical fiber An optical fiber comprising a first core, a second core, a third core, and a cladding, wherein the expressions 0.30%≦Δ1≦0.45%, −0.05%≦Δ2≦0.05%, −0.35%≦Δ3≦−0.15%, 2.5≦b/a, 3.5 μm≦a≦4.2 μm, 9 μm≦b≦13 μm, and 4.5 μm≦c−b≦7.0 μm are satisfied, a zero-dispersion wavelength is no less than 1300 nm and no greater than 1324 nm, and transmission loss increase for a wavelength of 1550 nm when the optical fiber is wound around a mandrel with a diameter of 10 mm is no greater than 1 dB/turn.
US08837890B2	Multimode optical fiber and system comprising such fiber A multimode optical fiber includes a graded index glass core having a diameter in the range of 41 microns to 80 microns, a graded index having an alpha less than 2.04 and a maximum relative refractive index in the range between 0.6% and 1.8%. The cladding includes a depressed-index annular portion. The fiber has an overfilled bandwidth greater than 2.5 GHz-km at 1310 nm.
US08837889B2	Single mode optical fiber An optical transmission fiber comprises a central core having an index difference Δn1 with an outer optical cladding; a first inner cladding having an index difference Δn2 with the outer cladding; and a second buried inner cladding having an index difference Δn3 with the outer cladding of less than −3·10−3. The second buried inner cladding moreover contains Germanium in a weight concentration of between 0.5% and 7%.The fiber shows reduced bending and microbending losses while exhibiting the optical performances of a standard single-mode fiber (SSMF).
US08837888B1	Multimode optical fiber including a core and a cladding The present invention relates to a multimode optical fiber provided with a region where a refractive index in a peripheral region of a core has deviation from an ideal shape of an α-power refractive-index profile and where an absolute value of an amount of the deviation is not less than 0.005%, so as to generate radiation modes, and a refractive index of a cladding is higher than that of the deviation region.
US08837887B2	Waveguide and connecting element A waveguide can have a first longitudinal section, with at least one core having a first refractive index and at least one sheath surrounding the core. The sheath can be made of a material having a second refractive index so the waveguide will guide at least one optical signal in the core. A third longitudinal section has a sheath and a coating surrounding the sheath having a third refractive index so the third longitudinal section of the waveguide will guide at least one optical signal in the sheath. A second longitudinal section, arranged between the first longitudinal section and the third longitudinal section being adapted to guide an optical signal from the core into the sheath.
US08837886B2	Optical fiber cable having a sheath and for setting in a conduit An optical fiber cable which is suitably set in a conduit by pushing the optical fiber cable into the conduit so as to insert the optical fiber cable through the conduit and which does not reduce the ease of manufacture and the mechanical characteristics of the optical fiber cable. The optical fiber cable includes an optical fiber cable core wire and a sheath covering the optical fiber cable core wire, wherein a dynamic friction coefficient between a surface of the sheath of the optical fiber cable and a surface of a sheath of another optical fiber cable is 0.17 to 0.34, and a dynamic friction coefficient between the surface of the sheath of the optical fiber cable and a surface of a sheet composed of polyvinyl chloride is 0.30 to 0.40.
US08837878B2	Multi-core optical fiber coupler An optical device comprising a multi-core optical fiber coupler. The multi-core optical fiber coupler includes a substrate having a planar surface and turning mirrors located along the planar surface, each of the turning mirrors having a reflective surface oriented to change a direction of light between a direction that is parallel to the planar surface and a direction that is substantially non-parallel to the planar surface. The turning mirrors form a lateral pattern along the planar surface, the lateral pattern being configured to approximately match a pattern of optical cores in a multi-core optical fiber whose end segment faces the pattern and is positioned substantially normal to the planar surface of the substrate.
US08837871B2	Optical waveguide sensor chip, optical waveguide sensor, and method for manufacturing optical waveguide sensor chip According to one embodiment, an optical waveguide sensor chip includes an optical waveguide layer; a pair of optical elements disposed at both ends of the optical waveguide layer so that light enters the optical waveguide layer and the light exits from the optical waveguide layer; a functional film formed on a predetermined region of the optical waveguide layer; a covering layer formed in a planar region on the light entrance surface of the optical waveguide layer, in which at least the optical elements are disposed; a first through hole configured to allow the light entering the entrance-side optical element to pass therethrough; and a second through hole configured to allow the light exiting from the exit-side optical element to pass therethrough.
US08837866B2	Image processing apparatus and method for controlling image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus for applying film grain effects on an image of received image data includes a generating unit configured to generate, on the basis of pixel values randomly read from grain data including a plurality of pixel values, a basic grain image having a certain size larger than the grain data; a resizing unit configured to resize the basic grain image generated by the generating unit to have the same size as the received image data; and a combining unit configured to combine the basic grain image resized by the resizing unit with the received image data.
US08837864B2	Image synthesis and rotation processing apparatus and image synthesis processing method An image synthesis processing apparatus capable of synthesizing a foreground image and a background image into an image, which is sharp and natural in color, with a simple system construction that does not require a special hardware structure and special arithmetic processing, without causing color mixing at a boundary between replacement color pixels and other pixels in the foreground image. The background image is rotated by a first rotation unit of the image synthesis processing apparatus by a predetermined rotation angle in a direction opposite to an instructed rotation direction, the background image after rotation in the opposite direction and the original foreground image are synthesized into a synthesis image by a synthesis unit, and the synthesis image is rotated by a rotation unit by the predetermined rotation angle in the instructed rotation direction, thereby generating a desired image.
US08837861B2	Bayesian approach to alignment-based image hallucination Various technologies described herein pertain to enhancing a quality attribute of an input image. The input image can have a first level of the quality attribute. Dense correspondences between the input image and candidate exemplar images, which are included in an image database, can be computed utilizing a dense image alignment technique. The candidate exemplar images can have a second level of the quality attribute. Further, the candidate exemplar images can be warped to align with the input image based upon the dense correspondences. Moreover, patches from the candidate exemplar images as warped can be integrated with the input image to generate an output image. The output image can have the second level of the quality attribute.
US08837859B2	Generating a combined image from multiple images A determination is made for each of multiple regions in multiple images of how good that region is perceived as being. A base image is identified, and a combined image is generated from the multiple images by automatically replacing each region of the base image with a corresponding region of another image if the corresponding region has been determined as being better than the region of the base image. The generating of the combined image can include automatically selecting from one of the multiple images a region in which an object that is present in one or more corresponding regions of other images is absent. Additionally, for a particular region of the base image, corresponding regions of the other images can be displayed, and the particular region replaced with a user-selected one of the corresponding regions of the other images.
US08837858B2	Apparatus and method for correcting image distortion of rear camera An apparatus for correcting image distortion of a rear imaging device including analyzing, by a processor, a characteristic of a imaging device installed in a rear of a vehicle; setting, by the processor, a plurality of tilting angles for a plurality of photographed areas of a virtual imaging device corresponding to the rear imaging device from a characteristic value of the imaging device; generating, by the processor, a correction model by applying the plurality of tilting angles for the plurality of photographed areas of the virtual imaging device; tilting, by the processor, the virtual imaging device based on the correction model; performing, by the processor, a view conversion on an image photographed through the rear imaging device according to the plurality of set tilting angles for the plurality of photographed areas of the virtual imaging device to generate a corrected image; and outputting, by the processor the corrected image.
US08837857B2	Enhancing image data The invention concerns image processing that includes the estimation of the optical depths of points in image data in order to enhance the image data. In particular but not limited to, from the optical depth noise present in the image due to aerosol in the scene, such as fog or haze, can be reduced. The invention concerns determining a first cost for each point independently based on a determined metric (60) and then a second cost based on an expected correlation in neighboring points (70). The two costs are then optimized (80) to determine an estimated optical depth for each point (80) that is then used to reduce the effect of aerosol in the image (84). Applications of the invention include, but is not limited to, surveillance systems so that objects in the scene of the image can be better identified once the image data has been enhanced to reduce the estimated noise. Aspects of the invention include a method, software, computer apparatus and a field programmable gate array.
US08837854B2	Image processing method for boundary resolution enhancement An image processing method for boundary resolution enhancement is disclosed. Firstly, an image is transferred into an image layer. Noise of the image layer is removed by a bilateral filter and crisp edges are retained at the same time. Moreover, the image layer is interpolated by an interpolation filter for resolution enhancement. The image processing method of the present invention can lower the image blur degree substantially, enhance the image resolution and be widely implemented in all sorts of image/video processing hardware devices.
US08837849B2	Method for noise-robust color changes in digital images A method for applying filters to digital images with minimal amplification of image noise, comprising filtering the digital image with an EPDR edge-preserving detail-reducing filter, determining a matrix from the filtered image as a result of one or more structure adaptive functions, and modifying the digital image using the filter, adjusted by the matrix values, to produce an enhanced digital image. The order of processing may be inverted, by first determining the matrix and then filtering the matrix with the edge-preserving detail-reducing filter.
US08837845B2	Method and apparatus for encoding an intra-prediction mode using variable length codes, and recording medium for same The disclosure relates to a method, apparatus, and recording medium for encoding an intra-prediction mode of an image using variable length codes, including: determining an intra prediction mode of a current block; determining an intra prediction mode having smallest mode number among intra prediction modes of encoded adjacent blocks as Most Probable Mode; generating and allocating variable length codes in ascending order from shorter code with higher similarity for directivity with MPM for all intra-prediction modes; and encoding intra prediction mode of current block based on allocated variable length codes, and thereby generates efficient variable length codes in consideration of high correlation in the intra-prediction modes of current block and peripheral blocks even if intra-prediction mode of current block does not match MPM derived with reference to peripheral blocks, and efficiently compressing information on intra-prediction mode of current block using variable length codes, thereby improving intra video encoding performance.
US08837844B2	Image processing method and image processing apparatus using least significant bits Provided are an image processing method and image processing apparatus using least significant bits (LSBs). The image processing method includes generating first binary codes by converting pixel values of an input image into a binary code format; converting the first binary codes into gray codes and determining a predetermined number of sequential LSBs from among the gray codes; and generating second binary codes by converting the determined LSBs of the gray codes into the binary code format.
US08837842B2	Multi-mode processing of texture blocks Multi-mode decoding and encoding of texture blocks are disclosed wherein in a default decoding and encoding mode all bits of a codeword sequence are available as payload bits for representing texel values of the texels in the texture block. In an auxiliary encoding and decoding mode one less bit of the codeword sequence is available as payload bits. The auxiliary mode is employed as a complement to the default mode and will be used to process those texture blocks, which the default mode handles poorly.
US08837840B2	Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding coding unit of picture boundary A method and apparatus for encoding an image is provided. An image coding unit, including a region that deviates from a boundary of a current picture, is divided to obtain a coding unit having a smaller size than the size of the image coding unit, and encoding is performed only in a region that does not deviate from the boundary of the current picture. A method and apparatus for decoding an image encoded by the method and apparatus for encoding an image is also provided.
US08837838B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus includes a first edge extraction unit, an edge processing unit, a second edge extraction unit, a third edge extraction unit and a gradation processing unit. The gradation processing unit performs gradation processing on image data on which edge processing has been performed by the edge processing unit, and switches contents of the gradation processing on the basis of whether a pixel of the image data is a third edge pixel or a no-third edge pixel to enhance a third edge region as compared with another region. The third edge extracted by the third edge extraction unit is constituted of a first edge extracted by the first edge extraction unit as an edge pixel of an object and a second edge extracted by the second edge extraction unit as a pixel having a pixel value changed by the edge processing.
US08837832B2	Systems and methods for monitoring the condition of the skin Systems, methods, apparatuses and program products for analyzing and/or monitoring the condition of skin are provided. Various embodiments provide for accessing images of the skin, analyzing the characteristics of skin conditions as represented by the images, and providing outputs useful for analyzing and/or monitoring conditions of the skin. Certain embodiments provide for automated analysis of skin conditions such as moles and/or wrinkles. The automated analysis may include for example characterization of a skin condition and comparison to similar skin conditions of a patient or of other patients.
US08837830B2	Finding text in natural scenes As set forth herein, systems and methods facilitate providing an efficient edge-detection and closed-contour based approach for finding text in natural scenes such as photographic images, digital, and/or electronic images, and the like. Edge information (e.g., edges of structures or objects in the images) is obtained via an edge detection technique. Edges from text characters form closed contours even in the presence of reasonable levels of noise. Closed contour linking and candidate text line formation are two additional features of the described approach. A candidate text line classifier is applied to further screen out false-positive text identifications. Candidate text regions for placement of text in the natural scene of the electronic image are highlighted and presented to a user.
US08837825B2	Image Prediction based on primary color grading model Inter-color image prediction is based on color grading modeling. Prediction is applied to the efficient coding of images and video signals of high dynamic range. Prediction models may include a color transformation matrix that models hue and saturation color changes and a non-linear function modeling color correction changes. Under the assumption that the color grading process uses a slope, offset, and power (SOP) operations, an example non linear prediction model is presented.
US08837824B2	Classification and encoder selection based on content In various embodiments, methods and systems are disclosed for dynamic runtime implementation and end-to-end biased tuning of a two stage image classification system based on a decision function that uses network packet sizes and multiple image characteristics to determine the selection of an encoding codec to reduce overall network bandwidth consumption.
US08837822B2	Red-eye removal using multiple recognition channels This disclosure pertains to apparatuses, methods, and computer readable media for red-eye removal techniques using multiple recognition channels. In the following examples, red, golden, and white recognition channels are used. A recognition channel is the monochrome extraction from a color photograph in a manner designed to make one kind of red-eye artifact glow with maximum contrast. Once the red-eye artifact has been characterized by, e.g., size and location, the techniques disclosed herein may then discern whether the red-eye artifact is, for example, a red-, golden-, or white-eye case by examining the configuration and characteristics of pro prominence bitmasks created for the various recognition channels. Once the type of red-eye case has been discerned, the techniques disclosed herein may then replace the artifact with a photographically reasonable result based on the type of red-eye case being repaired. Specular reflection may also be re-added to the photograph.
US08837819B1	Systems and methods for facilitating identification of and interaction with objects in a video or image frame Systems and methods for facilitating identification of and interaction with objects in a video frame are provided. In some embodiments, a system can include a computer-readable storage medium encoding computer executable components, and a processor that executes computer executable components encoded within the computer-readable storage medium. The components can include: a communication component that receives a video; a segmentation component that obtains a frame from the video; and a selection component that determines an object selected within the frame. The selection component can include a classifier trained using a probability map stored in the memory. The probability map can include information indicative of a likelihood that a pixel in the frame corresponds to the object, and can be generated based on crowdsourcing object differentiation.
US08837814B2	Correction of geometric mismatch in stereoscopic images An image processing apparatus includes a noise removal unit that corrects a geometric mismatch of optical noise of a left eye image and a right eye image by performing a noise removal process for removing the separately generated optical noise on the left eye image and the right eye image which are captured and obtained by a two-lens type stereoscopic image capturing camera.
US08837812B2	Image processing device, image processing method, and program Provided are an image processing device, an image processing method, and a program which are capable of high density restoration and which are also strong to image processing. An image processing device mainly consists of a projector serving as a projection means, a camera as a photographing means, and an image processing means consisting of, for example, a personal computer. The image processing means acquires the intersection point between patterns from a photographed image and calculates a first solution including degree of freedom by using the constraint condition of a first tentative plane and a second tentative plane including the intersection point and the constraint condition obtained from the positional relationship between the projector and the camera. The degree of freedom is cancelled by primary search, thereby restoring a three-dimensional shape.
US08837809B2	Method for detecting a bridge connecting failure A method for detecting a bridge connecting failure to detect a bridge shorting terminals of a component includes acquiring a 2D image and height-based information through lights irradiated on a board, acquiring rotation information of the component using at least one of the 2D image and the height-based information, establishing an inspection region for detection of the bridge connecting failure using the rotation information, extracting a first bridge region within the inspection region using the 2D image, extracting a second bridge region within the inspection region using the height-based information, and judging whether the bridge connecting failure of the component occurs by using at least one of the first and second bridge regions. Thus, the method may inspect more precisely the bridge connecting failure through the first bridge region extracted from the 2D image and the second bridge region extracted from the height-based information.
US08837808B2	Method of final defect inspection Disclosed is a method of final defect inspection, including preparing a final defect inspection apparatus which includes a host device, a microscope, a bar code scanner, a support tool and a signal transceiver, using the host device to calibrate an original point in an outline of the circuit board based on a plurality of original mark positions generated by an electromagnetic pen, using the electromagnetic pen to mark each defect position on the inspection region on the circuit board where any defect is found through the microscope, using the signal transceiver to receive and transmit each defect position to the host device, and using the host device to calculate the coordinate of a scrap region based on a relative position between the original point and each defect position so as to generate a shipment file.
US08837807B2	Inspection method with color correction A Method for inspecting flat objects, especially wafers, with an object surface, comprises the steps of: scanning a digital image with a plurality of image points of said object surface with color- or grey values for each of said image points; detecting defects on said object surface by comparing said scanned digital image to a digital reference image; defining and selecting corresponding portions in said scanned digital image and in the digital reference image; determining a representative color- or grey value for each of said selected portions; calculating a compare value from said representative color- or grey value of said scanned digital image of a portion and a representative color- or grey value of said digital reference image of the same portion; and correcting each image point of said scanned digital image with a correction value determined from said compare value of step (e).
US08837806B1	Remote deposit image inspection apparatuses, methods and systems The REMOTE DEPOSIT IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (hereinafter “ImageInspector”) transforms uploaded check images and check deposit information inputs via ImageInspector components image into deposit confirmation outputs. For example, in one embodiment, a user may employ a personal computer connected to a web camera, and/or a smartphone with a built-in camera to initiate the remote deposit by holding a check in front of the camera, and the ImageInspector may capture images of the check and send them to a financial institution for deposit processing.
US08837805B1	System and method for verification of a banknote A system and method for verification of a banknote is provided. The system includes a checking device having an optical reader. A computing device is in communication with the checking device, wherein a record of a serial number of a banknote optically read by the optical reader is transmitted to the computing device. A database housed on a memory of the computing device has a plurality of stored serial numbers. A processor of the computing device compares the record of the serial number of the banknote with the plurality of stored serial numbers within the database and determines a result of the comparison of the serial number of the banknote with the plurality of stored serial numbers. A result indicator is communicated from the processor to the checking device to indicate a result of the comparison of the serial number of the banknote with the plurality of stored serial numbers.
US08837803B2	Method and apparatus for determining mean cell volume of red blood cells A method and apparatus for determining a cell volume of a red blood cell is provided. The method includes the steps of: a) depositing a sample into an analysis chamber, the chamber defined by an first panel interior surface, a second panel interior surface, and a known or determinable height, which height is such that at least one red blood cell subject to a sphering agent assumes a partially compressed spherical shape in contact with the interior surfaces; b) imaging the at least one partially compressed spherical red blood cell contacting the interior surfaces, and producing image signals; c) determining a radius of the partially compressed spherical red blood cell from the image signals; and d) determining a volume of the imaged red blood cell using the determined radius.
US08837799B2	Method and apparatus for selecting a reference gate A method for selecting a reference gate includes acquiring a four-dimensional (4D) emission dataset of an object of interest, sorting the 4D emission dataset into a plurality of gates, calculating a slice activity value for each slice in the plurality of gates, generating a maximum difference value for each gate using the plurality of slice activity values, and selecting a reference gate based on the locations of the maximum difference values. An imaging system and a non-transitory computer readable medium are also described herein.
US08837797B2	Spatial resolution improvement in computer tomography (CT) using iterative reconstruction Spatial resolution is substantially improved by simulating a system blur kernel including an angle variable in the forward projection during a predetermined iterative reconstruction technique. The iterative reconstruction acts as a deconvolution, which overcomes certain restrictions of system optics. In general, resolution is substantially improved with cone beam and helical data without a large increase in noise.
US08837794B2	Medical image display apparatus, medical image display method, and medical image display program A keyword extracting section extracts anatomical structures and/or information related to diseases from image observation reports regarding input image data. A display protocol determining section determines display protocols by selecting display protocols from among those stored in a display protocol table, based on the extracted anatomical structures and/or information related to diseases. Medical images for display are displayed based on the determined display protocols.
US08837792B2	Ultrasound image processing Method, system, and computer program product are provided for processing an ultrasound image, in particular an image of inhomogeneous tissue. The method includes: segmenting tissue in a received ultrasound image; creating a mask of pixels centred on a pixel in a tissue area, wherein the pixels in the mask are within a given decibel range of the central pixel and within a segmentation boundary; and assigning an attenuation to the central pixel by estimating the attenuation of the pixels in the mask. The received ultrasound image may be a raw image the method may include creating an image of an attenuation mapping of attenuations for each pixel in a tissue area. Alternatively, the received ultrasound image may be a time gain compensated image the method may include determining areas of relatively high or low attenuation.
US08837784B2	Biometric based authorization systems for electronic fund transfers A money transfer authorization method that includes the step of providing transferor biometric information to a party verification processor that verifies an identity of the transferor by comparing the transferor biometric information with previously registered biometric information from the transferor, where the transferor provides transfer identity information to receive the money. The method also includes confirming that the verified transferor has sufficient funds or credit for the money transfer, and providing transferee biometric identification to the party verification processor that verifies the transferee by comparing the transferee biometric information with previously registered biometric information from the transferee. The transferee has to provide transfer identity information before the money is given to the transferee.
US08837782B1	Geoposition determination using satellite ephemerides Data or electrooptic sensor (EOS) images are made of a star field and at least one, and possibly multiple, Earth satellites associated therewith. Calculations performed on the imaged locations of a satellite and two stars of a star field provide all the information needed to identify the observer's position. When the ephemerides of the satellite(s) are less accurately known, calculations performed on the imaged locations of at least two satellites and four stars of a star field provide all the information needed to identify the observer's position, because the along-track and cross-track ephemerides errors are different. Thus, the cross-track information of multiple satellites is preferentially used to determine the geolocation.
US08837781B2	Video object fragmentation detection and management Disclosed herein are a computer-implemented method and a camera system for determining a current spatial representation for a detection in a current frame of an image sequence. The method derives an expected spatial representation (820) for the detection based on at least one previous frame, generates a spatial representation (810) of the detection, and extends the spatial representation (810) to obtain an extended spatial representation (830), based on the expected spatial representation (820). The method determines a similarity measure between the extended spatial representation (830) and the expected spatial representation (820), and then determines the current spatial representation for the detection based on the similarity measure.
US08837778B1	Pose tracking Techniques are described for tracking the pose of a surface based on a point set representing the surface. Sequential observed poses of the surface are used as the basis for creating a mathematical model of the motion of the surface. Future motion of the surface may be predicted based on the mathematical model.
US08837775B2	Apparatus and method for recognizing gesture, and non-transitory computer readable medium thereof According to one embodiment, a time series information acquisition unit acquires time series information of a position or a size of a specific part of a user's body. An operation segment detection unit detects a movement direction of the specific part from the time series information, and detects a plurality of operation segments each segmented by two of a start point, a turning point and an end point of the movement direction. A recognition unit specifies a first operation segment to be recognized and a second operation segment following the first operation segment among the plurality of operation segments, and recognizes a motion of the specific part in the first operation segment by using a first feature extracted from the time series information of the first operation segment and a second feature extracted from the time series information of the second operation segment.
US08837770B2	Non-transitory computer readable storage medium, marker creating apparatus, and marker creating method When creating a marker, an encryption apparatus extracts each pixel value in a region and allows a storing unit to save, as restoration information, the high-order bits of each extracted pixel value. Then, the encryption apparatus creates a marker by changing the high-order bits of the pixel value in a region in which the marker is created and embeds encrypted information in an encrypted region specified by the marker. When decoding the encrypted information, a decoding apparatus detects the marker from a digital image, decodes the encrypted information in the encrypted region specified by the marker, and overwrites bits contained in the restoration information with the high-order bits of the pixel value of the marker.
US08837767B2	Loudspeaker system The present invention comprises a loudspeaker system that includes a loudspeaker and a detachable mount. In one or more embodiments, the loudspeaker and mount include electrical connectors that are engaged when the loudspeaker is attached to the mount. In one or more embodiments, the loudspeaker and mount comprise mating mounting structures that support the loudspeaker on the mount when the mounting structure of the loudspeaker is engaged with the mounting structure of the mount. In one or more embodiments, multiple configurations of the mount are provided that allow the loudspeaker to be mounted with a variety of orientations with respect to the mounting surface. In one or more embodiments, the loudspeaker comprises a tweeter with a rotatable wave guide that allows the dispersion angle of the tweeter to be adjusted to accommodate the variety of orientations at which the loudspeaker may be mounted.
US08837766B2	Ear-loop earphone According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the ear-loop earphone comprises a main body, an ear-loop base and an ear-loop. The main body has a surrounding side, a front side, and a back side, wherein the front side is opposing to the back side, the front side has a plurality of sounding apertures for outputting an audio, and the surrounding side surrounds and connects to the front side and the back side. The ear-loop base is fixed on the surrounding side of the main body in a rotatable manner, and rotates with respect to a first axis. The ear-loop is fixed on the ear-loop base in a rotatable manner, and rotates with respect to a second axis different from the first axis.
US08837759B2	System and method for enhancing the inductive coupling between a hearing aid operating in telecoil mode and a communications device A method and system to optimize the relative position of an inductive field of a hearing aid compatible device and a telecoil of a hearing assistive device, are provided. A Steerable Hearing Aid Compatible Device (SHAD) has a steerable inductive field for locating an inductive field in accordance with the location of a telecoil in the hearing assistive device. A Telecoil Hearing Assistive Device (THAD) has a telecoil and telecoil orientation tag. The location of the telecoil of the THAD is determined with respect to a reference system and this telecoil location information is stored on the telecoil orientation tag as Telecoil Location Information (TLI) and provided to the SHAD. In an exemplary embodiment the telecoil orientation tag may be an RFID tag that is read by a tag reader of the SHAD. The SHAD receives the TLI and generates an inductive field in accordance with the TLI, such as a position that is parallel to the telecoil of the THAD.
US08837753B2	Thermoacoustic device A thermoacoustic device includes a sound wave generator and a signal input device. The sound wave generator includes a carbon film. The carbon film includes at least one carbon nanotube layer and at least one graphene layer stacked on each other. The signal input device inputs signals to the sound wave generator.
US08837747B2	Apparatus, method, and program product for presenting moving image with sound According to one embodiment, an apparatus for presenting a moving image with sound includes an input unit, a setting unit, a main beam former unit, and an output control unit. The input unit inputs data on a moving image with sound including a moving image and a plurality of channels of sounds. The setting unit sets an arrival time difference according to a user operation, the arrival time difference being a difference in time between a plurality of channels of sounds coming from a desired direction. The main beam former unit generates a directional sound in which a sound in a direction having the arrival time difference set by the setting unit is enhanced, from the plurality of channels of sounds included in the data on the moving image with sound. The output control unit outputs the directional sound along with the moving image.
US08837746B2	Dual omnidirectional microphone array (DOMA) A dual omnidirectional microphone array noise suppression is described. Compared to conventional arrays and algorithms, which seek to reduce noise by nulling out noise sources, the array of an embodiment is used to form two distinct virtual directional microphones which are configured to have very similar noise responses and very dissimilar speech responses. The only null formed is one used to remove the speech of the user from V2. The two virtual microphones may be paired with an adaptive filter algorithm and VAD algorithm to significantly reduce the noise without distorting the speech, significantly improving the SNR of the desired speech over conventional noise suppression systems.
US08837744B2	Sound quality correcting apparatus and sound quality correcting method A sound quality correcting apparatus includes: an input module; a feature quantity calculator; a score calculator; a modulation spectrum power calculator; a score corrector; and a signal corrector. The input module receives an input audio signal. The feature quantity calculator calculates feature quantities of the input audio signal for each of a plurality of first intervals having a certain time length. The score calculator calculates a score value for each the first interval based on the feature quantities. The modulation spectrum power calculator calculates a power value, at a certain modulation frequency, of a modulation spectrum of the input audio signal. The score corrector corrects score values in the plurality of first intervals that belong to a second interval if a power value calculated in the second interval is larger than or equal to a certain value. The signal corrector corrects the audio signal based on the score values.
US08837742B2	Dynamic synchronization of distributed keys for encryption and decryption of network communications Dynamic encryption for network communication includes distributing a key to a network entity and storing the key into the key table. A key in the key table is used to encrypt data, and an index of the used key in the key table is attached to the encrypted data. The encrypted data is sent to the network entity. Dynamic decryption for a network communication includes receiving a key from a network entity and storing the received key into a key table. Encrypted data is received from the network entity. A key in the key table is located based on an index attached to the data and the data is decrypted with the located key.
US08837736B2	Method for distributing encryption means The present invention relates to method for operating a trust center for distributing key material to at least one radio station, comprising the steps of at the trust center, dividing an identifier of the radio station, said identifier being a code word consisting a first number of bits, into a plurality of subidentifiers, and generating for each subidentifier, an keying material function selected out of a set of keying material functions on the basis of the considered subidentifier at the trust center, transmitting to the radio station the identifier and the key material comprising the generated encryption functions.
US08837735B2	Architecture for reconfigurable quantum key distribution networks based on entangled photons by wavelength division multiplexing A system and method for securing communications over a wave division multiplexing optical network between a plurality of users connected to the network. The system utilizes a primary optical source generator that is either tunable, or capable of generating a plurality of wavebands of different frequencies equal to the sum of wavebands serving individual users of the network to facilitate a key exchange between the individual users of the network using summed wavebands, each of which serving an individual user.
US08837732B2	Method and device for data processing in a wireless network A method and a device for data processing in a wireless network are provided, wherein a direct connection between two mobile terminals is set up based on a seed information provided by the wireless network. Furthermore, a communication system is suggested including at least one such device.
US08837721B2	Optical DNA based on non-deterministic errors The claimed subject matter relates to architectures and/or mechanisms that can facilitate issuing, embedding and verification of an optical DNA (o-DNA) signature. A first mechanism is provided for obtaining a set of manufacturing errors inherent in an optical media instance. These errors can be non-deterministic and can be encoded into the o-DNA that can be cryptographically signed with a private key, and then embedded into the source optical media instance. A second mechanism is provided that can decrypt the o-DNA with a public key and compare the authenticated errors to the observed errors to ascertain whether the optical media instance is authentic as opposed to a forgery or counterfeit.
US08837719B2	Cryptographic methods and devices for pseudo-random generation, encrypting data, and cryptographically hashing a message The invention relates to the general field of digital security and more particularly cryptography. In particular it proposes a device and a method of encrypting a sequence of data. The invention also relates to a cryptographic device (1) and a cryptographic method of generating a pseudo-random data sequence (13) and their favored use in the field of digital security, in particular for encrypting and decrypting data and for cryptographically hashing messages.
US08837716B2	Sensor derived authentication for establishing peer-to-peer networks Methods, systems and devices for generating an authentication key are provided. Two or more communications devices can generate an authentication key by monitoring a physical stimulus that is experienced by both devices (e.g., a common physical stimulus). Each device can then use an identical, predetermined algorithm to generate a common authentication key based on the stimulus. The devices can use the common authentication key to establish a secure network.
US08837714B1	Earpiece-oriented sterilizing dustproof device An earpiece-oriented sterilizing dustproof device includes an earpiece rack body, two swing door bodies, a casing, and a sterilization light source module. The earpiece rack body comprises an upper base, a lower base, and a connection element. The connection element is disposed between the upper base and the lower base. The upper base, the lower base and the connection element define a receiving space. The swing door bodies are pivotally connected to two ends of the earpiece rack body, respectively. The swing door bodies conceal the receiving space. The casing is disposed on the lower base and has two opposing transparent oblique surfaces corresponding in position to the swing door bodies, respectively. The sterilization light source module is disposed at the lower base and inside the casing. Therefore, the earpiece-oriented sterilizing dustproof device is dustproof and disinfects ear pads of on-ear earpieces.
US08837712B2	Method for extending Ethernet over twisted pair conductors and to the telephone network and plug-in apparatus for same employing standard mechanics An Ethernet extension device is provided for metro or last mile Ethernet service via twisted pairs as opposed to fiber optics. The Ethernet extension device is implemented as a plug-in extension for existing infrastructure (e.g., in a standard electrical wall box or Type-200™ Mechanics card) that employs lighting and power cross protection required by the telephone companies for Ethernet connectivity to the telephone network (e.g., for connection between a user's building and a telephone company building over existing outdoor telephone cables).
US08837710B2	Systems and methods to facilitate searches Methods and apparatuses to facilitate searches for information to request for real time communication connections. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving a request, via a communication reference embedded in a web page and storing data to associate the communication reference with the web page based on the request. The communication reference is assigned to represent contact information of a callee. In one embodiment, a search is performed using the stored data that associates the communication reference with the web page; and web pages in the search result are ranked based at least in part upon the usage of the communication reference embedded in the corresponding web page.
US08837706B2	Computer-implemented system and method for providing coaching to agents in an automated call center environment based on user traits A computer-implemented system and method for providing coaching to agents in a call center during a call is provided. A voice recording is obtained from a call between a caller and an agent of a call center. The voice recording of the caller is analyzed by measuring voice characteristics of the voice recording and by identifying traits of the caller based on the voice characteristics. A stage of persuasion of the caller is identified based on the identified traits in response to an offer provided by the agent. The caller is persuaded to accept the offer by providing guidance to the agent regarding further information about the offer for the user based on the stage of persuasion.
US08837702B2	Method and system for communication forwarding A method and system are provided for enabling forwarding of communication requests directed by callers to callees. Forwarding-profile information, which may be used in forwarding of communication requests directed to a callee, may be received in a computerized central unit. The computerized central unit may then transfer forwarding information that is based on the forwarding-profile information, to a network server in a network in which the callee is a user and/or a subscriber, for enabling the network server to forward communication requests to the callee based on the forwarding information. The forwarding-profile information may comprise destination addresses for forwarding communication requests to the callee; categorizations of callers into caller groups; and/or forwarding-schemes for specifying how to forward communication requests from particular callers. The forwarding-schemes may specify for different communication technologies, whether a received communication request through each communication technology is forwarded to a destination address using a particular communication technology.
US08837701B1	Conference call information sharing via interaction with social networking data Examples of associating user information from social network sites with a conference call application may include a series of operations. One example operation may provide receiving a command to share at least one social networking application with a scheduled conference call and accessing an application programming interface (API) of the social networking application, and sharing user profile information with a graphical user interface (GUI) application of the scheduled conference call corresponding to the command to share the social networking application.
US08837699B2	Methods and apparatus to monitor subscriber activity Methods and apparatus to respond to monitor subscriber activity are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a first set of client telephone number (TN) data associated with a client and a current time period, and receiving a second set of client TN data associated with a prior time period. The example method also includes receiving a first set of subscriber activity data associated with the current time period, identifying a TN that is in the first set of subscriber activity data and is absent from at least one of the first or second sets of client TN data, and identifying the TN with at least one of a new inroad for a competitor or a new inroad for the client based on at least one activity code from the first set of subscriber activity data.
US08837696B2	Enhanced calling features Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for scheduling and initiating calls. For example, a request for a prospective call between a caller and a callee can be received via a server. The prospective call can be electronically added to call lists associated respectively with the caller and the callee. In response to a determination that both the caller and the callee are available, a call between a caller device and a callee device can be automatically initiated.
US08837694B1	Smarter telephony and E-mail protocols An apparatus for filtering telephone calls includes a fee module, an exemption list module, a call module, a matching module, and a fee waiver module. The fee module charges a fee to a caller for an incoming call made by the caller to a user. The fee is specific to the incoming call. The exemption list module maintains an exemption list, which includes callers exempt from the fee, and their information. This information identifies an exempted caller when the call module receives an incoming call. The matching module determines if information associated with the incoming call matches an exempt caller's information on the exemption list. The fee waiver module exempts the incoming call from the fee when the matching module determines that the caller's information matches the information on the exemption list. The fee module charges the fee for incoming calls not exempted from the fee.
US08837693B2	Method for minimizing message collision in a device A method for minimizing message collision in a device is presented. Two or more overlapping real-time streaming simplex audio messages are received. One of the audio messages is forwarded to be reproduced while the other is stored. Forwarding of the delayed audio message is delayed such that overlapping reproduction of the audio messages is minimized. Reproduction is delayed until a predetermined clock time expires or is dependent on one or more of: the length of the second audio message or the amount of overlap of the first and second audio messages.
US08837692B2	Selecting a voice mailbox for a call associated with a diversion chain A selection identifying a voice mailbox associated with an endpoint in a call diversion chain in which to store a voice message is received. In response to receiving a call from an endpoint and the call not being answered, a header field is generated in signaling data for the call that identifies the selected voice mailbox to store a voice message associated with the call.
US08837691B2	Message forwarding system There is described herein a message forwarding system that is easily adaptable to evolving technologies. In one embodiment, a first user attempts to place a telephone call to a second user, and caller identification (CID) data are encoded into the outgoing call. The call is directed into a public switched telephone network (PSTN) servicing the second user. The PSTN may operate on a modern telephony protocol such as Signaling System #7 and may be equipped with an Advanced Intelligent Network. If the call is not completed, a message including CID information is sent via means such as short messaging service. Because the equipment resides in the PSTN, it is independent of the technology used to receive the transmitted data. Furthermore, the information may be provided even in times of emergency, such as when telephone service to the second user has been disrupted.
US08837690B2	Callee centric location and presence enabled voicemail using session initiated protocol enabled signaling for IP multimedia subsystem networks An architecture and method of voicemail based on session initiated protocol presence and location information of a callee is disclosed. A method of providing voicemail includes determining a location and a presence of a callee, and playing a customized voicemail greeting to a caller based on preferences defined by the callee and also based on at least one of the location and the presence.
US08837687B2	Computer-implemented system and method for matching agents with callers in an automated call center environment based on user traits A computer-implemented system and method for matching agents with callers within a call center environment is provided. A database of traits for agents within a call center is maintained. A call is received into the call center and a voice recording is obtained from a caller during the call. The voice recording from the caller is analyzed by measuring voice characteristics of the voice recording and by identifying traits of the caller based on the voice characteristics. The caller traits are compared with the traits for the agents. One or more of the agents similar to the user are identified based on the trait comparison. One of the similar agents is selected and the call is transferred to the selected agent.
US08837685B2	Adaptive system with call center and trusted network A response center or other entity maintains in electronic storage records of trust relationships between parties. In an example method of operating a call center, personal profiles of clients of a service of the call center are maintained. At least some of the profiles include contact information for entities in trusted networks of the respective clients. An inquiry can be received from an inquiring party, inquiring whether a particular entity is trusted by a particular client. An electronic message is automatically sent to the inquiring part indicating whether or not the particular entity is trusted. In some implementations, entities may be assigned levels of trustedness.
US08837683B2	Critical health information profile and emergency communication system A microprocessor-based emergency response communication system used to call and communicate with the 9-1-1 operator and also allows emergency responder's immediate access to a user's Critical Health Information Profile stored in the device at the point and location of crisis. The device is used to create individual Critical Health Information Profiles which is Health Level-7 compliant enabling it to seamlessly communicate with major hospital networks worldwide. This functional capability provides a system that can retrieve and transmit user-stored personal and health information by emergency responders at the point of care. The emergency responder can access the customer's Critical Health Information Profile database, review the data for pertinent information and then transmit that data to a designated receiving hospital or medical center. The device provides an electronic means of dialing and communicating directly with the 9-1-1 operator. A wireless remote transmitter unit can be activated from the wireless transmitter or the base unit to dial and connect with the 9-1-1 operator, broadcast a canned message with or without a personal-recorded message, and personally communicate with the 9-1-1 operator through a two-way speakerphone system. The device contains software enabling the user and medical personnel the ability to input, store, retrieve and analyze the user's vital sign data and other pertinent health information.
US08837682B2	Line performance measure A method is proposed for calculating a line performance, or stability, measure for a telephone line. Various physical parameters associated with the line, such as insulation resistance, capacitance and DC voltages, are measured. The values for each of the parameters are compared to expected values, which are based on historical values measured for that line. Individual performance measures for each parameter are calculated based on the difference between the actual and expected values, normalised by the deviation of that parameter. The deviation accounts for general fluctuations across all the lines. A weighting value is also applied, based on knowledge of values relevant to the good operation of lines. The deviation effectively gives a scaling, and the weighting gives a context to the measured values for a single line. The individual performance measures are summed to get the final performance measure for the line. Thus, the performance measure for the line gives an indication of the stability of that line, based on analysis of the past performance of that line, and taking into account the general fluctuations seen over all lines.
US08837671B2	Radiographic apparatus This invention has one object to provide radiographic apparatus for acquiring a radioscopic image through superimposing of strip images. The radiographic apparatus allows prevention of blurring in the image with shortened imaging time for acquiring a clearer radioscopic image. According to the configuration of this invention, the FPD-4 is entirely within an imaging range throughout continuous taking of the strip images. In so doing, a minimum movement distance of the FPD-4 may be achieved in continuous taking of the strip images. Even when movement of the FPD-4 deviates from original setting, a range of the deviation may be suppressed to be small, since the movement distance of the FPD-4 is suppressed to be small. Consequently, superimposing of the strip images may realize acquisition of a clearer radioscopic image.
US08837670B2	Cargo inspection system The present invention is a cargo inspection system, employing a radiation source, capable of scanning vehicles and/or cargo in a wide range of sizes, including conventional imaging areas as well as taller and bulkier enclosures at sufficiently optimal efficacy and overall throughput. In one embodiment, the present invention is a multiple pass inspection method for inspecting vehicles and their cargo, comprising a first pass scan, wherein said first pass scan includes moving a radiation source at a suitable scanning distance, rotating a radiation source at a suitable scanning angle, and moving said radiation source along an object under inspection.
US08837669B2	X-ray scanning system This specification discloses methods and systems for generating a stereo image of an object that is positioned within an imaging volume. The object is positioned within the imaging volume. Two stationary X-ray source points are selected and activated. X-rays from both stationary X-ray source points are transmitted through the object being scanned and detected using detector elements positioned across the imaging volume and opposite the stationary X-ray source points. Image data sets from the X-rays detected by the detector elements are generated and then combined to produce the stereo image.
US08837667B2	Breast positioning during mammography exposures The present embodiments relate to an add-on unit for an object table of a mammography device for positioning a breast of a patient during an X-ray exposure. The add-on unit permits a symmetric collimation during MLO exposures. Use of the add-on unit is less resource-intensive than mammography devices with movable compression plates. Easier placement of an inner arm of the patient on the object table is also possible.
US08837665B2	Ex-vessel accident mitigation Heat from an ex-vessel mass of core material is removed to cooler regions of a containment envelope via liquid and/or vapor phase transport. Various aspects provide for contacting the ex-vessel core material with a material having properties including melting point, boiling point, and condensation kinetics such that condensation of the material in cooler regions of the containment envelope is at least as fast as evaporation of the material due to heat absorption from the core material and associated species.
US08837662B2	High energy proton or neutron source The invention provides a compact high energy proton source useful for medical isotope production and for other applications including transmutation of nuclear waste. The invention further provides a device that can be used to generate high fluxes of isotropic neutrons by changing fuel types. The invention further provides an apparatus for the generation of isotopes including but not limited to 18F, 11C, 15O, 63Zn, 124I, 133Xe, 111In, 125I, 131I, 99Mo, and 13N.
US08837661B2	Radionuclide production using a Z-pinch neutron source Radionuclides are produced with a pulsed neutron flux from a multiple repetition rate staged Z-pinch machine, the pulsed neutron flux is moderated, an activatable radionuclide precursor is exposed to the moderated pulsed neutron flux, and a corresponding radionuclide from the activatable radionuclide precursor is produced. High current pulses are passed through a target plasma of fusible material enclosed in a cylindrical liner plasma composed of a high-Z plasma to generate a magnetic field that compresses the liner plasma, and generates shock waves. The shock implodes the target plasma. The shock front propagates between an outer shock front and an axis of the target plasma so it is heated through shock dissipation and by adiabatic compression due to an imploding shock front produced in the outer liner plasma to fuse light nuclei and generate alpha particles and neutrons. Alpha particles trapped within the magnetic field further heat the target plasma.
US08837657B1	Multi-phase sampling circuits and methods A circuit can include an input section configured to store a data signal in response to phase shifted clocks to generate a plurality of sample values; an output section configured to store one of the sample values; and a logic section configured to selectively output one of the sample values to the output section in response to the sample values and a previous sampled value stored in the output section.
US08837654B2	Signal receiver with group delay and amplitude distortion compensation A signal receiver includes an antenna interface for receiving signals from an antenna, analog signal processing circuitry coupled to the antenna interface for processing the received signals to produce filtered signals, sampling circuitry to sample the filtered signals so as to produce digitized received signals, a digital compensator to receive the digitized received signals and compensate for non-uniform group delay and amplitude distortion introduced by the analog signal processing circuitry to produce compensated digitized received signals, and a digital processor to process the compensated digitized received signals so as to produce a result.
US08837651B2	Apparatus and method for estimating a channel in broadband wireless access system An apparatus and a method for estimating a channel in a broadband wireless access system. A receiving apparatus includes a first channel estimation filter having a tap coefficient which is channel-adaptively variable, the first channel estimation filter acquiring a channel impulse response by filtering received pilot symbols, a second channel estimation filter having a fixed tap coefficient, the second channel estimation filter acquiring a channel impulse response by filtering received pilot symbols, and a selector which selects the operation of one of the first and the second channel estimation filters according to channel correlativity.
US08837645B2	Reception apparatus, reception method, program, and reception system Disclosed herein is a reception apparatus including: a reception section configured to receive a signal at a frequency being changed; and a control section configured such that before changing the frequency to receive the signal, the control section stores control information about the reception section receiving the signal at the current frequency as last control information and that upon receiving again the signal at the frequency in effect before the change, the control section sets the last control information to the reception section as an initial value.
US08837638B2	Signal encoding apparatus and method, signal decoding apparatus and method, programs and recording mediums A signal decoding method including the steps of: (a) de-multiplexing compressed data in an input signal and generating encoded data for at least one low frequency sub-band signal and information characterizing at least one high frequency sub-band signal; (b) decoding the encoded data and generating a low frequency sub-band signal; (c) generating at least one high frequency band signal using the low frequency sub-band signal and at least one item of the information characterizing the at least one high frequency sub-band signal; (d) adjusting a gain of the at least one high frequency band signal using the at least one item of information characterizing the at least one high frequency sub-band signal; and (e) generating a time series signal by combining the low frequency sub-band signal and the at least one high frequency sub-band signal.
US08837626B2	Conditional adaptation of linear filters in a system having nonlinearity Described embodiments adjust configurable parameters of at least one filter of a communication system. The method includes conditioning, by an analog front end (AFE) of a receiver in the communication system, an input signal applied to the receiver. Sampled values of the conditioned input signal are generated and digitized. An error detection module generates an error signal based on digitized values of the input signal and a target value. A decision feedback equalizer generates an adjustment signal based on the digitized values of the input signal and values of the error signal. A summer subtracts the adjustment signal from the conditioned input signal, generating an adjusted input signal. An adaptation module determines a conditional adaptation signal based on a comparison of sampled values of the adjusted input signal and values of the error signal. The adaptation module adjusts a transfer function of at least one filter based on the conditional adaptation signal.
US08837624B2	Wireless communication apparatus Processing data presented in the form of a vector representation involves representing direction of the vector with incremental accuracy by using a set of vector codebooks of decreasing dimensions per accuracy increment.
US08837622B2	Transmit methods with delay diversity and space-frequency diversity Several open-loop solutions encompass the small delay CDD codeword cycling and codeword cycling between different re-transmissions of both small and large delay CDD, and include an open-loop codeword cycling method for an SFBC+FSTD scheme, as well as its extension to SFBC+FSTD based HARQ. In one method, a plurality of information bits are encoded, scrambled and modulated to generate a plurality of modulation symbols. The plurality of modulation symbols are mapped onto the subcarriers in at least one transmission layer of a transmission resource. The modulation symbols are then precoded using a matrix for cyclic delay diversity and a set of codewords from a certain codebook to generate a plurality of precoded symbols. The codewords are cycled for every a certain number of subcarriers. Finally, the precoded symbols are transmitted via a plurality of transmission antennas.
US08837621B2	Channel estimation for a very large-scale multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) system A transmitter, receiver, and method for channel estimation for a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) communication system in which the transmitter includes a multiplicity of transmit antennas spaced such that spacing between adjacent antennas provides a spatial correlation coefficient greater than a threshold level. The transmitter selects a subset of the multiplicity of transmit antennas for transmitting the pilot reference signals. The pilot reference signals are transmitted only from the selected subset of transmit antennas to the receiver. The receiver includes a channel estimator configured to derive a channel estimation for all of the multiplicity of transmit antennas using the received pilot reference signals and known or estimated spatial correlation among the multiplicity of transmit antennas.
US08837616B2	Equalization of a distributed pilot OFDM signal A technique for equalizing a distributed pilot OFDM signal with decision feedback involves correlating a received OFDM signal against a pilot reference to obtain a coarse channel estimate, where the received OFDM signal includes a distributed pilot signal and an OFDM data signal. The received OFDM signal is equalized based on the coarse channel estimate and the distributed pilot signal is removed to generate a coarse data signal estimate. The coarse data signal estimate is removed from the received OFDM signal using the coarse channel estimate to generate a residual pilot signal. The residual pilot signal can then be correlated against the pilot reference to obtain a fine channel estimate. The received OFDM signal is equalized based on the fine channel estimate, and the distributed pilot signal is removed to produce a fine data signal estimate from which data is recoverable.
US08837615B2	Method and arrangement for self interference cancellation The present invention relates to a method and arrangement for receiving an OFDM signal and forwarding the received OFDM signal comprising OFDM symbols of a wireless OFDM communication network. The wireless OFDM communication network includes self-interference cancelling functionality and each received OFDM symbol to be forwarded is prefixed with a cyclic prefix (CP) which is a copy of the last part of the OFDM symbol. In the method a delay for delaying an interference generating feedback signal is determined such that an OFDM symbol of the interference generating feedback signal overlaps within a margin of a length of the CP with an OFDM symbol of the received OFDM signal, and interference generating feedback signal is delayed with the determined delay. Furthermore may the duration of the impulse be shortened as well.
US08837612B2	Multiple independent narrow channels in wireless networks A multiple independent narrow-channel wireless network and method for transmitting and received data over a wireless network using a fragmented frequency spectrum. The system and method uses a plurality of narrow wireless channels obtained from splitting a wide wireless channel. Each narrow channel performs sending, receiving, and carrier sensing. Moreover, each narrow channel is independent such that data can be sent or received without any interference from other narrow channels and without synchronization. Embodiments of the system and method include a compound radio having a compound receiver and a compound transmitter. The compound transmitter includes an inter-radiolet symbol synchronization module, to permit use of a single inverse fast Fourier transform block, and a dynamically configurable filter array, to mitigate leakage between channels. The compound receiver uses fraction data rate processing to optimize efficiency. A throughput maximal metric technique is used to determine its frequency of operation in white spaces.
US08837611B2	Memory-aided synchronization in a receiver In one embodiment, a method may include storing information from a first frame of an incoming broadcast signal in a memory coupled to a demodulator, decoding a first preamble symbol of the first frame to determine a transmission mode, accessing at least some of the stored information from the memory and decoding at least one second preamble symbol of the first frame from the accessed information to determine pilot pattern information, and receiving data symbols of the first frame and synchronizing the demodulator based on the received data samples and the pilot pattern information.
US08837602B2	Content adaptive video encoder and coding method A method of pre-processing a sequence of video picture data comprising I pictures, P pictures and B pictures, where the pictures are arranged as a plurality of Group Of Pictures (GOP) and each of the Group Of Pictures has a first picture and a plurality of Sub Group of Pictures (Sub-GOP). The method uses an analysis of the sequence of video picture data to determine a position of a scene change relative to a position of a start of a new GOP within the sequence of video picture data and then moves the start of the new GOP to coincide with the scene change by extending or decreasing a current GOP length according to whether the scene change and the start of a new GOP are within a predetermined number of pictures of each other. An apparatus for carrying out the method is also provided.
US08837599B2	System, method and apparatus for clean channel change Presented herein are system(s) and method(s) for clean channel changes. In one embodiment, there is presented a method for changing a channel. The method comprises receiving a portion of a first video bitstream associated with a first channel; receiving a command to switch display from the first channel to a second channel after receiving the portion of the first video; and displaying the portion of the first video bitstream associated with the first channel after receiving the command.
US08837596B2	Method of determining motion vectors for a bi-predictive image block In one embodiment, the method includes determining, first and second reference pictures; obtaining a type of the first reference picture; and determining motion vectors of the bi-predictive image block based on the type of the first reference picture. The type is one of a long-term type and a short-term type, and characterizes a temporal distance of the first reference picture with respect to the bi-predictive block. The motion vectors of the bi-predictive image block are determined according to a first set of expressions if the first reference picture is of the short-term type, and according to a second set of expressions if the first reference picture is of the long-term type. The second set of expressions is different than the first set of expressions. The method further includes decoding, by the moving picture coding system, the bi-predictive image block based on the determined motion vectors.
US08837595B2	Motion estimation method A motion estimation method applied to a video signal having a first frame and a second frame is provided. The motion estimation method includes: capturing a matching window from the first frame; capturing a searching area from the second frame, the searching area including a plurality of searching blocks each having a size equal to that of the matching window; selecting one of the searching blocks; calculating a difference between pixel data of the selected searching blocks and pixel data of the matching window, so as to obtain N total differences corresponding to N searching blocks; and determining a motion vector corresponding to the matching window according to the N total differences.
US08837580B2	Method and apparatus for variable accuracy inter-picture timing specification for digital video encoding A method and apparatus for variable accuracy inter-picture timing specification for digital video encoding is disclosed. Specifically, the present invention discloses a system that allows the relative timing of nearby video pictures to be encoded in a very efficient manner. In one embodiment, the display time difference between a current video picture and a nearby video picture is determined. The display time difference is then encoded into a digital representation of the video picture. In a preferred embodiment, the nearby video picture is the most recently transmitted stored picture. For coding efficiency, the display time difference may be encoded using a variable length coding system or arithmetic coding. In an alternate embodiment, the display time difference is encoded as a power of two to reduce the number of bits transmitted.
US08837579B2	Methods for fast and memory efficient implementation of transforms Embodiments of the present invention include a set of processes and systems for implementing a forward weight-adaptive over-complete transform of an image/video frame, an inverse weight-adaptive over-complete transform of an image/video frame, and fast and low-memory processes for performing the forward weight-adaptive over-complete transform, processing coefficients in the transform domain and performing the inverse weight-adaptive over-complete transform simultaneously.
US08837578B2	MPEG-W decoder A device comprising a Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)-W decoder; and one or more processing systems to execute the instructions of the MPEG-W decoder, which configure the one or more processing systems to receive a request for streaming content; select an estimate of a bandwidth for a connection between a destination device and a source device; select a device type pertaining to the destination device; generate a stream request that includes an MPEG-W link, the estimate of the bandwidth, the device type, the MPEG-W link including an address pertaining to the source device, a name of the streaming content, and a file extension of an MPEG-W format; transmit the stream request to the source device; select a streaming content based on the stream request; wherein the streaming content has a resolution corresponding to the estimate of the bandwidth; and transmitting the streaming content to the destination device.
US08837572B2	Receiver and method for equalizing signals A receiver and a method for equalizing signals, the method includes: receiving input signals; sampling the input signals to provide oversampled samples; processing the oversampled samples to provide symbol spaced samples and to provide fractionally spaced samples that represent the oversampled samples; calculating taps of a fractionally spaced equalizer based on the symbol spaced samples; feeding the taps to the fractionally spaced equalizer; and filtering the fractionally spaced samples by the fractionally spaced equalizer to provide equalized samples.
US08837568B2	Method of transmitting feedback information in wireless communication system A method of transmitting feedback information in a wireless communication system includes transmitting a channel quality indicator (CQI) for a first frequency band and transmitting a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) and a rank for a second frequency band that is wider than the first frequency band. Overhead incurred by transmission of feedback information such as CQI, PMI and a rank may be reduced.
US08837565B2	Evaluation unit and a method for demodulation of OFDM data The present disclosure provides an evaluation unit which includes a central data-processing unit, at least one storage unit and an allocation unit, wherein the allocation unit and the at least one storage unit (3) are connected to the central data-processing unit. The central data-processing unit loads at least one OFDM signal from the at least one storage unit and transfers this to the allocation unit. The allocation unit displays the individual signal spaces of the OFDM symbols of the at least one OFDM signal in a constellation diagram and in a frame-output matrix in such a manner that it is possible to allocate via the diagrams at which signal spaces data symbols and/or pilot symbols and/or zero symbols and/or don't care symbols are present and with which modulation type the data symbols and/or pilot symbols are modulated.
US08837557B2	Methods and apparatus for reducing a sampling rate during a sampling phase determination process Techniques for use in sampling a signal of a receiver are described. In a sampling determination mode, a signal is sampled at a first sampling period for producing a sample set for each phase of the sampled signal. For each sample set, a correlation process is performed for producing a correlation result. One of the phases associated with an optimal correlation result is identified from the correlation results. In a communication mode, a received signal is sampled at a second sampling period at the phase associated with the optimal correlation result, for recovering user or signaling information from the received signal. The second sampling period is less than the first sampling period.
US08837555B2	Light monitoring system with antenna diversity Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for receiving monitor data from a lighting equipment monitor. A data stream is created based upon the monitor data. A first signal strength of a signal from the access point received at a first antenna is measured. A second signal strength of the signal from the access point received at a second antenna is measured. One or more antennae are selected to transmit the spread data stream based upon the first signal strength and the second signal strength. The data stream is transmitted using the one or more selected antennae.
US08837554B2	Selection of training sequences for multiple-in multiple-out transmissions A cellular communication system comprises a Multiple-In Multiple-Out (MIMO) transmitter and receiver. The MIMO transmitter comprises a message generator for generating MIMO messages comprising selected training sequences and transceivers transmitting the messages on a plurality of antennas. The training sequences are selected by a midamble selector from a set of training sequences in response to an associated antenna on which the message is to be transmitted. The set of training sequences is associated with the cell of the MIMO transmitter and comprises disjoint subsets of training sequences for each of the plurality of antennas. The receiver comprises a transmit antenna detector which determines which antenna of the MIMO transmitter the message is transmitted from in response to the training sequence of the received message.
US08837546B1	Gallium nitride based laser dazzling device and method A laser dazzler device and method. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide laser dazzling devices power by one or more green laser diodes characterized by a wavelength of about 500 nm to 540 nm. In various embodiments, laser dazzling devices according to the present invention include non-polar and/or semi-polar green laser diodes. In a specific embodiment, a single laser dazzling device includes a plurality of green laser diodes. There are other embodiments as well.
US08837538B2	High-energy, broadband, rapid tuning frequency converter An Optical Parametric Oscillator (OPO) capable of rapid or broadband frequency tuning by non-mechanical or mechanical means includes a resonant cavity with one or more non-linear crystals in an optical path thereof. The non-linear crystals may be driven by actuators. A pump laser pulse is transmitted into the resonant cavity with one or more seed beams having a desired wavelength. The output beam from the resonant cavity may have the same center wavelength as the one or more seed beams which may be modulated at a frequency larger than that of the pump laser, or the inverse of the pulse duration. The OPO may be used in Light Detection And Ranging (LIDAR) or Differential Absorption LIDAR (DIAL) analysis by intra-pulse modulation of output to measure absorption at multiple frequencies for each pulse of a pump beam. Sum Frequency Generator configurations may be suitable for narrow and broadband UV generation.
US08837531B2	Method and apparatus for resilient clock transfer over multiple DSL lines A system and method for transmitting and recovering external clock signals over links of a DSL system in which the external clock signals are used to synchronize transmitted physical layer signals from a CO of a DSL system and said external clock signals are derived from the received physical layer signals at an RT/CPE location of a DSL system. A clock recovery subsystem located at both the CO and the RT/CPE comprises a clock monitor circuit in communication with a Phase Lock Loop circuit. The clock monitor circuit at the RT/CPE is able to derive clock signals from the received physical layer signals and select one of said derived clocks to which a local reference clock at the RT/CPE is synchronized. The synchronized local reference clock, which can exist even when there are no valid derived clocks, may be used to transmit pseudowire frames (e.g., TDM data over Ethernet).
US08837530B2	Method and system for adaptive synchronization of timing information generated by independently clocked communication nodes A system and method are provided for adaptive synchronization of timing information provided in communications messages transmitted between independently clocked communication nodes of a wireless communications network. The system and method include measures for collecting timestamps of messages generated by a plurality of the nodes, each timestamp being generated by one of the nodes relative to a local time reference thereof. A pairwise clock error is computed for at least one pair of nodes based upon a plurality of network messages passed therebetween. A global time reference is adaptively established for the timestamps responsive to the pairwise clock error. A plurality of mapping factors are defined each for translating from one local time reference to the global time reference. The mapping factors are selectively applied to corresponding ones of the timestamps.
US08837527B2	System for processing composite wideband signals According to one exemplary embodiment, a front-end system for processing a composite wideband signal comprises a pre-receiving unit including a multiplexer for separating the composite wideband signal into a plurality of filtered signals. The front-end system further comprises a plurality of discrete frequency band outputs corresponding to the plurality of filtered signals, and a tuner/down-converter coupled to at least one of the plurality of discrete frequency band outputs. In one embodiment, the pre-receiving unit of the front-end system further comprises a second multiplexer for separating at least one of the plurality of filtered signals into a second plurality of filtered signals. In one embodiment, the pre-receiving unit may further comprise a low noise amplifier for processing at least one of the plurality of filtered signals before it is input to the second multiplexer.
US08837523B2	Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data The present invention relates to a digital broadcasting system for transmitting/receiving a digital broadcasting signal and a method of processing data. In one aspect of the present invention provides a method of processing data, the method including receiving a broadcasting signal in which mobile service data and main service data are multiplexed, demodulating the received broadcasting signal, obtaining an identifier indicating that data frame of the broadcasting signal includes service guide information, decoding and storing the service guide information from the data frame; and outputting a service included in the mobile service data according to the decoded service guide information.
US08837519B2	Method and device for preemptively transmitting a signal in accordance with a MCS other than a network commanded MCS Disclosed are mobile communication devices and methods of a mobile communication device that determines that no response has been received within a predetermined period of time from a network to a transmission of an encoded data block in accordance with a commanded MCS. The device then determines an alternative MCS capable of coping better with variations in the radio environment with minimal damage or alteration than the commanded MCS and preemptively transmits the encoded data block in accordance with this more robust alternative MCS. In this way the mobile communication device does not continue failed attempts to transmit data in accordance with the commanded MCS. After the device receives notice of successful transmission of the encoded data block with the alternative MCS, the device will resume the use of the commanded MCS to transmit subsequent encoded data blocks.
US08837517B2	Transpose boxes for network interconnection The deployment and scaling of a network of electronic devices can be improved by utilizing one or more network transpose boxes. Each transpose box can include a number of connectors and a meshing useful for implementing a specific network topology. When connecting devices of different tiers in the network, each device need only be connected to at least one of the connectors on the transpose box. The meshing of the transpose box can cause each device to be connected to any or all of the devices in the other tier as dictated by the network topology. When changing network topologies or scaling the network, additional devices can be added to available connectors on an existing transpose box, or new or additional transpose boxes can be deployed in order to handle the change with minimal cabling effort.
US08837516B2	Communication apparatus, communication system, communication apparatus control method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium A communication apparatus performs communication of data using assigned time slots within a frame. In a case where data cannot be transmitted in a transmission time slot that has been assigned in order to transmit data, a time slot later than this transmission time slot is reserved as a time slot used to transmit the data, this later time slot being reserved within the frame having the transmission time slot in which the data cannot be transmitted.
US08837509B2	Wireless access point methods and apparatus using dynamically-activated service intervals Techniques in a mobile communication device for communicating with a wireless access point (AP) are described. The mobile device receives from the AP data which indicate a plurality of activated service intervals in the superframe that are made available to mobile devices for communication access. The mobile device attempts to access, during the indicated activated service intervals, a radio medium via the AP. The mobile device refrains from attempting to access the radio medium via the AP during each power conservation interval provided in between the indicated activated service intervals.
US08837508B2	Systems and methods for allocating bonding engines in network communications The present disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for allocating bonding engines among bonding groups. In one exemplary embodiment, a provision module is configured to allocate bonding engines. When selecting a bonding engine for a new bonding group, the provision module only considers bonding engines residing on access modules that terminate at least one of the communication links of the bonding group. Out of the bonding engines residing on access modules terminating at least one communication link of the bonding group, the provision module selects a bonding engine servicing the least number of external links and assigns the selected bonding engine to the bonding group. The provision module also provisions the access modules terminating the communication links of the bonding group such that the selected bonding engine bonds such communication links during operation.
US08837505B2	Arbitration method, arbiter circuit, and apparatus provided with arbiter circuit An arbitration method includes a first process to perform a path control to transfer data from physically plural input ports logically having plural virtual channels to an arbitrary one of the plural output ports, wherein only one channel is selectable at one input port at an arbitrary point in time, by performing an arbitration among the channels of each of the plural input ports according to an arbitrary arbitration algorithm other than a time-division algorithm, and a second process to perform an arbitration among the plural input ports according to the arbitrary arbitration algorithm. The arbitrary arbitration algorithm used in the first and second processes is switched to the time-division algorithm for a predetermined time in response to a trigger.
US08837504B2	Relay apparatus and output control method A buffer temporarily stores data received from a network by a receiving unit. An output mode switching unit switches the mode in which the data received by the receiving unit is output to the buffer, between FIFO and FILO, in accordance with the storage amount of data temporarily stored in the buffer. For example, if the data temporarily stored in the buffer falls below a given threshold value of the buffer, data is stored in the buffer in FIFO. If the data temporarily stored in the buffer exceeds a given threshold value of the buffer, data is stored in the buffer in FILO. A sending unit outputs data taken from the buffer in FIFO or FILO, to a network.
US08837502B2	Port packet queuing A port queue includes a first memory portion having a first memory access time and a second memory portion having a second memory access time. The first memory portion includes a cache row. The cache row includes a plurality of queue entries. A packet pointer is enqueued in the port queue by writing the packet pointer in a queue entry in the cache row in the first memory. The cache row is transferred to a packet vector in the second memory. A packet pointer is dequeued from the port queue by reading a queue entry from the packet vector stored in the second memory.
US08837500B2	Service data flow direction/redirection Systems and methods are disclosed for directing/redirecting service data flows to Packet Data Networks (PDN). A subscriber database (e.g., HSS) stores direction/redirection criteria along with mapping data that includes information for directing/redirecting service data flows to PDNs. An element of a network may then query the subscriber database to direct or redirect service data flows to PDNs. The subscriber database receives a query from a network element, and identifies the direction/redirection criteria and mapping data for the data service. The subscriber database then transmits the direction/redirection criteria and mapping data to the network element in response to the query to allow the network element to direct/redirect a service data flow to a PDN for the data service.
US08837499B2	Distributed fabric protocol (DFP) switching network architecture A switching network includes an upper tier including a master switch and a lower tier including a plurality of lower tier entities. The master switch includes a plurality of ports each coupled to a respective one of the plurality of lower tier entities. Each of the plurality of ports includes a plurality of virtual ports each corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of remote physical interfaces (RPIs) at the lower tier entity coupled to that port. Each of the plurality of ports also includes a receive interface that, responsive to receipt of data traffic from a particular lower tier entity among the plurality of lower tier entities, queues the data traffic to the virtual port among the plurality of virtual ports that corresponds to the RPI on the particular lower tier entity that was the source of the data traffic. The master switch further includes a switch controller that switches data traffic from the virtual port to an egress port among the plurality of ports from which the data traffic is forwarded.
US08837497B2	State information and routing table updates in large scale data networks In a communication network comprising nodes and links between the nodes, a controller node disseminates link state information. A nodal routing table exists at each node comprising routes between pairs of nodes. The nodal routing table is either populated by the given node based on network information received from the controlling node or populated at the controlling node and received by the given node. Each node receives heartbeat signals from its neighboring nodes. An unexpected delay between heartbeat signals may be perceived as a failure of a link. The perceived failure of that link is reported by the perceiving node to the controlling node. Upon receiving link failure information from a node, the controlling node may determine a subset of nodes in the network influenced by the link failure and indicate the link failure to the determined subset of influenced nodes.
US08837494B2	Encoding virtual LAN tags Various embodiments are disclosed for encoding and decoding VLAN identifiers. One such method includes mapping the VLAN identifier, associated with the frame, to a number of extra bytes. The method also includes appending, to the payload, a quantity of bytes equal to the number of extra bytes. The method also includes setting at least one of the appended bytes to a value of a length provided with the frame. The method also includes transmitting the frame, including the appended bytes.
US08837493B2	Distributed network control apparatus and method Some embodiments provide a distributed control system for controlling managed switching elements of a network. The distributed control system comprises a first controller for converting a first set of input logical control plane data to a first set of output logical forwarding plane data. It also includes a second controller for converting a second set of input logical control plane data to a second set of output logical forwarding plane data. The logical forwarding plane data is translated into physical forwarding behaviors that direct the forwarding of data by the managed switching elements.
US08837491B2	Regional virtual VPN Systems and methods for communication. A network abstraction layer (NAL) is built on a public Internet, the NAL comprising an overlay network allowing a direct Internet Protocol (IP) communication between endpoints in a virtual private network (VPN) over the Internet. A network virtualization layer (NVL) is built on the NAL, the NVL comprising a VPN aggregator using DGOI protocol encryption, providing synchronization of session keys to encrypt a payload between all the endpoints over the NAL such that encrypted traffic is able to be decrypted by any endpoint for an entire session to allow instantly available communication between all the endpoints.
US08837490B2	Systems and methods for dynamically adjusting QoS parameters A method for dynamically adjusting QoS parameters associated with a virtual circuit is disclosed. The virtual circuit includes a first end connected to a first router and a second end connected to a second router. The method includes receiving an offer message at the second router, and sending a request message to the first router. The offer message includes a first set of QoS parameters and the request message includes a second set of QoS parameters. The method further includes receiving a request confirmation message at the second router, receiving a new offer message at the second router, and sending information compliant with the second set of QoS parameters to the first router. The new offer message includes the second set of QoS parameters.
US08837488B2	Two tier multiple sliding window mechanism for multidestination media applications Some media applications use media that contains multiple types of media components in it and media sources with access to this media must send each type of media component to one or more media rendering destination devices. Furthermore there may be multiple destinations that can receive a particular type of media component and the media must be received at each destination without losses. This invention describes a two tier packet buffer structure at the media source with primary and virtual packet buffers that ensures minimal memory use at the media source and minimal network use. Furthermore the use of a sliding window with each virtual packet buffer associated with each destination, independently keeps control and track of destination state, ensuring the correct receipt of media data at each destination.
US08837485B2	Enabling communication of non-IP device in an IP-based infrastructure An apparatus can include a connection manager adapter that is configured to maintain presence for each of the plurality of non-IP endpoints in an IP messaging and presence protocol based on the endpoint presence data. The endpoint presence data includes a unique identifier and attribute data received for each of a plurality of non-internet protocol (IP) endpoints. The connection manager adapter can be configured to access the endpoint presence data and convert a message between the IP messaging and presence protocol and different protocol for communication with a given non-IP endpoint of the plurality of endpoints.
US08837483B2	Mapping private and public addresses Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: identifying, at the network node, a packet associated with a first address; determining, at the network node, that an alternate address mapping is unknown to the network node for the first address; generating a request message based on at least a portion of the packet; transmitting the request message to a different node; receiving a response message, the response message including a second address, wherein the second address is an alternative address for the first address; and storing the first address and the second address together as an alternate address mapping.
US08837479B1	Fast reroute between redundant multicast streams A packet-forwarding integrated circuit includes a control logic module and a selector block configured to produce a value indicating an incoming interface associated with a multicast data stream that meets stream health requirements, wherein the multicast data stream is one of a plurality of redundant multicast data streams each received on different incoming interfaces, wherein based on the value produced by the selector block the control logic module outputs data packets of the multicast data stream that meets stream health requirements received on the incoming interface, and discards data packets of other multicast data streams received on other incoming interfaces not indicated by the selector block. In response to detecting that a quality of one of the redundant multicast data streams has fallen below a configured threshold, the control logic automatically rewrites the selector block to forward a different one of the redundant multicast data streams.
US08837477B2	Broadcast messaging in peer to peer overlay network Broadcast messages are efficiently directed to nodes of an overlay network. Broadcast messages include an End ID parameter specifying the range of key values for nodes that should receive the broadcast message. Each node of an overlay network maintains a list of finger nodes and their respective key values. Upon receiving a broadcast message, a node assigns a finger node a new End ID value based upon the End ID value of the broadcast message or the key value of an adjacent finger node. The node compares a finger node's new End ID value with the finger node's key value to determine whether to forward the broadcast message to that finger node. A broadcast message forwarded to a finger node includes an End ID parameter equal to the new End ID value determined for the finger node. Nodes can aggregate response messages from its finger nodes.
US08837473B2	Single timestamp engine for generating timing information for inclusion in packets complying with multiple networking protocols Packets of various protocols may contain timestamps generated by a single timestamp engine. In one embodiment, packets of two different protocols, which are referred to as Protocols A and B for simplicity, contain timestamps generated by the same Protocol B timestamp engine. In order to cause a Protocol B timestamp engine to produce a timestamp for a Protocol A packet, information can be provided to the Protocol B timestamp engine indicating that the Protocol A packet is a packet of Protocol B. The information can be provided by an internal header appended to the Protocol A packet that effectively misidentifies the Protocol A packet as a Protocol B packet. As a result, the Protocol B timestamp engine generates and inserts a timestamp for the Protocol A packet as if it were a Protocol B packet. The Protocol A packet, now including the timestamp, can be output or further processed.
US08837471B2	Disabling header compression over point-to-point protocol (PPP) A method and system for manipulating packet header compression parameters, by substituting at least one instruction set associated with a PPP negotiation packet at the PPP layer of a protocol stack, the at least one instruction set for use in establishing a communication protocol and channel between a pair of correspondents. The method includes the steps of a software module coupled to a first correspondent examining all PPP negotiation packets from a second correspondent; the software module determining whether a first instruction set is present in the PPP negotiation packet; the software module discarding said first instruction set and replacing the first instruction set with a second instruction set; and at the second correspondent receiving the second instruction set associated with a communication protocol information.
US08837468B1	Network device and method for powering a media access controller A network device including a physical layer device and a media access controller. The physical layer device includes a first interface, and is configured to receive packets including a first packet and a second packet. The media access controller includes a second interface connected to the first interface of the physical layer device. The physical layer device is configured to: in response to the first packet, generate a power signal; transition at least one of the first interface and the second interface from being powered OFF to being powered ON; and output the power signal to the media access controller. The media access controller is configured to: receive the power signal; in response to the power signal, transition from being powered OFF to being powered ON; and subsequent to being powered ON, receive the second packet from the physical layer device via the first interface and the second interface.
US08837463B2	IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) and method for routing an HTTP message via an IMS An IP Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, for providing a service via a network to at least one subscriber, the system comprising: at least a first proxy function and a first server function for handling messages with a first protocol, a subscriber database connected via a first interface to the server function, at least a second proxy function and a second server function for handling messages with a second protocol, the second server functionally is connected via a second interface to the database.
US08837462B2	Switch usage for routing ethernet-based aircraft data buses in avionics systems Switches for Ethernet-based aircraft data buses in avionics systems provide manual means (through human interaction) to route the information transmitted on avionics system high speed data buses. For instance, the information path can be selected according to crew or maintenance people intentions. Considering a point-to-point databus connection between two pieces of equipment, adding an appropriate switch in the connection between those two pieces of equipment can allow one or more pieces of equipment to be connected to the other terminals of the switch. Therefore, depending on switch position, it is possible to establish a connection between those two or more selected pieces of equipment, where other equipment connected to open terminals may remain without access to the data bus.
US08837456B2	Cell searcher of mobile terminal and neighbor cell searching method thereof Provided are a cell searcher for handover of a mobile terminal and a neighbor cell searching method thereof. The neighbor cell searching method includes: after searching a home cell, determining whether a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS) code of the home cell is identical to that of a neighbor cell; when the PPS code of the home cell is identical to that of the neighbor cell, cancelling a PSS symbol of the home cell from a received signal in a time domain; and searching a neighbor cell from the received signal cancelled the PSS symbol of the home cell.
US08837453B2	Methods and apparatus for transmitting data based on interframe dependencies Methods and apparatus are provided for reliably transmitting data. A method comprises identifying a metric for a first frame of a plurality of frames, wherein the metric is indicative of decoding significance for the first frame among the plurality of frames. When the metric corresponds to a relatively high decoding significance, the method further comprises transmitting the first frame in accordance with an enhanced transmission scheme. When the metric corresponds to a relatively low decoding significance, the method further comprises transmitting the first frame in accordance with a default transmission scheme. The reliability of the enhanced transmission scheme is greater than the reliability of the default transmission scheme.
US08837452B2	Method and apparatus for allocating channel state information-reference signal in wireless communication system Disclosed are an apparatus for Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) allocation and a method for CSI-RS transmission using the same in a wireless communication system. A CSI-RS for each antenna port is allocated to REs or subcarriers on a basis of a symbol or symbol axis in a subframe or Resource Block (RB), and is allocated in such a manner that a distance between neighboring CSI-RS allocation REs or subcarriers may be 3 REs or subcarriers. Accordingly, in the range of following CSI-RS transmission overhead, CSI-RSs are allocated to a time-frequency resource domain in such a manner so as to have perfect orthogonality or quasi-orthogonality according to cells or cell groups. Then, the CSI-RSs, which have been allocated to the time-frequency resource domain, are transmitted.
US08837436B2	Code division multiple access mobile communication system In a mobile communication system using a code division multiple access (CDMA) method, spreading code detection and frame/slot timing synchronization (cell search) is conducted by using a long code masked symbol. The spreading factor of the long code masked symbol is set to a value lower than spreading factors of other ordinary symbols. As a result, it becomes possible to reduce the circuit scale and power dissipation of the mobile terminal and raise the speed of cell search.
US08837435B2	Method and system for medium access control in communication networks A method and a system for medium access control among devices in a communication system is provided. One implementation involves selecting a contention-based control period for access to a shared communication medium; dividing the contention-based control period into multiple time slots, wherein each slot has a duration that is a function of one or more of the duration of transmission of a request to send (RTS) frame, the duration of transmission of a clear to send (CTS) frame, and an inter frame space (IFS) duration therebetween; and transmitting an RTS frame in a selected slot for allocating a reservation period for accessing the medium for data transmission.
US08837431B2	HS-DSCH inter-node B cell change A radio resource control (RRC) message is received by a radio resource control (RRC) device of a user equipment (UE). The RRC message notifies the FDD UE of a high speed dedicated shared channel (HS-DSCH) inter-Node B cell change. A reordering buffers of a medium access controller-high speed (MAC-hs) is flushed in response to the receiving the RRC message. A status report is generated for each acknowledge mode (AM) RLC instance mapped to the HS-DSCH by a radio link control (RLC) device after the MAC-hs flushes the reordering buffer. Each status report indicates missing AM RLC packet data units (PDUs). The RRC device sends a “TRANSPORT CHANNEL RECONFIGURATION COMPLETE” message on a DCCH after the RLC device generates each status report.
US08837427B2	Resource selection for dual radio terminals Systems, methods and apparatus described herein include features that enable dual radio access. In one embodiment, the access point directs an access terminal through sequential measurements, which are selected by the access point based on the radio access capability of the access terminal, service preferences of the user and measurement reports. In a complementary method, an access terminal obtains the sequential measurements chosen by the access point. In another embodiment, the access point directs an access terminal through a set of measurements, which are selected by the access point based on the radio access capability of the access terminal and service preferences of the user. In another embodiment, an access terminal selects which subset of measurements to obtain based on the radio access capability of the access terminal and optionally service preferences of the user.
US08837426B2	Method of handling cell selection for in a wireless communication system and related mobile device A method of handling cell selection for a mobile device in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes when the mobile device has a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a cell and receives access barring information corresponding to a barred state of another cell, ignoring the access barring information.
US08837422B2	Low-cost LTE system with distributed carrier aggregation on the unlicensed band A method for distributed carrier aggregation on unlicensed bands is described. The method includes tuning an antenna of a user equipment to a first carrier. The method includes transmitting, from an access point on a first carrier, information regarding a second carrier. The method also includes receiving, on the first carrier via the antenna, the information regarding the second carrier. The first carrier and the second carrier are in an unlicensed band. The method includes retuning the antenna to the second carrier and communicating data on the second carrier via the antenna. A maximum transmission power for the second carrier is based at least in part on a bandwidth of the second carrier. Apparatus and computer readable media are also described.
US08837419B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving control channel in wireless communication system A control channel transmission/reception method and an apparatus for transmitting/receiving control channels using a resource allocation scheme applicable regardless of reference signal transmission or whether the reference signal is transmitted in distributed transmission mode or localized transmission mode are provided. The control channel transmission method includes mapping a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) to Resource Elements (REs) of a Resource Block (RB) for transmitting a control channel, mapping the control channel to the REs numbered with numbers of predetermined number of Resource Element Groups (REGs) in a frequency-first ascending order cyclically, with the exception of the REs to which the DMRS is mapped, and transmitting the DMRS and the control channel.
US08837412B2	Method and apparatus for allocating edge frequency band resource, and base station Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and an apparatus for allocating an edge frequency band resource, and a base station. The method may include obtaining, through message interaction, usage information about an edge frequency band resource block of an adjacent mode; according to the usage information about the edge frequency band resource block of the adjacent mode and a characteristic resource block, determining an available edge frequency band resource block that is of the current mode and in a next adjustment period; and in the next adjustment period, allocating a determined available edge frequency band resource block of the current mode to each cell that is corresponding to the current mode.
US08837411B2	Method and arrangement in a wireless communication system The present invention relates to a method and arrangement in base station for scheduling user equipments. The base station is adapted to schedule communication from user equipments by sending contention based grants comprising information indicating if the contention based grant should be used for initial transmission or for retransmission. If it is detected that data is not correctly received due to a collision, the information in a following contention based grant is set to indicate that said contention based grant is to be used for initial transmission, while if data is not correctly received, but no collision is detected, the information is set to indicate that the contention based grant is to be used for retransmission. Corresponding method and arrangement in a user equipment is described.
US08837410B2	Simultaneous reporting of ACK/NACK and channel-state information using PUCCH format 3 resources A new uplink control channel capability is introduced to enable a mobile terminal to simultaneously report multiple packet receipt status bits and channel-condition bits. In an example embodiment implemented in a mobile terminal the mobile terminal (first determines (1310) that channel-state information and hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits corresponding to a plurality of downlink subframes or a plurality of downlink carriers, or both, are scheduled for transmission in an uplink subframe. The mobile terminal then determines (1320) whether the number of the hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits is less than or equal to a threshold number. If so, the mobile terminal transmits (1330) both the channel-state information and the hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits in physical control channel resources of the first uplink subframe, on a single carrier. In some embodiments, the number of the hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits considered in the previously summarized technique represents a number of ACK/NACK bits after ACK/NACK bundling.
US08837409B2	Mobile communication system, base station apparatus and mobile station apparatus To prevent a collision from occurring at the time of random access in cases such as handover, response to paging and the like where a mobile station apparatus performs random access in response to directions from a base station apparatus. In a mobile communication system in which a mobile station apparatus 200 uses a signature of a beforehand determined signature group at the time of random access with a base station apparatus 100, the signature group is comprised of a signature group managed by the base station apparatus 100 and another signature group managed by the mobile station apparatus 200. The signature group managed by the base station apparatus 100 includes signatures associated with particular random access reasons to be selected by the base station apparatus 100.
US08837407B2	Method and device for multi-user beamforming based on a frequency division duplex system The present invention discloses an FDD (Frequency Division Duplex) system based multi-user beamforming method and device. In the method, when two or more user terminals are at respective AOAs (Angles of Arrival), a transmit weight of a downlink signal of each user terminal is determined by using a null-widening algorithm, and the transmit weight is stored in a network side, the network side groups the user terminals based on AOA information reported by the user terminals, a corresponding transmit weight for the downlink signal of each user terminal in each group is selected based on the AOA information of the user terminals in the group, and the selected transmit weight is transmitted after multiplying it by a downlink data stream of the user terminal corresponding to the transmit weight.
US08837403B2	Methods and arrangements for scheduling radio resources in a wireless communication system Methods and arrangements in a base station are provided for scheduling radio resources to a user equipment. A time offset value is received that is associated with the moment of time when a frame of data was generated in the user equipment buffer. The moment of time when the frame of data was generated in the user equipment buffer is determined, based on the received time offset value. Thus, the buffer state of the user equipment buffer is predicted by using the determined moment of time when the frame of data was generated in the user equipment buffer. Radio resources are granted to the user equipment, based on the predicted buffer state of the user equipment buffer. Methods and arrangements in a user equipment for assisting the base station in scheduling radio resources are also provided herein.
US08837400B2	Method of transmitting small amount of uplink data and method of receiving small amount of uplink data Disclosed is a method of transmitting and receiving a small amount of uplink data. A method of transmitting uplink data includes detecting uplink data to be transmitted, determining whether or not uplink data transmission is necessary only once, transmitting a service request message including information instructing that a data radio bearer not be generated when it is determined that uplink data transmission is necessary only once, starting a radio resource control (RRC) connection setup process, and performing the uplink data transmission once using a signaling radio bearer without generating the data radio bearer with reference to the information instructing that the data radio bearer not be generated, during the RRC connection setup process, when it is determined that \ uplink data transmission is necessary only once.
US08837399B2	Fast notification of relative radio-access technology priorities System information transmitted from a wireless network is enhanced to contain additional information that indicates the relative priority between neighboring cells or frequencies in multiple Radio-Access Technologies, such as GERAN, UTRAN and E-UTRAN. In an example method implemented in a mobile station, a system information message of a first type transmitted by a base station is read. The mobile station determine whether one or more RAT priority bits are present in the system information message, wherein the presence or absence of the one or more RAT priority bits indicates whether additional ones of a plurality of available system information messages of the first type must be read before inter-RAT cell reselection may begin. If RAT priority bits are present, the mobile station selectively initiates inter-RAT cell reselection based on the one or more RAT priority bits.
US08837395B2	Method and entity for conveying data units A method of conveying data unit traffic from a radio terminal in a mobile communication system that comprises an access network (E-UTRAN) and a core network (Evolved Packet Core) is described. It comprises:—receiving (S31) a service request message for data unit communication from said radio terminal, and—performing (S32) a conveying decision procedure, and on the basis of an outcome of said conveying decision procedure, associating a radio channel between an access network entity and a radio terminal with one of —a channel to a dedicated data unit processing entity (P-GW) in said core network for conveying data units from said radio terminal to said dedicated data unit processing entity for processing (S33), and—an access network channel for conveying data units from said radio terminal within said access network (S34).
US08837394B2	Sounding mechanism under carrier aggregation Sounding mechanism for LTE-A systems under carrier aggregation is provided. A UE receives an uplink or downlink grant transmitted from an eNB over a primary carrier in a multi-carrier LTE-A system. The UE determines indicated carrier(s) and detects a triggering condition for aperiodic sounding transmission in the grant. The UE then selects UE-specific sounding reference signal (SRS) parameters. Finally, the UE transmits an aperiodic SRS (ap-SRS) over the indicated carrier(s) using the selected UE-specific SRS parameters. In one embodiment, the uplink or downlink grant is transmitted via a PDCCH carrying various DCI formats. Each DCI format contains a carrier indicator field (CIF) that indicates which carrier is used for ap-SRS transmission if cross-carrier scheduling is enabled. In another embodiment, DCI format 3/3A is transmitted via a PDCCH carrying a plurality of information fields, each field indicates if the UE should enable ap-SRS in a particular carrier.
US08837393B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting data in radio communication system The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for transmitting data in a radio communication system. The method for transmitting data in a radio communication system in which a radio resource for data transmission includes a plurality of data symbols in a time domain, wherein the method comprises the steps of transmitting first data using a space-time block coding (STBC) scheme via a portion of the data symbols from among the plurality of data symbols; and transmitting second data using a cyclic delay diversity (CDD) scheme via the residual data symbols excluding the portion of data symbols.
US08837386B2	Application-based wireless device initiated radio resource management A method and apparatus for radio resource management in a wireless device is provided. A type of data connection to be established between the wireless device and a network is determined. A radio resource capability mode for the data connection based on resource requirements of the determined type of data connection is dynamically determined wherein the radio resource capability mode is selected from a plurality of radio resource capability modes operable by the wireless device within wireless technologies supported by the network. The determined radio resource capability mode is conveyed to the network during connection establishment between the wireless device and the network, wherein the radio resource capability mode is used by the network to determine radio resources to be allocated to the wireless device for the connection.
US08837385B2	Method for transmitting and receiving acknowledgment in a wireless communication system A method for transmitting and receiving an ACKnowledgment (ACK) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes transmitting a bandwidth request indicator to a Base Station (BS), and receiving an ACK for the transmitted bandwidth request indicator from the BS, the ACK including a resource start offset field. The resource start offset field indicates an index of a starting resource unit of resources allocated by the ACK.
US08837383B2	Method of generating report messages in a network The present invention relates to a method of generating a message by a station in a network in which stations 5 transmit by intervals (A) for reporting to other stations (B) of reservations of a medium in an interval, wherein the station: —generates a set (10) of reservation information elements (A.1-A.n) wherein each reservation information element (A.1-A.n) identifies one of said reservations in the interval; and —creates at least one message (21-24) containing reservation information elements (A.1-A.n); —transmits the message to other stations (B).
US08837382B2	Multimedia broadcast and multicast service enhancements Systems and methods for enhancing broadcast/multicast services in telecommunication networks are disclosed. A multicast router is provided between a network node, such as an SGSN or GGSN, and a radio access network. A multicast transport address can be provided to send packet data from network devices to the radio network in a multicast fashion. The multicast transport address works with multicast equipment, such as multicast routers, to reduce the burdens of sending data in a broadcast or multicast fashion to mobile nodes.
US08837378B2	Method and apparatus for scanning signals of neighboring base station in broadband wireless communication system An apparatus and method for scanning signals of a neighboring Base Station (BS) in a broadband wireless communication system is provided. In the broadband wireless communication system, a scanning method of a serving base station includes: receiving information on a frequency use status of a neighboring base station from an upper network entity; and after determining a recommended scan frequency by using the received information, transmitting a scanning response message including the recommended scan frequency.
US08837376B2	Transmission of MBMS in an OFDM communication system The invention provides for a method of identifying a cyclic prefix to UEs in an OFDM communication system. The cyclic prefix has a dynamically variable length. The method includes, within an OFDM cell, transmitting MCCH scheduling information in a system information block in an OFDM broadcast channel, and using the MCCH scheduling information to receive the MCCH, wherein the MCCH contains MTCH scheduling information to indicate to the UE which sub-frame carries MTCH.
US08837373B2	Relay node, main unit for a relay node and method therein Relay node (110), main unit (113) for a relay node and method in a main unit (113) for a relay node (110), which main unit (113) is connectible to a first radio unit (111) and to a second radio unit (112), for synchronising wireless communication over the second radio unit (112) with wireless communication over the first radio unit (111). The method comprises transmitting a synchronisation signal at the second radio unit (112), receiving the signal at the first radio unit (111), to compute a first timing difference corresponding to the signal propagation time and to adjust the downlink transmission timing at the second radio unit (112) according to the first timing difference. Similar signalling, estimation of timing difference and adjustment is made for signals to be received from the user equipment (130) at the second radio unit (112).
US08837372B2	Method for decoding control information of terminal in carrier aggregation system and terminal thereof Provided is a method of decoding control information of a terminal in a carrier aggregation system. The method includes: receiving downlink control information including a carrier indication field from a base station; and decoding the downlink control information, wherein the downlink control information includes at least two or more fields, and a component carrier indicated by a value of the carrier indication field is determined according to a value of a specific field among the at least two or more fields.
US08837370B2	System and method for connecting, configuring and testing wireless devices and applications A system, apparatus, and method are provided for connecting, configuring and testing wireless devices and applications. For example, one embodiment of wireless device for operation in a wireless network comprises a processor, a wireless module including a radio receiver and transmitter unit coupled to the processor, a graphical user interface (GUI) coupled to the processor, and a Connection Manager Module (CMM) including an Application Programming Interface (API) module, a Rules Engine Module, and a Rules Set Module, wherein the CMM manages a connection to a wireless network.
US08837365B2	Method and system for securely routing traffic on X2 interface in a 3GPP network A network element is configured to receive a first packet from a first eNodeB (eNB) of the packet network via a first secured X2 link. The network element decrypts the first packet to reveal a second packet encapsulated within the first packet. The network element determines a second secured X2 link associated with a second eNB as an intended recipient of the second packet. The network element encrypts the second packet to generate a third packet and transmits the third packet to the second eNB via the second secured X2 link. The network is coupled to various eNBs of the packet network via various secured X2 links, respectively.
US08837364B2	Base station device, terminal device and communication system A base station device including: a receiver that receives data from a terminal device; and a processor that performs setting for the reception of data from the terminal device, and deactivates a management of the terminal device after performing setting, wherein the receiver receives data from the terminal device in a state of deactivated management.
US08837360B1	Determining geographic location of network hosts Embodiments of the present invention are directed to determining the geographic location of network entities. An embodiment is a method of determining the geographic location of a host including, identifying at least one gateway communicatively coupled to the host, determining a geographic location of the at least one gateway based upon a proximity relationship between the gateway and a localizable entity, and determining the geographic location of the host based upon the determined geographic location of the at least one gateway. Another embodiment is a method for a host to determine its geographic location by determining reachability information to communicatively coupled network entities, sending the reachability information to a location server, and by receiving geographic location information from the location server.
US08837355B2	Bearer processing method and mobile management device A bearer processing method and a network device are provided. The method includes: determining whether a corresponding user equipment (UE) exists, if user subscription data recorded in a mobile management device is changed; and initiating a bearer modification or deletion process by the mobile management device according to the determining result with regard to whether the UE exists. The mobile management device includes: a storage unit, adapted to record user subscription data; a determination unit, adapted to determine whether a corresponding UE exists, after the user subscription data recorded in the storage unit is changed; and a trigger unit, adapted to initiate a bearer modification or deletion process according to the determining result with respect to whether the UE exists.
US08837350B2	Method and apparatus for concerted signal transmission on multiple antennas A communication method is provided for use in a network in which users are allocated respective symbol positions within timeslots for communication to the respective users from a base station. A signal periodically transmitted from at least two antennas of the base station to a user terminal represents coded information. The signal is transmitted within each of a plurality of periodic timeslots. Within each timeslot, each antenna transmits the same coded information only during an assigned symbol position. The symbol positions assigned to the respective antennas are separated in time according to a specified sequential spacing of symbol positions within the timeslot.
US08837349B2	Real-time sessions quality-of-service over reservation-based access A collection of methods, which when combined together provide suitable bandwidth resources for real-time content exchange over a satellite-based network, wherein the network employs a reservation-based access scheme, such as but not limited to DVB-RCS. Furthermore, the methods provide suitable bandwidth wherein transmission conditions deteriorate while real-time content is being exchanged and the already allocated resources can no longer be used.
US08837347B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting reference signal in wireless communication system including relay station Provided are a method and an apparatus for transmitting reference signals in a wireless communication system including a relay station. A base station respectively generates a plurality of reference signals for a plurality of antenna ports, maps the plurality of reference signals into relay zones within at least one resource block according to predetermined reference signal patterns, and transmits the at least one resource block through the plurality of antenna ports. At this point, the plurality of reference signals includes at least one cell-specific reference signal (CRS) of a 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) long-term evolution (LTE) Rel-8 system.
US08837342B2	Low power wireless network for ad-hoc applications Techniques are disclosed for reducing power of network devices in a low-power wireless network. Embodiments generally include, for a network device that periodically toggles between high-power and low-power modes, increasing the relative amount of time the network device operates in a low-power mode under certain conditions that may otherwise cause the network device to consume more power. Such conditions include when the network device fails to join the low-power wireless network and/or when the network device fails to communicate with the low-power wireless network with an accuracy above a certain threshold level.
US08837338B2	Telecommunication wireless control system A telecommunication wireless site control system comprising a central control board configured to receive control signals disposed at a wireless site. The central control board may be communicatively coupled with current monitor and control boards, extension boards, and a local switch to control telecommunication equipment, power devices, and controllers.
US08837337B2	Signaling of power information for MIMO transmission in a wireless communication system Techniques for signaling power information to facilitate channel quality indicator (CQI) reporting are described. A Node B may send power information that may be used by a UE to determine a power per channelization code, POVSF. In one design, the power information includes a power offset between the power of a data channel, PHSPDSCH, and the power of a pilot channel. The Node B may determine PHSPDSCH based on the power available for the data channel, the number of available channelization codes, and a designated number of channelization codes. The UE may determine POVSF based on the power information from the Node B and the designated number of channelization codes. The UE may estimate at least one SINR of at least one transport block based on POVSF, determine CQI information for the transport block(s) based on the SINR, and send the CQI information to the Node B.
US08837335B2	Timeslot allocation method in a wireless TDD network Method and arrangement in a first base station for scheduling in a TDD wireless network, which wireless network comprises the first base station serving a user equipment, and a second base station. The method comprises detecting that the second base station uses a different TDD configuration, instructing the user equipment to provide a signal strength measurement report based on a signal received from the second base station, receiving the measurement report, and allocating resources to the user equipment based on the received measurement report. Thereby is allocation of resources in TTIs not having the same uplink-downlink direction in the first base station and the second base station respectively, is avoided for the user equipment, when the received signal strength measurement report indicates that such allocation is appropriate. Also, a method and arrangement in a user equipment for scheduling in a TDD wireless network is described.
US08837332B2	Method for a canceling self interference signal using passive noise cancellation for full-duplex simultaneous (in time) and overlapping (in space) wireless transmission and reception on the same frequency band A method for full duplex communication that includes creating a canceling self interference signal using a passive noise cancellation, and attaining full-duplex simultaneous in time and overlapping in space wireless transmission and reception on same frequency band responsive to the step of creating a canceling self interference signal.
US08837331B2	Duplexer bypass Disclosed are circuits, techniques and methods for implementing a process of selectively bypassing a duplexer in a transmission path. In a particular embodiment, a receiver and a transmitter are coupled to a shared antenna through a duplexer. The duplexer may be selectively bypassed under certain conditions while the receiver is disabled and/or powered off.
US08837328B2	Systems and methods for pre-association discovery of services on a network Systems, methods, and devices for an access point for monitoring, caching, and advertising service information on a wireless network are disclosed. In one aspect, a method for an access point for monitoring, caching, and advertising service information on a wireless network is provided. The method includes collecting information regarding one or more services offered on the wireless network, the information being collected from messages transmitted between other access points and wireless devices. The method further includes storing in a memory a service description for the services offered on the wireless network based on the collected information. The method further includes receiving a first service query from a wireless device for services before the wireless device associating with the wireless network and, if the service description is contained within the memory, transmitting the service description from the memory to the wireless device indicating availability of the service in the wireless network.
US08837326B2	Session management method and system based on M2M application, and apparatus Embodiments of the present invention disclose a session management method and system based on an M2M application and an apparatus. The method includes: first acquiring gateway equipment information and group number information of a group user device; when acquiring that group information of the group user device changes, according to the gateway equipment information and the group number information of the group user device, instructing a gateway equipment to execute bearer change processing on the group device, and executing the bearer change processing on the group user device, so as to reduce signaling congestion on a network side and correspondingly reduce a network load.
US08837323B2	Method for transmitting a message, network node and network A method allows message transmission in a peer-to-peer network using chord topology, in which some of the nodes have access protection which allows reception of messages only from those network addresses to which a message has previously been sent. A network such as this is dependent on each node maintaining a list with further nodes, referred to in general as a finger list. In order to allow communication despite access protection, each node sends a request at fixed time intervals to the nodes in its list, to send it a message. This makes it possible for each node to send messages to the nodes in its list. A search request for a file is passed on via intermediate nodes in the network such that the searching node is provided with access to a destination node which can offer the file, and the access protection of the destination node is cancelled.
US08837321B2	Measurement reporting A network sends downlink a neighbor frequency list for redirection (with at least one neighbor frequency) for measurement, for example event-triggered measurement. For each frequency in the list which a user equipment UE finds to satisfy one or more criteria, for example event-triggering criteria, the idle-state or semi-idle-state UE then takes a measurement of the neighbor frequency and checks whether the measurement satisfies reporting criteria. The UE sends to its serving cell an indication of the neighbor frequency or frequencies whose measurement meets the reporting criteria, without reporting the measurement, such as in a RRC Connection Request message. The serving cell then redirects the UE to establish a connection on a target frequency selected from the indicated neighbor frequencies, and this redirect may be in a RRC Connection Reject message.
US08837320B2	Methods and systems for anchored down-selection in a coordinated multipoint transmission cluster A method to select members of a transmission set in a wireless network including receiving a list of network nodes included in a measurement set provided by a serving node is provided. The method includes determining received measurement values associated with the network nodes included in the measurement set and sorting the determined received measurement values in decreasing order. The method includes selecting transmission set cluster members having a determined received measurement value according to a threshold and providing channel status information (CSI) feedback on a plurality of network nodes included in the transmission set to the serving node in the wireless network.
US08837315B2	Smart zoning using device alias database Systems and methods are disclosed to implement smart zoning using device alias database that preserves TCAM space. Embodiments may consider device types to save an administrator's efforts from splitting application specific zones into two-member (initiator and target) zones.
US08837314B2	Connection timeout management in a communication network with network redundancy A method of configuring a communication network including a network device includes obtaining a first parameter associated with a predetermined topological characteristic of the communication network, a second parameter associated with a communication protocol of the communication network and a third parameter associated with a performance characteristic of the communication network, and calculating a connection timeout value based on the first parameter, the second parameter and the third parameter. The network device is configured to determine whether a communication timeout has occurred on the communication network based on the connection timeout value. Calculating the connection timeout value may include calculating a sum of the first parameter, the second parameter and the third parameter.
US08837312B2	Signature detection and timing offset estimation Bias introduced by down-sampling may be eliminated, or significantly reduced, by the present embodiments. Methods and apparatuses are described for use in wireless communication systems including LTE and other mobile data systems. The method includes identifying a timing offset estimation bias caused by a misalignment between samples and a zero-offset point of a preamble signature.
US08837311B2	Method and apparatus for reselecting a different transmission time interval resource A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in order to allow for reselection of a TTI resource, such as in an instance in which a mobile terminal has moved to a different portion of the coverage area and/or in an instance in which the TTI resource was initially incorrectly selected, such as based upon an inaccurate measurement. In the context of a method, a first TTI resource is selected in conjunction with an uplink. The method also detects a failure condition associated with the uplink and selects a second TTI resource, different than the first TTI resource, in response to detection of the failure condition.
US08837310B2	Method and system for determining an end time of uplink back propagation The invention provides a method and a system for determining an end time of uplink back propagation in a mobile communication system to solve a problem of accurately judging the end time of uplink back propagation, wherein the method includes the following steps: sending data with consecutive sequence numbers in a buffer of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) module to a serving gateway (S-GW) via an S1 tunnel; sending data with inconsecutive sequence numbers, which is from data with a first inconsecutive sequence number to last data in the buffer of the PDCP module, to a target base station via an uplink back propagation tunnel; generating an end marker datagram; sending the end marker datagram to the target base station via the uplink back propagation tunnel; and receiving, by the target base station, the end marker datagram and determining that the uplink back propagation has ended.
US08837302B2	Mapping a network fault A method of mapping a network fault is provided. Information is received concerning geographical coordinates of terminal network elements and their association with shared network components. A performance parameter is transmitted via upstream network communications from the terminal network elements is monitored. Terminal network elements from which the monitored performance parameter are unacceptable relative to a predetermined threshold for the performance parameter are identified, and a cluster of terminal network elements estimated to be subject to a common network fault is defined. The cluster includes terminal network elements that are identified as reporting an unacceptable performance parameter, as being within a predetermined geographic distance from each other, and as being associated with a common shared network component. A geographic map is populated with a single cluster alarm and includes an identification of the terminal network elements within the cluster. An electronic device and non-transitory computer readable storage medium are provided.
US08837297B2	Network coding based on soft feedback A method (1000) for use in a communications system (100, 200, 400), with a first transceiver (110) which transmits data packets to a second (120) and a third transceiver (130). At least the second transceiver (120) can transmit (1010) to the first transceiver (100) a quality value regarding the reception quality of one or more data packets (300) which have been received by the second transceiver, which quality value the first transceiver (110) can use to modify (1015) its data transmissions. The second transmitter (120) listens for data packets intended both for itself and for said third transmitter (130), and the quality value which is transmitted by the second transceiver (120) is based on (1025) the reception quality of one or more of said data packets, and the reception quality value is expressed as (1030) one of a plurality of possible such values.
US08837293B2	System and method for routing internet traffic over internet links An apparatus and method for routing IP traffic in real time from at least one network user to a plurality of internet links. Embodiments include assigning different ranks to different internet links based on network monitoring. In one embodiment, a system for routing internet traffic includes an internet route optimizer to generate routing instructions for incoming data packets using financial costs of routing data packets on the internet links, the traffic condition information corresponding to the internet links, and the types of data of the incoming data packets. In another embodiment, a method to generate a routing instruction to route an internet data packet uses financial costs of routing data packets on the internet links serving the end destination, traffic condition information of the internet links serving the end destination, and the type of data of the incoming data packet.
US08837292B2	Relayed CSPF computation for multiple areas and multiple autonomous systems Computing a constraint-based label switched path (LSP) that spans multiple areas is described. In one embodiment, a router in a first one of the multiple areas computes a path segment that meets a set of one or more constraints to at least one border router of the first area that lies in a path necessary to reach the destination. The router transmits a path computation request message to a path computation element (PCE) in a second one of the areas, which includes a set of one or more attributes for each computed path segment that are used by the PCE to compute one or more path segments towards the destination of the constraint-based LSP. The router receives a path computation reply message from the PCE that specifies a set of one or more computed path segments that meet the set of constraints and that were computed by one or more PCEs downstream from the router. The router stitches at least one of the set of computed path segments that are specified in the path computation reply message with the path segment computed by the router to form at least part of the constraint-based LSP.
US08837291B2	Mesh network connecting wireless routers A communication routing arrangement includes two or more wireless routers coupled to a communication network, and a user device adapted to couple with the communication network through a communication path including at least one of the two or more wireless routers. The communication path between the user device and the communication network is selected based on available resources of the two or more wireless routers.
US08837289B2	Terminated transmission control protocol tunnel A method, a multiprotocol offload engine, and a set of instructions are disclosed. A local area network interface 150 may receive a transmission control protocol data transmission from a source local area network device. A processor 110 may encapsulate the transmission control protocol data transmission in a negative acknowledgement oriented reliable multicast data transmission. A wide area network interface 160 may transmit the negative acknowledgement oriented reliable multicast data transmission over the wide area network 260.
US08837283B2	Mobile node assignement to a router in a WPAN stimulation A method and system to assign a mobile node to a router in a wireless multihop mesh network. A request from a mobile node to join the network is received. A server is notified of the request to join the network, and transmits a positive response to the mobile node upon establishing a connecting between the mobile node and network, and then generates an association record between the mobile node and a router. The association record is then recorded and it is determined if a previous association record exists between the mobile node and at least one other router. If previous association record exists, then a message to suppress any association record between the mobile node and the at least one other router is sent.
US08837281B2	Use of partitions to reduce flooding and filtering database size requirements in large layer two networks A network component, comprising a memory unit comprising a filtering database (FDB), wherein the FDB comprises a medium access control (MAC) address and a Virtual Local Area Networks (VLAN) Identifier (VID) pair for each of a plurality of end-stations associated with an edge-district partition of a network, wherein the edge-district partition is associated with the network component, and wherein the FDB comprises a wildcard FDB entry corresponding to each VLAN associated with the network component, and a logic unit coupled to the ingress ports and the egress ports, wherein the logic unit is configured to reduce flooding in the edge-district partition of the network; wherein the logic unit is configured to forward a received frame, having a destination MAC address and a VID for which there is not an exact match in the FDB, towards a core-bridge without flooding based on the wildcard entry in the FDB.
US08837275B2	System, method and program for re-routing internet packets A first site comprises a first ISP, a first server and a first router interposed between the first ISP and the first server. A second site comprises a second ISP, a second server and a second router interposed between the second ISP and the second server. While the second server is operating, both the first and second routers broadcast announcements of an IP address of the second server. The announcements of the IP address broadcast by the first router indicate the first router as a less preferred route to the IP address than the announcements of the IP address by the second router indicating the second router as a route to the IP address. Consequently, packets addressed to the IP address are routed to the second server via the second ISP and the second router. Subsequently, the second site fails, and concurrently, the second router ceases to broadcast announcements of the IP address of the second site and the first router continues to broadcast announcements of the IP address of the second site. Consequently, subsequent packets addressed to the IP address are routed to the first server via the first ISP and the first router, bypassing the second ISP. A semiautomatic technique is also disclosed.
US08837270B2	Orthogonal codes based code division multiplexing method, multiplexing device, and de-multiplexing device The present disclosure provides an orthogonal codes based code division multiplexing method of performing the code division multiplexing of demodulation reference signals in multiple layers of resource blocks by using orthogonal matrices, the method comprising: changing the order of chips in particular rows of a first orthogonal matrix to obtain a second orthogonal matrix with the changed order of chips; and multiplying the chips in respective rows of the second orthogonal matrix by the demodulation reference signals in corresponding layers of resource blocks correspondingly in the time direction to obtain code division multiplexing signals. The technical scheme of the present disclosure can improve the power jitter situation of downlink signals on the time, thereby the usage efficiency of the power amplifier at the base station side can be improved.
US08837267B2	Method for recording and reproducing a holographic read only recording medium, and holographic read only recording medium A recording signal beam and a recording reference beam are irradiated onto a first surface of a holographic recording medium to write an information as an interference pattern therein. Next, a reflective layer is provided on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the holographic recording medium such that the reflective layer is adhered with the second surface, and a reproducing reference beam is irradiated onto the first surface of the holographic recording medium so as to read a signal beam which is reflected at the reflective layer and reproduced from the holographic recording medium.
US08837266B2	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.
US08837265B2	Optical information reproduction device, optical information reproduction method, and information recording medium An optical information reproduction device includes a light source (14) configured to emit reproduction light, a plasmon resonance element (9) including a resonance section (22) arranged adjacent to a recording region (4) of a recording layer (2), the resonance section (22) causing plasmon resonance between the recording region (4) and the resonance section (22), a photodetector (17a) configured to detect reflected light or transmitted light from the plasmon resonance element (9) on which the reproduction light is irradiated, and a reproduction unit (24) configured to determine, on the basis of a detection signal from the photodetector (17a), whether the recording region (4) is in a recorded state or an unrecorded state, and reproduce information recorded in the recording region (4).
US08837263B1	Automatic on-drive sync-mark search and threshold adjustment A hard disk drive includes a processor to automatically adjust a threshold level for finding sync-marks. The processor determines all possible sync-mark patterns for a particular pattern length and analyzes each pattern with reference to real world data. The pattern with the largest distance gap is used. The threshold level is then adjusted dynamically to produce the lowest possible failure rate for the given pattern.
US08837261B1	Electrical contact for an energy-assisted magnetic recording laser sub-mount Approaches to an electrical contact to electrically connect a laser module and a suspension that houses a head slider, in the context of a hard disk drive, involves a laser sub-mount electrical contact that includes a metal barrier layer underneath an electrode layer, where the barrier layer material has a lower heat transfer coefficient than the sub-mount material. Consequently, during the soldering process the diffusion of heat to the sub-mount is inhibited and the wettability of the solder is improved.
US08837256B2	Subterranean survey communication system and technique A technique includes acquiring data, which is indicative of operations that are being conducted in connection with a subterranean survey. The technique includes communicating the data in real time over a long range communication network to allow at least one remote user to remotely observe the operations.
US08837255B2	Seismic acquisition method and system The maximum output of a seismic source array may be reduced by activating the individual seismic sources within these seismic source array in a pattern that is extended in time rather than by the presently employed conventional simultaneous activation of a large number of individual seismic sources. Methods are disclosed which take data shot with patterned sources and may use a sparse inversion method to create data with the about same image quality as that of conventional sources. In this manner the output of the maximum impulse of a seismic source array may be reduced by an amplitude factor of about 10 in the examples shown here, corresponding to a reduction of about 20 dB while maintaining virtually the same seismic image quality. The disclosed methods may be used in combination with any simultaneous sourcing technique. In addition, the disclosed methods may be used with a plurality of source arrays.
US08837251B2	Semiconductor device with low voltage programming/erasing operation An array configuration capable of supplying a necessary and sufficient current in a small area is achieved and a reference cell configuration suitable to temperature characteristics of a TMR element is achieved. In a memory using inversion of spin transfer switching, a plurality of program drivers are arranged separately along one global bit line, and one sense amplifier is provided to one global bit line. A reference cell to which “1” and “0” are programmed is shared by two arrays and a sense amplifier.
US08837249B2	Memory macro configuration and method A memory macro comprises a plurality of memory array segments, each having a predetermined number of data inputs and outputs. A segment decoder circuit is configured to: receive a first value indicating a number of memory partitions among which the memory array segments are to be divided, and output a plurality of signals for selectively activating one or more of the plurality of memory array segments to be accessed based on the first value. A plurality of output drivers are coupled to the segment decoder circuit and to respective ones of the outputs. The plurality of output drivers are configured to selectively output data from the respective outputs of each of the respective activated memory array segments.
US08837245B2	Memory cell array latchup prevention A current-limiting device may be configured to be placed along a power-supply bus to limit current through a first complimentary-metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) circuit coupled to the power-supply bus so that current does not exceed a trigger current level of a pnpn diode in a second CMOS circuit coupled to the power bus.
US08837244B2	Memory output circuit The invention provides a memory output circuit. The memory output circuit is capable of receiving bit line data and bit bar line data output by a memory cell array. In one embodiment, the memory output circuit comprises a pre-charge circuit, a pre-amplifier circuit, and a sense amplifier. The pre-charge circuit is capable of pre-charging a first node and a first inverse node wherein the bit line data and bit bar line data are respectively output to the first node and the first inverse node. The pre-amplifier circuit is capable of generating a second voltage on a second node and a second inverse voltage on a second inverse node according to a first voltage on the first node and a first inverse voltage on the first inverse node. The sense amplifier is capable of detecting the second voltage on the second node and the second inverse voltage on the second inverse node to generate a third voltage on a third node and a third inverse voltage on a third inverse node.
US08837243B2	Deeply pipelined integrated memory built-in self-test (BIST) system and method A memory system with integrated memory built-in self-test (BIST) circuitry has one or more pipeline registers interposed between combinational logic elements. These combinational logic elements can include write data decoding logic, memory control signal decoding logic, address counter logic, address comparison logic, data comparison logic, and next state decoding logic. Features can be included that compensate for the delay inherent in the pipeline registers.
US08837242B2	Semiconductor device and method including redundant bit line provided to replace defective bit line A method includes selecting a word line included in one of a plurality of memory mats based on a row address, where each of the plurality of memory mats includes a plurality of word lines, a plurality of bit lines, and a redundant bit line, selecting one of the bit lines included in the selected memory mat based on a column address, selecting, by a column relief circuit, the redundant bit line in place of the one of the bit lines to be selected based on the column address, in response to the column address indicating a defective address, activating the column relief circuit when the row address is supplied in response to a first command, and inactivating the column relief circuit when the row address is supplied in response to a second command.
US08837238B2	Semiconductor device having a plurality of memory modules A semiconductor device which can reduce the peak value of the rush current generated during a transition from resume mode to normal mode. The semiconductor device has a plurality of daisy-chained memory modules. Each of the memory modules includes a memory array, a switch for controlling, in resume mode, source voltage supply to a constituent element of the memory module, and a delay circuit which receives a resume control signal ordering a transition from resume mode to normal mode and outputs a resume control signal delayed from the inputted resume control signal to the memory module of the next stage.
US08837235B1	Local evaluation circuit for static random-access memory A local evaluation circuit for a memory array includes first and second NAND gates and first, second, third, and fourth switches. The first switch is configured to couple a first node of the second NAND gate to a first power supply node in response to a first read signal. The second switch is configured to couple a first node of the first NAND gate to the first power supply node in response to a second read signal. The third switch is configured to couple a second node of the first NAND gate to a second power supply node in response to the first read signal. The fourth switch is configured to couple a second node of the second NAND gate to the second power supply node in response to the second read signal.
US08837232B2	Semiconductor device An object is to provide a semiconductor device with a novel structure, which can hold stored data even when power is not supplied and which has an unlimited number of write cycles. The semiconductor device is formed using a memory cell including a wide band gap semiconductor such as an oxide semiconductor. The semiconductor device includes a potential change circuit having a function of outputting a potential lower than a reference potential for reading data from the memory cell. When the wide band gap semiconductor which allows a sufficient reduction in off-state current of a transistor included in the memory cell is used, a semiconductor device which can hold data for a long period can be provided.
US08837231B2	Integrated circuit, memory system, and operation method thereof An integrated circuit includes an input pad configured to receive a low-speed signal and a high-speed signal, a high-speed buffer coupled to the input pad, a low-speed buffer coupled to the input pad, a strobe input unit configured to receive a strobe signal for indicating an input of the high-speed signal to the input pad, and a buffer control unit configured to control an activation of the high-speed buffer in response to the strobe signal.
US08837229B1	Circuit for generating negative bitline voltage An integrated circuit for generating a negative bitline voltage comprises a bitline connectable to a memory cell and a multitude of capacitors arranged in groups thereof connected to the bitline. A step signal generator can generate a consecutive sequence of step signals to be applied to a group of capacitors. The circuit may be part of an integrated memory circuit device to drive the bitline to a negative voltage to implement a write assist scheme.
US08837227B2	Non-volatile semiconductor device, and method of operating the same A non-volatile semiconductor device and a method for operating the same are disclosed, where the non-volatile semiconductor device includes a gate dielectric layer, a p-type floating gate, a coupling gate, a first p-type source/drain, a second p-type source/drain, a first contact plug and a second contact plug. The gate dielectric layer is formed on a n-type semiconductor substrate. The p-type floating gate is formed on the gate dielectric layer. The first p-type source/drain and the second p-type source/drain are formed in the n-type semiconductor substrate. The first and second contact plugs are formed on the first and second p-type source/drains respectively. The coupling gate consists essentially of a capacitor dielectric layer and a third contact plug, where the capacitor dielectric layer is formed on the p-type floating gate, and the third contact plug is formed on the capacitor dielectric layer.
US08837226B2	Memory including a reduced leakage wordline driver A memory includes a wordline driver having reduced leakage. The memory includes a storage array coupled to a first voltage supply, and a number of wordline driver units each including a driver inverter. During a low power mode, the voltage of the voltage supply coupled to the wordline circuit is reduced or removed, while the voltage of the voltage supply coupled to the storage array is kept at least at a retention voltage. In addition a p-type transistor is coupled between the array voltage supply and an input to the wordline driver inverter, thereby keeping the output of the wordline driver inverter at a low logic level to prevent inadvertent wordline firing.
US08837224B2	Nonvolatile memory device, operating method thereof and memory system including the same A method of operating a non-volatile memory device includes storing one or more addresses of word lines (WLs), but not the entire addresses of the WLs, into a latch, the WLs disposed between a string selection line (SSL) and a ground selection line (GSL), selecting a first WL from the latch, performing an erasing operation on memory cells associated with the string selection line (SSL), the memory cells associated with the SSL constituting a memory block, and verifying the erasing operation on memory cells associated with the selected first WL.
US08837223B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method for manufacuring the same A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment includes: a memory cell array in which a plurality of NAND cell units are arranged, the NAND cell units including a plurality of memory cells, and select gate transistors, the memory cell including a semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film, a charge accumulation layer, and a control gate; and a control circuit. The control circuit adjusts a write condition of each of the memory cells in accordance with write data to each of the memory cells and memory cells adjacent to the memory cells within the data to be written.
US08837221B2	Write bias condition for 2T-string NOR flash cell This invention discloses circuit and methods of a NAND-based 2T-string NOR flash cell structure as a building block for a fast random-read NOR flash memory. The key concept of this new set of bias conditions in cell array improves over the critical concern of punch-through issue when cell is migrating to the more advanced technology node of next generation. The invention adopts a novel preferable symmetrical 2T-string NOR flash cell. Each NAND or NAND like cell of this 2T-string NOR cell is to store 2 bits and is preferable to be made of N-channel device. The cell is preferable to use Fowler-Nordheim Tunneling scheme for both erase and program operations. The invention is to provide a novel 2T-string NOR flash cell structure made of N-channel device offering most flexible erase sizes in unit of byte, page, sector, block and chip with the least program and erase disturbances.
US08837220B2	Nonvolatile memory and manipulating method thereof A manipulating method of a nonvolatile memory is provided and comprises following steps. The nonvolatile memory having a plurality of memory cell is provided. Two adjacent memory cells correspond to one bit and comprise a substrate, a first and another first doping regions, a second doping region, a charge trapping layer, a control gate, a first bit line, a source line and a second bit line different from the first bit line. A first and a second channel are formed. The charge trapping layer is disposed on the first and the second channels. The two adjacent memory cells are programmed by following steps. A first positive and negative voltages are applied to the control gate between the first and the second doping regions and the control gate between the second and the another first doping regions, respectively. A first voltage is applied to the source line.
US08837217B2	Memory storage apparatus, and memory controller and power control method A memory storage apparatus having a rewritable non-volatile memory module, a first circuit, a memory controller and a power management circuit is provided. The first circuit outputs a state signal and keeps the state signal in a first state when the first circuit is enabled, and then the first circuit keeps the state signal in a second state after a predetermined condition is satisfied. When the memory controller receives a first signal, the power management circuit stops supplying an output voltage to the rewritable non-volatile memory module and the memory controller. Additionally, when the memory controller is enabled, the memory controller determines whether the state signal is in the first state. If true, the memory controller performs a first procedure; and if not, the memory controller performs a second procedure.
US08837215B2	Operating method and data read method in nonvolatile memory device In a method of reading data in a nonvolatile memory device including data cells and monitoring cells. A first read operation applies a first read voltage to the data cells and monitoring cells. If a read fail occurs, a second read operation is performed using a read voltage level determined according to a number of ON-cells among the monitoring cells.
US08837214B2	Applications for inter-word-line programming A method includes, in an array of analog memory cells that are arranged in rows associated with respective word lines, reading a first group of the memory cells in a selected word line, including one or more memory cells that store a status of at least one word line in the array other than the selected word line. A readout configuration for a second group of the memory cells is set responsively to the read status. The second group of the memory cells is read using the readout configuration.
US08837212B2	Electronic devices including two or more substrates electrically connected together and methods of forming such electronic devices Electronic devices may include a first substrate bearing circuitry components at a nanoscale pitch within the first substrate. The first substrate may include microscale bond pads on a surface of the first substrate. A via may electrically connect one of the microscale bond pads to one of the circuitry components. A second substrate may be electrically connected to at least one of the microscale bond pads. Methods of forming electronic devices may include positioning a first substrate adjacent to a second substrate. The first substrate may bear circuitry components at a nanoscale pitch within the first substrate. The first substrate may include microscale bond pads on a surface of the first substrate. A via may electrically connect one of the microscale bond pads to one of the circuitry components. The second substrate may be electrically connected to at least one of the microscale bond pads.
US08837209B2	Magnetic memory cell and magnetic random access memory A relation between a drive current of a selection transistor of a magnetic memory and a threshold magnetization switching current of the magnetoresistance effect element is optimized. In order to optimize the relation between the drive current of the selection transistor and the threshold magnetization switching current of the magnetoresistance effect element 101 of the magnetic memory cell, a mechanism 601-604 for dropping the threshold magnetization switching current on “1” writing is provided that applies a magnetic field that is in the inverse direction of the pinned layer to the recording layer of the magnetoresistance effect element.
US08837208B2	Magnetic tunnel junction device with diffusion barrier layer A magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device and fabrication method is disclosed. A particular embodiment includes a magnetic tunnel junction structure above a bottom electrode. The particular embodiment further includes a portion of a diffusion barrier layer adjacent to the magnetic tunnel junction structure. A top of the magnetic tunnel junction structure is connected to a conductive layer.
US08837207B1	Static memory and memory cell thereof A static memory and a static memory cell are provided. The static memory cell includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, a fifth transistor, a sixth transistor, a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a first pull-down switch, and a second pull-down switch. When a data writing operation is performed, the latching capability of the latch circuit constituted by the first to the sixth transistors is disabled by turning off the second transistor or the fifth transistor, so that the speed of the data writing operation is increased and the data writing performance is improved. The first switch and the second switch provide a path for reading or writing data, and the third switch is coupled to a bit line for receiving data from or transmitting data to the bit line.
US08837205B2	Multi-port register file with multiplexed data A semiconductor memory storage device comprises an array of storage devices including a plurality of rows of the storage devices and a plurality of columns of the storage devices, a first plurality of write ports, a write select signal coupled to the write ports, a plurality of write port address lines coupled as input to each of the write ports, and a first plurality of word line select circuits coupled to receive an address signal and the write select signal for each of the write ports and to provide a single selected write word line signal to a respective one of the rows of the storage devices for one of the first plurality of write ports activated by the write select signal.
US08837204B2	Four-transistor and five-transistor BJT-CMOS asymmetric SRAM cells A memory cell comprises asymmetric retention elements formed of bipolar junction transistors integrated with a CMOS transistor. The BJT transistors of the retention element may be vertically stacked. In one embodiment, the N region of two adjacent NPN BJT transistors may be connected to ground and may form a common emitter of the NPN BJT transistors while the P region of two adjacent PNP BJT transistors may be connected to high voltage and may form a common emitter of the PNP BJT transistors. For further compactness in one embodiment a base of one transistor doubles as a collector of another transistor. The retention element may have only a single bit line and a single write line, with no negative bit line. In some embodiments, a single inverter and only three transistors may form the retention element. Memory space may be cut approximately in half.
US08837201B2	Programming an array of resistance random access memory cells using unipolar pulses Subject matter disclosed herein relates to a memory device, and more particularly to programming a non-volatile memory device.
US08837198B2	Multi-bit resistance measurement An example embodiment is a circuit for determining a binary value of a memory cell. The circuit includes shunt capacitors having different capacitances to selectively couple with the memory cell, and a controller configured to iteratively charge the shunt capacitors to a first voltage until a selected shunt capacitor causes the first voltage to decay through the memory cell to a first reference voltage within a predetermined time range, determine a binary value of the most significant bits of the memory cell based on the selected shunt capacitor, charge the selected shunt capacitor to a second voltage after determining the binary value of the most significant bits of the memory cell, and determine a binary value of the least significant bits of the memory cell based on a decay of the second voltage at the selected shunt capacitor through the memory cell.
US08837193B2	Memory A memory in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention may include a first page buffer, a second page buffer arranged adjacent to the first page buffer in a first direction, a global pad arranged between the first page buffer and the second page buffer, and a first bit line selection unit arranged adjacent to the first page buffer and the second page buffer in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, wherein a first bit line pad is formed at a center of the a first bit line selection unit.
US08837191B2	Semiconductor apparatus A semiconductor apparatus includes a multi-chip module which multi-chip module comprises a first and a second chips. The semiconductor apparatus comprises a first data line in the first chip to carry first read data; a first controller, in the first chip, configured to generate first output data on a first output data line in the first chip based on the first read data transmitted from the first data line; a first data transmitter configured to electrically connect the first output data line to the second chip.
US08837186B2	Power conversion apparatus having a boost power factor correction (PFC) function and controlling inrush current and power conversion method thereof An apparatus/method is provided. The power conversion apparatus includes: a rectifying unit including a silicon-controlled rectifier thyristor (SCR) for rectifying single-phase power externally inputted; a power factor correcting unit configured to correct a power factor of the power rectified by the rectifying unit; and a control signal generating unit configured to detect a zero-crossing point based on the single-phase power inputted and generate a pulse single of which a width increases as time elapses based on the detected zero-crossing point. The rectifying unit rectifies the single-phase power by using the pulse signal inputted to a gate terminal of the SCR.
US08837184B2	Secondary side synchronous rectification control circuit and switching converter A secondary side synchronous rectification control circuit is disclosed. The control circuit includes an inverted amplifier, a first comparator, and a driving unit. The inverted amplifier has an input end for receiving a drain source voltage signal from a synchronous rectification transistor and outputting an inverted amplification signal. The first comparator receives the inverted amplification signal and a first reference voltage for outputting a first comparison signal. The driving unit receives the first comparison signal and generates a driving signal according to the first comparison signal, for controlling the conduction status of the synchronous rectification transistor. The drain source voltage of the synchronous rectification transistor in the present invention is inverted amplified by an inverted amplifier, and it is connected to a comparator for generating the driving signal. The errors and defects of the turn-off timing of the driving signal may be solved and eliminated.
US08837180B2	Power supply switch apparatus A power supply switch apparatus includes a voltage decreasing circuit, a rectification circuit, a comparison circuit, and a control circuit. The voltage decreasing circuit receives a first alternating voltage output from a power supply and converts the first alternating voltage to a second alternating voltage. The rectification circuit receives the second alternating voltage and converts the second alternating voltage to a first direct voltage. The voltage regulating circuit receives the first direct voltage and converts the first direct voltage to a second direct voltage. The comparison circuit receives the second direct voltage, compares the second direct voltage with a reference voltage, and outputs a control signal. The control circuit receives the control signal and connects the power supply to different circuits according to the control signal.
US08837179B2	Alternating current power supply device and method of controlling same An alternating current power supply device comprises a DC power supply for generating direct current power, a plurality of, e.g., three first DC/AC inverter to third DC/AC inverter which are arranged in parallel and electrically connected to the DC power supply, for converting the direct current power generated by the DC power supply into alternating current power and supplying the alternating current power to a load, and a control unit for controlling the driving of the first DC/AC inverter to the third DC/AC inverter. The capacitance A of the first DC/AC inverter is set to W/6, the capacitance A of the second DC/AC inverter is set to W/3, and the capacitance A of the third DC/AC inverter is set to W/2.
US08837177B2	Electric generating system using solar cell An electric generating system using a solar cell improves the quality of output power by including a converter for converting an output voltage generated from the solar cell into DC voltage in a pulse shape. An inverter converts the DC voltage in the pulse shape into an AC voltage and applies the AC voltage to a power system and a control device for determining whether an erroneous operation of the electric generating system using the solar cell is generated or not based on an output voltage of the solar cell, an output current of the solar cell and a voltage of the power system. At least one inverter switching device among a plurality of inverter switching devices performs a switching at a frequency higher than a frequency during a normal operation at an interval where the erroneous operation is generated.
US08837176B2	Converter with reactive power compensation A voltage source converter for a HVDC power transmission system is disclosed. According to one aspect, the voltage source converter includes at least one phase element having series connected diodes configured to interconnect, in use, a DC network and an AC network. The voltage source converter further includes at least one auxiliary converter configured to act as a waveform synthesizer to modify the DC voltage presented to the DC side of one or more phase elements.
US08837174B2	Switching power-supply apparatus including switching elements having a low threshold voltage In a switching power-supply apparatus, a primary-side power converter circuit includes a half bridge system and a synchronous rectifier circuit is provided as a rectifier circuit of a secondary-side power converter circuit. An on time ratio of the on time of a first switching element to the on time of a second switching element is controlled so as to provide an operation mode in which energy is regenerated from the secondary side to the primary side when the load is light.
US08837172B2	Carrier wave amplitude control in power source for stabilizing DC voltage by utilizing frequency dependence of resonance In the power supply composed of a driver circuit generating the carrier, a resonance circuit driven by the carrier and a rectification circuit generating the dc voltage by rectifying the amplitude-modulated carrier supplied by the resonance circuit and stabilizing the output voltage by the feeding back the voltage error between the output voltage and a reference voltage externally supplied to set up the output voltage, to the frequency and the amplitude of the carrier, the frequency response of the dc power supply is improved both by providing the pole located at the origin with a transfer function where the dc voltage, generated by rectifying and smoothing the output of the resonance circuit, is fed back to the frequency of the carrier and by not providing the pole at the origin with a transfer function where the dc voltage is fed back to the amplitude of the carrier.
US08837171B2	Method for operating a DC/DC converter circuit configuration and DC/DC converter circuit configuration A DC/DC converter circuit configuration contains a rectifier configuration, an inductance and at least one circuit breaker for switching the inductance on its input side. When controlling the circuit configuration, an off time of the circuit breaker is variably changed on the basis of the output power of the circuit configuration and the circuit breaker is respectively switched on in the region of a minimum of a voltage curve across the circuit breaker in order to minimize the switching losses and achieve a high level of efficiency.
US08837163B2	Integrated flex tail circuit packaging An integrated structure for interconnection of electrical components is provided. In one embodiment, the integrated structure includes a through mold via (TMV) module having a substrate and at least one component coupled to the substrate. A flexible printed circuit board (flex-PCB) is integrated with the substrate of the TMV module. A TMV is provided through a body of the module to allow the flex-PCB to couple with a logic board.
US08837159B1	Low-profile circuit board assembly Devices and methods for constructing low-profile, minimal-thickness electronic devices using existing production techniques are disclosed in this application. An electronic component and interposer form a sub-assembly. The sub-assembly is placed in an aperture in a circuit board with the interposer providing interconnections between the electronic component and the circuit board. Such placement conceals the thickness of the integrated circuit within the thickness of the circuit board, reducing overall thickness.
US08837158B2	Electronic device with blocking mechanism A blocking mechanism includes a chassis, a blocking member, and a resilient member. The chassis is configured to secure a circuit board, the chassis comprising a locking structure. The blocking member is configured to abut the circuit board, for preventing the circuit board from sliding towards the blocking member. The blocking member includes a positioning structure slidably engaged with the locking structure. The resilient member is secured to the blocking member and engaged with the locking structure for preventing the blocking member from sliding relative to the locking structure. The resilient member is resiliently deformable. When the resilient member is disengaged from the locking structure, the blocking member is slidable relative to the chassis to disengage the locking structure from the positioning structure.
US08837154B2	System with stabilized heatsink An insulating body incorporates at least one integrated circuit chip and includes a mounting surface for mounting to a board and a free surface opposite the mounting surface. A heatsink is attached to the insulating body at the free surface. The heatsink includes at least one stabilizing element. The stabilizing element includes an attachment portion extending at least partially transversely to the free surface beyond a peripheral boundary of the free surface when considered in plan view. The attachment portion has a binding end bound to the free surface and a free end opposite the binding end. The stabilizing element also has a mounting portion extending from the free end of the attachment portion at least up to a plane of the mounting surface.
US08837151B2	Memory modules including compliant multilayered thermally-conductive interface assemblies According to various aspects of the present disclosure, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of thermally-conductive interface assemblies suitable for use in dissipating heat from one or more components of a memory module. The thermally-conductive interface assembly may generally include a flexible heat-spreading material having first and second sides and one or more perforations extending through the flexible heat-spreading material from the first side to the second side. The flexible heat-spreading material may be sandwiched between first and second layers of soft thermal interface material. A portion of the soft thermal interface material may be disposed within the one or more perforations. The thermally-conductive interface assembly may be positioned relative to one or more components of a memory module to provide a thermally-conductive heat path from the one or more components to the first layer of soft thermal interface material.
US08837149B2	Electronic component and method of manufacturing electronic component A method of manufacturing an electronic component includes disposing a heat radiation material including a plurality of linear structures of carbon atoms and a filling layer of a thermoplastic resin provided among the plurality of linear structures above a first substrate, disposing a blotting paper above the heat radiation material, making a heat treatment at a temperature higher than a melting temperature of the thermoplastic resin and absorbing the thermoplastic resin above the plurality of linear structures with the absorption paper, removing the blotting paper, and adhering the heat radiation material to the first substrate by cooling to solidify the thermoplastic resin.
US08837147B2	Electronic device with a battery fastening mechanism An electronic device includes a battery module, a housing having first and second panels, and a fastening mechanism. The fastening mechanism has a fixing portion extending from the battery module and engaging an opening in the first panel, a first fastening portion formed in the fixing portion, a cantilever formed in the second panel, and a second fastening portion formed on the cantilever and engaging the first fastening portion. The cantilever can be bent away from the fixing portion, such that the second fastening portion is disengaged from the first fastening portion, and that the fixing portion is urged by a protrusion on the cantilever to be disengaged from the opening.
US08837138B2	Removable airflow guide assembly with a processor air cooler and memory bank coolers Examples disclose a removable air guide assembly with a processor air cooler to direct air over a processor on a circuit board, the processor air cooler is not directly aligned over the processor. Further, the examples provide the removable airflow guide assembly with memory bank coolers to direct air over memory banks also positioned on the circuit board. Additionally, the examples also disclose the removable airflow guide assembly with a connector socket to align with the circuit board and provide power to the processor air cooler and the memory bank coolers.
US08837136B2	Housing for hard disk drive An exemplary housing for a hard disk drive includes an enclosure, a bracket slidably mounted in the enclosure, and a panel mounted to the bracket. The bracket supports the hard disk drive thereon. The panel includes a cover pivotably connected to the bracket and an operation bracket mounted to the cover. The panel can be rotated to a closed status where the operation bracket is pulled by a spring to lock with the enclosure, thereby to fix the cover to the enclosure. The panel can also be rotated to an open status where the operation bracket is detached from the enclosure, whereby the bracket can slide out of the enclosure to expose the hard disk drive.
US08837135B2	Expansion module for interface card, computer case assembly, and computer system An expansion module for an interface card includes a transfer circuit-board, an expansion slot, a bottom-plate, a lateral-frame, and a latch. The transfer circuit-board has an electrical connector to be inserted into a card slot of a main circuit-board. The expansion slot is disposed on the transfer circuit-board and used for the interface card to be inserted into it, so as to connect the interface card to the main circuit-board. The transfer circuit-board is mounted onto the bottom-plate. The lateral-frame extends from the bottom-plate to define an accommodating space between the bottom-plate and the lateral-frame, and the transfer circuit-board is located in the accommodating space. The latch is pivoted to the lateral-frame and moves between a releasing position and a latching position. The latch has a first clamping element, and at the latching position the latch clamps and fixes the interface card with the first clamping element.
US08837134B2	Side-push type retractable USB memory stick A side-push retractable USB memory stick includes a PC board providing a data storage function, an insulative PC board holder accommodating the PC board and having a springy plate located on one lateral side thereof and a press portion outwardly protruded from the springy plate, a housing surrounding the insulative PC board holder and having a sliding slot located on one lateral side thereof for receiving the press portion and enabling the press portion to be operated by an external force to move a metal shield and a USB interface circuit of the PC board in and out of a front opening of the housing. A rear end block closed on a rear open side of the housing, and a front end block press-fitted into the front opening and defining a through hole for passing the metal shield and the USB interface circuit in and out of the housing.
US08837132B2	Positioning rack module and an electronic device assembly incorporating the same A positioning rack module for supporting a computer at a backside of a display device includes a movable frame. The movable frame includes a movable frame body to be disposed at the backside of the display device, and a first receiving portion formed in the movable frame body for receiving the computer. The movable frame body is operable to move relative to the display device between a hidden position and an exposed position. The movable frame body is hidden behind the backside of the display device when disposed at the hidden position. The movable frame body extends beyond a lateral side of the display device when disposed at the exposed position.
US08837125B2	Electric apparatus A support arm has an attachment hole formed thereon. The support arm has a first side wall and a second side wall both constituting edge of the attachment hole. An engaged convex portion is formed on the second side wall. The first side wall restricts a hook of the front panel from moving in a direction away from the second side wall toward the first wall. The first side wall is elastically deformable such that it swells in the direction.
US08837119B2	Matrix converter A matrix converter includes first to third AC reactors connected in series with first- to third-phase outputs of three-phase AC electric power, and a first cooling fan that generates cool air for cooling the first to third AC reactors. The first to third AC reactors are arranged side-by-side in a direction intersecting a direction in which the cool air flows.
US08837118B2	Transformer instrumentation and metering system A combined current transformer and metering system is described, having a securable case, two or more current transformers each having a core and secondary windings connected to a secondary circuit, wherein the transformers are mounted within the case. A wiring harness connects the secondary windings of the transformers with shorting current switches for short circuiting the secondary current circuit, and voltage switches for disconnecting a voltage, wherein both sets of switches are mounted on the case. A process of manufacturing the system is described, wherein the transformer cores are positioned within the case, the wiring is connected between the transformer cores and attachment hardware on an upper deck of the case, and insulation medium is inserted within the case. A base plate is described, having rails to hold the system and having a tab at one end, and apertures for a rod positionable between rails at a second end.
US08837114B2	Solid electrolytic capacitor A solid electrolytic capacitor is impregnated with a conductive polymer dispersion solution comprising sorbitol. In the capacitor, the hydroxyl group of sorbitol acts as the oxygen source necessary for the anodic oxidation of anodic oxide film when voltage is applied to the solid electrolytic capacitor. Consequently, the oxide film is repaired and withstand voltage property is improved, which is thought to be due to the anodic oxidation that repairs the damage on the oxide film. Superior electric capacitance can further be attained by specifying the sorbitol content in the dispersion solution to be at 60-90 wt %.
US08837112B2	Multilayer ceramic electronic component and method of fabricating the same There is provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component, including: a ceramic body including a dielectric layer; a plurality of internal electrodes disposed to face each other within the ceramic body, having the dielectric layer interposed therebetween; and external electrodes electrically connected to the internal electrodes, wherein the ceramic body includes an active layer corresponding to a capacitance forming part and a cover layer formed on at least one of an upper surface and a lower surface of the active layer and corresponding to a non-capacitance forming part, an average thickness of the cover layer is 15 μm or less, the external electrodes include a conductive metal and a glass, and when an area of the external electrodes occupied by the glass is A and an area thereof occupied by the conductive metal is B, 0.05≦A/B≦0.6 is satisfied.
US08837110B2	Graphene mounted on aerogel An apparatus having reduced phononic coupling between a graphene monolayer and a substrate is provided. The apparatus includes an aerogel substrate and a monolayer of graphene coupled to the aerogel substrate.
US08837106B2	Method for controlling an ionization device A method for controlling an ionization device for ionizing air for the ventilation of motor vehicle interiors. The ionization device releases ions of a first ion type at least intermittently. In addition, the ionization device is operated at least intermittently in at least one regeneration mode.
US08837100B2	Power supply device for plasma processing A power supply device for plasma processing, wherein electric arcs may occur, comprises a power supply circuit for generating a voltage across output terminals, and a first switch connected between the power supply circuit and one of the output terminals. According to a first aspect the power supply device comprises a recovery energy circuit connected to the output terminals and to the power supply circuit. According to a second aspect the power supply device comprises an inductance circuit including an inductor and a second switch connected parallel to the inductor. According to a third aspect the power supply device comprises a controller for causing the power supply circuit and the first switch to be switched on and off. The controller is configured to determine a quenching time interval by means of a self-adaptive process. The quenching time interval defines the time interval during which, in an event of an arc, no voltage is generated across the output terminals.
US08837099B2	Guarded electrical overstress protection circuit Disclosed embodiments are directed to an electrical overstress protection circuit. The electrical overstress protection circuit may include an intermediate node receiving a reference voltage, a first pair of clamp devices, having opposite polarity, clamping an input signal line to the intermediate node, and a second pair of clamp devices, each clamping the intermediate node to one of two reference potentials. The electrical overstress protection circuit may also include a filter connected to the intermediate node to reduce noise at the intermediate node.
US08837097B2	Protection, monitoring or indication apparatus for a direct current electrical generating apparatus or a plurality of strings A protection apparatus is for a direct current electrical generating apparatus. The protection apparatus includes a first terminal; a second terminal; a third terminal; a fourth terminal; at least one current sensor structured to sense current flowing between the first and second terminals or between the third and fourth terminals; a voltage sensor structured to sense a voltage between the first terminal and the third terminal; at least one switch structured to interrupt the current flowing between the first and second terminals or between the third and fourth terminals; and a processor cooperating with the at least one current sensor, the voltage sensor and the at least one switch, and being structured to provide feed forward fault protection for the direct current electrical generating apparatus.
US08837095B2	DC electrical power system A DC electrical power system has a power generator converter system, a positive supply rail extending from the converter system, a negative supply rail extending from the converter system, and a midpoint earthing arrangement operatively connecting to the supply rails. The earthing arrangement is connected to earth by a solid earth connection. The network further has a first protective device on one of the supply rails which in case of a fault is operable to interrupt current flowing on that rail, and a second protective device on the earthing arrangement which in case of a fault is operable to interrupt current flowing to earth through the solid earth connection.
US08837092B2	Magnetic element with biasing structure distal the air bearing surface An apparatus can be generally directed to a magnetic stack having a magnetically free layer positioned on an air bearing surface (ABS). The magnetically free layer can be biased to a predetermined magnetization in various embodiments by a biasing structure that is coupled with the magnetically free layer and positioned distal the ABS.
US08837089B1	Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording including a heater A magnetic head includes a main pole and a heater for heating the main pole. The main pole is shaped to have a receiving space formed therein for receiving at least part of the heater. The at least part of the heater is received in the receiving space. The main pole includes a first layer and a second layer stacked. The receiving space is sandwiched between the first layer and the second layer.
US08837086B2	Magnetic recording head, manufacturing method thereof, and magnetic disk device A magnetic recording head used for microwave-assisted magnetic recording includes: a main pole; a spin torque oscillator provided on the main pole, including a high-speed rotating magnetization layer in which the magnetization is rapidly rotated by a spin torque; a trailing shield provided on the spin torque oscillator; and a sub pole magnetically coupled to the trailing shield provided in a medium-facing surface, extending in a vertical direction to the medium-facing surface. Then, a non-magnetic electrode is provided on the outside of a trailing gap in which the spin torque oscillator is provided with respect to a magnetic material of the main pole, the trailing shield, or the sub pole, to prevent the line resistance variation due to the AMR effect or the eddy current. Thus, the variation of the current flowing to the spin torque oscillator can be controlled to achieve stable oscillation.
US08837085B2	Write yoke with stabilizing layer An apparatus is provided that generally relates to a data writer that may be constructed with a write pole coupled to a yoke. The yoke may be configured with a stabilizing layer that stabilizes magnetic domains present in the yoke. In some embodiments, the yoke has first and second sub-yokes.
US08837079B1	Spindle motor and hard disk drive including the same There is provided a spindle motor, including: a rotating member including a shaft having a fixing groove disposed in a lower portion thereof, a hub base extending from an upper end of the shaft in an outer radial direction, and a magnet support part extending from an outer edge of the hub base downwardly in an axial direction; a sleeve rotatably supporting the rotating member; and a stopper including a fixed part inserted into the fixing groove and a flange part extending from an end of the fixed part in the outer radial direction, wherein the flange part includes a groove part formed by being recessed inwardly and an extension part extending from the groove part in the outer radial direction.
US08837078B2	Rotating body for fluid dynamic bearing capable of being thinned and being improved in rotational accuracy and method of producing the rotating body for fluid dynamic bearing A rotating body for a fluid dynamic bearing used for rotating a recording disk that has been mounted therein include: a rotating shaft portion in which a cylindrical portion that serves as a rotating shaft and a protruding portion extended radially outward from one end of the cylindrical portion are formed integrally with each other; and a hub that is to be connected to the end portion near to the outer circumference of the protruding portion and that has a mounting seat portion on which the recording disk is to be mounted.
US08837077B1	Computer system and controlling method for hard disk A computer system and a controlling method for a hard disk are provided. The computer system includes a case, a hard disk, a pressure sensor and a controller. The hard disk is disposed in the case and includes a platter and head, which is used to access the platter in an access range. The pressure sensor is disposed between the hard disk and the case, and is configured to obtain a pressure value. The controller is coupled to the pressure sensor and the hard disk, and is configured to determine if the pressure value is larger than or equal to a threshold. If the pressure value is larger than or equal to the threshold, the controller issues a command to the hard disk, such that the head leaves the access range. Accordingly, the hard disk is prevented from being damaged.
US08837075B2	Head assembly with head-media spacing control A head assembly including one or more transducer elements for controlling head-media spacing is disclosed. The assembly includes detection circuitry configured to receive an input detection signal responsive to the spacing between the head and the data storage media and provide an output measure indicative of the head-media spacing. The output signal is utilized by control circuitry to provide a control input to one of a plurality of transducer elements on the head to protrude a localized portion of the head to adjust head-media spacing.
US08837074B1	Method and system for compensating for track squeeze A storage device includes a storage medium having a plurality of tracks of data. Reading apparatus for reading a current track of data that has been subject to previous encroachment to an extent from at least one adjacent track of data includes a write head that writes interfering data to the adjacent track of data while intentionally encroaching at least to that extent onto the current track of data, and circuitry that recovers data on the current track of data using the interfering data. A method for reading a current track of data, that has been subject to previous encroachment to an extent from at least one adjacent track of data, includes writing interfering data to the adjacent track of data while intentionally encroaching at least to that extent onto the current track of data, and recovering data on the current track of data using the interfering data.
US08837071B2	Sensing temperature at a slider protrusion region An apparatus includes a near-field transducer at or near an air bearing surface of the apparatus. A write pole is disposed at or near the air bearing surface and proximate the near-field transducer, respectively. A thermal sensor is disposed at the air bearing surface and within a protrusion region of the air bearing surface defined relative to at least one of the near-field transducer and the write pole. The thermal sensor is configured to produce a signal indicative of a temperature at the protrusion region.
US08837065B1	Systems and methods for fast measurement of channel performance metrics such as error margin and off-track recording capability in shingled magnetic recording Systems and methods for making fast measurements of channel performance metrics such as error margin and off-track recording capability in shingled magnetic recording are provided. One such method involves writing a plurality of shingled tracks on the disk, measuring an off track read capability (OTRC) of each of the plurality of shingled tracks, determining radial endpoints of the measured OTRC for each of the plurality of shingled tracks, determining an approximate radial center for each of the plurality of shingled tracks based on the respective OTRC radial endpoints, and measuring a channel performance metric at a range centered around the approximate radial center for each of the plurality of shingled tracks. In one such case, the channel performance metric involves error margin. One such system includes a processor coupled to a memory, a magnetic transducer, and a test platform, where the processor is configured to perform the method.
US08837063B2	Color filter and manufacturing method thereof A method for manufacturing a color filter is provided. The method includes following steps. A substrate is provided. A first filter layer is formed on a first part of a first region and a first part of a second region of the substrate. A second filter layer is formed on a second part of the second region. A third filter layer is formed on a second part of the first region and a third part of the second region. When a white beam is projected on the color filter, the first region and the second region reflect a plurality of color beams. A color filter manufactured through the method is also provided.
US08837059B2	Image reading apparatus According to an aspect of the invention, an image reading apparatus includes a substrate, light emitting elements, a catoptrics system, an imaging lens, a lens position fixing unit, and a reflective surface fixing unit. The plurality of light emitting elements is arranged on the substrate in a line and emits light to a surface of an object to be irradiated. The imaging element is disposed on the substrate and receives light reflected from the surface of the object. The first optical system guides the light emitted from the light emitting elements to the surface of the object. The second optical system guides the light reflected from the surface to the imaging element. The second optical system includes a catoptrics system including a first reflective surface and a second reflective surface so that light reflected from the first reflective surface is reflected to the substrate, and an imaging lens.
US08837053B2	Zoom lens and optical apparatus A zoom lens includes an aperture diaphragm, and a plurality of lens units including a negative lens unit arranged on a light incident side of the aperture diaphragm, the zoom lens being configured to make variable a focal length by changing an interval in the plurality of lens units. The negative lens unit includes a negative lens having a radial type refractive index distribution and a concave surface on the light incident side. The negative lens has a wavelength dispersion distribution in which a differential value is negative on an optical axis of the zoom lens, and the differential value increases at a position that is more distant from the optical axis.
US08837048B2	Daylight collection systems and methods Lighting devices and methods for illuminating the interior of a building with natural daylight are disclosed. In some embodiments, a daylighting apparatus includes a tube having a sidewall with a reflective interior surface, an at least partially transparent light collector with one or more light turning elements, and a light reflector positioned to reflect daylight into the light collector. The one or more light turning elements can turn direct and indirect daylight into the tube so that it is available to illuminate the building. In some embodiments, the tube is disposed between the light collector and a diffuser positioned inside a target area of a building. In certain embodiments, the tube is configured to direct at least a portion of the daylight transmitted through the light collector towards the diffuser.
US08837045B2	Diffraction phase microscopy with white light A microscope and methods for obtaining a phase image of a substantially transparent specimen. Light collected from a specimen illuminated by a temporally incoherent source is diffracted into a first order and either the zeroth or first order is low-pass filtered in a Fourier transform plane before the orders are recombined at a focal plane detector. By low pass filtering the first order diffracted beam into a plurality of wavelengths, a spectrally- and spatially-resolved quantitative phase image of the specimen is obtained.
US08837043B2	Light source arrangement for an illumination device of a medical-optical observation apparatus A light source arrangement (101) for an illumination device of a medical-optical observation apparatus has an illumination light source (7) and an illumination optical unit (15) for illuminating an observation object (23) with illumination light from the illumination light source (7). The light source arrangement (101) has at least one luminescence emitter (3) as light source and an imaging optical unit (105) that generates an image (7) of the at least one luminescence emitter (3) with a defined magnification scale, which image forms the illumination light source for the illumination device.
US08837041B2	Magnifying imaging optical system and metrology system with an imaging optical system of this type A magnifying imaging optical system is disclosed that has precisely three mirrors, which image an object field in an object plane into an image field in an image plane. A ratio between a transverse dimension of the image field and a transverse dimension measured in the same direction of a useful face of the last mirror before the image field is greater than 3. In a further aspect, the magnifying imaging optical system is disclosed that has at least three mirrors, which image an object field in an object plane in an image field in an image plane. A first mirror in the beam path after the object field is concave, a second mirror is also concave and a third mirror is convex. An angle of incidence of imaging beams on the last mirror before the image field is less than 15°.
US08837038B2	Fiber geometrical management for TEM00 mode pulse energy scaling of fiber lasers and amplifiers Methods and systems for managing pulse energy scaling are disclosed, including generating electromagnetic radiation; coupling the electromagnetic radiation to a fiber geometrical management system comprising: a tapered fiber comprising: an elliptical or rectangular core centrally positioned within a single or double cladding shell, wherein the core comprises a fiber material and a doped gain medium; an input face wherein the doped core comprises a major axis and a minor axis, wherein the ratio of the major to minor axis at the input face ranges from about 1 to about 100; an output face wherein the doped core comprises a major axis and a minor axis, wherein the ratio of the major to minor axis at the output face ranges from about 1 to about 100; and wherein the major (minor) axis is adiabatically or linearly tapered from the input face to the output face. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08837034B2	Sculptural imaging with optical tiles Structures for representing images comprise a plurality of tile elements which, when illuminated by a light source, each direct an amount of light toward an observer at a viewing location dependent on their orientation angles. The orientation angles of each tile element may be selected based on a characteristic of a corresponding pixel of an image, such that the observer sees a representation of that image created by the varying amount of light directed to the viewing location by the tile elements.
US08837030B2	Blade drive device and optical equipment A blade drive device includes: a board including an opening; a first blade movable toward and away from the opening, and including: a first slot; and first and second aperture openings each of which is smaller than the opening; a second blade movable toward and away from the opening and including a second slot; a first drive member including a first drive pin that engages the first slot and that is rotatable about a predetermined position; and a second drive member including a second drive pin that engages the second slot and that is rotatable about a predetermined position.
US08837028B2	Light scattering element, optical scanning device, and image displaying device A light scattering element 1 is equipped with a transparent, thin film-like optical element 2 which scatters incident laser light, and a thin film-like piezoelectric element 4, which is sandwiched between two electrodes 3a, 3b and which is laminated on a surface of the optical element 2 that is different from an optical scattering surface 2a. The light scattering element 1 averages a speckle pattern of laser light scatted by the optical scattering surface 2a and emitted therefrom by vibration of the piezoelectric element 4 generated when alternating voltage is applied between the two electrodes 3a, 3b.
US08837027B2	Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus An optical scanning device includes: a light source including a plurality of light-emitting elements; a deflector that defects light beams output from the light source; a scanning optical system that condenses the light beams deflected on the deflector onto a surface to be scanned, and includes at least one resin scanning lens and at least one folding mirror disposed behind the at least one resin scanning lens; a light-receiving element to which part of the light beams, which is deflected on the deflector but not used for scanning the surface, enters not via the at least one folding mirror as light-amount monitoring light beams; and a controller that controls a driving signal for the light-emitting elements based on an output signal from the light-receiving element.
US08837019B2	Sheet conveying apparatus, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus A sheet conveying apparatus comprising: a first conveying guide; a second conveying guide which is arranged on a downstream of the first conveying guide; a plurality of first convex portions which is provided in the first conveying guide, extends toward the second conveying guide and is arranged in a sheet width direction; a plurality of second convex portions which is provided in the second conveying guide, extends toward the first conveying guide and is arranged in the sheet width direction, wherein the first convex portions and the second convex portions are alternately arranged in the sheet width direction; and a bent portion which is formed between the plurality of second convex portions in the second conveying guide, and bent in a manner such that an upstream end is arranged at a position farther from the sheet conveying path than a downstream end portions of the first convex portions.
US08837010B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a housing, an image reading section, shaft sections, bearing sections, abutment sections, and abutting sections. The housing is provided with an upper surface section. The image reading section has a first wall, a second wall, a bottom surface and a platen. The image reading section is mounted on the upper surface section of the housing. The shaft sections are installed at the bottom surface and provided with a rotating shaft. The bearing sections are provided at the upper surface section of the housing and the shaft sections are inserted into the bearing sections. The abutment sections are disposed at the upper surface section and arranged to face the bottom surface of the image reading section. The abutting sections are disposed at the bottom surface and are caused by the weight of the image reading section to abut against the abutment sections.
US08837006B2	Pre-processing of image data for enhanced compression Embodiments herein provide for a pre-processing stage or mechanism for enhancing data compression of an image by splitting or separating the color channels for pixels into planar data sources. Typically, image data is displayed as an interleaved set of channel types for a color space such that each pixel within an image (such as a bitmap) has one component for each color channel. By separating the interleaved bitmap into a planar representation, each plane can be compressed independently and often times achieve higher compression ratios. This is especially true for channels that are expected to stay fairly constant throughout the bitmap most of the time. The utilization of the above embodiment can be further enhanced through manipulation of channel data or through converting the color space from one form to another.
US08837005B2	Data transmission apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium A data transmission apparatus configured to determine an operation screen to be shifted to from a history screen, with reference to a protocol type read from a transmission history selected on the history screen, an application ID when the transmission is performed, a setting value relating to the operation screen, information about the operation screen that has been displayed before shifting to the history screen, and information about an address that has been already set on the operation screen that has been displayed before the history screen is displayed.
US08837003B2	Image processing apparatus and method for converting a color image into a monochrome image An image processing apparatus determines whether a color image is formed by reading an original with a reading unit or input from an external apparatus, and sets a conversion method for converting the color image into a monochrome image such that when an image obtained by monochrome converting the color image is output onto a recording medium, security information included in the color image is difficult to be discriminated by human eyes, if the color image is formed by reading an original. If the color image is input from the external apparatus, the image processing apparatus sets a monochrome conversion method selected by a user. The apparatus then converts the color image into a monochrome image by the set monochrome conversion method.
US08837002B2	Image forming apparatus performing image forming by superimposing images of at least two colors, image forming system, and color shift correction method An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a chart creation section, an input section, and a color shift correction section. The image forming section includes a plurality of image forming units that individually form images of different colors. The chart creation section inputs, to the image forming section, the image data of a chart including first lines containing a reference color and a stepped image located between the first lines and that has second lines containing an adjustment color. The input section receives the input of an adjustment value selected based on a chart formed by the image forming section. In response to the adjustment value, the color shift correction section moves the image forming position of the image forming unit forming the image of the adjustment color with respect to the image forming position of the image forming unit forming the image of the reference color.
US08836996B2	Image forming apparatus, management method of image forming processing, and computer-readable recording medium on which program is recorded The embodiment described herein can prompt setting of processing conditions to be set by using a display of a weight value used in a quota function. There is provided an image forming apparatus, including: a residual amount detection unit that detects a residual amount of each disposable product; a residual amount information acquisition unit that acquires residual amount information; a determination unit that determines whether there are the disposable products in which a residual amount is disproportionately small; a weight value setting unit that sets the weight value used for weighting so that the weighting for calculating the processing amount of the image forming processing corresponding to setting conditions not using the disposable products having a disproportionately small residual amount is relatively smaller than the weighting corresponding to other setting conditions; and a display control unit that displays the set weight value on a screen.
US08836995B2	Method and apparatus for replacing banner pages with document identification information in an image production device A method and apparatus for replacing banner pages with document identification information in an image production device is disclosed. The method may include receiving a request from a user to cease including a banner page with each printed document, the banner page being separate page containing document identification information, prompting the user to enter document identification information to be printed on the document, receiving the document identification information from the user, receiving a request from the user to print a document, and printing the document with document identification information on one or more pages of the document.
US08836991B2	Controlling device A controlling device may determine an output resolution according to one type of file format selected from a plurality of types of file format. The output resolution may be a resolution of image data to be included in a target file of a generation target. The plurality of types of file format may include a first type of file format and a second type of file format. The controlling device may determine a first resolution as the output resolution in a first case where the selected file format is the first type of file format, and determine a second resolution different from the first resolution as the output resolution in a second case where the selected file format is the second type of file format.
US08836986B2	Purging of print jobs from a print data path A print controller and associated methods of purging a print data path are disclosed. A print controller comprises a job storage system that receives and stores print jobs, and a print data path, which includes components operable to process print jobs, from the job storage system to print engines. The control system receives registrations from the components for flush job messages, flush path messages, or both. The control system receives a request to purge the print data path, and identifies print jobs being processed in the print data path. The control system transmits flush job messages to the components registering for the flush job messages for each print job instructing the components to purge data for the print jobs. The control system also transmits a flush path message to the components registering for the flush path messages instructing the components to purge data for the print jobs being handled.
US08836982B2	Image display apparatus, printing system, and program configured to print image projected by the image display apparatus The printing system includes a computer and an image display apparatus. When receiving the printing condition from the image display apparatus, the computer generates print data based upon a printing condition and image data having a higher resolution among a second image data stored in a second memory in the computer and the first image data stored in a first memory in the computer, which corresponds to the identification information contained in the printing condition, and sends the print data to a printer connected to the computer for printing.
US08836981B2	Apparatus, system, and method of output distribution, and recording medium storing output distribution control program An output distribution system extracts user-specific information from job data that is generated in response to an output request, obtains terminal-specific information that identifies a terminal that is associated with a user specified by user-specific information, and transmits drawing data of the job data to an output destination determined based on the identified terminal.
US08836980B2	Using virtual printers to select printing menu choices from limited resource devices A method and system include at least one printer, and a computerized print server operatively connected to the printer. The printer is capable of performing a plurality of different operations, and the different operations are enabled and disabled by selection of different menu choices. Further, the computerized print server stores a plurality of virtual printers, and each of the virtual printers comprises a print queue identifying one printer and storing a pattern of the menu choices. Each of the pattern of the menu choices is different in each of the virtual printers. The process of choosing a selected virtual printer from the virtual printers for a print job automatically chooses a selected printer and a selected pattern of menu choices.
US08836977B2	Managing a resource conservation mode and printing quota A print manager of a printing device is configured to retrieve a plurality of print options and features to be used to process a particular print job on the printing device, and to determine whether a resource conservation mode is specified for the printing device. In response to determining that the resource conservation mode is specified for the printing device, the print manager identifies, from the plurality of print options, one or more particular print options that are associated with the resource conservation mode, and generates a modified plurality of print options and features by changing a feature for each of the one or more particular print options to implement the resource conservation mode. In the resource conservation mode, the modified plurality of print options and features is used to process the particular print job to reduce an amount of consumable resources used to process the particular print job.
US08836970B2	Document printing techniques We describe a portable paperless electronic printer for displaying a printed document on an electronic paper display. The paperless electronic printer includes an input to receive print data from an output of a printer driver of a computerised electronic device, a non-volatile electrophoretic display to provide an electronic paper display of stored said print data for a said document page to mimic said document page when printed on paper; and a processor coupled to said input, to non-volatile memory, and to said non-volatile electrophoretic display and configured to input said print data, to store said data derived from said print data in said non-volatile memory, and to provide to said non-volatile electrophoretic display data for displaying a said document page derived from said stored data.
US08836964B2	Queued error reconciliation in a document processing environment The present subject matter relates to a method and system for increasing the throughput of mail processing machines by limiting the number of document processing system stops while effectively allowing errors to be reconciled during the continued operation of the system. More particularly, the present approach involves logging detected errors during an ongoing document processing run. The detected errors are analyzed for priority, and the operator is alerted to take corrective action during run time for specified errors. The reported errors may be reconciled prior to the completion of the document processing run.
US08836961B2	Information processing apparatus, image reader, file upload system, and non-transitory computer readable medium An information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires display data, which includes setup information regarding uploading of an image file, from a server apparatus; a display controller that displays a first screen for receiving a start operation of reading of an image on a display according to the display data acquired by the acquisition unit; a detector that detects the start operation while the first screen is displayed by the display; a reading controller that controls an image reading unit to read an image according to the setup information acquired by the acquisition unit when the start operation is detected by the detector, the image reading generating an image file corresponding to the read image; and an upload unit that uploads the image file generated by the image reading unit to the server apparatus.
US08836960B1	Storing device drivers in imaging devices Imaging devices incorporating semi-volatile memory are described herein. According to various embodiments, device driver information may be stored in the semi-volatile NAND flash memory. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US08836959B2	Method and apparatus for recognizing characters A method and apparatus are provided for recognizing characters in a portable terminal with a scan module. Scanned image data is generated by the scan module by scanning a scan target through a scanning-light input/output panel provided on an external surface of the portable terminal as the portable terminal moves across the scan target. Part of the scanned image data is deleted when a current moving speed of the portable terminal is less than a lower limit of an optimal scan speed range, and character recognition is performed on remaining scanned image data. Image data most similar to the scanned image data is detected from a previously stored correction image database when the current moving speed is greater than an upper limit of the optimal scan speed range, and characters corresponding to the detected image data are output as character recognition results.
US08836953B2	OCT system with phase sensitive interference signal sampling An OCT system and particularly its clock system generates a k-clock signal but also generates an optical frequency reference sweep signal that, for example, indicates the start of the sweep or an absolute frequency reference associated with the sweep at least for the purposes of sampling of the interference signal and/or processing of that interference signal into the OCT images. This optical frequency reference sweep signal is generated at exactly the same frequency of the swept optical signal from sweep to sweep of that signal. This ensures that the sampling of the interference signal occurs at the same frequencies, sweep to sweep. Such a system is relevant to a number of applications in which it is important that successive sweeps of the swept optical signal be very stable with respect to each other.
US08836952B2	Optical coherence tomographic imaging method and optical coherence tomographic imaging apparatus An optical tomographic diagnostic apparatus is characterized by executing a first step (S1) to acquire a wavelength spectrum, a second step (S2) to increase the number of elements of the wavelength spectrum, a third step (S3 and S4) to convert the wavelength spectrum into a wavenumber spectrum and to decrease the number of elements to provide a wavenumber spectrum of equal intervals, and a fourth step (S5) to acquire tomographic information of the object to be inspected from the wavenumber spectrum. As a result, a wavenumber spectrum of equal intervals can be obtained which is faithful to a physical phenomenon, and more accurate tomographic information can be obtained.
US08836950B2	SAGNAC interferometer-type fiber-optic current sensor In one embodiment, a Sagnac interferometer-type fiber-optic sensor includes a synchronous detection circuit to carry out synchronous detection of detected light signal with a phase modulation angular frequency of a phase modulator. A signal processing circuit calculates and outputs the magnitude of current to be measured using the signal detected in the synchronous detection circuit. A phase modulator driving circuit controls the driving of the phase modulator. The phase modulator driving circuit controls a phase modulation depth of the phase modulator so that the amplitude of the second-order harmonics and the fourth-order harmonics obtained by carrying out the synchronous detection of the detected light signal with the phase modulation angular frequency becomes the same.
US08836947B2	Sample analysis element and detecting device A plurality of metallic nano-body groups that includes metallic nano-bodies which are a size smaller than the wavelength of incident light and are dispersed on a dielectric surface is arranged in one direction at a pitch that resonates with the incident light. A long piece extends on the dielectric surface between adjacent metallic nano-body groups. The long piece is formed of a material having no free electron that performs resonance oscillation with the incident light. Localized surface plasmon resonance occurs in the metallic nano-body by the action of the incident light. Propagating surface plasmon resonance occurs by the action of the pitch. The propagating surface plasmon resonance is combined with the localized surface plasmon resonance. A so-called hybrid mode is established. The long piece is helpful in the establishment of the pitch.
US08836946B2	Optical device and detection device An optical device includes a group of projections projecting from a conductor surface of a substrate, and arranged along a first direction at a pitch Px, a dielectric layer covering the conductor surface and the group of projections, and a metal nanostructure having metal nanoparticles each having a size d of the order of nanometers arranged on the dielectric layer along the first direction, assuming that the wavelength of irradiation light is λ, λ>Px>d is fulfilled, and assuming that a maximum value of an arrangement pitch between two of the metal nanoparticles adjacent to each other in the first direction is Qx, Px>Qx is fulfilled.
US08836945B1	Electronically conducting metal oxide nanoparticles and films for optical sensing applications The disclosure relates to a method of detecting a change in a chemical composition by contacting a conducting oxide material with a monitored stream, illuminating the conducting oxide material with incident light, collecting exiting light, monitoring an optical signal based on a comparison of the incident light and the exiting light, and detecting a shift in the optical signal. The conducting metal oxide has a carrier concentration of at least 1017/cm3, a bandgap of at least 2 eV, and an electronic conductivity of at least 10−1 S/cm, where parameters are specified at the gas stream temperature. The optical response of the conducting oxide materials is proposed to result from the high carrier concentration and electronic conductivity of the conducting metal oxide, and the resulting impact of changing gas atmospheres on that relatively high carrier concentration and electronic conductivity. These changes in effective carrier densities and electronic conductivity of conducting metal oxide films and nanoparticles are postulated to be responsible for the change in measured optical absorption associated with free carriers. Exemplary conducting metal oxides include but are not limited to Al-doped ZnO, Sn-doped In2O3, Nb-doped TiO2, and F-doped SnO2.
US08836944B2	Spatially resolved imaging of opto-electrical property variations Systems and methods for opto electric properties are provided. A light source illuminates a sample. A reference detector senses light from the light source. A sample detector receives light from the sample. A positioning fixture allows for relative positioning of the sample or the light source with respect to each other. An electrical signal device measures the electrical properties of the sample. The reference detector, sample detector and electrical signal device provide information that may be processed to determine opto-electric properties of the same.
US08836942B2	Optical component with a passive alignment member Various embodiments of machine vision systems, methods, and devices are disclosed for providing passive alignment of an optical component to an electrical device. One embodiment is a method for passively aligning an optical subassembly to an electrical subassembly. One such method comprises: a machine vision system positioning an optical subassembly relative to an electrical subassembly; the machine vision system capturing an image of the optical subassembly; the machine vision system processing the image to identify an alignment member formed on the optical subassembly; and the machine vision system determining a first position of the optical axis of the optical subassembly based on a second position of the alignment member.
US08836937B2	Actuatable visual inspection device A visual inspection device for inspecting interior passages of a system is disclosed herein. In an embodiment, the visual inspection device includes a visual inspection tool and a tube having a lumen disposed therein, the visual inspection tool being disposed at a distal end of the tube. A plurality of actuators are disposed along an axial extent of an exterior of the tube, and a locomotor is disposed on an exterior of the tube. A locator for tracking a location of the visual inspection tool is also provided as part of the visual inspection device.
US08836934B1	Contamination identification system A method and apparatus for inspecting a composite workpiece. A response to electromagnetic radiation directed to a surface of the composite workpiece is separated into a number of wavelengths for each of a number of locations on the surface of the composite workpiece. A set of contaminants on the surface of the composite workpiece is identified from the number of wavelengths for the each of the number of locations. A two-dimensional image of the surface of the composite workpiece is generated with a set of graphical indicators indicating the set of contaminants identified from the number of wavelengths for the each of the number of locations on the surface of the composite workpiece.
US08836927B2	System for improving the dynamic range and reducing measurement uncertainty in fibre optic distributed sensors and fibre optic distributed measurement equipment The present disclosure is based on distributed amplification based on the Raman Effect, consisting of one or more pump lasers (5) at various wavelengths combined with a variable number of fiber optic reflectors (6). These elements induce in the fiber optic sensor (4) or measurement object the necessary conditions for the propagation of the sensor or measurement equipment signals in virtual transparency mode, improving the signal-to-noise ratio in the sensor and measurement equipment signal, improving the dynamic range and increasing the range of the sensor or measurement equipment by up to 250 km.
US08836924B2	Sensor apparatus, production method and detection apparatus A sensor apparatus including at least one analog and one digital circuit component and an analog/digital converter for converting analog signals of the analog circuit component into digital signals for the digital circuit component, and vice versa, wherein the analog circuit component and the digital circuit components include at least one module for electronically implementing a function, and wherein one of the modules of the analog circuit component is embodied as a sensor device for detecting optical radiation and one of the modules of the digital circuit component is embodied as a signal processing device for processing digital signals. In order to enable improved integration into application-based sensor devices, the circuit components including the analog/digital converter are integrated as an integrated circuit in a chip and the chip is manufactured as a semiconductor structure using 1-poly technology.
US08836923B2	Distance measurement system A light source transmits detecting light toward an object. The object reflects the detecting light and forms a reflected light. A sensor is used for sensing the reflected light. Then, an exposure control unit coupled to the sensor performs luminance convergence on the reflected light according to luminance of the reflected light sensed by the sensor. And a distance measurement device coupled to the sensor detects a distance between the object and the light source and/or the sensor according to an image position of the reflected light on the sensor.
US08836922B1	Devices and methods for a rotating LIDAR platform with a shared transmit/receive path A LIDAR device may transmit light pulses originating from one or more light sources and may receive reflected light pulses that are then detected by one or more detectors. The LIDAR device may include a lens that both (i) collimates the light from the one or more light sources to provide collimated light for transmission into an environment of the LIDAR device and (ii) focuses the reflected light onto the one or more detectors. The lens may define a curved focal surface in a transmit path of the light from the one or more light sources and a curved focal surface in a receive path of the one or more detectors. The one or more light sources may be arranged along the curved focal surface in the transmit path. The one or more detectors may be arranged along the curved focal surface in the receive path.
US08836919B2	Management method and system for exposure apparatus having alarm based on inclination amount and deviation from aligned position According to one embodiment, a control method for an exposure apparatus is disclosed. The method can include retrieving, from a database, a correction amount of alignment correction at a time of exposure of a wafer and an inclination amount of a wafer stage with respect to an optical axis of an exposure optical system at the time of exposure. The method can include making a determination on the inclination amount based on a predetermined condition. The method can include making a determination on the correction amount based on the predetermined condition. In addition, the method can include issuing an alarm when the inclination amount and the correction amount both satisfy the condition.
US08836918B2	Dual-stage exchange system for lithographic apparatus A dual-stage exchange system for a lithographic apparatus comprises a silicon chip stage (10) operating in an exposure workstation (6) and a silicon chip stage (12) operating in a pre-processing workstation (7). Each silicon chip stage (10, 12) is supported by a six-freedom micro-motion stage, respectively. The silicon chip stage (10, 12) and the six-freedom micro-motion stage form a silicon chip stage group. The two silicon chip stage groups are provided on the same rectangular base stage (1) and suspended on an upper surface (2) of the base sage by air bearings. A double-freedom driving unit (21a, 21b, 22a, 22b) is provided on each edge of the base stage (1), respectively. The six-freedom micro-motion stage of the silicon chip stage group has an upper layer driver and a lower layer driver, capable of achieving six-freedom control. The double-freedom driving units (21a, 21b) on the long edges of the base stage are connected with the bases (62) of the six-freedom micro-motion stages, and the double-freedom driving units (22a, 22b) on the short edges of the base stage are connected with the stator coils (63) of the upper layer drivers of the six-freedom micro-motion stages.
US08836916B2	Illumination system for use in a stereolithography apparatus The invention concerns an illumination system for use in a stereolithography apparatus, comprising: a planar support; a multilens projector array mechanically supported on the planar support over the array on a plano side, and having a work surface arranged to receive a resin applying device for applying a resin layer, the projector array comprising a stack of optical elements, including a plurality of lenslets adapted to project the LEDs onto the work surface, and a two-dimensional array of individually controllable light-emitting diodes (LEDs) arranged between the planar support and the multilens projector. According to an aspect, the planar support and the plano side are supported on contact zones arranged over substantially the entire plano side; the illumination system thus forming a rigid body.
US08836915B2	Lithographic apparatus, a method of controlling the apparatus and a device manufacturing method An immersion lithographic apparatus is disclosed having a projection system configured to direct a patterned beam of radiation onto a substrate and a liquid handling system configured to supply and confine immersion liquid to a space defined between the projection system and a substrate, or a substrate table, or both. A controller is provided to adjust an angle of a lower surface of the liquid handling system relative to the top surface of the substrate during motion of the substrate and/or substrate table relative to the liquid handling system dependent upon a position of the substrate and/or substrate table relative to the liquid handling system and/or a direction of relative movement between the substrate and/or substrate table and the liquid handling system.
US08836913B2	Lithographic apparatus having an encoder type position sensor system A lithographic apparatus is disclosed that includes an encoder type sensor system configured to measure a position of a substrate table of the lithographic apparatus relative to a reference structure. The encoder type sensor system includes an encoder sensor head and an encoder sensor target and the lithographic apparatus comprises a recess to accommodate the encoder sensor target.
US08836911B2	Method and system for producing flat three-dimensional images A method and system for producing a flat three-dimensional image utilizing acoustic transfer assist. An image is first developed in image bearing material onto the image bearing surface of a rendering device. A three-dimensional plastic sheet can be provided to the transfer section of the rendering device. Transfer of the image can then be accomplished as the plastic sheet comes into contact with the image-bearing surface. The transfer is facilitated by acoustic transfer assist technology associated with the rendering device.
US08836906B2	Display device with light receiving element under transparent spacer and manufacturing method therefor An object is to provide a display device which has high visibility and has a touch recognition function with a high degree of accuracy, by combining a liquid crystal layer where liquid crystals are dispersed in a polymer and a light emitting element. In a display device using a liquid crystal layer where liquid crystals are dispersed in a polymer, a light-transmitting spacer is provided so as to overlap with a light receiving element which has a touch recognition function. The light-transmitting spacer can prevent light incident on the light receiving element from being dispersed by the liquid crystals, while maintaining a cell gap in the liquid crystal layer, and thus achieve a touch recognition function with a high degree of accuracy with high visibility.
US08836903B2	Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display includes first and second substrates, and a liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween. First and second gate lines are disposed on the first substrate. First and second data lines, and a power line are disposed on the first substrate. A first switching element is connected to the first gate line and the first data line, a second switching element is connected to the first gate line and the power line, a third switching element is connected to the second gate line and the second data line, a first pixel electrode is connected to the first switching element, a second pixel electrode is connected to the second switching element, a third pixel electrode is connected to the second switching element, and a fourth pixel electrode is connected to the third switching element, and a gate-on voltage can be simultaneously applied to the first and second gate lines.
US08836901B2	Substrate for liquid crystal display device including peripheral lines having openings and fabricating method thereof A liquid crystal display device includes a substrate having a display region and a non-display region. In the display region, the gate line and a data line cross to define a pixel region and a thin film transistor is disposed at the crossing portion of the gate and data lines. The thin film transistor includes a gate electrode and source and drain electrodes. A peripheral line having a plurality of openings is disposed in the non-display region. The openings are slits, rectangles, circles, or triangles. The openings relieve plasma during dry-etching of the peripheral line. A pixel electrode is connected to the drain electrode in the pixel region.
US08836899B2	Method for attaching protection film of liquid crystal display module and protection film of liquid crystal display module The present invention provides a method for attaching a protection film of a liquid crystal display module, including the following steps: (1) providing a liquid crystal display module protection film and a liquid crystal display module, wherein the liquid crystal display module protection film includes a protection film body and adhesive layers formed at edges of the protection film body and the liquid crystal display module includes a backlight module, a liquid crystal display panel disposed on the backlight module, and a front bezel disposed on the liquid crystal display panel; (2) aligning the liquid crystal display module protection film with respect to the front bezel of the liquid crystal display module; and (3) attaching the adhesive layers of the liquid crystal display module protection film to the front bezel of the liquid crystal display module so as to cover the liquid crystal display panel.
US08836897B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal cell and a polarizer arranged on at least one outer side of the liquid crystal cell, wherein the liquid crystal cell includes a pair of substrates at least one of which has an electrode and which are arranged oppositely to each other, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the substrates, and at least one substrate includes at least three color pixels of B, G and R satisfying the following formula (1-1), and the polarizer includes a polarizing element and a film satisfying the following formula (1-2) and containing an optically-anisotropic layer: −20 nm≦{Rth[cell](630)−Rth[cell](440)}≦28 nm, (1-1) 1 nm
US08836895B2	Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same A display apparatus includes a base substrate, a pixel electrode, a plurality of capsular structures, a common electrode and a plurality of color filters. The base substrate includes a plurality of unit pixel regions. Each of the unit pixel regions has a plurality of sub pixel regions. A pixel electrode is formed in each of the sub pixel regions. A plurality of capsular structures is disposed on the base substrate. Each of the capsular structures is formed in each of the unit pixel regions and having a cavity. A common electrode is formed on the capsular structures. A plurality of color filters is formed on the capsular structures. Each of the color filters is formed in each of the sub pixel regions. An opening ratio of the sub pixel regions and light transmittance are relatively high.
US08836889B2	Transparent display device including a light guide plate formed with a plurality of concave patterns at the lower surface thereof Disclosed is a transparent display device including a light guide plate formed with a plurality of concave patterns at the lower surface thereof to totally reflect polarized light entered in a lateral direction while transmitting natural light entered from a lower direction therethrough; a light source disposed in a lateral direction of the light guide plate to emit visible light including first and second polarized lights; a first polarizing plate disposed at a lateral portion of the light guide plate to transmit either one of the first and second polarized lights through the light guide plate; a liquid crystal panel for driving liquid crystals to change the phase of the polarized light; and a second polarizing plate for controlling an amount of the polarized light according to the changed phase of the polarized light.
US08836888B2	Modular light source/electronics and automotive rearview assemblies using the same A vehicular rearview assembly comprising a light source illuminating the mirror system within the housing of the assembly. The light source is a layered structure including generally co-extensive optical elements such as a light-guiding element that accepts light from light emitters and distributes this light along an area that is not transverse with respect to a display of the assembly. Light distributed and outcoupled through the light-guiding element illuminates the whole display, while radiation from other emitters may traverse the light-guiding element in order to highlight respectively corresponding segments of the display. The display may be configured in a spatially-segmented fashion to increase brightness of displayed indicia.
US08836884B2	Flat panel display device, stereoscopic display device, and liquid crystal display device The present invention provides a flat panel display device, a stereoscopic display device, and a liquid crystal display device. The flat panel display device includes a backlight system and a display panel, wherein the backlight system includes a light source, a light homogenization mechanism, and a back frame; the back frame carries the light source and the light homogenization mechanism and the back frame includes at least two assembling pieces. The at least two assembling pieces are joined to form the back frame. The back frame further includes a bracing piece that is set in pawl mating engagement with the assembling pieces. The present invention forms a back frame through joining assembling pieces so that the structure of a mold for back frame is simple, the expenditure for the back frame mold is reduced, the material for the back frame is saved, and the cost is lowered down. Further, through the pawl mating arrangement of the bracing piece and the assembling piece, the bracing piece of the back frame realizes fast mounting and removal.
US08836879B2	Displays with minimized curtain mura Displays such as liquid crystal displays may be provided with structures that minimize curtain mura. A display may have upper and lower polarizers. A color filter layer and a thin film transistor layer may be located between the upper and lower polarizers. A liquid crystal layer may be interposed between the color filter layer and the thin film transistor layer. A first optical film layer that includes a birefringent compensating layer may be located between the upper polarizer and the color filter layer. A second optical film layer that is devoid of birefringent compensating layers may be located between the thin film transistor layer and the lower polarizer. A grid of metal signal lines may be used to distribute signals to thin film transistors on the thin film transistor layer. A black mask may be interposed between the grid of signal lines and the thin film transistor layer.
US08836877B2	Display substrate, display device, and method of manufacturing the display substrate Provided are a display substrate, a display device, and a method of manufacturing the display substrate. The display substrate includes: a substrate in which a pixel region is defined; a gate electrode and a gate pad are formed on the substrate; a gate insulating layer formed on the gate electrode and the gate pad; a buffer layer pattern overlaps the gate electrode and is formed on the gate insulating layer; an insulating film pattern formed on the buffer layer pattern; an oxide semiconductor pattern formed on the insulating film pattern; a source electrode formed on the oxide semiconductor pattern; and a drain electrode formed on the oxide semiconductor pattern and is separated from the source electrode.
US08836876B2	Display substrate, method of manufacturing the same and display panel having the same A display substrate includes a data line disposed on a base substrate, a first pixel electrode disposed at a first side of the data line, a second pixel electrode disposed at a second side of the data line and a storage electrode overlapping with the data line. The storage electrode overlaps with the first pixel electrode by a first overlapping width, and overlaps with the second pixel electrode by a second overlapping width larger than the first overlapping width.
US08836873B2	Display devices and methods of manufacturing the same A display device includes a first substrate, a middle layer, a first liquid crystal layer, a second substrate, a pixel part and a second liquid crystal layer. A first common electrode is on the first substrate. The middle layer includes a lenticular array, and a control electrode on the lenticular array. The control electrode faces the first common electrode. The first liquid crystal layer is between the middle layer and the first substrate, and a second common electrode is on a back side of the middle layer. The pixel part includes a plurality of pixel electrodes on the second substrate and facing the second common electrode. The second liquid crystal layer is between the second common electrode and the pixel part.
US08836869B2	Projection display apparatus A projection display apparatus includes a display unit adapted to generate an image, a projection unit adapted to project the image generated by the display unit, a control unit adapted to control the image generated by the display unit, a detection unit adapted to issue an output changed depending on an inclination angle of the projection display apparatus, and a storage unit adapted to store a plurality of horizontal reference values corresponding to installed states of the projection display apparatus. The control unit in the projection display apparatus changes the image generated by the display unit in accordance with an output of the detection unit and the selected horizontal reference value.
US08836867B2	Video/audio signal processing apparatus A current control portion of this video/audio signal processing apparatus is configured to set the amount of current supplied to a second external device determined by a determination portion to be smaller than the amount of current supplied to a first external device performing prescribed processing determined by the determination portion.
US08836866B2	Method and system for adapting film judder correction A TV or monitor with a sensor sensing radiation or light from the surroundings, where a controlling unit, on the basis of the sensed radiation or parameters of a video signal, frame rate converts an original video signal to an up converted video signal by determining additional images for the video signal, the additional images being determined on the basis of the determined radiation/light or parameter of the video signal in order to relatively reduce frame rate conversion generated artifacts when the radiation or light intensity is higher.
US08836865B2	Method and system for applying content-based picture quality profiles A method and system are provided in which a video channel is selected from multiple video channels in a video processor. A picture quality profile associated with a content of the selected video channel is received by the video processor to modify a value of one or more picture quality control parameters utilized by the video processor that are mapped to a user level setting. Metadata associated with the content of the selected video channel may be determined and communicated to a server. The server may utilize the metadata to determine a picture quality profile for the video processor. In some instances, environmental conditions associated with a television or display device may be measured and communicated to the server to determine the picture quality profile. For example, the measured environmental conditions may comprise one or more of an ambient light, a sound, a motion, and a temperature measurement.
US08836862B2	Method of picture control and image processing apparatus thereof A picture control method and an image processing apparatus thereof are provided. The method includes setting a picture control mode; setting a picture control value in response to the picture control mode; and sensing a change of the picture control value; restoring the picture control value to a previous value if the change of the picture control value is maintained in excess of a certain amount of time. The image processing apparatus includes a picture controller which sets a mode and a value in response to the mode; a memory which stores an initial value of the value; and a controller which senses a change of the value and controls the picture controller to maintain the change of the value for a certain amount of time, and if the change of the value is maintained in excess of the certain amount of time, retrieves the initial value of the value, and controls the picture controller to change the picture control value to a previously unchanged value.
US08836861B2	Method and apparatus for processing a video signal Method, apparatus and computer program product for processing a video signal, the video signal comprising a plurality of frames, wherein the frames of the video signal are received at a jitter buffer, and the frames are output from the jitter buffer at a variable output rate to account for jitter in the received frames. Variations in the output rate are controlled in dependence upon the visual information content of the video signal, the visual information content of the video signal being the portion of the video signal that is to be displayed when the video signal is played out.
US08836860B2	Method and apparatus for converting image rate by using image scaling A method of converting an image rate by using image scaling includes changing a resolution of an input original image sequence and generating a changed resolution image sequence; determining a first motion vector by estimating motion of a first image by using a plurality of images from the changed resolution image sequence; determining a second motion vector by modifying the first motion vector of the first image to correspond to a resolution of an original image of the original image sequence, where the original image corresponds to the first image; detecting characteristic information of the original image; determining a third motion vector corresponding to the resolution of the original image by compensating the second motion vector based on the detected characteristic information; and converting an image rate of the input original image sequence based on the detected characteristic information of the original image and the third motion vector.
US08836857B2	System and method for selectively transcoding signal from one format to one of plurality of formats A device is provided for use with an input signal and a selecting signal. The input signal has a first format, and the selecting signal has a first state and a second state. The device comprises a receiving portion and a transcoder portion. The receiving portion can receive the input signal and output a received signal. The transcoder portion is arranged to receive the selecting signal and can output a first transcoded signal when the selecting signal is in the first state and can output a second transcoded signal when the selecting signal is in the second state. The first transcoded signal is based on the received signal and is in a second format. The second transcoded signal is based on the received signal and is in a third format, wherein the first format is different from the second format, the first format is different from the third format and the second format is different from the third format.
US08836853B2	Body structure of imaging apparatus A camera body (1) of the present invention is provided with a concave portion (1A) in which an imaging unit (2) including a rectangular solid shaped case (2a) having an optical system and an imaging device is detachably disposed. When the case (2a) is viewed from a front side in a state where the case (2a) is disposed in the concave portion (1A), the camera body (1) includes a back face portion (1B) having a back face wall (4) located on the back of the case (2a) and facing a back face of the case (2a), a side face portion (1C) having a side face wall (6) facing a side face of the case (2a), and an upper face portion (1D) having an upper face wall (5) facing an upper face of the case (2a). The concave portion (1A) is defined by the back face wall (4), the side face wall (6), and the upper face wall (5), and is open on three sides where the remaining faces of the case (2a) are located at the time of attachment.
US08836847B2	Capturing images using a switchable imaging apparatus A method for capturing an image, comprising: providing a switchable imaging apparatus including a display screen having a first display state and a second transparent state, an optical beam deflector switchable between a first non-deflecting state and a second deflecting state, a camera positioned in a location peripheral to the display screen, and a controller; setting the switchable imaging apparatus to the image capture mode by using the controller to set the display screen to the second transparent state and the optical beam deflector to the second deflecting state; using the camera to capture an image of the scene; setting the switchable imaging apparatus to the image display mode by using the controller to set the display screen to the first display state and the optical beam deflector to the first non-deflecting state; and displaying an image on the display screen.
US08836846B2	Zoom lens and imaging apparatus A zoom lens includes: first, second, third and fourth lens groups having negative power, positive power, negative power and positive power, respectively, and sequentially arranged from an object side toward an image side. When the magnification at a wide angle side is changed to the magnification at a telescopic side, the first lens group is so moved along an optical axis that the distance between the first lens group and the second lens group decreases, and the second third and fourth lens groups are moved from the image side toward the object side, the third lens group is moved along the optical axis for focusing, and the zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expression (1) −2.0
US08836843B2	Image pickup apparatus and lens unit comprising movable focus lens An image pickup apparatus is arranged to receive from a lens unit a predetermined signal for indicating whether or not a focus lens is movable by a mount of movement corresponding to first information within a predetermined time, if the received predetermined signal indicates that the focus lens is movable by the amount of movement corresponding to the first information within the predetermined time, make first information on the basis of a focus signal generated from an image signal corresponding to charges accumulated during a first period, and if the received predetermined signal indicates that the focus lens is not movable by the amount of movement corresponding to the first information within the predetermined time, make the first information on the basis of a focus signal generated from the image signal corresponding to the charges accumulated during a second period after the first period.
US08836842B2	Capture mode outward facing modes Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface in a dual screen device. More particularly, the method includes a change in the display mode of a multiple screen device while the device is in an image capture mode. The device may present different information on the two screens based on several factors including the mode of the image capture feature, the orientation of the device, and/or the state of the device.
US08836841B2	Electronic apparatus When complicated functions are provided to an electronic apparatus, the number of menu items to be set and guide items to be reference by a user increases. A user can become lost when searching through the menu items to be set and guide items to be referenced from among items in a hierarchical configuration grouped in categories and displayed in the display section. The electronic apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention comprises a processing section that performs processing; a display section that performs display; and a control section that, when a change in biometric information of a user is obtained, causes the display section to display a display screen that includes at least one of a setting screen and a guide screen relating to the processing of the processing section.
US08836839B2	Organic pixels including organic photodiode, manufacturing methods thereof, and apparatuses including the same Provided is an organic pixel, which includes a semiconductor substrate including a pixel circuit, an interconnection layer having a first contact and a first electrode formed on a semiconductor substrate, and an organic photo-diode formed on the interconnection layer. For example, the organic photo-diode includes an insulation layer formed on the first electrode, a second electrode and a photo-electric conversion region formed between the first contact, the insulation layer and the second electrode. The photo-electric conversion region includes an electron donating organic material and an electron accepting organic material. The organic photo-diode may further include a second contact electrically connected to the first contact. The horizontal distance between the second contacts and the insulation layer may be less than or equal to a few micrometers, for example, 10 micrometers.
US08836834B2	Arangement of circuits in pixels, each circuit shared by a plurality of pixels, in image sensing appratus In an image sensing apparatus having a plurality of unit cells, each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a common circuit shared by the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, arranged in either one or two dimensions, the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged at a predetermined interval.
US08836827B2	Method of processing image signals and related method of image capture A method of processing image signals comprises determining whether each of multiple units of input pixel data received from an image sensor is bad pixel data generated by a bad pixel of the image sensor or normal pixel data generated by a normal pixel of the image sensor, and performing interpolation to generate image data corresponding to the bad pixel using only normal pixel data and omitting bad pixel data.
US08836826B2	Image signal processing apparatus and image signal processing method An image signal processing apparatus includes an imaging unit having an imaging element to conduct photoelectric conversion on incident light from a subject and output an electric signal, a defective pixel detection unit for detecting a defective pixel in the imaging element, a defective pixel correction unit for correcting the detected defective pixel, an image signal correction unit for conducting image signal correction every arbitrary area on a signal supplied from the defective pixel correction unit, a system control unit for generally controlling those units, and a temperature measurement unit for measuring temperature in the vicinity of the imaging element. The system control unit controls a detection condition to be used when the defective pixel detection unit detects a defective pixel, i.e., one or more of an exposure time, a defective pixel detection threshold, and a gain, by using information of the temperature obtained from the temperature measurement unit.
US08836815B2	Imaging apparatus and method of calculating white balance gain A WB gain calculation unit 24 determines a light source of a Surface A on the basis of color distribution of the Surface A and a black body locus AD, determines a light source of a Surface B on the basis of color distribution of the Surface B and a black body locus BD and determines a light source of a Surface AB on the basis of color distribution of the Surface AB and a block body locus ABD and calculates the white balance gains on the basis of the determined light sources.
US08836813B2	Image processing device and image processing method In a first filtering processing step, RAW data of a source image is subjected to a pixel-based filtering process along a first array direction to divide the RAW data into a first luminance data and a first color carrier data. In a first luminance distribution equalization processing step, the luminance distribution of the first luminance data in the first array direction is corrected to be uniform to produce a second luminance data. In a first color array reproduction processing step, the first color carrier data is re-synthesized with the second luminance data to produce a first multiple-color array data. In a second filtering processing step, the first multiple-color array data is subjected to a pixel-based filtering process along a second array direction to divide the first multiple-color array data into a third luminance data and a second color carrier data. In a second luminance distribution equalization processing step, the luminance distribution of the third luminance data in the second array direction is corrected to be uniform to produce a fourth luminance data. In a second color array reproduction processing step, the second color carrier data is re-synthesized with the fourth luminance data to produce a second multiple-color array data.
US08836804B2	Video synthesizing apparatus and program The invention provides data for display on the display area for a child frame when the child frame is synthesized and displayed on the parent frame in picture-in-picture playback in order to give the displayed area of the child frame in conformity with the video content in the parent frame, as well as providing a video display apparatus etc. for displaying the child frame at an appropriate displayed position using the data for display. A video display apparatus 1 includes: decoders 101 and 103 for decoding two sets of video data; a synthesizer 105 for synthesizing the decoded videos to output; an input unit 108 for commanding display/non-display of the child frame; a processing controller 109 for controlling the operations of decoders 101 and 103 in accordance with the command; and a position designator 110 which receives the command and the data for display, and time information and designates the displayed position of the child frame to the synthesizer 105. The position designator 110 determines the displayed position of the child-frame video in accordance with displayable time information of the child-frame video and information on the displayed area or displayable area depending on time, included in the data for display.
US08836802B2	Method of defining camera scan movements using gestures Some embodiments relate to a method of displaying items on a touch-sensitive display. The method includes showing a camera on the touch-sensitive display and detecting contact with the camera on the touch-sensitive display. The method further includes manipulating the camera based on a gesture conducted on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the gesture includes making contact with the touch sensitive display at a plurality of locations. The plurality of locations are arranged in a pattern that defines operation of the camera. Other embodiments relate to a method that includes showing a menu on the touch-sensitive display that includes a plurality of camera movement operations and detecting contact with the camera on the touch-sensitive display. The method further includes detecting contact with the menu on the touch-sensitive display to select a particular camera movement operation and manipulating the camera based on a gesture conducted on the touch-sensitive display.
US08836796B2	Method and system for display characterization or calibration using a camera device In a class of embodiments, a method and system for characterizing a display device using a camera device (e.g., a consumer grade, mobile camera device) to sense light emitted by the display device during display of one or more test images, and to generate measurement data characterizing the display and/or calibration data useful for calibrating the display device. In some embodiments, the display device is adjusted or calibrated manually in response to such calibration data, for example by user actuation of display device controls in response to calibration data indicative of display setting recommendations. In some embodiments, the test image(s) are embedded in a video stream (e.g., overlaid on arbitrary video content). For example, test images including appropriate timing information and calibration sequences are embedded in a video stream for display by the display device. In some embodiments, the user is prompted to align the camera device (e.g., to position the camera device such that light emitted from a test image at least substantially fills the camera field of view).
US08836787B2	Image generating apparatus and image display system When displaying a peripheral image in the case where a traveling speed of a vehicle is lower than a predetermined threshold value, it is possible to provide a user with a state of a necessary area of the vehicle without switching a display mode. In an image display system, when the traveling speed of the vehicle drops to below a predetermined threshold value such that an operation mode shifts into a front mode, the display mode becomes a front/side mode that simultaneously displays both a front area and a side area of the vehicle at the time that the front mode is started. A screen presented in the front/side mode can respond to various circumstances such as approaching an intersection, passing by another vehicle, and moving a vehicle toward a roadside. Accordingly, a user can monitor a state of a necessary area around the vehicle, without switching the display mode.
US08836784B2	Automotive imaging system for recording exception events A motor vehicle system for automatically reporting exception events, comprising: one or more digital cameras, at least one digital camera having a primary function; an image memory system for storing digital images; means for detecting exception events; and a wireless communications system for communicating with a central reporting service. A program memory stores executable instruction for causing a processor to perform the steps of: using at least one of the digital cameras to periodically capture digital images at a specified capture frequency; storing the periodically captured digital images in the image memory for a specified period of time; and receiving input from the means for detecting an exception event. In response to the detection of an exception event a communication link is opened to the central reporting service using the wireless communications system, and one or more of the captured digital images are transmitted to the central reporting service.
US08836777B2	Automatic detection of vertical gaze using an embedded imaging device A method of detecting and applying a vertical gaze direction of a face within a digital image includes analyzing one or both eyes of a face within an acquired image, including determining a degree of coverage of an eye ball by an eye lid within the digital image. Based on the determined degree of coverage of the eye ball by the eye lid, an approximate direction of vertical eye gaze is determined. A further action is selected based on the determined approximate direction of vertical eye gaze.
US08836775B2	Stereoscopic image display device and driving method thereof A stereoscopic image display device includes a patterned retarder including a first retarder transmitting light incident from odd numbered display lines of the pixel array so as to be modulated into first polarized light, and a second retarder transmitting light incident from even numbered display lines so as to be modulated into second polarized light, and a data conversion unit converting input side-by-side type 3D image data into line-by-line type 3D image data, performing a weighted average for luminance signals of odd and even data which are vertically adjacent to each other in left image data of the side-by-side type 3D image data, and performing the weighted average for luminance signals of odd and even data which are vertically adjacent to each other in right image data of the side-by-side type 3D image data.
US08836774B2	Operation method of shutter glasses based 3D display device The present invention relates to an operation method of shutter glasses based 3D display device, which alternatively supplies left-eye and right-eye frame signals to a liquid crystal panel to drive the liquid crystal panel, which cooperate with illumination of a scanning back light unit and timing control of the shutter glasses to simulate left and right eyes respectively with left-eye and right-eye signals for perception of a 3D image, wherein in a period of a current frame signal, duty time of each of blocks of the back light unit is located between the time when liquid crystal corresponding to the block completely responds after being driven by the current frame signal and the time when the liquid crystal corresponding to the block starts to respond as being driven by a subsequent frame signal, and the duty time of each of the blocks is divided into duty1, a duty time that precedes completion of response of liquid crystal, and duty2, a duty time that succeeds the completion of response of liquid crystal, luminance of each of the block in duty1 period and duty2 period being respectively adjusted so that each of the blocks has a luminance of liquid crystal corresponding thereof that is equal to a target luminance for both duty1 period and duty2 period. The operation method of shutter glasses based 3D display device according to the present invention alleviates after image caused by crosstalk between left and right eyes without shortening the duty time of each block of BLU.
US08836772B2	3D shutter glasses with frame rate detector Active shutter 3D glasses with multiple optical detectors, such as photodiodes, are described that detect a frame rate of a 3D television or other 3D display by using independent component analysis. The detected frame rate is used to update a clock onboard the 3D glasses that times the active shutters, thereby synchronizing the shutters to the 3D display. A switch can reverse the shutters in case the left eye/right eye images are shown oppositely.
US08836771B2	Apparatus, systems and methods for shared viewing experience using head mounted displays Systems and methods are operable to share a viewing experience of a free viewpoint format media content event. An exemplary embodiment receives the free viewpoint format media content event, receives unique geometric orientation information from each one of a plurality of head mounted displays (HMDs), determines a unique viewpoint location for each one of the plurality of HMDs based upon the geometric orientation information received from each one of the plurality of HMDs, determines a unique viewpoint area for each one of the plurality of HMDs based upon the determined unique viewpoint location, and communicates each one of the unique viewpoint areas to the associated one of the plurality of HMDs.
US08836769B2	3D model display apparatus with array modulator A 3D image display apparatus is disclosed which includes a ray modulator which emits a directive ray in a time series manner based on parallax image information, a scanner which deflects the ray from the ray modulator and scans a predetermined plane two-dimensionally with the deflected ray, a light emitting point distributor which is arranged on a light emission side of the scanner to form a plurality of light emitting points, and a light emitting point multiplexer which is arranged on the light emission side of the light emitting point distributor to form a plurality of secondary light emitting points with rays from individual ones of the light emitting points, to enable stereopsis with a super multi-view region at a high resolution.
US08836768B1	Method and system enabling natural user interface gestures with user wearable glasses User wearable eye glasses include a pair of two-dimensional cameras that optically acquire information for user gestures made with an unadorned user object in an interaction zone responsive to viewing displayed imagery, with which the user can interact. Glasses systems intelligently signal process and map acquired optical information to rapidly ascertain a sparse (x,y,z) set of locations adequate to identify user gestures. The displayed imagery can be created by glasses systems and presented with a virtual on-glasses display, or can be created and/or viewed off-glasses. In some embodiments the user can see local views directly, but augmented with imagery showing internet provided tags identifying and/or providing information as to viewed objects. On-glasses systems can communicate wirelessly with cloud servers and with off-glasses systems that the user can carry in a pocket or purse.
US08836764B2	Method and measuring assembly for determining the wheel or axle geometry of a vehicle In a method for determining a wheel or axle geometry of a vehicle, the following steps are provided: illuminating a wheel region with structured and with unstructured light during a motion of at least one wheel and/or of the vehicle; acquiring multiple images of the wheel region during the illumination, in order to create a three-dimensional surface model having surface parameters, a texture model having texture parameters, and a motion model having motion parameters of the sensed wheel region; calculating values for the surface parameters, the texture parameters, and the motion parameters using a variation computation as a function of the acquired images, in order to minimize a deviation of the three-dimensional surface model, texture model, and motion model from image data of the acquired images; and determining a rotation axis and/or a rotation center of the wheel as a function of the calculated values of the motion parameters.
US08836762B2	Optronic system and method dedicated to identification for formulating three-dimensional images The invention relates to an optronic system for identifying an object including a photosensitive sensor, communication means and a computerized processing means making it possible to reconstruct the object in three dimensions on the basis of the images captured by the sensor and to identify the object on the basis of the reconstruction. The photosensitive sensor is able to record images of the object representing the intensity levels of an electromagnetic radiation reflected by the surface of the object captured from several observation angles around the object and the communication means are able to transmit the said images to the computerized processing means to reconstruct the object in three dimensions by means of a tomography function configured to process the images of the object representing the intensity levels of an electromagnetic radiation reflected by the surface of the object. The invention also relates to a method of computerized processing for object identification by reconstruction of the object in three dimensions. The invention is applied to the field of target detection, to the medical field and also microelectronics, for example.
US08836760B2	Image reproducing apparatus, image capturing apparatus, and control method therefor An image reproducing apparatus for reproducing a stereoscopic image shot by a stereoscopic image capturing apparatus, the image reproducing apparatus comprises: an input unit which inputs image data of the stereoscopic image and additional data recorded in association with the image data; an acquisition unit which acquires depth information indicating a depth of a point of interest in the stereoscopic image set, during shooting, on the basis of the additional data; a generation unit which generates images to be superimposed on right and left images of the stereoscopic image, the images to be superimposed having parallax corresponding to the depth indicated by the depth information, on the basis of the depth information; and a display output unit which combines the right and left images of the stereoscopic image with the images to be superimposed, and outputs the combined right and left images of the stereoscopic image to a display apparatus.
US08836757B2	3D image providing device, display device, and method thereof A 3D-image providing device comprises: an index selection unit for selecting at least one index frame set from 3D-image data including plural frame sets; and a thumbnail generation unit for obtaining left and right images for the selected index frame set and generating a thumbnail frame set based on the obtained left and right images, wherein the frames included in the thumbnail frame set satisfy conditions that the sizes and resolution thereof are respectively small and low compared to the frames included in the index frame set. Accordingly, the 3D-image providing device generates 3D-thumbnails from the left and right images of the 3D-image data to provide 3D images considered when moving to a user-desirable reproduction time point. Also, the 3D-image supply device merges the 3D-thumbnails with 3D-broadcasting images or 3D-contents and displays the merged image. Consequently, the image providing device minimizes viewer confusion when perceiving 3D-images and increases user satisfaction.
US08836755B2	Two dimensional media combiner for creating three dimensional displays A three-dimensional (3D) display device combining two-dimensional (2D) images from two image sources to create a 3D image. The 3D display device utilizes a beam combining film that includes a prismatic front surface and a planar back surface. The film transmits light striking its back surface at particular incidence angles. A first 2D image source provides a foreground image and a second 2D image source to provide a background image. First and second liquid crystal displays may be arranged with display surfaces proximate to top and bottom edges of the beam combining film and at angular offsets to emit light corresponding with a 2D image stream onto the back surface of the beam combining film at one of the film's incidence angles. The 2D image streams striking the back surface of the film are combined by the film and transmitted from the front surface as a single autostereoscopic video image.
US08836752B2	Method and apparatus for providing high security video session A method and apparatus for allowing trials and court proceedings to occur in a virtual manner using a one way video session and a two way voice session are disclosed. During the trials or court proceedings, the defendants and their testimony can be viewed by judges and jurors who remain in isolated rooms with their identities masked. Judges and attorneys can verbally intercede during the proceedings via a two way voice session but the video session for the duration of the trial is one way.
US08836749B2	Security monitoring system with combined video and graphics display A remote location having at least one monitoring device is monitored via a temporary communication channel so that an image from the remote location is displayed at a monitoring location along with a graphic signal that depends on the source of the image. Scrutiny information is sent from the remote location to the monitoring location, including the image. The graphic signal may represent a map of the remote location, and may include text providing helpful information relating to the remote location. In some cases, the temporary communication channel is provided at least in part through an online computer service. In some cases, the communications interface is a wireless communications interface.
US08836746B2	Pixel clock generator, optical scanner and image forming device incorporating same A pixel clock generator device includes a high frequency clock generator, a phase shift data generator to generate phase shift data for controlling a phase shift amount of a pixel clock, a phase shift data pattern generator to read the phase shift data from the phase shift data generator, generate a pattern of the phase shift data for output, and when outputting a same phase shift data pattern for consecutive scan lines, generate, for a next scan line, a phase shift data pattern in which a pixel clock at a position moved by a random number of pixel clocks from a phase-shift position of a pixel clock in a phase shift data pattern for a current scan line is phase-shifted, and a pixel clock generator to generate, on the basis of a high frequency clock, a pixel clock phase-shifted in accordance with the generated phase shift data pattern.
US08836741B2	Image forming apparatus According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus having an image forming function to form an image on a recording medium, and an image erasing function to erase an image formed on a recording medium is provided. The image forming apparatus has an erasing unit which erases the image formed on the recording medium under an erasing condition changeable in accordance with whether or not erasable coloring material used in the image formed on the recording medium is predetermined coloring material, when the image erasing function is performed.
US08836740B2	Printer A printer comprises a print head, a discharge port, a display portion, and a processor. The processor displays a head marker indicating a position of the print head and a discharge port marker indicating a position of the discharge port on the display portion in correspondence to a positional relationship of the print head and the discharge port. The processor also displays, in real-time on the display portion, an image of the print medium on which the print image has been printed, in accordance with the printing by the print head, such that the image is initially displayed in a state in which a start edge of the image is aligned with the head marker when the printing by the print head starts, and a position of the initially displayed image is moved toward the discharge port marker in accordance with progress of the printing by the print head.
US08836738B2	Drive control method for a media processing device, and a media processing system A drive control method for a media processing device prevents increasing the media production time even when a printhead cleaning process is performed before the printing process. When a media production command is input, the preprocessing time required until the printing process starts is calculated based on the media production command. If the total of the preprocessing time plus the time passed since the last cleaning process is greater than or equal to a specified time, the cleaning process is started. If the elapsed time will reach the specified time after the media production command is output and before the printing process starts, the cleaning process runs parallel to the write process. Increasing the media production time by the time required for the cleaning process is thus prevented.
US08836734B2	Display burn-in prevention device and method with motion analysis Provided is a display device including a video signal analysis block (110) for analyzing a video signal and determining a type of video from an analysis result, a function control block (120) for controlling a gain value of the video signal according to the type of video, a video signal control section (122) for adjusting the video signal on the basis of the gain controlled by the function control block, and a display panel (300), having a plurality of pixels arranged to self-emit light according to the video signal, for displaying a video on the basis of the video signal adjusted by the video signal control section (122).
US08836732B2	Image display device An image display device includes a plurality solid-state light sources, a modulator configured to modulate light from a plurality of solid-state light sources, and an image display device configured to generate from a frame of image data, a plurality of subframes each further divided into subfields, and to display the plurality of subframes. The modulator turns off light output from all the solid-state light sources for the duration of one or more of the plurality of subframes, whereby it is possible to reduce motion blur arising from a hold-type display device, in which after-images remain on the retina of a person's eyes when viewing moving objects.
US08836730B1	Methods and systems for modifying a display of a field of view of a robotic device to include zoomed-in and zoomed-out views Methods and systems for modifying a display of a field of view of a robotic device to include zoomed-in and zoomed-out views are provided. In examples, the robotic device may include a camera to capture images in a field of view of a robotic device, and distance sensors which can provide outputs that may be used to determine a distance of the robotic device to an object in the field of view of the robotic device. A display of the field of view of the robotic device can be generated, and as the distance decreases, the display can be modified to include a zoomed-in view of the object. As the distance increases, the display can be modified to include a zoomed-out view of the object. An amount of zoom of the object may be inversely proportional to the distance.
US08836727B2	System level graphics manipulations on protected content At least certain embodiments of the present disclosure include a method to manipulate graphics with protected content. In some embodiments, a composite engine of a computing system retrieves data within a region within a frame buffer holding pixels of an image displayed on a display device of the computing system. The region corresponds to an area of interest within the image, and the data retrieved includes pixels forming a portion of the image in the area of interest and protected content associated with the image. The composite engine may re-composite the area of interest with the pixels retrieved to produce an enlarged version of the portion of the image in the area of interest, without exposing the protected content to applications outside of the window server.
US08836726B1	Automatic scaling of axes for displaying moving data Exemplary embodiments can include methods, devices, and executable instructions for autoscaling displays containing moving data (e.g., data that changes with respect to time). Embodiments make use of counters and an algorithm to autoscale a display in a manner that can approximate the behavior of a user. For example, embodiments may autoscale a display under conditions that would cause a typical user to manually autoscale the display.
US08836722B2	Protecting screen information A method, computer program product, and system for protection screen information is described. A method may comprise determining, via a computing device, if there is a screen protection rule, the screen protection rule based upon, at least in part, at least one of an application rule for protecting a portion of a screen region, and a process rule for protecting the portion of the screen region. The method may further comprise modifying, via the computing device, the portion of the screen region based upon, at least in part, at least one of the application rule, and the process rule.
US08836720B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method Units which respectively acquire information on an aberration generated by a display optical system and information on an aberration generated by a vision correction optical system used by an observer are arranged. Aberration correction is executed based on the two aberrations. An aberration generated by a combination of the display optical system and the vision correction optical system used by the observer can be appropriately corrected for each observer.
US08836718B2	Method for providing user interface in portable terminal A method for providing a UI in a portable terminal shows background images corresponding to physical states, such as the temperature, or of a physical layout of buildings, roads, etc. The method for providing a UI in a portable terminal, includes: collecting environmental information around the portable terminal; extracting an image set corresponding to the collected environmental information, and image change information; sensing a tilted state of the portable terminal; and changing and displaying the extracted image according to the sensed tilted state of the portable and the extracted image change information.
US08836710B2	Memory management system and method There is provided a method and apparatus for managing memory in a system for generating 3-dimensional computer images. The image is subdivided into a plurality of rectangular areas. A memory is provided and a page of the memory is allocated for storing object data for objects in the image. Object data for objects in the image are then written to the allocated page of memory. Finally, a bit mask for the allocated page of memory is compiled, the bit mask indicating the rectangular areas having object data stored in the allocated page of memory. A rectangular area of the image can then be rendered by deriving data for display from the object data stored in the memory, for objects in that rectangular area. Once the rectangular area has been rendered, the bit mask for each page of memory which stored, before the step of rendering, object data for that rectangular area, is updated so that the bit mask no longer indicates that rectangular area.
US08836708B2	Device for the parallel processing of a data stream A device for processing a data stream originating from a device generating matrices of Nl rows by Nc columns of data includes K computation tiles and interconnection means for transferring the data stream between the computation tiles. At least one computation tile includes: one or more control units to provide instructions, n processing units, each processing unit carrying out the instructions received from a control unit on a neighborhood of Vl rows by Vc columns of data, a storage unit to place the data of the stream in the form of neighborhoods of Vl rows by (n+Vc−1) columns of data. The storage unit includes a block of shaping memories of dimension Vl×Nc and a block of neighborhood registers of dimension Vl×(n+Vc−1), an input/output unit to convey the data stream between the interconnection means and the storage unit on the one hand, and between the processing units and the interconnection means on the other hand.
US08836707B2	Animations At least certain embodiments of the present disclosure include a method for animating a display region, windows, or views displayed on a display of a device. The method includes starting at least two animations. The method further includes determining the progress of each animation. The method further includes completing each animation based on a single timer.
US08836706B2	Triggering animation actions and media object actions A request may be received to trigger an animation action in response to reaching a bookmark during playback of a media object. In response to the request, data is stored defining a new animation timeline configured to perform the animation action when playback of the media object reaches the bookmark. When the media object is played back, a determination is made as to whether the bookmark has been encountered. If the bookmark is encountered, the new animation timeline is started, thereby triggering the specified animation action. An animation action may also be added to an animation timeline that triggers a media object action at a location within a media object. When the animation action is encountered during playback of the animation timeline, the specified media object action is performed on the associated media object.
US08836705B2	Generating a graphic for application to a surface to produce a plaque A method, processing system, and/or computer program product for generating a graphic for application to a surface to produce a plaque. In one aspect, the method includes, in a processing system: receiving, from a user, first location data indicative of a first location; receiving, from the user, second location data indicative of a plurality of second locations; determining for each second location, a displacement pair, each displacement pair being indicative of: a distance between the first location and the respective second location; and a direction of the respective second location relative to the first location; and generating, using each displacement pair, graphical data indicative of a graphic for application to a surface, wherein the graphical data is indicative of the distance and direction of each second location relative to the first location.
US08836697B2	Real-time 3D dose visualization system A method of presenting a progress of a treatment planning includes determining dose information based on a treatment model, determining objective information that is associated with the treatment model, using the dose information and the objective information to determine a three-dimensional graphic that indicates with how well an objective of the treatment planning is met, wherein the three-dimensional graphic is determined using a processor, and displaying the three-dimensional graphic in a screen.
US08836696B2	Random accessible lossless parameter data compression for tile based 3D computer graphics systems A method and apparatus are provided for compressing vertex parameter data in a 3D computer graphic system, where the vertex parameter data is a data block relating to a plurality of vertices used for rendering an image. The data relating to each vertex includes multiple byte data relating to at least one parameter. The parameters include X, Y and Z coordinates and further coordinates for texturing and shading. Decompression is also provided for decompressing vertex parameter data thus compressed. These are able to access randomly the compressed data, rather than having to read a stream of data.
US08836693B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing program A course CR is set in a virtual space SP along which a player character CH can move. The player character moves freely on the course, as long as it does not run off the course. In the course, a reference moving path is set indicating a standard moving path of the player character. A camera path of a virtual camera is set along the reference moving path. In the reference moving path, a object corresponding position (CP) is determined corresponding a position (CH(X,Y,Z)) of the player character in the virtual space. A position corresponding to the object corresponding position and a photographing condition are determined for the virtual camera.
US08836692B2	Image display device capable of switching for 2D mode and 3D mode An image display device includes a display panel which selectively displays a 2D image and a 3D image and includes a plurality of pixels, a patterned retarder for dividing light from the display panel into first polarized light and second polarized light, and a control voltage generation circuit which generates a 2D control voltage at an off-level and generates a 3D control voltage alternately having a slight-on level and the off-level every predetermined period of time. The slight-on level is higher than the off-level and is lower than a full-on level. Each pixel includes a main display unit including a first pixel electrode and a first common electrode and a subsidiary display unit including a second pixel electrode, a second common electrode, and a discharge control switch.
US08836687B2	Driving method for bistable display A driving method for a bistable display device includes setting a first duration and a second duration according to a frame period; applying a first voltage to a light valve layer in the first duration according to display data, so as to transform the light valve layer from a first state to a second state; and applying a second voltage in the second duration to the light valve layer in the second duration for the light valve layer to transform to the first state. Since the light valve layer of the bistable display device is already at the first state prior to displaying the next image, the light valve layer is not required to reset when switching displayed images, hence reducing the total number of frames required to display each image.
US08836686B2	Display device To provide a display device in which rewriting of only a given section of an image can be achieved or to simplify the configuration of a circuit including wirings in a display device in which partial driving can be performed. A shift of a selection signal in a shift register included in a scan line driver circuit and supply of a selection signal to scan lines are controlled independently of each other, so that rewriting of only a given section of an image can be achieved. The above operation is realized by providing a wiring that supplies a signal representing a clock signal or a fixed potential. Therefore, the configuration of the circuit including the wiring can be simplified in the display device including the wiring while partial driving can be performed.
US08836681B2	Method and device for reducing effect of polarity inversion in driving display This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for reducing artifacts in an image generated by a display device. In one aspect, data is written to a display and a position of display elements is maintained based on the application of a bias voltage pattern. The bias voltage pattern includes alternating polarities along one dimension in a pattern having a first frequency spectrum, and alternating polarities along a second dimension in a pattern having a second frequency spectrum that is different than the first frequency spectrum. At least one of the first and second frequency spectrums may include a plurality of frequency components.
US08836673B2	Photo-sensor type input apparatus for identifying different types of input events simultaneously, and related display apparatus thereof A photo-sensor type input apparatus includes an upper substrate, a bottom substrate, at least one first photo sensing device, and at least one second photo sensing device. The bottom substrate is correspondingly disposed below the upper substrate. The first photo sensing device is disposed on the bottom substrate and arranged to detect a received first type input event. The second photo sensing device is disposed on the bottom substrate and arranged to detect a received second type input event. A light sensing ability of the first photo sensing device is different from a light sensing ability of the second photo sensing device.
US08836671B2	Position detection device, electronic apparatus, and display device A display device includes a screen on which an image is displayed, and a position detection device including a light emitting section adapted to emit an irradiation light beam along the screen, a light receiving section adapted to receive a reflected light beam caused by an object reflecting the irradiation light beam, and a detection section adapted to detect position information of the object based on a light reception result of the light receiving section, wherein the position detection device has detection accuracy of the position information of the object varying in accordance with a position of the object in a direction intersecting the screen.
US08836669B1	High resolution capacitance to code converter An integration circuit including a first capacitor is operatively coupled to a comparator. The comparator is configured to compare a first capacitor voltage of the first capacitor to a reference voltage and produce a first comparator output based on the comparison. A current generator is operatively coupled with the integration circuit and configured to balance charge on the first capacitor. A control unit is operatively coupled to the comparator and the current generator and configured to balance charge on the first capacitor by sensing the first comparator output and controlling the current generator based on the first comparator output.
US08836651B2	Touch panel A touch panel includes a plurality of driving lines, a plurality of sensing lines and a plurality of sensing units. The sensing lines are arranged intersecting with the driving lines. The sensing units are arranged in an array, and each of the sensing units is electrically coupled to a corresponding one of the driving lines and a corresponding one of the sensing lines. The driving lines or the sensing lines only pass through a single side of the touch panel.
US08836650B2	Touch-sensing display device A touch-sensing display device includes a display panel, a touch panel, a driver unit, and a flexible printed circuit board. The touch panel is disposed on the display panel, and the driver unit is disposed on the display panel to provide driving signals and drive the display panel and the touch panel. The flexible printed circuit board connects the display panel to a system main board.
US08836641B1	Head mounted display and method of controlling therefor The present specification relates to a head mounted display (HMD) and a method of controlling therefor, and more particularly, to a method of updating information displayed in the HMD by recognizing opening and closing of eyes of a user wearing the HMD.
US08836640B2	System and method for generating a representative computerized display of a user's interactions with a touchscreen based hand held device on a gazed-at screen A system and method of interacting with a smartphone application displayed over a remote display gazed at by a user including a normal mode of operation which may be the default, a hovering mode of operation which may be triggered by a trigger event, and a release event which reverts from hovering mode to normal mode. An enhanced hovering ability is typically provided while hovering, in that a predetermined set of operative gestures is enabled, such that a range of predetermined gestures is available for operating purposes while hovering.
US08836638B2	Silent speech based command to a computing device Presented is a method for executing a command on a computing device. A computing device receives a first command and a second command, wherein the second command is, optionally, silent speech. The first command and the second command are combined to provide a final command to the computing device for execution.
US08836637B2	Counter-tactile keypad A touch-based user interface for an electronic device, including a housing including electronic circuitry, a plurality of buttons mounted within a first area on a first side of the housing, and a screen mounted on a second area of a second side of the housing, the second side being opposite to the first side, and the second area being opposite to at least a portion of the first area, wherein the electronic circuitry is operative (i) to display on the screen at least one user interface control element that corresponds respectively to at least one button, each such user interface control element having a command associated therewith, and (ii) to perform the command associated with a designated user interface control element when its corresponding button is pressed. A method and a computer-readable storage medium is also described and claimed.
US08836636B2	Driving method of electrophoretic display device, electrophoretic display device, and electronic apparatus An electrophoretic display device has a display unit including electrophoretic particles that are interposed between a pair of substrates; each pixel including a pixel electrode and a memory circuit, and a switch circuit connected between the pixel electrode and the memory circuit; and first and second control lines connected to the switch circuits. When a ratio of black color pixel data in image data is 50% or more of the image data, the following three-step image display driving action is performed: an image signal input step in which the pixel data is input as an image signal to the memory circuit; a first image display step in which all the pixels are set to black color; and a second image display step in which a white color portion is displayed by inputting a potential to one control line and electrically disconnecting the other control line.
US08836634B2	Stereoscopic image display and method for driving the same A stereoscopic image display and a method for driving the same are disclosed. The stereoscopic image display includes a display panel that displays a 2D image data in a 2D mode and displays a 3D image data in a 3D mode, a backlight unit providing light to the display panel, a timing controller that supplies a left eye image data during a data addressing period of a (2N−1)th frame period and supplies a right eye image data during a data addressing period of a 2Nth frame period in the 3D mode, where N is a natural number, and a backlight controller generating a backlight control signal for controlling light sources of the backlight unit so that the light sources of the backlight unit are turned on during a vertical blanking interval of each of the (2N−1)th frame period and the 2Nth frame period in the 3D mode.
US08836632B2	Shift register and touch device A touch device includes gate lines, pixels, sense control lines and sense units. Each pixel is connected to one of the gate lines and is decided whether to receive data according to a voltage on the gate line. Each the sense unit is connected to one of the sense control lines and is decided whether to perform a touch sense operation according to a voltage on the sense control line. The touch device further includes a shift register string including cascade-connected shift registers. Each shift register has first and second output terminals. The first output terminal provides an output to one of the gate lines according to a first clock signal to control the voltage on the gate line. The second output terminal provides an output to one of the sense control lines according to a second clock signal to control the voltage on the detection control line.
US08836631B2	Scan driving circuit with a shift register and electroluminescent display using the same A scan driving circuit having a shift register unit with a plurality of stages, each stage includes an input terminal; an output terminal; first, second, and third clock terminals; a first transistor in communication with the input terminal and the second clock terminal, the first transistor configured to transfer the input signal according to a signal from the second clock terminal; a switch section in communication with the input terminal, the output terminal, and the first clock terminal, the switch section configured to receive the input signal from the first transistor and transfer a first exterior voltage signal to the output terminal according to the input signal and a signal from the first clock terminal; and a storage section configured to receive and store the input signal from the first transistor, and to transfer a signal from the third clock terminal to the output terminal according to the input signal.
US08836625B2	Display device and apparatus and method for driving the same A display device including a liquid crystal display unit and a controller displays an image using a liquid crystal. The controller extracts a compensation data from a gray compensation look-up table (LUT) corresponding to a temperature interval including a peripheral temperature of the display device to output the compensation data to the liquid crystal display unit as a compensated gray data. When the gray compensation LUT does not exist, the controller extracts the compensation data from the gray compensation LUT corresponding to the temperature interval approximating the peripheral temperature to generate the compensated gray data. The gray compensation LUT as a default and a calculated gray compensation LUT may be used to provide the compensated gray data optimized for the response speed of the liquid crystal according to variance in temperature, while reducing a memory capacity of a ROM and a RAM inside the timing controller and an external EEPROM.
US08836623B2	ESD protection device of LCD display The present invention discloses an ESD protection device of an LCD display. The LCD display includes a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines, the scan lines and the data lines are crossed. The ESD protection device includes a discharging extension part, positioned at ends of the scan lines and the data lines, wherein a width of the discharging extension part is larger than line widths of the scan lines or the data lines; and an electro-static conducting part, positioned in peripheral of the discharging extension part, wherein the electro-static conducting part is close to the discharging extension part without touching the discharging extension part, and the electro-static conducting part is coupled to a common conducting layer to release electro-static charges on the scan lines and data lines via the common conducting layer. The present invention can enormously reduce the ESD damages on the pixel areas.
US08836621B2	Liquid crystal display apparatus, driving method for same, and driving circuit for same The liquid crystal display apparatus is provided with a display unit, a video signal driving circuit, a scanning signal driving circuit, a common electrode potential controlling circuit, and a synchronizing circuit. The display unit has a scanning electrode, a video signal electrode, a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in matrix form, a plurality of switching elements which transmit video signals to the pixel electrodes, and a common electrode. After the scanning signal driving circuit scans the entire scanning electrodes and transmits video signals to the pixel electrodes, the common electrode potential controlling circuit changes the potential of the common electrode into a pulse shape, overdrives video signals, or increases a torque required to return to a state in which no voltage is applied.
US08836616B2	Semiconductor device and driving method thereof The invention provides a semiconductor device which performs a write operation of a signal current rapidly to a current input type pixel. Before inputting a signal current, a precharge operation is performed by flowing a large current. After that, a signal current is inputted to perform the set operation. A predetermined potential can be obtained rapidly as the precharge operation is performed before the set operation. The predetermined potential is approximately equal to a potential after completing the set operation. Therefore, the set operation can be rapidly performed and a write operation of a signal current can be rapidly performed. By using two transistors, a gate width W can be long or a gate length L can be short in the precharge operation or the gate width W can be short and the gate length L can be long in the set operation.
US08836615B2	Driver for controlling a light emitting element, in particular an organic light emitting diode The present invention relates to a circuit for controlling a light emitting element, in particular an organic light emitting diode. The circuit comprises a capacitor connectable with the light emitting element, charging means for charging the capacitor and a switching means. The switching means is adapted to alternately disconnect the capacitor from the light emitting element and connect the capacitor to the light emitting element. The capacitor is alternately charged and discharged. A charging current or a discharge current from the capacitor drives the current of the light emitting element. Said charging means comprises at least one charging transistor for charging the capacitor.
US08836611B2	Multi-panel device with configurable interface A multi-panel device is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the device includes a first hinge coupled to a first panel and coupled to a second panel. The first panel includes a first display surface and the second panel includes a second display surface. The second hinge is coupled to the second panel and coupled to a third panel that includes a third display surface. The device also includes a sensor coupled to the first hinge to detect a relative orientation of the first panel to the second panel. The device includes a processor responsive to the sensor to detect a device configuration. The processor is configured to adjust a user interface displayed at the first display surface, the second display surface, and the third display surface based on the detected device configuration.
US08836610B2	Display device and driving method thereof A display device including: a plurality of display panels being adjacent to each other, each display panel having a display region including a plurality of pixels and a non-display region formed in a circumference of the display region. The display device includes a panel driver which drives the plurality of display panels and a controller which converts an image signal inputted from the outside to correspond to the plurality of display regions and the non-display region disposed between the plurality of display regions, extracts an image signal from the converted image signal corresponding to the respective display regions and supplies the extracted image signal to the panel driver to be displayed on the respective display regions.
US08836605B2	Embedded antenna An embedded antenna is disclosed. The embedded antenna comprises a coaxial cable and a grounding connecting part. The coaxial cable comprises a center conductor, an insulating layer and an outer sheath. The center conductor comprises a signal transmission part and a radiating part. The radiating part electrically connects the signal transmission part and provides a resonance frequency. The insulating layer covers the signal transmission part and the radiating part. The outer sheath covers the signal transmission part but not the radiating part. The grounding connecting part electrically connects the system grounding part and the outer sheath.
US08836603B2	Antenna device An antenna device includes: a plurality of loop metal wires that form loops out of metal wires and that are radially arranged around a center line; a power feeding portion that feeds power to the loop metal wires or a power receiving portion that receives power from the loop metal wires and that is provided on the center line; and a variable impedance element that is inserted in each of the loop metal wires.
US08836598B2	Method for formation of radiometric images and an antenna for implementation of the method A method of radiometric image generation is provided using a series of isochronous revolutions of a multi-beam antenna with a dispersion characteristic. The antenna is combined with a multi-channel receiver with frequency channel separation to form an imaging unit. The method comprising cyclically executing the following phases: two separate calibration phase; using first and second standards; external radiation reception phase; data processing phase and data transformation phase.
US08836592B2	Vehicle glazing with slot antenna Laminated vehicle glazing with a conductive panel defining slot antennas between the conductive panel and the metal surround of the vehicle with connecting leads, and a camera or other device in an area where the device and the antenna do not overlap. Locating the device in a different position to the slot antenna reduces the electromagnetic interference that the slot antenna experiences and prevents malfunction of the device where the slot antenna is used to transmit radio signals.
US08836586B2	Antenna spring structure and electronic device using the same An antenna spring structure and an electronic device using the same. The antenna spring structure includes an antenna spring provided with an elastic arm and a protruding portion coupled to the elastic arm, a casing having at least one opening and pivotally coupled to an end of the casing; a cover disposed on the antenna spring and having a first positioning groove and a second positioning groove formed on the protruding portion and disposed with an interval apart, a circuit board disposed inside the casing, and at least one conductive component installed on the circuit board and corresponding to at least one opening, and passed through the at least one opening and exposed from the casing. When the antenna spring is switched from a first position to a second position, the at least one conductive component presses the antenna spring.
US08836585B2	Radio-frequency transponder for marking wood products and method of manufacturing thereof The invention relates to a transponder for marking wood material and a method of manufacturing thereof. The method comprises embedding an RFID microchip and antenna into a casing essentially consisting of one or more biodegradable materials. According to the invention the embedding step comprises forming the antenna by layering conductive material directly on biodegradable material, and covering the antenna by biodegradable material. By means of the invention, environmentally friendly and pulping-compatible transponders can be manufactured, for example, for aiding the logistics of forest industry.
US08836578B2	Antenna array The present application relates to an antenna array that comprises a plurality of antenna elements and a plurality of amplifiers feeding the plurality of antenna elements. A first group of the plurality of antenna elements is arranged in a first column and a second group of the antenna elements is arranged in a second column. A first amplifier of the plurality of amplifiers has a first power rating and a second amplifier of the plurality of amplifiers has a second power rating, the first power rating being different than the second power rating. The first column is arranged symmetrical to the second column about an axis. Amplifiers feeding the first column have a substantially similar power rating to corresponding amplifiers feeding the second column.
US08836577B2	Wireless sensor network system, information gathering apparatus, sensor device, and connection method for use in wireless sensor network A wireless sensor network system includes a plurality of sensor devices each having a non-directional antenna, and an information gathering apparatus having an adaptive array antenna and gathering information detected by the plurality of sensor devices. Each sensor device includes a transmitter to transmit a transmission request for connecting to the information gathering apparatus. The information gathering apparatus includes, a first directivity-changing section that, when the information gathering apparatus receives a transmission request from an unconnected sensor device, performs one of changing the adaptive array antenna to be non-directional, and changing a directivity of the adaptive array antenna, and that receives a signal transmitted from one of the unconnected sensor device and the unconnected sensor device and a connected sensor device, and a second directivity-changing section to change the directivity in accordance with a reception state of the signal.
US08836573B2	Submillimeter radar using phase information A signal processor (30) for a submillimeter wavelength active radar system (10, 20, 30) processes signals received and downconverted by the radar system, the downconverted signals corresponding to a given pixel of the field of view having time varying amplitude and phase components which have a periodic component which is dependent on content. Information about the content is discriminated from the periodic component. By using phase rather than only amplitude, there is additional information in the downconverted signals. The phase is more sensitive to changes in the content such as objects, background and atmospheric conditions, than amplitude alone. The phase information enables the periodic component to be retained which can be characteristic of the content owing to content flutter, changes in submillimeter standing waves and interference fringes in received reflections of submillimeter illumination if surface layers have a thickness of a number of half wavelengths.
US08836572B2	Method for detecting precipitation using a radar sensor system for motor vehicles A method for detecting precipitation using a radar sensor system for motor vehicles designed for locating objects in the surroundings of the vehicle, in which method a locating signal that is a measure of the received power density as a function of the distance is integrated across a specific distance range lying below a limit distance for detecting precipitation. The locating signal is subjected to a filtering procedure before being integrated, the filtering procedure suppressing the peaks caused by located objects so that the filtered signal forms a measure of the noise level as a function of the distance.

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