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US08942204B2	Access point handover control based on closed subscriber group subscription information One or more nodes in a network provide access control for an in-bound handover of an access terminal to a closed subscriber group. For example, at least one of a source access point, a network node, or a target access point may determine whether handover is allowed based on whether a closed subscriber group identifier of the target access point is listed in closed subscriber group subscription information for the access terminal.
US08942203B2	Transmission power control method, mobile terminal apparatus and radio base station apparatus It is an object to provide a transmission power control method, mobile terminal apparatus and radio base station apparatus for enabling a mobile terminal apparatus that performs radio communications in a system band including a plurality of component carriers to suitably control uplink transmission power in each component carrier, and a transmission power control method of controlling uplink transmission power of a mobile terminal apparatus that performs radio communications in a system band including a plurality of component carriers is provided with the steps of receiving a transmission power control command generated in a radio base station apparatus, and applying the received transmission power control command to a plurality of component carriers in common and setting transmission power of each component carrier.
US08942197B2	Mobile ad hoc network with dynamic TDMA slot assignments and related methods A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) may include mobile nodes, each having a wireless transceiver and a controller cooperating with wireless transceiver. The controller may be configured to operate in a geographic area using a time division multiple access (TDMA) protocol and based upon a TDMA epoch including TDMA time slots. The controller may also be configured to dynamically divide into first type mobile nodes and second type mobile nodes based upon a current topologic density in the topologic area relative to a topological density threshold so that each first type mobile node has a periodic TDMA time slot allocated in the TDMA epoch and so that each second type mobile node contends for contention interval TDMA time slots in the TDMA epoch.
US08942196B2	Downlink control information receiving method in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor The present invention discloses a method for receiving downlink control information by a terminal in a wireless communication system. More specifically, the method comprises the steps of receiving a coordination field from a base station and receiving control information on more than one component carrier that is allocated to the terminal, on the basis of the coordination field, wherein the coordination field includes more than one parameter for decoding the control information on the more than one component carrier.
US08942192B2	Methods and apparatus for subframe interlacing in heterogeneous networks Methods and apparatus for providing wireless communications using subframe partitioning are disclosed. Two or more base stations may be allocated subframes in a radio frame. All or part of the subframe allocation may be provided to the associated user equipment (UEs), which may use it to determine signal metrics during assigned subframes for an associated base station.
US08942188B2	Reducing beacon collision probability The present invention relates to a method of reducing beacon collision probability in a communication network supporting control channels comprising beacon periods divided into beacon slots, each beacon period being followed by a contention period. In the method a communication device (101) operating in the communication network first chooses (503) an available beacon slot for transmission of a first type of beacon for exchanging network topology information with other communication devices operating in the communication network. Then the communication device transmits (515) a beacon of a second type comprising an identifier of the communication device and the chosen beacon slot for the transmission of the beacon of the first type, the beacon of the second type being transmitted in the contention period.
US08942181B2	System and method for responding to aggressive behavior associated with wireless devices An embodiment of the invention describes a wireless device comprising a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) further comprising a memory for storing program code for performing a plurality of operations, and a processor for processing the program code to execute the plurality of operations, the operations including receiving over-the-air instructions via a wireless network from a control center to create a rules set in the SIM, wherein the rules set defines an acceptable behavior of the wireless device, monitoring requests from a wireless modem of the wireless device for access files stored in the SIM, detecting an aggressive behavior of the wireless device based on the rules set, and blocking the wireless modem from generating traffic in the wireless network.
US08942180B2	Point of sales and customer support for femtocell service and equipment A femto cell service framework is utilized for purchase and service of femtocell equipment and customer support thereof. A point of sale (POS) platform enables purchase of femtocell equipment based on a set of eligibility criteria. POS also allows purchase of add-on services. Direct fulfillment and post-sale transactions such as returns and equipment replacement are also provided. An account management service enables femtocell equipment and service self-care or through customer representatives. Configuration of service account and monitoring of account status is provided. Customer care architecture also enables remote troubleshooting of purchased equipment. Remote troubleshooting includes diagnosis and related manipulation of purchased equipment.
US08942178B2	Collection of subscriber information for data breakout in a mobile data network A method and system supports subscriber based IP data breakout at the edge of a mobile data network without monitoring the use of security keys or breaking into ciphered message exchanges. The system employs a first service mechanism operating at the edge of the mobile data network a second service mechanism operating at the core on the S11 interface. The second service mechanism at the core collects subscriber related data, subscriber identifiers and tunnel identifiers and sends this data to the first service mechanism. The second service mechanism at the core collects subscriber related data, subscriber identifiers and tunnel identifiers and sends this data to the first service mechanism. The first service mechanism uses the tunnel identifiers received from the second service mechanism to identify sessions and tunnels carrying subscriber dependent data packets (S1-U packets) in order to perform subscriber-based IP data breakout, offloading and optimization.
US08942174B2	Reducing packet loss in a mobile data network with data breakout at the edge A breakout system initiates radio link control (RLC) resets to resynchronize data communication to improve quality of experience for the user. Synchronization of radio traffic is monitored and maintained by the breakout system. When data is broken out, the RLC function is split into two different flows, between the user equipment (UE) and the breakout system and between the breakout system and the radio network controller (RNC). When the sequence numbers of the two flows become out of sync the ciphering context will become out of synchronization resulting in errors. The breakout system can initiate an RLC reset into both of these flows to resynchronize the data communication to improve user's quality of experience.
US08942171B2	Technique for performing physical layer measurements The present disclosure relates to a technique for performing physical layer measurements on a frequency resource relative to other frequency resources in a telecommunications system operable to communicate over multiple frequency resources. A method aspect of this technique includes determining that a mobile terminal is to perform a physical layer measurement with regard to a first frequency resource, determining if there is data to be communicated over one or more second frequency resource(s) within a time period wherein the first frequency resource is distinct from the second frequency resources: if it is determined that there is no data to be communicated over the second frequency resource(s) within the time period, performing the physical layer measurement on the first frequency resource and forming a quality measure of the first frequency resource based on the physical layer measurement; or if it is determined that there is data to be communicated over the second frequency resource(s) within the time period, modifying the physical layer measurement and forming a quality measure of the first frequency resource based on the modified physical layer measurement.
US08942169B2	Network comprising a privately owned base station coupled with a publicly available network element It is described a telecommunication network. The telecommunication network includes a base station, which is privately owned and which is adapted to provide a restricted access service to a limited number of communication devices, which are assigned to a picocell of the telecommunication network. The telecommunication network further includes a network element, which is publicly available and which is adapted to provide unrestricted access service to communication devices, which are assigned to a wide area cellular network. The base station is coupled with the network element via a radio transmission link. It is further described a method for operating a telecommunication network of the above described type. Furthermore, it is described a base station and a network element, which in connection with each other represent the described telecommunication network and/or are adapted to carry out the described method for operating the telecommunication network.
US08942168B2	Packet flow processing in a communication system Method and apparatus for processing packet flows in a communication system. In one embodiment, a resource reservation message includes packet flow parameter information used to determine flow treatment of the associated packet flow. The packet flow mapping is based on the quality of service of the associated packet flow. In another embodiment, a bearer connection is established and monitored for information relating to flow treatment.
US08942167B2	Methods, apparatus and computer readable medium for seamless internet protocol multicast connectivity in unified networks A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing seamless Internet Protocol multicast connectivity in unified networks is presented. The systems disclosed herein are able to transfer, from a designated (i.e., first) VLAN to a roaming (i.e., second) VLAN, a multicast stream from a multicast server in a mobility VLAN that is not available at the roaming VLAN. In operation, example embodiments of the present invention receive a report identifying a roaming mobile unit as a member of a first VLAN and forward the report to a first mobility switch in the first VLAN. The multicast stream is then received and forwarded toward the roaming mobile unit in the second VLAN so that transfer of the multicast stream from the first VLAN to the second VLAN is seamless.
US08942164B2	Differential CQI for OFDMA systems Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a feedback generator, a feedback decoder and methods of operating a feedback generator and decoder. In one embodiment, the feedback generator is for use in user equipment and includes a CQI profile module configured to provide a differential channel quality indicator, wherein the differential channel quality indicator represents a difference between indices corresponding to allocatable channel quality indicators. The feedback generator also includes a transmit module that transmits the differential channel quality indicator. In one embodiment, the feedback decoder is for use in a base station and includes a receive module configured to receive a differential channel quality indicator. The feedback decoder also includes a CQI selection module configured to provide allocatable channel quality indicators from the differential channel quality indicator based on a differential index, wherein the differential index represents a difference between indices corresponding to the allocatable channel quality indicators.
US08942157B2	Receiver and method for receiving a composite signal A first signal generator is arranged to generate a first signal. A ranging code generator is arranged for generating a ranging code. A mixer is capable of accepting the ranging code and the first signal and outputting a locally generated reference signal. After down-conversion and digitization of the received composite signal, the code correlator can correlate the digital received composite signal to the locally generated reference signal to decode at least a first portion of the received composite signal, while leaving a second portion of the received composite signal undecoded. A tracking loop signal processor can process one or more digital signals, of the locally generated reference signal with respect to the digital received composite signal to maximize correlation of the received composite signal to the locally generated reference signal.
US08942156B2	Method for supporting enhanced multimedia broadcast multicast service (EMBMS), method and device for sending MBMS control channel (MCCH) modification notice A method, system and device for supporting enhanced Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (eMBMS) in a relay network are disclosed. The method includes that: a network side sends a message to a relay node used to indicate a position of a Multicast Broadcast over Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) subframe relates to the eMBMS in a transmission frame; the relay node determines the position of the MBSFN subframe in the transmission frame according to the message, and makes the MBSFN subframe silent according to the determinate position; when a user terminal determines the existence of the MBSFN subframe made silent by the relay node in the transmission frame sent from the relay node, the user terminal receives the eMBMS sent by device except the relay node according to control information of the received eMBMS, thereby avoids the influence of the relay node to the user terminal supporting eMBMS.
US08942155B2	Data transmitting method for machine type communication service and mobile communication system using the same Provided is a data transmitting method for providing a machine type communication (MTC) service in a mobile communication system. The method includes subscribing, by the MTC device, to a multicast service, and recognizing, by the MTC device, at least one wirelessly announced multicast service and performing joining for a desired multicast service. In cases other than a case in which the MTC device performs the joining to transmit collected data information, the method further includes starting, by a broadcast multicast-service center, a session for the multicast service, performing group paging for at least one MTC device that will receive the multicast service, and transmitting multicast service-related data to the at least one MTC device that will receive the multicast service.
US08942154B2	Method, BM-SC and base station for multiplexing MBMS services in MBSFN A method for multiplexing multiple MBMS services in an MBSFN is provided according to the present invention, comprising: at the beginning of a session, determining, by a BNA-SC, MBMS services to be multiplexed together; estimating, by the BM-SC, bandwidth requirement needed for multiplexing the MBMS services together and informing an MCE of the bandwidth requirement so as to assign radio resources by the MCE; receiving, by the BM-SC, packet data for the MBMS services to be multiplexed together, from a server; prioritizing, by the BM-SC, the MBMS services to be multiplexed together if the actual bandwidth that is occupied by the packet data for the MBMS services to be multiplexed together exceeds the bandwidth requirement; reordering, by the BM-SC, the packet data for the MBMS services to be multiplexed together according to the result of prioritization, and informing respective base stations in the MBSFN area of the result of reordering; and multiplexing, by respective base stations, the packet data for the MBMS services to be multiplexed together on radio resources assigned by the MCE and transmitting the multiplexed packet data according to the result of reordering informed by the BM-SC.
US08942148B2	Method and apparatus for switching a frequency assignment in a wireless communication system A method and an apparatus for switching a Frequency Assignment (FA) by a base station in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes, upon detecting movement of the base station, communicating with a mobile terminal using a first FA via a first FA-transceiver among a plurality of FA-transceivers which process signals transceived via each of the plurality of FAs, and selecting, upon detecting a change in a wireless environment caused by the movement, a second FA from among the plurality of FAs, operating a second FA-transceiver which processes signals transceived via the second FA, transmitting, to the mobile terminal, a scanning-instructing message for instructing the reference signal transmitted via the second FA to be scanned, and switching the first FA to the second FA in accordance with the result of the scanning received from the mobile terminal in response to the scanning-instructing message.
US08942147B2	Closed loop transmit diversity in continuous packet connectivity Apparatus and methods for communicating in a wireless network include receiving a weight vector in a slot for providing closed loop transmit diversity to signals in a next slot, holding the weight vector over a plurality of slots following a transmission burst, and applying the weight vector to signals in at least one slot of a subsequent transmission burst in discontinuous transmit. Additional apparatus and methods for communicating in a wireless network include determining a weight vector based on signals received from a device to provide closed loop transmit diversity feedback to the device, holding the weight vector over a plurality of slots following receiving a transmission burst, and applying the weight vector for signals received in at least one slot of a subsequent transmission burst from the device.
US08942145B2	Implant access in the medical implant communications service band A system and method for providing communications between a hub (medical controller) and a node (an implant) are disclosed. The hub selects an operating channel within a channel group in accordance with applicable regulations, and transmits signals to facilitate communications with nodes. A node sequentially tunes to individual channels within the group, monitoring each channel for a hub transmission during a monitoring period. If a hub transmission is detected, the node stays on the current channel. Otherwise, the node tunes to a next channel in the channel group. The hub transmission may be directed to unconnected nodes, to a single connected node, or to a group of connected nodes. The node transmits a first frame to the hub at a designated transmission time and receives a response. The node reports an emergency by sequentially transmitting emergency frames on each of the channels until receiving an acknowledgment from the hub.
US08942143B2	Time division duplex orthogonal frequency division multiplexing distributed antenna system, base station and remote access unit A time division duplex orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (TDD-OFDM) distributed antenna system (DAS), a base station and a remote access unit for the same are provided. The base station performs an inverse fast Fourier transform on a user downlink signal, a transmitting/receiving enable signal and an input control signal to generate a first OFDM signal. The user downlink signal is carried on a used subcarrier set of the first OFDM signal, while the transmitting/receiving enable signal and the input control signal are carried on a guard band subcarrier set of the first OFDM signal. The remote access unit receives the first OFDM signal via a fiber transmission line, switches between a transmitting mode and a receiving mode periodically, performs a clock synchronization with the base station according to the transmitting/receiving enable signal, and performs a system configuration according to the input control signal.
US08942138B2	Methods and apparatus to determine a capacity for a network layer topology Methods and apparatus to determine a capacity for a network topology are disclosed herein. An example method includes accessing a topology comprising a plurality of links; applying weights to the links; selecting a traffic element, the selected traffic element comprising a source node, a destination node, and a traffic demand; for each of the links: (a) determining for a selected link from the plurality of the links, whether the selected traffic element may be routed on the selected link without adding capacity to the selected link; and (b) applying penalties to the weights associated with the links that cannot support the selected traffic element without adding capacity; determining, based on the weights and penalties of the links, a routing path comprising at least one of the links between the source node and the destination node; and determining capacities of at least some of the links based on the routing path.
US08942133B2	Peer-to-peer communication in ad hoc wireless network For a peer-to-peer call in an ad hoc wireless network, a wireless device performs discovery of a target wireless device, performs authentication of the target wireless device and generates a session key (e.g., using a pre-shared key or a certificate provisioned on the wireless device), forms an ad hoc wireless network with the target wireless device, and communicates peer-to-peer with the target wireless device via the ad hoc wireless network. The wireless device may perform discovery with a list of identifiers for wireless devices designated to communicate with this wireless device. The wireless device may derive a service set identifier (SSID) used to identify the ad hoc wireless network based on its user-specific identifier (e.g., its phone number) and/or a user-specific identifier for the target wireless device. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
US08942131B2	Method for filtering and processing data in a packet-switched communication network A method processes data in a packet-switched communication network having a plurality of network nodes, between which data packets are transmitted. Information contained in one data packet is extracted therefrom, the packet being received in a network node. One physical transmission parameter of the received data packet is ascertained, the physical transmission parameter specifies or is dependent on one property of the physical transmission of the received data packet. The received data packet is filtered based on a rule set, taking into account some of the extracted information and part of the physical transmission parameter, and further processed dependant on the filtering. An application of the method is “bootstrapping”, wherein network nodes are configured, cryptographic information being transmitted in the context of the configuration. A plausibility test of physical transmission parameters of the data packets that are transmitted during bootstrapping can ascertain whether an attacker is manipulating the bootstrapping process.
US08942130B2	Peer-to-peer communication in ad hoc wireless network For a peer-to-peer call in an ad hoc wireless network, a wireless device performs discovery of a target wireless device, performs authentication of the target wireless device and generates a session key (e.g., using a pre-shared key or a certificate provisioned on the wireless device), forms an ad hoc wireless network with the target wireless device, and communicates peer-to-peer with the target wireless device via the ad hoc wireless network. The wireless device may perform discovery with a list of identifiers for wireless devices designated to communicate with this wireless device. The wireless device may derive a service set identifier (SSID) used to identify the ad hoc wireless network based on its user-specific identifier (e.g., its phone number) and/or a user-specific identifier for the target wireless device. The wireless device may also performs IP address discovery using the user-specific identifier for the target wireless device.
US08942128B2	Detection and prevention of heavy congestion in a wireless network Detection and prevention of heavy congestion in a wireless network is disclosed herein. Radio links are monitored and if the number of radio links reaches a first threshold level, one or more network parameters are modified in order shrink a cell footprint and/or to control cell reselection. The monitored radio links can be downlink circuit switched and packet switched radio links. Alternatively or additionally, an uplink noise level can be monitored and if the uplink noise level reaches a second threshold level, the one or more network parameters can be modified, even if the number of radio links are not at the threshold level.
US08942126B2	Feedback information transmission method, mobile station apparatus and base station apparatus The present invention reduces the increase of the amount of feedback information, and, regardless of whether the correlation between antennas is high or low, increases the data rate upon MIMO transmission. A feedback information transmission method to assume a Hermitian transpose of a precoding matrix corresponding to a PMI that is selected in accordance with the amount of channel variation as a channel matrix (effective channel: hk,effH) and transmit feedback information to use in MIMO transmission to a base station apparatus, includes selecting a PMI and an RI in accordance with the amount of channel variation and measuring a CQI for single-user MIMO transmission, calculating complementary information (for example, CQI difference information ΔCQI) to complement the difference between the CQI for single-user MIMO transmission and a CQI for multi-user MIMO transmission, and transmitting the PMI, RI, CQI for single-user MIMO transmission and complementary information to the base station apparatus as feedback information.
US08942125B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving feedback for cooperative communication system A method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a feedback signal in a cellular mobile communication system is provided. The method of transmitting feedback in a Cooperative Multi-Point (CoMP) system, includes receiving feedback set information including allocation information of a Channel Status Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) transmitted for estimating a channel of a User Equipment (UE), receiving IDentification (ID) information for identifying a CoMP set including CSI-RS allocation information from a cell operating in a CoMP mode, extracting the CoMP set using the ID information and a feedback set, detecting a first feedback mode and first feedback timing with a first CSI-RS not included in the CoMP set among CSI-RSs included in the feedback set, and generating and transmitting feedback with respect to the first CSI-RS according to the detected first feedback mode and the first feedback timing.
US08942121B2	Communication device The invention relates to a communication device (2) comprising an antenna system (4) provided with at least one antenna (6a, 6b, 6c) for receiving a radio signal and supplying a received radio signal to an output (8) of the antenna system, a low noise amplifier (10) for amplification of the received radio signal to obtain an amplified radio signal, and a processing unit (12) for processing the amplified radio signal. The antenna system (4) is configured to supply in a first state a first antenna signal as the received radio signal and in a second state second antenna signal as the received radio signal, wherein the first antenna signal and second antenna signal differ in amplitude. The antenna system is further configured to switch from state in response to a control signal (14) generated by the processing unit (12).
US08942120B2	Reputation-based routing and error-correction coding in ad hoc networks Nodes in an ad hoc mobile network are monitored to provide secure routing of packets. Malicious or selfish behaviors by nodes are used to maintain and distribute node reputations. Based on the reputation, the most secure route, which can have multiple paths, is selected for packet communications. In conjunction with secure routing, a forward error correction code is adaptively optimized according to the reputation through every adjacent nodes along the route to avoid eavesdropping and falsification by malicious nodes.
US08942117B2	Wireless communication system, integrated base station, and terminal A frame time having a certain period of time is divided into: a time period (for inter-base-station time division multiplex communication) in which one of the base stations has a transmission right in the simultaneous transmission and carries out inter-base-station time division multiplex communication so as to avoid interference between the base stations; and a time period (for inter-base-station simultaneous communication) for communication which is simultaneously carried out between the plurality of base stations. Furthermore, the time periods are switched for the communication.
US08942108B2	Method and system for current differential protection A differential protection system is provided. The differential protection system includes a local terminal configured to be communicatively coupled directly or indirectly with at least two remote terminals via at least three communication links to form a ring topology or a mesh topology. The differential protection system further includes a controller comprising a communication link decision unit and a clock unit associated with the local terminal. The communication link decision unit is configured to determine some of the at least three communication links as virtually disconnected such that the ring topology or the mesh topology is configured to be converted to a daisy chain topology. The clock unit is configured to time synchronize the local terminal with at least one of the at least two remote terminals when the local terminal and the at least two remote terminals are configured in the daisy chain topology.
US08942106B2	Method and apparatus for route optimization enforcement and verification In one embodiment, a best exit from an autonomous system (AS) for a controlled prefix is determined. A network device of the AS influences a route for the controlled prefix to be over the best exit. Traffic statistics for the controlled prefix are selected. The network device verifies, based on the traffic statistics, whether the influence has caused at least a configured amount of traffic for the controlled prefix to be over the best exit. When at least the configured amount of the traffic is not directed over the best exit, the network device further influences the route for the controlled prefix to be over the best exit.
US08942104B2	Packet classification and prioritization using a UDP checksum in a mobile wireless device A method and apparatus for packet classification and prioritization using a user datagram protocol (UDP) header in a mobile wireless device. The mobile wireless device includes an application processor and a transceiver. The application processor sets a value of a field embedded in a higher layer packet and transfers the higher layer packet to the transceiver. The transceiver receives the higher layer packet from the application processor and reads the set value of the embedded field. The transceiver clears the value in the embedded field and creates at least one lower layer protocol data unit from the higher layer packet. The transceiver maps the lower layer protocol data unit to a wireless access channel having a transmission property based on the read value of the embedded field. In representative embodiments, the embedded field is an optional checksum in a UDP header.
US08942098B2	Adaptive hybrid wireless and wired process control system with hierarchical process automation field network sets A hybrid wired and wireless architecture for a process control system is disclosed that includes hierarchical adaptability and optimization capabilities. The system is arranged in three tiers, the first including a number of wireless end devices exchanging packets of data and/or instructions with the distributed control system, where each wireless end device is associated with one or more meters, remote terminal units, diagnostic devices, pumps, valves, sensors, or tank level measuring devices. The second tier includes a plurality of wireless routers, each including a memory that stores a routing table and a processor that routes packets. The third tier includes a master wireless gateway device operably connected to receive packets from and transmit packets to the distributed control system. The processor of each of the wireless routers routes packets across the tiers between the end devices and the wireless gateway devices based on the stored routing table.
US08942097B2	Network system and frame communication method A network system has: a node performing transmission and reception of a frame based on FCoE (Fiber Channel Over Ethernet); a network; a controller performing management of the node and the network; and a gateway provided with respect to the node. The gateway determines whether a frame received from the node is a control frame or a data frame, forwards the control frame to the controller, and forwards the data frame to the network. The controller performs the management based on the control frame received from the gateway. The network transfers the data frame received from the gateway to a target node without through the controller. The controller comprises a flow management unit that manages a transfer route of the data frame in the network with respect to each flow.
US08942094B2	Credit-based network congestion management A switching network includes first, second and third switches coupled for communication, such that the first and third switches communicate data traffic via the second switch. The first switch is operable to request transmission credits from the third switch, receive the transmission credits from the third switch and perform transmission of data traffic in reference to the transmission credits. The third switch is operable to receive the request for transmission credits from the first switch, generate the transmission credits and transmit the transmission credits to the first switch via the second switch. The second switch is operable to modify the transmission credits transmitted by the third switch prior to receipt of the transmission credits at the first switch.
US08942093B2	Transmission apparatus with packet shaping capabilities, and interface card therefor In a transmission apparatus, a shaping circuit shapes a packet output from a switch in a band of predetermined granularity. A packet generation circuit generates a band correction packet in a band smaller than the band of the predetermined granularity of the shaping circuit and inputs the band correction packet to the shaping circuit.
US08942092B2	Gateway data transmission method, device and system A gateway data transmission method, device and system are provided, which relate to the field of communication, and involve solving data congestion in a dual mode gateway caused by occupation of resources of the dual mode gateway in existing gateway data transmission technology. The method provided in the present disclosure includes: when service data from a cellular network side needs to be transmitted to a capillary vessel network device via a dual mode gateway, it is determined if the dual mode gateway is congested; if it is congested, a delay transmission message is transmitted to a data transmission main body at the cellular network side, the delay transmission message includes a reaccess time evaluated for service data by the dual mode gateway, the data transmission main body delays the transmission of the service data. The present disclosure can be applied in communication between all sorts of different networks.
US08942090B2	Technique for throughput control for packet switches A method for selective admission of traffic packets to a telecommunication switch having a limited throughput T and a common input queue, wherein the traffic packets comprise packets pre-assigned to higher and lower classes; in case of congestion at the common input queue of the switch, the method performs selective admission of the packets to the switch according to classes pre-assigned to them and depending on dynamic, recently utilized throughput of the switch.
US08942083B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting uplink data Disclosed herein relates to a method of transmitting uplink data to increase multiplex capacity. The method includes allocating, by each of a plurality of machine type communication user equipment (MTC UE), position information within a single resource block (RB), which is used when transmitting uplink data, to the single RB, generating information about a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) used when demodulating the data received from the plurality of MTC UE, and transmitting the position information within the RB and the information about the DMRS to each of the plurality of MTC UE.
US08942082B2	Cooperative subspace multiplexing in content delivery networks A source node selects a plurality of original data components to transfer to at least one destination node. A plurality of transmitting nodes cooperatively encodes the original data components to generate a plurality of subspace coded components and a corresponding code matrix. Each of the transmitting nodes transmits a subset of the plurality of subspace coded components and corresponding code matrix, wherein at least one of the transmitting nodes has a rank that is insufficient for decoding the plurality of subspace coded components. A destination node may employ a plurality of receiving nodes to cooperatively receive a plurality of subspace coded components and their corresponding code vectors, wherein the rank of at least one of the receiving nodes is insufficient for decoding the coded components. The destination node builds up the dimension of the subspace spanned by code vectors it collects from the receiving nodes so it can decode the coded components.
US08942080B2	Transmission of bundled ACK/NAK bits This invention is applicable to wireless communication between a user equipment (UE) and a base station using frames where at least one uplink (UL) is assigned a subframe to respond to a plurality of DL assigned subframes. This invention is an improvement in the acknowledge (ACK) or non-acknowledge (NAK) response by the UE. The UE generates an ACK or NAK dependent upon whether a DL communication is correctly received. For an UL subframe assigned to respond to communications on plural DL subframes, the UE logically combines plural ACK/NAK responses into a single bundled response for transmission to the base station. This logical combining produces a bit in a first digital state if all said responses are ACKs and in a second opposite digital state if any response is a NAK.
US08942079B2	Method and apparatus for mapping/demapping modulation symbols in a mobile communication system A method for mapping wireless resources of reference symbols for channel state estimation and modulation symbols for user information transmission in a transmitter of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) mobile communication system is disclosed. The mapping method includes channel-encoding and modulating a user information stream to be transmitted, and then generating a systematic symbol stream and a parity symbol stream; and preferentially arranging systematic modulation symbols in resource elements of a symbol including no reference symbol, and then arranging parity modulation symbols in remaining resource elements.
US08942075B2	Battery management device, battery apparatus, disk array apparatus and battery management method Disclosed is a battery management device 1 and the like that maintains each secondary battery (SB) 2 in an appropriate state. The battery management device 1 calculates a degradation state of no smaller than the three SB 2 to be managed separately, selects, as the new power source, one of the SB 2 that have not been selected as a power source among a plurality of the SB 2 as management objects based on the degradation state, selects one of the plurality of the SB 2 that have been selected as the power source based on the degradation state and removing it from the power source, changes a combination of a plurality of the secondary batteries as the power source based on the degradation state, and activates the SB 2 disconnected from the power source by discharging and charging the SB 2.
US08942074B2	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.
US08942072B2	Efficient access to storage devices with usage bitmaps Upon receiving a request to allocate a storage region, a storage device may initialize the contents of the storage device to default values (e.g., zero) in order to avoid problems arising from unknown data stored in the locations of the storage region (e.g., upon writing a data set to a location involved in a mirroring relationship, uninitialized data in the corresponding mirror location may result in a mismatch that jeopardizes the written data). However, initializing the storage device may be time-consuming and inefficient. Instead, a usage bitmap may be generated that, for respective location sets of the storage region, indicates whether values exist in the location. A read request may be fulfilled by examining the usage bitmap to determine whether values exist in the specified location, and if not, the default value may be returned without accessing the storage device. Other efficiencies may also be achieved using the usage bitmap.
US08942071B2	Color storage and transmission systems and methods A system comprises a writer to form a plurality of color mits on a base material, wherein at least one of the color mits may represent computer-readable instructions comprising data other than pixel-image data. The plurality of color mits may include a first color mit and a second color mit, wherein the first color mit represents information data, and the second color mit represents that the first color mit contains a particular type of information data. The system also may include a reader to read colors of the plurality of color mits on the base material. The system may comprise a device to map at least one of the color mits to computer-readable instructions. The system may further comprise a processor configured to transmit signals using a colored light.
US08942069B2	Wearable object such as a timepiece including means for triggering an electronic control function Portable object such as a timepiece including a dial (4) covered by a watch glass (2), the portable object (1) enclosing an electronic control circuit (16) for at least one time function or non-time related function, the portable object further comprising at least one light source (12) and an associated light sensor (10), which are arranged on the dial (4), the light source (12) emitting, through the glass (2), a light beam, which is at least partially reflected towards the light sensor (10), when it is intercepted by the user's finger (D) placed on the glass (2) of the portable object, the light sensor (10) supplying the electronic control circuit (16) with an electric signal for activating the corresponding function when it detects the light produced by the light source (12) and reflected by the user's finger (D), the portable object being characterized in that the light source (12) emits collimated light while forming, on the glass (2), a spot of defined dimensions which defines the place on the glass (2) where the user has to place his finger.
US08942066B2	Composite assembly for a motor vehicle A composite assembly for a motor vehicle having at least one electroacoustic transducer for outputting sound waves and at least one wall element of the motor vehicle, behind which the transducer is mounted in a concealed manner, wherein an intermediate element for influencing the sound emission behavior is arranged between the transducer and the wall element, the intermediate element having a contact surface facing the wall element for passing on the sound waves. At least one recess is formed within the contact surface, in which recess no contact is made between the intermediate element and the wall element. In this way, it is possible to influence the emission characteristics of the electroacoustic transducer in a very flexible and need-oriented manner.
US08942062B2	Detecting structural changes to underwater structures A method and system that can be used for scanning underwater structures. The method and system allow a user to gain a better understanding of an underwater structure. For example, the method and system detect change(s) to an underwater structure. An acoustic sonar wave is directed toward an underwater structure, and a reflected acoustic sonar wave is received and processed to produce a three dimensional image. Data points of this three-dimensional image of the underwater structure are aligned to a pre-existing three dimensional model of the underwater structure. A change detection model is generated based on the aligned 3D images, and the change detection model is compared to the pre-existing three dimensional model of the underwater structure. Based on the comparison, occurrences of structural changes in the underwater structure are detected.
US08942060B2	Method and apparatus for marine wide azimuth towed steamer seismic acquisition This is a method of acquiring marine wide azimuth towed streamer seismic data. Preferably, a recording boat which tows a plurality of seismic streamers and at least one source may be accompanied by a plurality of source boats that each tow at least one source. The source boats may preferably activate their respective sources such that the subsurface reflections generated by each source interfere. The time separation between successive shots may preferably be a random variable related to the lowest frequency of interest in the data. Additionally, the source boats may preferably be alternatively fired from the head and tail of the recording streamers.
US08942054B2	Systems, memories, and methods for operating memory arrays Memories, systems, and methods for refreshing are provided, such as a memory with an array of memory cells divided into sections. Memories include replacement elements having a digit line, and detecting circuitry coupled to a digit line of at least one section of the memory cell array and coupled to the digit line of the replacement element. Memories include control logic configured to selectively refresh the replacement element at an occurrence when a non-neighboring section of the memory cell array relative to the replacement element is refreshed. Other memories, systems, and methods are provided.
US08942051B2	Mechanisms for built-in self test and repair for memory devices This description relates to a system for storing repair data of a random access memory (RAM) array in a one-time programming memory (OTPM). The system includes the RAM array, wherein the RAM array includes a main memory, redundant rows and columns, and a first repair register memory. The system further includes a built-in self-test-and-repair (BISTR) module having a second repair register memory, wherein the BISTR module is used to test and repair the RAM array. The system further includes the one-time programming memory (OTPM) for storing repair data from more than one test and repair stages for the RAM array, wherein the repair data from different test and repair stages are stored in a same data segment.
US08942050B2	Method of inspecting variable resistance nonvolatile memory device and variable resistance nonvolatile memory device A method of inspecting a variable resistance nonvolatile memory device detecting a faulty memory cell of a memory cell array employing a current steering element, and a variable resistance nonvolatile memory device are provided. The method of inspecting a variable resistance nonvolatile memory device having a memory cell array, a memory cell selection circuit, and a read circuit includes: determining that a current steering element has a short-circuit fault when a variable resistance element is in a low resistance state and a current higher than or equal to a predetermined current passes through the current steering element, when the resistance state of the memory cell is read using a second voltage; and determining whether the variable resistance element is in the low or high resistance state, when the resistance state of the memory cell is read using a first voltage.
US08942049B2	Channel hot carrier tolerant tracking circuit for signal development on a memory SRAM An embodiment of the invention discloses an electronic device for reducing degradation in NMOS circuits in a tracking circuit. A first multiplexer selects, based on N bits from a row address in a memory array, which tracking circuit from a group of 2N tracking circuits will be used to provide a signal develop time for a memory cell in the memory array using a dummy word line signal. A second multiplexer selects, based on the N bits from the row address for a memory array, which output from the tracking circuits is used to enable the sense amp enable signal.
US08942045B2	Memory apparatus and methods Embodiments of apparatus and methods having a memory device can include a line to exchange information with a string of memory cells and a transistor coupled between the string of memory cells and the line. Such a memory device can also include a module configured to couple a gate of the transistor to a node during a first time interval of a memory operation and decouple the gate from the node during a second time interval of the memory operation. Additional apparatus and methods are described.
US08942043B2	Non-volatile storage with process that reduces read disturb on end wordlines A system for reducing read disturb on edge word lines in non-volatile storage is disclosed. In one embodiment, the memory cells on edge word lines are programmed using a series of pulses that have an initial magnitude and step size between pulses that are lower than for memory cells on word lines that are not edge word lines. Additionally, when reading memory cells on word lines that are not edge word lines, the edge word lines receive a lower pass voltage than the default pass voltage applied to other unselected word lines. In another embodiment. the system applies a higher than normal bias on a neighboring word lines when reading memory cells on an edge word line.
US08942042B2	Nonvolatile memory device and a method of adjusting a threshold voltage of a ground selection transistor thereof A method of adjusting a threshold voltage of a ground selection transistor in a nonvolatile memory device includes providing a first voltage to a gate of a first ground selection transistor in a read operation and providing a second voltage to a gate of a second ground selection transistor in the read operation. The nonvolatile memory device includes at least one string, the string having string selection transistors, memory cells and the first and second ground selection transistors connected in series and stacked on a substrate.
US08942040B2	Non-volatile semiconductor memory device capable of improving failure-relief efficiency According to one embodiment, a non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array and a row decoder. The memory cell array has NAND strings as a physical block, and word lines respectively connected to memory cells included in the NAND strings. The row decoder includes latch circuits and a drive circuit. When a failure exists within a corresponding first logical block, the latch circuits store a flag indicating the failure. The drive circuit inhibits driving of the word lines belonging to the first logical block when the flag is stored in the latch circuit corresponding to the first logical block to which the selected word lines belong, and allows the driving of the word lines belonging to the physical block including the first logical block when the flag is not stored in the latch circuit corresponding to the first logical block to which the selected word lines belong.
US08942036B2	Method for achieving four-bit storage using flash memory having splitting trench gate The present invention discloses a method for achieving four-bit storage by using a flash memory having a splitting trench gate. The flash memory with the splitting trench gate is disclosed in a Chinese patent No. 200710105964.2. At one side that each of two trenches is contacted with a channel, a programming for electrons is achieved by using a channel hot electron injection method; and at the other side that each of the two trenches is contacted with a source or a drain, a programming for electrons is achieved by using an FN injection method, so that a function of a four-bit storage of the device is achieved by changing a programming mode. Thus, a performance of the device is improved while a storage density is greatly increased.
US08942029B2	Memory device A memory device including first to fourth memory cell arrays and a driver circuit including a pair of bit line driver circuits and a pair of word line driver circuits is provided. The first to fourth memory cell arrays are overlap with the driver circuit. Each of the pair of bit line driver circuits and a plurality of bit lines are connected through connection points on an edge along the boundary between the first and second memory cell arrays or on an edge along the boundary between the third and fourth memory cell arrays. Each of the pair of word line driver circuits and a plurality of word lines are connected through second connection points on an edge along the boundary between the first and fourth memory cell arrays or on an edge along the boundary between the second and third memory cell arrays.
US08942023B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device using resistive random access memory (ReRAM) elements and having improved tamper resistance is provided. The semiconductor device is provided with a unit cell which stores one bit of cell data and a control circuit. The unit cell includes n ReRAM elements (n being an integer of 2 or larger). At least one of the ReRAM elements is an effective element where the cell data is recorded. In reading the cell data, the control circuit at least selects the effective element and reads data recorded thereon as the cell data.
US08942022B2	Embedded non-volatile memory circuit for implementing logic functions across periods of power disruption A circuit having an autonomous ferroelectric memory latch (AML) is disclosed. An AML characterized by an AML input, an AML output, a first AML power contact, a second AML power contact and an AML state, and a first switch in series with one of the AML input or the AML output. The switch is positioned to prevent the state of the AML from changing when power is provided between the first and second AML power contacts. In one aspect of the invention, the circuit could include a second switch in series with the other of the AML input or the AML output and a latch in series with the AML input or the AML output. The latch is positioned such that a direct path back does not exist between the AML output and the AML input.
US08942021B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes: an I/O circuit configured to input/output a data signal; a plurality of internal circuits configured to transmit and receive the data signal to/from the I/O circuit; and a path provider configured to select one of a direct path to a target internal circuit or an indirect path to the target internal circuit that is longer than the direct path in response to one or more path control signals and use the selected path when the data signal is transmitted between the I/O circuit and the plurality of internal circuits.
US08942019B2	Current vector controlled deadtime for multilevel inverters A multilevel inverter circuit includes an inverter control circuit that controls switching of main and neutral switches. The inverter control circuit receives current vector information indicating flow direction of an AC current output of the multilevel inverter circuit. The inverter control circuit eliminates dead time between switching of a neutral switch and a main switch depending on whether the AC current output is flowing towards a load or away from the load. Among other advantages, elimination of dead time improves the total harmonic distortion of the sinusoidal AC voltage output of the multilevel inverter circuit.
US08942018B2	Single-phase self-driven full-bridge synchronous rectification A full-bridge rectifier is configured to provide synchronous rectification with either a current-source or a voltage-source. The rectifier has an upper branch and a lower branch and two current loops, with each of the branches including voltage- or current-controlled active switches, diodes or combinations thereof that are selected such that each loop includes one active switch or diode from the upper branch and one active switch or diode from the lower branch, and each current loop comprises at least one diode or current-controlled active switch, and at least one voltage- or current-controlled active switch is included in one of the upper or lower branches.
US08942016B2	Power supply apparatus A second control circuit is configured to switch a pulse signal to a level which turns off a second switching transistor when a coil current that flows through a primary winding reaches a predetermined threshold current. The second control circuit is configured to start a switching operation when a power supply for an electronic device is turned on, to set the threshold current to a first value when an intermediate voltage is higher than a predetermined level, and to set the threshold current to a second value that is lower than the first value when the intermediate voltage is lower than a predetermined level. A first control circuit is configured to start a switching operation upon receiving an instruction from a microcontroller to start operating.
US08942007B2	Electrical component An electronic component includes a circuit element, a circuit board that is connected to the circuit element, and a connection terminal that is connected to the circuit board. The connection terminal includes a main body, a spring member that is formed so as to be elastically deformable in two directions including a direction of moving closer to the circuit board disposed on the main body and a direction of moving away from the circuit board, and a pair of arm portions that is extended from the main body so as to position the spring member therebetween. The pair of arm portions passes through the circuit board, ends of the respective arm portions far from the main body are bent toward the spring member, and the circuit board is held between the ends and the spring member.
US08942004B2	Printed circuit board having electronic components embedded therein Disclosed herein is a printed circuit board having electronic components embedded therein. The printed circuit board having electronic components embedded therein includes: a metal core layer connected to a ground terminal of an external power supply to be grounded and having a cavity or a groove part formed thereon; an electronic component accommodated in the cavity and having a plurality of terminals, a ground terminal included in the plurality of terminals being connected to the metal core layer; an internal insulating layer stacked on both sides of the metal core layer; and circuit patterns formed on an external surface of the internal insulating layer.
US08942003B2	Multilayered printed wiring board A multilayered printed wiring board includes a plurality of insulating layers; a plurality of wiring layers which are located between the corresponding adjacent insulating layers; and a plurality of interlayer connection conductors for electrically connecting the wiring layers through the insulating layers; wherein a cavity is formed through one or more of the insulating layers so as to insert a first electric/electronic component and an area for embedding a second electric/electronic component is defined for the insulating layers.
US08942002B2	Three dimensional passive multi-component structures Stacked arrays of components are disclosed. In one embodiment, a first and a second layer of components are electrically and mechanically coupled to a thin interposer disposed between the first and second layers. The first layer can be configured to attach the stacked array to a host printed circuit board. The interposer can insulate the components from one another and also couple signals between the components on the first and second layers. In one embodiment, the components in the first and second layers are passive components.
US08942001B2	Seal structure for electronic control device A seal structure for an electronic control device having a circuit board housed in a watertight space a housing that is formed by fitting a plurality of fitting members together, has first and second seal portions which are formed at a fitting surface portion between the fitting members that are fitted together. One side of a pair of the fitting members of each of the first and second seal portions is provided with a seal groove, the other side is provided with a protruding line. An auxiliary seal groove and an auxiliary protruding line are formed on opposing surfaces of the seal groove and the protruding line at a merged part where the first and second seal portions meet each other. The auxiliary seal groove and the auxiliary protruding line continuously extend from the seal groove up to an end surface of the protruding line.
US08941999B2	Enhanced stacked microelectronic assemblies with central contacts and improved thermal characteristics A microelectronic assembly includes a dielectric element that has oppositely-facing first and second surfaces and first and second apertures extending between the surfaces. The dielectric element further includes conductive elements. First and second microelectronic elements are stacked one on top of the another. The second microelectronic element has a plurality of contacts at a surface, which is spaced from the first surface of the dielectric element. Leads extend from contacts of the first and second microelectronic elements through respective apertures to at least some of the conductive elements. A heat spreader is thermally coupled to at least one of the first microelectronic element or the second microelectronic element.
US08941994B2	Vapor condenser with three-dimensional folded structure A vapor condenser is provided which includes a three-dimensional folded structure which defines, at least in part, a set of coolant-carrying channels and a set of vapor condensing channels, with the coolant-carrying channels being interleaved with and extending parallel to the vapor condensing channels. The folded structure includes a thermally conductive sheet with multiple folds in the sheet. One side of the sheet is a vapor condensing surface, and the opposite side of the sheet is a coolant-cooled surface, with at least a portion of the coolant-cooled surface defining the coolant-carrying channels, and being in contact with coolant within the coolant-carrying channels. The vapor condenser further includes, in one embodiment, a top plate, and first and second end manifolds which are coupled to opposite ends of the folded structure and in fluid communication with the coolant-carrying channels to facilitate flow of coolant through the coolant-carrying channels.
US08941993B2	Heat exchanger door for an electronics rack An air-cooling apparatus is provided which includes a heat exchanger door and a catch bracket. The door is hingedly mounted to the air inlet or outlet side of an electronics rack, and includes: a door frame spanning at least a portion of the air inlet or outlet side of the rack, wherein the frame includes an airflow opening which facilitates airflow through the rack; an air-to-coolant heat exchanger supported by the door frame and disposed so that airflow through the airflow opening passes thereacross; and a door latch mechanism to selectively latch the heat exchanger door to the rack. The catch bracket is attached to the rack and sized to extend from the rack into the heat exchanger door through a catch opening, and the door latch mechanism is configured and mounted within the heat exchanger door to physically engage the catch bracket within the heat exchanger door.
US08941987B2	Memory cooling duct A memory cooling duct can include: a front end and a back end; a top that includes a fan mount disposed between the front end and the back end; a front end vent; a front edge, a back edge and opposing side edges that define a rectangular bottom opening; and a flexible lever at the front end that includes a locking surface for locking the memory cooling duct over a rectangular array of memory sockets. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
US08941982B2	Front removable cold swap hard disk drive carrier with internal release A connector for a disk drive unit includes a base, a curve portion, a tab, a support, a hook, and a first spring arm. The base has a left portion, a right portion, a bottom portion, and a top portion. The curve portion extends from a back of the top portion of the base. The tab is adapted to be inserted into a retention opening of a static wall of a server. The support extends substantially horizontally from an opposite end of the curve portion, and is adapted to flex up and down when the tab is inserted into the retention opening of the static wall of the server. The hook is physically connected between the support and the tab, and is adapted to flex the support when the hook pressed into contact with a top of the retention opening, and to snap fit around the top of the retention opening when the connector is completely inserted into the retention opening. The first spring arm extends toward a center and in front of the base, and is adapted to apply a force to the static wall when the hook is snap fitted around the top of the retention opening to secure the disk drive unit within the server.
US08941980B2	Electronic device assembly An electronic device assembly includes an electronic device, a rotatable member rotatably attached to the electronic device about a first shaft, and a peripheral device rotatably attached to the rotatable member about a second shaft. The rotatable member and the peripheral device are located on a front side of the electronic device. The peripheral device is rotatable about the second shaft relative to the rotatable member, for allowing the rotatable member and the peripheral device to be located on a same plane. The rotatable member is rotatable about the first shaft relative to the electronic device, for allowing the rotatable member and the peripheral device to be cooperatively attached to a back side of the electronic device.
US08941964B2	Elevator protection against short circuit of safety devices An electrical safety circuit powered by an electrical power supply at point A terminal, the safety circuit includes a plurality of switches serially connected to one another, the serially connected switches have a first and second ends, the first end is connected serially to the power supply and the second end is serially connected to a safety circuit bypass detector having two ends, one end of the safety circuit bypass detector is connected serially to the second end of the serially connected switches and the second end of the safety circuit bypass detector is connected to a point B terminal, the point B terminal is connected to an electrical load. The safety circuit bypass detector have a switching device RX with a normally open contact RX1 and a normally close contact RX2, a switching device RZ with a normally open contact RZ1 and a normally open contact RZ2.
US08941963B2	Semiconductor device A first overcurrent detection unit detects whether a drain-source voltage of an output transistor is greater than or equal to a first reference value and outputs a first detection signal. A second overcurrent detection unit detects whether an output current passing through the output transistor is greater than or equal to a second reference value and outputs a second detection signal. When receiving the first detection signal indicating that the drain-source voltage is greater than or equal to the first reference value, a latch circuit latches the second detection signal; when receiving the first detection signal indicating that the drain-source voltage is smaller than the first reference value, the latch circuit outputs the second detection signal without latching it. Based on the output of the latch circuit, the drive circuit controls the output transistor to either turn it off or turn it on and off alternately.
US08941961B2	Methods and apparatus for protection in a multi-phase machine In some embodiments, a system includes multiple coils of a multi-phase machine in which the coils are each associated with a different phase. Associated with each coil is a protective element such that each protective element is associated with a different coil. When its associated protective element is in a first configuration, a coil is part of an electrical circuit, and its associated protective element allows a first amount of current to flow through the coil. Its associated protective element allows a second amount of current to flow through the coil when its associated protective element is in a second configuration. When in the second configuration, the coil's associated protective element does not obstruct current flow through other coils that are not associated with the protective element.
US08941959B2	ESD protection apparatus An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection structure comprises a first NPN transistor and a second NPN transistor connected in parallel. The bases of the first NPN transistor and the second NPN transistor are coupled together and further coupled to a first voltage potential and a second voltage potential through two deep trench capacitors respectively. The ESD protection structure further comprises a third deep trench capacitor and a fourth deep trench capacitor coupled between the first voltage potential and the second voltage potential.
US08941958B2	Semiconductor device To provide a protection circuit having a small area, redundancy, and small leak current. In the protection circuit, a plurality of nonlinear elements is provided so as to overlap with each other and so as to be electrically connected in series. At least one nonlinear element in the protection circuit is a diode-connected transistor including an oxide semiconductor in its channel formation region. The other nonlinear element is a diode-connected transistor including silicon in its channel formation region or a diode including silicon in its junction region.
US08941956B2	Switching ground tether circuit A ground tether circuit is provided for a power circuit that includes a power source, at least one load and at least one rectifier. The ground tether circuit includes an adjustable voltage converter connected to the rectifier. The adjustable voltage converter includes a positive power switch, a negative power switch, an inductor, a current sensing device and a controller.
US08941950B2	Underlayers for heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) media Various embodiments provide for a heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) media comprising: a magnetic recording layer; a barrier layer disposed under the magnetic recording layer; a first underlayer disposed under the barrier layer; and an amorphous seedlayer disposed under the first underlayer. For some embodiments, the recording medium may comprise: a magnetic recording layer including FePt alloy, a CoPt alloy, or a FePd alloy; a barrier layer including MgO, TiC, TiN, CrN, TiCN, β-WC, TaC, HfC, ZrC, VC, NbC, or NiO; a first underlayer including RuAl-oxide, NiAl, FeAl, AlMn, CuBe, or AlRe; or an amorphous seedlayer including a Cr—X alloy, where X comprises Al, B, C, Cu, Hf, Ho, Mn, Mo, Ni, Ta, Ti, V, W, or Ru.
US08941947B2	Spindle motor and hard disk drive therewith A thin spindle motor having a stator core with sufficient swaging strength even using thin magnetic steel sheets is provided, whereby the magnetic loss and the power consumption of the spindle motor are reduced. The stator core is formed by laminating plural stator laminations with a thickness of 0.1 to 0.2 mm and joined by a swaging portion. The swaging portion has an approximately rectangular shape having long sides extending along a radial direction when viewed from an axial direction. The swaging portion has a cross section with a middle portion parallel to the radial direction and a slope portion at the both sides when viewed from a circumferential direction, thereby forming a recess. The recess has a depth that is less than the thickness of the stator lamination whereby the swaging portion does not cut the stator lamination.
US08941946B2	Motor including dynamic bearing with seal portion and disk drive apparatus including the same A motor includes a stationary portion and a rotating portion that is rotatable about a central axis extending in a vertical direction with respect to the stationary portion. The stationary portion includes a shaft and a cup portion. The shaft extends in an axial direction and is fixed to the cup portion. The rotating portion includes a sleeve portion including at least a portion thereof arranged inside the cup portion, and is arranged opposite to the shaft. The cup portion includes a cylindrical portion, a bottom plate portion, and a first conical portion. The cylindrical portion is radially opposite to an outer circumferential surface of the sleeve portion. The bottom plate portion is inside the cylindrical portion. The first conical portion extends upward from an inner end portion of the bottom plate portion.
US08941945B1	Data storage device servoing heads based on virtual servo tracks A data storage device is disclosed comprising a first disk surface comprising servo tracks defined by servo sectors and recorded at a first radial density, and a first head actuated over the first disk surface. A servo sector on the first disk surface is read to generate a first physical position measurement that is converted into a first virtual position measurement corresponding to a nominal radial density of servo tracks different from the first radial density. The first head is servoed over the first disk surface based on the first virtual position measurement.
US08941939B1	Disk drive using VCM BEMF feed-forward compensation to write servo data to a disk A disk drive is disclosed comprising a voice coil motor (VCM) configured to actuate a head over a disk. The VCM is controlled to seek the head over the disk during a first seek, and a back electromotive force (BEMF) voltage generated by the VCM during the first seek is measured. Feed-forward compensation is generated based on the measured BEMF voltage, and the VCM is controlled to seek the head over the disk during a second seek using the feed-forward compensation while writing servo data to the disk.
US08941937B1	Addressing insufficient bit error rates amongst segments Technologies are described herein for determining the linear storage density of data tracks on a recording media of a storage device while compensating for segments of the recording media with poor bit-error rates. The sectors of the data track are grouped into a plurality of segments and a bits-per-inch capability (“BPIC”) value is determined for each of the plurality of segments based on a target bit-error rate. The lowest segment BPIC value from amongst the plurality of segments is then determined as well as an average BPIC value for the entire data track. The final BPI value for the data track is determined based on the average BPIC value and the lowest segment BPIC value.
US08941932B2	Fresnel lens A Fresnel lens includes an incident surface that is flat, and a prism-forming surface that has a plurality of prisms, the prism-forming surface being provided on the side of the Fresnel lens opposite to the incident surface. Each of the prisms has a converging surface that is located on the side away from the optical axis of the Fresnel lens.
US08941931B2	Concentration-ratio controllable system in the solar simulator for the concentrate type solar cells Provided is a concentration ratio controlling apparatus for concentration type solar cells. The concentration ratio controlling apparatus may include a first condensing unit to primarily concentrate quantity of light that is irradiated from a light source; a second condensing unit disposed between a lower portion of the first condensing unit and a solar cell to secondarily concentrate the quantity of light that has passed through the first condensing unit and thereby irradiate the secondarily concentrated light toward the solar cell; an adjustment unit disposed in an optical path between the light source and the first condensing unit to adjust a concentration area of the first condensing unit based on an external force, and thereby adjust the quantity of light that is concentrated by the first condensing unit; and a control unit to analyze an input signal and thereby supply a corresponding drive control signal to the adjustment unit.
US08941927B2	Zoom lens system, lens barrel, interchangeable lens apparatus and camera system Compact and lightweight zoom lens systems having less aberration fluctuation in association with focusing, lens barrels, interchangeable lens apparatuses, and camera systems are provided. The zoom lens system comprises: a first lens unit having positive optical power; a first focusing lens unit which is located on an image side relative to the first lens unit, has negative optical power, and moves along an optical axis in zooming and focusing; and a second focusing lens unit which is located on the image side relative to the first focusing lens unit, has positive optical power, and moves along the optical axis in the zooming and the focusing, and satisfies the condition: \|d2T/d1T\|<1.0 (d1T: an amount of movement of the first focusing lens unit in focusing at a telephoto limit, d2T: an amount of movement of the second focusing lens unit in focusing at a telephoto limit).
US08941925B2	Zoom lens system A zoom lens system includes a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, a positive third lens group, a negative fourth lens group, and a positive fifth lens group. Upon zooming from the short to long focal length extremities, the distance between the first and second lens groups increases, and the distance between the second and third lens groups decreases. The following conditions are satisfied: 0.30
US08941924B2	Head-up display device A head-up display device which can be applied to various types of vehicles is provided without causing cost increase. A head-up display device which makes a virtual image to be formed by projecting display light on a windshield of a vehicle includes a housing, an indicator which is provided in the housing, and a reflector which is provided in the housing, and includes a plurality of reflecting surfaces which are arranged in parallel with each other and inclined at the same angle so that the display light which is irradiated from the indicator is reflected by the reflecting surfaces.
US08941923B2	Diffractive optical element, optical system, and optical apparatus A diffractive optical element includes a first diffraction grating and a second diffraction grating which are made of materials different from each other and are stacked in an optical axis direction, and a thin film which is arranged at least part of an interface between the first diffraction grating and the second diffraction grating, includes a single layer or multiple layers made of a material different from that of each of the first and second diffraction gratings, and is transparent to light of a working wavelength range. nd1
US08941921B2	Optical system, optical apparatus, and method for manufacturing optical system An optical system includes, in order from an object side, a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, and a third lens group having positive refractive power. The second lens group is moved upon carrying out focusing from an infinitely distant object to a close object, at least a portion of the third lens group is moved in a direction including a component perpendicular to an optical axis, and given conditional expressions is satisfied. Accordingly, an optical system excellently suppressing variations in aberrations generated upon vibration reduction, an optical apparatus equipped therewith, and a method for manufacturing the optical system are provided.
US08941918B2	3D image display device The 3D image display device disclosed herein includes an image display panel outputting image signals; and a parallax barrier arranged in front of the panel, being spaced at a particular distance, and having a plurality of transparent portions. The transparent portions of the barrier have a plurality of transverse lines, each of which forms one cycle, and the transparent portions that are adjacent to each other in the longitudinal direction in one cycle are arranged to emit images to different fields of view, respectively. The panel operates on and off by lines in the transverse direction based on views.
US08941914B2	Light microscope with novel digital method to achieve super-resolution Methods and apparatus for reconstructing a wave, including interpolation and extrapolation of the phase and amplitude distributions, with application to imaging apparatus, such as microscopes.
US08941912B2	Ytterbium-doped optical fiber, fiber laser and fiber amplifier An ytterbium-doped optical fiber includes: a core which contains at least ytterbium, aluminum, and phosphorus; and a cladding which encircles the core, wherein an aluminum oxide equivalent concentration of the aluminum in the core is 0.2 mol % or more, a diphosphorus pentaoxide equivalent concentration of the phosphorus is higher than the aluminum oxide equivalent concentration, and the core either does not contain germanium or contains less than 1.1 mol % of germanium in a germanium dioxide equivalent concentration.
US08941910B2	Beam focusing device for a laser weapon system A beam focusing unit for a laser weapon system includes a laser generating unit, an output element unit, and a beam optics element. The beam focusing unit includes a stationary/partly movable part and a fully movable part. The stationary/partly movable part is adapted for positioning or for transporting the beam focusing unit between operations. The fully movable part is adapted for targeting and target-following of the laser weapon system. The beam optics element and the at least one output element unit is arranged on the fully movable part.
US08941904B2	Hologram sheet and hologram observation sheet using same, and blinding device A main object of the present invention is to provide a hologram observation sheet with a transmission type hologram formed integrally with other members, to be attached with various members for the use as for example an advertising medium or a decoration member. To achieve the object, the invention provides a hologram sheet comprising: a transparent substrate, a hologram layer formed on the transparent substrate and having a transmission type Fourier transform hologram region having the function of transforming a light beam incident from a point light source to a desired optical image, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer.
US08941902B2	Display device for displaying a reconstruction of an object A method of computing a hologram for reconstructing an object using a display device. The display device enables a holographic reconstruction of the object. The display device includes a light source and an optical system to illuminate a hologram-bearing medium being encodable with the hologram. The method includes the steps of: (a) computing the hologram by determining the wavefronts at an approximate observer eye position that would be generated by a real version of the object to be reconstructed; and (b) encoding the computed hologram in the hologram-bearing medium.
US08941901B2	Electrophotographic image output device An electrophotographic image output device includes an image processor to receive input image data, and a line screen to represent halftone images and have multiple screen angles respectively allocated to different colors including yellow, magenta, and cyan. The line screen satisfies requirements of (A) a predetermined difference is secured between adjacent two of the multiple screen angles; (B) zero is not allocated to any of the multiple screen angles; and (C) among the multiple screen angles determined by the requirements (A) and (B), a screen angle closest to 90 degrees is allocated to yellow among yellow, magenta, and cyan.
US08941895B2	Scanning device A scanning device is capable of scanning both sides of a medium and includes a lens module, an optical-electric coupling unit, and a processor. The lens module faces the medium to be scanned. The optical-electric coupling unit is optically connected to the lens module. The processor is optically connected to the optical-electric coupling unit, and includes a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit. The light beams emitted from the light emitting unit are directed into the lens module through the optical-electric coupling unit, and illuminate the medium to be scanned. The light beams reflected by the medium enter into the optical-electric coupling unit through the optical-electric coupling unit, and then to the light receiving unit. The processor processes the reflected light beams into electrical signals to obtain scanning signals.
US08941890B2	Scanning device, apparatus and method for image processing A scanning device includes a first scanning unit having a first scanning element array to scan a first surface of a scan-target medium to acquire a first image, a second scanning unit having a second scanning element array to scan a second surface of the scan-target medium to acquire a second image, and an output unit that outputs a first image signal of the first image and a second image signal of the second image. The first scanning unit and the second scanning unit face each other to scan the first surface and the second surface concurrently. When the scanning directions of the first scanning element array and the second scanning element array are the same, a mirrored image acquired from one of the first image signal and the second image signal is inverted so that the output unit outputs normal images of the first surface and the second surface.
US08941887B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method to generate halftone image data based on prediction of density corresponding to resolution of image to be printed An image processing apparatus configured to convert input image data into halftone image data by halftone-processing the input image data includes a prediction unit configured to predict a density of a pixel of interest, which is achieved when the halftone image data is printed, based on a group of halftone-processed pixels neighboring the pixel of interest according to a prediction method determined according to a halftone-processed pixel value of the pixel of interest, and a control unit configured to control the halftone processing according to the density predicted by the prediction unit.
US08941885B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus includes a conversion unit configured to convert image data corresponding to a pixel of interest in an image into color material data corresponding to a color material amount of a chromatic color material, and a generation unit configured to generate color material data corresponding to a color material amount of an achromatic color material at the pixel of interest in such a manner that the color material data corresponding to the color material amount of the achromatic color material at the pixel of interest is different from color material data corresponding to a color material amount of the achromatic color material at a pixel adjacent to the pixel of interest.
US08941884B1	Method and apparatus for dynamically generating a stochastic threshold table Various techniques for generating transformed tables by applying transformations indicated in a transformation table to a first threshold halftone table that is unsuitable for tiling an image as part of an image half-toning process are described. A block of the transformed tables represent a second threshold halftone table that is suitable for the half-toning process, wherein the second threshold halftone table is larger than the first threshold halftone table, such that the block is too large to be stored in the memory. A half-toned image of the image is generated based at least in part on the second threshold halftone table.
US08941877B2	Image scanning device A conveying mechanism is disposed inside a housing of an image scanning device and is configured to convey the sheet along a common path to the scanning position in a first direction, and to convey the sheet having passed the scanning position selectively along a return path in a second direction and along a one-way path in the first direction. A scanning unit disposed inside the housing scans, at the scanning position, an image of a sheet. The discharge cover is openably and closably disposed in the housing and is configured, when open relative to the housing, to define a discharge port and receive the sheet conveyed along the one-way path and discharged through the discharge port. The maintenance cover is openably and closably disposed in the housing and is configured, when open relative to the housing, to expose the one-way path and the return path.
US08941873B2	Processing instruction device, processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium A processing instruction device includes a memory, a display instruction data acquisition unit, a specifying unit, a display controller, an operation data acquisition unit, and a processing instruction unit. The memory stores processing instruction data, processing identification data, and processing attribute data. The display instruction data acquisition unit acquires display instruction data. If the display instruction data includes processing identification data which is not stored in the memory, the specifying unit specifies alternative processing instruction data. The display controller causes a display device to display an image which prompts a user to select the alternative processing instruction data. If the operation data acquisition unit acquires operation data indicating selection of processing instruction data, the processing instruction unit instructs at least one of an image forming device, an imaging device, and a data communication device to perform a processing operation in accordance with the acquired processing instruction data.
US08941871B2	Image reading system, information processing apparatus, image reading apparatus and computer readable medium An image reading system includes an information processing apparatus, an image reading apparatus, and a wireless network. The information processing apparatus includes a wireless state detector for detecting a first wireless state between the information processing apparatus and an access point in the wireless network, a wireless state information receiver for receiving, from the image reading apparatus, information of a second wireless state between the image reading apparatus and the access point in the wireless network, a packet length determining module for determining a packet length such that the packet length in forwarding image data obtained by the image reading apparatus to the information processing apparatus via the wireless network is reduced according to degradation in either the first wireless state or the second wireless state, and a packet length information transmitter for transmitting, to the image reading apparatus, packet length information corresponding to determined packet length.
US08941868B2	System and method for processing multiple mailing services orders of varying quantities and address lists Methods and systems for processing multiple mailing services orders for print items of varying quantities include filling 3-dimensional gangs configured to receive print-ready items with print-ready items in a stack-wise manner. Individual stacks can be submitted to the system for reprint without holding up remaining items in an order.
US08941866B2	Print control apparatus, print control method, and storage medium storing program It is determined to cause the printing apparatus to print when the printing apparatus receives a first print job which is issued and does not cause the printing apparatus to print. When it is determined to cause the printing apparatus to print, the print control apparatus controls the printing apparatus to print an image corresponding to a second print job for causing the printing apparatus to print based on the second print job.
US08941865B2	Print system and image forming apparatus for setting a transition standby period A print system comprises notification part for providing, to a user, a notification of an inquiry about whether concurrent printing output that an image forming apparatus performs first printing output and subsequently performs second printing output is scheduled, in a non-sleep period associated with the first printing output by the image forming apparatus; and setting part for setting a transition standby period for transition of the image forming apparatus to a sleep state at a first value when a reply for informing that the concurrent printing output is scheduled is not sent from the user, and setting the transition standby period at a second value which is larger than the first value when the reply is sent from the user.
US08941864B2	Image processing apparatus, image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image processing method Disclosed is an image processing apparatus which (i) determines whether or not characters to be subjected to a character recognition process in image data have a size larger than a predetermined size, (ii) in a case where the characters is determined as larger than the predetermined size, reduces at least a region including the characters so that the size of the characters fits within the predetermined size, and (iii) performs a character recognition process of the characters with use of the reduced image data.
US08941863B1	Techniques for image duplication optimization Techniques for image copying optimization are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for image copying optimization comprising receiving a request to copy a plurality of images, copying one or more of the plurality of images, deferring synchronization for each of the one or more of the plurality of images, receiving an indication to stop deferring synchronization, and synchronizing the one or more copied images of the plurality of images.
US08941859B2	Information processing method, system, and storage medium storing a computer program, that determine the state of an information procesing apparatus and display different contents based on the determined state An information processing method which is capable of easily and reliably giving a user information on whether or not the user's information processing apparatus satisfies the requirements for receiving services provided by a service provider. It is determined whether or not a predetermined function and a program for enabling the function are installed in a multi-function printer, as a requirement for receiving a service provided by an application service provider. The result of the determination is displayed on a display of an operating section of the multi-function printer.
US08941856B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with image processing program An image processing apparatus includes a target determining portion to determine process target data, an image processing control portion that stores processed data obtained by image-processing the process target data when the process target data can be stored upon acceptance of an execution operation, a history storing portion that stores history information including processing identification information of the image processing when the process target data cannot be stored, and a page generating portion that generates a page including a command linked to the process target data. The target determining portion determines designated data as the process target data upon acceptance of a data designating operation, and determines processed data as the process target data after the process target data is image-processed. When history information is stored, the page generating portion generates the page further including an image processing command to perform the image processing on the process target data.
US08941855B2	Image processing apparatus to register expense information, a method for controlling the same, an image processing system, and a storage medium A user has manually registered expenses generated due to use of an MFP, which causes a problem of burdensome registration work. An image processing apparatus for registering expense information in an expense management apparatus, includes a requesting unit configured to request authentication of a user to the expense management apparatus, an acquisition unit configured to acquire pieces of matter information of the user authenticated by the expense management apparatus, a selection unit configured to select one of the pieces of matter information acquired by the acquisition unit, a job execution unit configured to execute a job using hardware resources included in the image processing apparatus, and a registration unit configured to register expense information based on the job executed by the job execution unit as expense information of the matter information selected by the selection unit in the expense management apparatus.
US08941854B2	Image forming apparatus supporting peer-to-peer connection and method of forming images by authenticating user thereof A method of performing an image forming operation through a user authentication of an image forming apparatus that supports a peer to peer (P2P) connection includes: receiving and storing user identification information and an image forming operation by the image forming apparatus; receiving a P2P connection request from an external wireless device by the image forming apparatus for a user authentication; receiving device information from the wireless device by the image forming apparatus that is P2P connected to the wireless device, and performing the user authentication by using the received device information and the stored user identification information; and when the user authentication is succeeded, performing the image forming operation by the image forming apparatus.
US08941853B2	Image forming apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium An image forming apparatus includes a main control unit including a plurality of control units, and a sub control unit configured to respond to a request from an information processing apparatus via a network in substitution for the main control unit when the main control unit is being operated in a power saving state, wherein, in a case where the sub control unit receives a request to which the sub control unit cannot perform proxy response from the information processing apparatus, the main control unit determines a number of the control units for responding to the request among the plurality of control units and returns from the power saving state to a normal state using the control units the number of which is determined.
US08941850B2	Image processing apparatus having a plurality of communication devices for facilitating printing An image processing apparatus is provided that includes a first communication device, a second communication device, an informing device, and a controller configured to control the first communication device to establish first communication with an information processing terminal device that is within a predetermined communicable distance from the first communication device, and to control the second communication device to transmit, to the information processing terminal device, target data that has been informed of by the informing device at a time when the first communication is established between the first communication device and the information processing terminal device.
US08941842B2	Double pass interferometric encoder system An encoder head includes one or more components arranged to: i) direct a first incident beam to the diffractive encoder scale at a first incident angle with respect to the encoder scale; ii) receive a first return beam from the encoder scale at a first return angle, the first return angle being different from the first incident angle; iii) redirect the first return beam to the encoder scale as a second incident beam at a second incident angle; and iv) receive a second return beam back from the encoder scale at a second return angle, the second return angle being different from the second incident angle, in which a difference between the first incident angle and second incident angle is less than a difference between the first incident angle and the first return angle and less than a difference between the second incident angle and the second return angle.
US08941841B2	Displacement measurement device, displacement measurement method, and displacement measurement program A displacement measurement device includes a plurality of light receiving elements each of which outputs a signal corresponding to illuminance of interference fringe, the elements being arranged in a range of two periods of the interference fringe and arranged with an interval based on the period of the interference fringe in a movement direction of the interference fringe, a differential processing unit configured to perform differential processing on predetermined combinations of the signals output from the elements to generate four signals, a phase calculation unit configured to calculate a phase of the interference fringe on the basis of the signals output from the elements; and an output signal selection unit configured to select two signals from among the four signals on the basis of the phase of the interference fringe and select a signal of which absolute value is larger from among the two selected signals.
US08941837B1	Phased array of computer generated holograms for waveform or surface measurement An apparatus for testing an optical surface comprising an array of holograms. The array includes a plurality of individual holograms arranged in an M×N format, in which M is the number of rows and N is the number of columns in the array. The array of holograms is positioned between the optical surface and a wavefront sensor. The array of holograms reflects a reference beam back to the wavefront sensor, and transmits a test beam to the optical surface. The array of holograms also receives the test beam reflected from the optical surface and transfers the test beam back to the wavefront sensor.
US08941834B2	Interference filters with high transmission and large rejection range for mini-spectrometer The invention relates to an interference filter (100) for receiving an incident light (135) and selecting a light component of the incident light to be transmitted (115). The interference filter (100) includes a metal mirror (110), a dielectric mirror (130), and a spacer (120) placed between the metal mirror (110) and the dielectric mirror (130). The metal mirror (110) and the dielectric mirror (130) are configured to enable optical interference in the spacer (120) to select the light component of the incident light to be transmitted (115). Using one metal mirror and one dielectric mirror allows achieving a spectral response with high finesse and large rejection band while reducing the total number of layers in the filter and reducing the number of additional filters necessary for removing transmitted side bands, relative to prior art approaches.
US08941830B2	Systems and methods for measuring oxygenation Systems and methods are described for measuring a tissue parameter such as % StO2 in a tissue sample. One such method includes receiving first and second scattered light intensity signals at unique locations on a selected region of tissue from light injected into the region of tissue from a light source to identify a measured light attenuation data value. An electronic data store can be accessed that includes simulated light attenuation data determined from a mathematical tissue model at discrete points over a range of two or more tissue parameters, where the simulated light attenuation data are a function of one or more temperature-dependent light source spectra. The tissue parameter in the tissue sample can be determined by selecting a closest match between the measured light attenuation data and the simulated light attenuation data. An electronic signal representative of the determined tissue parameter can be sent to an output register.
US08941827B2	Changed optical path measuring device for component concentration of water and measuring method thereof Measuring device of the present invention includes a plurality of measuring sites for generating a plurality of optical paths and various dilutions. The range for concentration measurement and the measurement accuracy are enhanced due to the plurality of optical path length, and the interference on the measurement ranges and results caused by the concentration or the turbidity of suspended solid is reduced and removed by water sample dilution, and thus the characteristic wavelengths of the components in the water are measured. Next, the information of spectrum database is used to determine the ingredients which may exist in the water (qualitative analysis), and UV-VIS-NIR absorbance spectrum analysis is used to obtain the concentration of the respective ingredients in the water at the same time (quantitative analysis).
US08941824B2	Semiconductor inspection method and semiconductor inspection apparatus A semiconductor inspection apparatus (100) is an apparatus for inspecting a semiconductor device. The semiconductor inspection apparatus (100) includes a pulsed laser light source (14) for emitting pulsed laser light (2) toward a substrate (1) with a semiconductor device formed thereon, an electromagnetic wave pulse application part (18) for applying a reverses-biasing electromagnetic wave pulse (4) for applying a reverse bias to an application position (10) which receives the pulsed laser light (2), and a detection part (17) for detecting an electromagnetic wave pulse (3) emitted from the application position (10) in response to the application of the pulsed laser light (2).
US08941822B2	Clamping device and method for measuring eccentricity of optical-electric coupling member A clamping device includes a first plate and a second plate. The first plate includes an upper surface, a lower surface facing away from the upper surface and a first side surface. The upper surface is substantially parallel with the lower surface. The first side surface perpendicularly connects the upper surface and the lower surface. The first plate defines a receiving cavity at a joint of the upper surface and the first side surface. The second plate is detachably connected to the first plate. The second plate includes a top surface and a second side surface. The second side surface perpendicularly connects to the top surface. The second plate defines a sloped surface extending from the top surface to the second side surface. The sloped surface aligns with the receiving cavity. The second plate includes a reflective layer positioned on the sloped surface.
US08941819B2	Laser speed gun optical system A laser speed gun comprises a laser ray transmitter provided on an optical axis with a laser ray emitting device and with a short distance lens and located at an intermediate location therebetween on said optical axis, a beam splitter allowing laser rays to pass through and reflect visible light toward a CCD camera; a laser ray receiver provided on an optical axis with a laser ray receiving device and with a long distance lens located at an intermediate location between them on said optical axis, a beam splitter allowing laser rays to pass through and reflect visible light from a target toward a CCD camera; and two CCD cameras, one of which is associated with the laser ray transmitter optics and receives reflected light from its beam splitter, and the other which is associated with the laser ray receiver optics and receives reflected light from its beam splitter.
US08941815B2	Substrate table for a lithographic apparatus, lithographic apparatus, method of using a substrate table and device manufacturing method A cover is provided for a substrate table in an immersion lithographic apparatus that covers at least the gap between a substrate and a recess in a substrate table in which the substrate is received.
US08941808B2	Immersion lithographic apparatus rinsing outer contour of substrate with immersion space An immersion type lithographic apparatus includes at least one immersion space and an immersion system configured to at least partially fill the immersion space with a liquid. The apparatus is configured to rinse at least part of the immersion space with a rinsing liquid before the apparatus is used to project a patterned beam of radiation onto a substrate.
US08941805B2	Liquid crystal display device and electronic apparatus Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: first and second substrates with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween; a first electrode formed on the liquid crystal layer side of the first substrate and having linear portions; a second electrode having linear portions formed along the linear portions of the first electrode and adjacent to the linear portions of the first electrode at a gap in plan view; and a third electrode formed on the liquid crystal layer side of the second substrate and having linear portions overlapping with the linear portions of the second electrode in plan view, wherein electric fields having different directions are generated between the first electrode and the second electrode and between the first electrode and the third electrode.
US08941799B2	Liquid crystal display Provided is a liquid crystal display including: a lower display panel including a lower insulating substrate and a lower reflective layer; an upper display panel including an upper insulating substrate and an upper reflective layer; a liquid crystal layer positioned between the lower reflective layer of the lower display panel and the upper reflective layer of the upper display panel; and a backlight unit positioned on a lower portion of the lower display panel and including a light source, wherein a pair of field generating electrodes are formed in at least one display panel of the lower display panel and the upper display panel, wherein microcavities are formed in the lower reflective layer, the upper reflective layer, and the liquid crystal layer, and wherein a wavelength and luminance of light resonated and emitted in the microcavities are changed by an electric field generated by the field generating electrodes.
US08941795B2	Electronic device with backlit display An electronic device may have a liquid crystal display with backlight structures. The backlight structures may produce backlight that passes through display layers in the display. The display layers may include color filter elements, a liquid crystal layer, and a thin-film transistor layer. The color filter elements may be interposed between the thin-film transistor layer and the backlight structures or the thin-film transistor layer may be interposed between the color filter elements and the backlight structures. The backlight structures may be formed from optical fiber, a two-dimensional array of light-emitting diodes, a light guide plate that includes a rectangular recess for receiving optical films, or light guide plate structures that include internal light scattering structures. A light guide plate may be provided with alignment features that mate with alignment features on optical films.
US08941786B2	Electrically-driven liquid crystal lens and stereoscopic display device using the same Disclosed are an electrically-driven liquid crystal lens in which a rubbing direction is defined in a range of 30˜90 degrees with respect to a longitudinal direction of an electrode, achieving an improved lens profile and lens symmetry, and a stereoscopic display device using the same.
US08941784B2	Easy RF remote control pairing for networked set top boxes A television service provider system includes a first set top box, a second set top box, and a remote control. The remote control transmits an infrared pairing signal which is only received by one of the set top boxes. The receiving set top box pairs itself to the remote control. The non receiving set top box is not paired to the remote control. The remote control then transmits control signals to operate the receiving set top box. The control signals are received by both set top boxes, but are executed only by the set top box that is paired to the remote control.
US08941782B2	Display apparatus, upgrading apparatus, display system and data processing method of display system A display system comprising: a display apparatus which comprises a first data processor to perform a first data processing, an output unit to output the processed data, at least one first signal connector to transmit and receive data and a first controller to control the first data processor; and an upgrading apparatus which comprises at least one second signal connector connected to the first signal connector to connect the display apparatus from the outside, a second data processor to perform a second data processing, and a second controller to control the second data processor. The first data processor and the second data processor perform the data processing independently.
US08941780B2	Mechanism for facilitating dynamic phase detection with high jitter tolerance for images of media streams A mechanism for facilitating dynamic phase detection with high jitter tolerance for images of media streams is described. In one embodiment, a method includes calculating stability optimization of an image of a media stream based on a plurality of pixels of two or more consecutive frames relating to a plurality of phases of the image, calculating sharpness optimization of the image, and selecting a best phase of the plurality of phases based on the stability and sharpness optimization of the image. The best phase may represent the image such that the image is displayed in a manner in accordance with human vision perceptions.
US08941778B2	Video display apparatus A video display apparatus is provided wherein even for ones, such as 32 pull-down and 22 pull-down, in which since the motion range of an original material is wide, there is a high probability of degradation of the precision of detected vectors, the processing time is effectively used to enhance the precision of detected vectors, thereby generating interpolated pictures having higher qualities. The apparatus recalculates, based on motion vectors (Va) used in generating the first interpolated picture, motion vectors for use in the next interpolated picture generation, thereby detecting recalculated motion vectors having higher precision and less errors than the original motion vectors. A repeated-picture determining part utilizes an interval, during which identical pictures requiring no vector detections consecutively appear, to further improve the precision of motion vectors.
US08941775B2	Systems, methods, and devices for flash exposure control using preflash statistics Systems, methods, and devices for obtaining a properly exposed strobe-illuminated image are provided. One method for doing so may include, for example, gathering image capture statistics during a first period when a strobe is not emitting light and during a second period when the strobe emits a preflash. These image capture statistics may include distinct image capture control statistics and luma values associated with the periods. Final image capture control statistics then may be determined based at least in part on the first luma value normalized to the first image capture control statistics and the second luma value normalized to the second image capture control statistics. Thereafter, the final image capture control statistics may be used to capture a properly exposed strobe-illuminated image when the strobe emits a main flash.
US08941774B2	Imaging apparatus and accessory, and method and system of the same, and medium An imaging apparatus to which an accessory is detachably attached, said accessory including an optical member, includes a signal generation unit configured to generate a vertical synchronizing signal and output the generated vertical synchronizing signal, an imaging unit configured to accumulate charges in synchronization with the vertical synchronizing signal and output an imaging signal, a control unit configured to generate a clock signal and control data communication with the accessory based on the clock signal, a first terminal for sending the clock signal to the accessory, and a second terminal for communicating data with the accessory, in which the control unit, after the data communication via the second terminal, notifies timing at which the vertical synchronizing signal is output using the clock signal via the first terminal by changing a signal level of the first terminal after a lapse of a predetermined time while the signal level is kept at a predetermined level, and controls the accessory to drive the optical member based on the timing.
US08941773B2	Lens module, image capturing device, and electronic apparatus A lens module includes a lens body; a lens holding member that movably holds the lens body along an optical axis of the lens body without tilting the optical axis; a displacement element that has a flat-plate shape of which one end edge on a side of the lens body along the optical axis is disposed as a free end and the free end is displaced to freely approach the lens body by applying a voltage; and a push-up member that is disposed on the free end of the displacement element and is inserted on one end surface side of the lens body, which is perpendicular to the optical axis, by the approach towards the lens body of the displacement element so as to push up the lens body in the optical axis direction.
US08941769B2	Image capturing apparatus, image display apparatus, and image display system A display control unit controls an image presentation unit such that when an image display apparatus displays a partial area of an image stored in an image storage unit, an image presentation unit displays a whole image stored in the image storage unit and display information indicating the partial area in the whole image.
US08941766B2	Solid-state imaging device, manufacturing method thereof, and camera with alternately arranged pixel combinations having differing on-chip lenses A solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate; and a pixel unit having a plurality of pixels on the semiconductor substrate, wherein the pixel unit includes first pixel groups having two or more pixels and second pixel groups being different from the first pixel groups, wherein a portion of the pixels in the first pixel groups and a portion of the pixels in the second pixel groups share a floating diffusion element.
US08941765B2	Imaging device An imaging device includes a plurality of first pixels, each of which outputs a first pixel signal, a plurality of second pixels, each of which outputs a second pixel signal, a ramp wave generator that outputs a ramp signal that monotonously increases or monotonously decreases over time, a phase shift pulse generator that outputs first to n-th phase shift pulse signals, a first pixel latch group that latches the first to n-th phase shift pulse signals when the first pixel signal and the ramp signal have a predetermined relationship, a second pixel latch group that latches the first to n-th phase shift pulse signals when the second pixel signal and the ramp signal have the predetermined relationship, first to n-th power source lines to supply a power source and first to n-th phase shift pulse supply lines to supply the phase shift pulses.
US08941763B2	Image capture device, method for generating composite image, and storage medium The image control unit (51) controls the image capture unit (17) so as to acquire data of captured images successively. The shading correction unit (61) performs the shading correction on the data of captured images captured successively. The moving object detection accuracy control unit (101) controls a detection accuracy of a moving object on each data set of captured images on which the shading correction is performed. The combination unit (66) sets a combination ratio corresponding to a detection result of a moving object with an accuracy controlled by the moving object detection accuracy control unit (101), and generates data of a composite image by combining each data set of captured images captured successively by the image capture control unit (51) with this combination ratio.
US08941762B2	Image processing apparatus and image pickup apparatus using the same An image is obtained with reduced chromatic aberration as well as improved sharpness.An image processing apparatus includes image acquiring means configured to acquire an input image, and image restoration processing means configured to generate a restored image by calculating the input image and an image restoration filter that is based on a transfer function of an image pickup system that is used to form an object image as the input image, wherein the image restoration filter performs restoration so that when an object is a white point light source, a difference between spectra of two color components in the restored image is made smaller than a difference between spectra of the two color components in the input image.
US08941760B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method and electronic camera An image processing apparatus includes a clip part and an incremental processing part. The clip part sets a threshold value as an output luminance value of a process object pixel when a luminance value of the process object pixel of an image data having luminance values of a plurality of pixels is less than the threshold value set in advance. The incremental processing part finds and holds an incremental value of the output luminance value relative to the luminance value of the process object pixel, and finds the output luminance value of the process object pixel by subtracting the incremental value from the luminance value when the luminance value of the process object pixel is the threshold value or more.
US08941759B2	Interchangeable lens and digital camera including controller for stopping zoom lens at one of discrete predetermined stop positions An interchangeable lens includes a zoom lens, a driver configured to drive the zoom lens, an operation unit configured to receive a user's operation for changing a magnification of the zoom lens, and a controller configured to control the driver according to the operation of the operation unit. The controller controls the driver in either one of a first operation mode for enabling the zoom lens to stop at an arbitrary position according to the operation of the operation unit and a second operation mode for enabling the zoom lens to stop at one of discrete predetermined stop positions according to the operation of the operation unit.
US08941757B2	Apparatus and method for adjusting white balance An apparatus and method for adjusting a white balance, and more particularly, an apparatus and method for adjusting a white balance of an image captured with a complex light source are provided. The apparatus includes a camera unit, and a controller for controlling recognition of a facial image from an image captured by the camera unit and, if it is determined that the image has been captured with a complex light source based on a comparison between a white balance gain calculated based on a facial skin color of the recognized facial image and a white balance gain calculated based on a white balance scheme, for adjusting a white balance of the captured image based on a final white balance gain extracted by interpolating the two white balance gains.
US08941756B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program The present invention generates first developed image data by correcting image data with use of a first white balance correction value corresponding to a first light source, generates second developed image data by correcting the image data with use of a second white balance correction value corresponding to a second light source, calculates a color evaluation value of each of blocks by adding and averaging color evaluation values of pixels in the image data for each of the divided blocks, calculates a combining ratio based on a difference between the calculated color evaluation value of each of the blocks and a color evaluation value of white under the second light source, and combines the first developed image data and the second developed image data according to the calculated combining ratio.
US08941755B2	Image processing device with automatic white balance The purpose of the present invention is to provide sophisticated AWB technologies. According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a technology for adjusting a white balance of a frame of image data including a plurality of color elements. This technology is characterized by comprising: dividing the frame into a plurality of blocks including a plurality of pixel data; judging, for each of all of or a part of the blocks, whether the block is likely to be grey or not, and; deciding gains for adjusting a white balance using the blocks judged as being likely to be grey.
US08941751B2	Higher resolution still image generation from lower resolution video camera frames Technologies are generally described herein for generating a higher resolution still frame. Some example technologies may configure a video camera at a first configuration, which the video camera to capture video at a first pixel offset. The technologies may capture a first frame of al field-of-view through the video camera configured at the first configuration. The first flame may contain the field-of-view captured at the first pixel offset. The technologies may adjust the video camera from the first configuration to a second configuration, which adapts the video camera to capture the video at a second pixel offset, the adjustment using a hardware mechanism. The technologies may capture a second frame of the field-of-view through the video camera configured at the second configuration. The second frame may contain the field-of-view captured at the second pixel offset.
US08941749B2	Image processing apparatus and method for image synthesis A plurality of first image data having a first resolution, which are obtained by capturing images from a plurality of viewpoints, and capturing information in the capturing operation are input. Based on the capturing information, a plurality of candidate values are set as a synthesis parameter required to synthesize second image data having a second resolution higher than the first resolution from the first image data. Using a candidate value selected from the plurality of candidate values as a synthesis parameter, the second image data is synthesized from the plurality of first image data.
US08941741B1	Authentication using a video signature Methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, are described for authentication using a video signature. A computing device receives a request to access a secure resource, and the request includes a first video segment comprising a plurality of visual and audio elements. The computing device analyzes one or more of the plurality of visual and audio elements in the first video segment to determine a value associated with each of the one or more analyzed elements. The computing device calculates a total score for the first video segment based upon the value associated with each of the one or more analyzed elements. The computing device compares the total score for the first video segment to a score associated with a second video segment associated with the computing device. The computing device determines whether access to the secure resource is permitted based upon the comparison step.
US08941739B2	Apparatus and method for detecting road surface properties Disclosed is a technique for detecting a road surface property. More specifically, the technique includes a reflectivity table that stores a degree of reflectivity of a rainy road relative to a reference reflectivity and a degree of reflectivity of a snowy road relative to the reference reflectivity. A reflection measurement unit measures a reflection which is the amount of a laser beam that is emitted through a light emitting unit of a laser sensor, reflected from the road surface, and received by a light receiving unit, and a reflectivity calculation unit calculates a degree of reflectivity for the road in front of the vehicle via a ratio of the measured reflection and the reference reflectivity. A road surface property determination unit then detects the corresponding road surface property based on the reflectivity table.
US08941736B1	Doorbell communication systems and methods Doorbells can be used to detect visitors. A picture taken by the doorbell can be sent to a computing device. A user of the computing device can select areas within the picture. The doorbell can then detect visitors within the selected areas. Subsequent pictures from the doorbell can be analyzed according to the selected areas.
US08941735B2	Network based real-time analytics of raw video streams A video stream is received over a network from a remotely located video capture device. The video stream is processed in real-time or near real time. The processing of the video stream extracts at least one metric from content of the video stream. The extracted metric is compared against at least one previously established value to generate either a TRUE or a FALSE result. Responsive to a TRUE result, at least one programmatic action is automatically initiated. The previously established value, the programmatic action, or both are user configurable. The programmatic action is a real time or a near real time action resulting from analyzing content of the video stream. Responsive to a FALSE comparison result, the at least one programmatic action is not automatically initiated.
US08941734B2	Area monitoring for detection of leaks and/or flames A solution for monitoring an area for the presence of a flame and/or a leak, such as from a pressurized fluid, is provided. An imaging device can be used that acquires image data based on electromagnetic radiation having wavelengths only corresponding to at least one region of the electromagnetic spectrum in which electromagnetic radiation from an ambient light source is less than the electromagnetic radiation emitted by at least one type of flame for which the presence within the area is being monitored. An acoustic device can be used that is configured to acquire acoustic data for the area and enhance acoustic signals in a range of frequencies corresponding to a leak of a pressurized fluid present in the area.
US08941731B2	System and method to verify complete connection of two connectors An inspection system which verifies the complete connection of two connectors at an inspection station. An indicator is placed on one of the first and second connectors which becomes hidden from view only when the first and second connectors are in a fully connected position. A camera is positioned at the inspection station which generates an output signal representative of the field of vision of the camera. That camera output signal is coupled to an optical recognition circuit which generates an alarm signal if the indicator is present in the camera image.
US08941730B2	Color-unevenness inspection apparatus and method A color-unevenness inspection apparatus includes: an image pickup section picking up an image of an inspection target in a color-unevenness inspection; and an image generation section generating an uneven-color image by, in the picked-up image of the inspection target obtained by the image pickup section, calculating a chroma in each unit region and identifying an uneven-color region based on a magnitude of the calculated chroma. The color-unevenness inspection apparatus further includes: a calculation section calculating, for the uneven-color region in the uneven-color image, an evaluation parameter to be used in the color-unevenness inspection; and an inspection section performing the color-unevenness inspection based on the calculated evaluation parameter. The image generation section calculates the chroma, in each unit region of the picked-up image, while performing correction processing that reflects variations in color-unevenness visibility from color to color.
US08941729B2	Electronic component handling apparatus, electronic component testing apparatus, and electronic component testing method An electronic device handling apparatus, which handles an electronic device under test having a first main surface provided thereon with first device terminals and a second main surface provided thereon with second device terminals, includes: a contact arm having a holding-side contact arm to which a first socket is attached and a suction pad which holds the electronic device under test; an alignment apparatus which positions the first socket and the electronic device under test; and the alignment apparatus which positions, with respect to a second socket, the electronic device under test being held by the suction pad and contacting the first socket, wherein the contact arm presses the second device terminals of the electronic device under test to the second socket.
US08941728B2	Method for automated real-time acquisition of marine mammals A method for automated real-time acquisition of a marine mammal in a natural body of water in the surroundings of a vessel includes detecting a thermal signature of the marine mammal is detected by imaging thermographic scanning of a water surface with an infrared camera system so as to generate an image data stream of consecutive images. A modular processing of the image data stream is performed including performing an image pre-processing, detecting local changes in contrast in the images, classifying the detected local changes in contrast so as to detect a pattern of the thermal signature of the marine mammal, localizing the classified thermal signature of the marine mammal, verifying the classified, localized thermal signature of the marine mammal and documenting the classified, localized and verified thermal signature of the marine mammal.
US08941726B2	Method and system for segmenting moving objects from images using foreground extraction A set of images is acquired of a scene by a camera. The scene includes a moving object, and a relative difference of a motion of the camera and a motion of the object is substantially zero. Statistical properties of pixels in the images are determined, and a statistical method is applied to the statistical properties to identify pixels corresponding to the object.
US08941720B2	Method of enhancing 3D image information density A method of enhancing 3D image information density, comprising providing a confocal fluorescent microscope and a rotational stage. 3D image samples at different angles are collected. A deconvolution process of the 3D image samples by a processing unit is performed. A registration process of the deconvoluted 3D image samples by the processing unit is performed. An interpolation process of the registered 3D image samples by the processing unit is performed to output a 3D image in high resolution.
US08941719B2	Electronic apparatus and display control method According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus, which is capable of setting areas in a screen in either a 3D mode or a 2D mode, includes a 3D video display module, a candidate area calculation module, a 2D area determination module, and a 2D video display module. The 3D video display module displays 3D video on a 3D area in the 3D mode. The candidate area calculation module calculates, upon receiving a request for displaying 2D video, a first candidate area for displaying the 2D video, based on a position of the 3D area. The 2D area determination module determines the first candidate area to be a 2D area for displaying the 2D video if the first candidate area falls within the screen and is in the 3D mode. The 2D video display module displays the 2D video on the 2D area set in the 2D mode.
US08941718B2	3D video processing apparatus and 3D video processing method A 3D video processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes an offset value complementing unit which complements an offset value of the first picture, by assigning a value which is equal to or greater than the first offset value and equal to or smaller than the second offset value, the first offset value representing the smaller one of the offset value assigned to the second picture temporally preceding the first picture and the offset value assigned to the third picture temporally succeeding the first picture, and the second offset value representing the larger one of the offset value assigned to the second picture and the offset value assigned to the third picture.
US08941717B2	Semi-automatic 3D stereoscopic disparity cursor Embodiments of the present invention provide a “disparity cursor” for easily measuring disparity within a selected region of a 3D image under test. In operation, a user places a window that defines the disparity cursor over a selected region of the 3D image under test using a mouse, keyboard, or other user-interface device. An average disparity value for the image segments contained within the window is then automatically calculated and reported to the user.
US08941716B2	Image capturing apparatus capable of capturing a panoramic image A digital camera 100 includes an image capturing unit 16, an angular velocity sensor 22, an image determination unit 53, and an image composition unit 52. The angular velocity sensor 22 acquires a displacement amount in a field of view of image data when the image data is captured at predetermined time intervals. The image determination unit 53 sets a determination criterion for determining whether the image data thus captured is to be combined or not based on the displacement amount in the field of view acquired by the angular velocity sensor 22. Also, the image determination unit 53 determines whether or not the image data thus captured is valid as a composition target based on the determination criterion thus set. The image composition unit 52 combines image data determined by the image determination unit 53 as being valid as a composition target.
US08941713B2	Video phone call method having function of adjusting resolution quality and video phone call apparatus supporting the same A video phone call method for adjusting resolution quality and a video phone call apparatus supporting the same are provided. The video phone call apparatus includes a Radio Frequency (RF) communication unit for transmit a video phone call connection request message and for receiving a video phone call connection accept message in response to the video phone call connection request message to form a communication channel for connection of video phone call, a camera for collecting an image signal for the video phone call, an audio processor for collecting an audio signal for the video phone call, and a controller for creating a control signal for controlling the image signal and the audio signal, and for adding a collected video frame to the video phone call data to generate integral video phone call data having additional video frame data.
US08941710B2	Ambulatory presence features A system facilitates managing one or more devices utilized for communicating data within a telepresence session. A telepresence session can be initiated within a communication framework that includes a first user and one or more second users. In response to determining a temporary absence of the first user from the telepresence session, a recordation of the telepresence session is initialized to enable a playback of a portion or a summary of the telepresence session that the first user has missed.
US08941706B2	Image processing for a dual camera mobile device Some embodiments provide a method of processing images for a first camera and a second camera of a mobile device using a shared pipeline. A method receives a first set of images captured by the first camera of the mobile device. The method processes the first set of images using a first configuration of the shared pipeline. The method also receives a second set of images captured by the second camera of the mobile device, and processes the second set of images using a second configuration of the shared pipeline different from the first configuration.
US08941702B2	Erasing apparatus and erasing method In accordance with one embodiment, an erasing apparatus includes a paper feed tray configured to feed a sheet, a reading unit configured to read an image on the sheet, an erasing unit configured to erase the image on the sheet, a cutting apparatus configured to cut the sheet allowed to be cut, a reject box configured to accumulate the sheet which is judged to be not-reusable and a control unit configured to judge the category of the sheet based on the output of the reading unit and change the conveyance destination of the sheet according to the category of the sheet.
US08941701B2	Image forming apparatus and method for controlling the image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a temperature sensor detecting an operating ambient temperature of the polygon motor, and a controller controlling the polygon motor and the paper feed mechanism. If the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is equal to or greater than a preset temperature, the controller controls, before operation for giving a command to start image formation is performed, the polygon motor to rotate; increases, in response to the operation, a rotational speed of the polygon motor up to a rated speed; and controls the paper feed mechanism to start conveying a sheet of paper at a time when a period of time variable depending on the detected temperature has elapsed, the period of time being preset to be shorter as the detected temperature increases, in expectation of a time required for the rotational speed of the polygon motor to reach the rated speed.
US08941700B2	Condensed polycyclic compound and organic light emitting element containing the same To provide a condensed polycyclic compound shown in the following General Formula [1], in which X1 to X16 each are independently selected from a hydrogen atom, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, and an amino group and the aryl group, the heterocyclic group, the alkyl group, the alkoxy group, and the amino group may have a substituent.
US08941696B2	Liquid crystal display device including inspection circuit and inspection method thereof Disclosed is an LCD device having a structure such as a column inversion type or a Z-inversion type where a single data line can be shared by two neighboring pixels, and an inspection circuit and method thereof. The inspection circuit for outputting gate driving signals in a division manner into odd and even-numbered signals is provided between the gate driving unit and a pixel region, so that only color pixels to be inspected can be driven. This can allow pixels to be normally inspected in an LCD device having an enhanced column inversion structure.
US08941690B2	Projected rear passenger entertainment system A method for augmenting a graphic displayed on a surface inside of a vehicle using a rear seat entertainment projection (RSEP) system includes generating the graphic for display on the surface inside the vehicle. When the graphic is displayed on the surface, an input that causes a reaction to the graphic displayed upon the surface is obtained, and the graphic displayed on the surface is augmented based on the reaction to the graphic.
US08941688B2	Method of providing augmented contents and apparatus for performing the same, method of registering augmented contents and apparatus for performing the same, system for providing targeting augmented contents The system for providing targeting augmented contents includes: an augmented metadata generation apparatus that generates augmented metadata designating specific space and time of broadcast contents as an augmented area; a broadcast content providing apparatus that transmits the augmented metadata to a first broadcast terminal apparatus and transmits the augmented metadata and the broadcast contents to a second broadcast terminal apparatus; a first broadcast terminal apparatus that transmits augmented contents displayed in the augmented area in which the augmented metadata are designated to the augmented content providing apparatus; an augmented content providing apparatus that transmits the augmented contents to a second broadcast terminal apparatus; and a second broadcast terminal apparatus that receives the broadcast contents and the augmented metadata from the broadcast content providing apparatus and receives the augmented contents from the augmented content providing apparatus based on the augmented metadata.
US08941683B2	Transparent display interaction In embodiments of transparent display interaction, a portable device includes a handheld base movably coupled to a display device. The display device includes a display panel system that displays an image, and includes display surfaces through which the image is viewable. The image may appear as being projected into an environment behind the display device and viewable through the display surfaces of the display device. The display device is also configurable to open relative the handheld base to a position that the environment is viewable through the display device.
US08941682B2	Medical image processing apparatus and information retrieval apparatus The retrieval of medical data from a database through easy operations without displaying components for retrieval operations on a display screen is realized. The present invention is a medical image processing apparatus comprising a data memory, a display, a position-designating part, a data-list-display controller, and a keyword-generating part. The data memory stores medical data associated with attributes data including patient identification information. The position-designating part designates a position on the display. The data-list-display controller causes the display to display a data list presenting the attributes data in a list. The keyword-generating part generates a retrieval key based on the attributes data in the data list corresponding to the position designated by the position-designating part. Moreover, the data-list-display controller updates the data list based on the results retrieved by the retrieval key.
US08941681B2	CAD design with primitive closed shapes It is provided a computer-implemented method for designing a CAD modeled object with primitive three-dimensional parametric shapes including closed shapes. The method comprises user-interaction with a screen; definition in a plane of a stroke corresponding to the user-interaction; discretization of the stroke into stroke points; computation of a barycenter of the stroke points; determination of a closed shape to be instantiated as a result of a comparison of a position of the stroke points relative to the barycenter; and instantiation of the determined closed shape. Such a method makes the design of a CAD modeled object easier.
US08941677B1	Quality display A quality display is disclosed. Embodiments of the invention provide for the display of an indication of quality of a geographic survey. In some example embodiments, a survey grid corresponding to the geographic boundaries of a dynamically created survey area is displayed, where the displayed survey grid expands based on the geographic movement of survey participants. In additional embodiments, data representing the survey grid, cells of the survey grid, and a plurality of sub-cells into which each cell of the survey grid is divided is stored. In other embodiments, a numerical index corresponding to the quality of the survey in each cell of the survey grid is determined based on positioning information. In still other embodiments, a display attribute associated with each cell of the survey grid is adjusted in accordance with the numerical index.
US08941668B2	Method and system for a scalable discrete graphics system A scalable discrete graphics system (DGS) is disclosed. The DGS includes a serial bus bridge configured to couple a plurality of GPUs to a serial bus. A serial bus connector is coupled to the serial bus bridge. A system chassis coupled to the serial bus bridge and the serial bus connector and configured to house the GPUs. The serial bus connector is configured to removably connect to a computer system. The GPUs access the computer system via the serial bus bridge and the serial bus connector to cooperatively execute 3-D graphics instructions from the computer system.
US08941666B1	Character animation recorder A system includes a computing device that includes a memory configured to store instructions. The computing device also includes a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a method that includes representing animation states of a virtual character in editable graphical representations. Each animation state represents each individual action of the character for an instance in time. The method also includes storing data that represents one or more changes in the animation states of the virtual character from the editable graphical representations. A pose of the virtual character is reconstructable upon retrieval of the stored data.
US08941664B2	System and method for real-time pose-based deformation of character models Systems and methods for animating a character model by deforming the character model based on poses. Embodiments may contain a modeling component in which a user may create a character model that contains a rig representing animation controls applied to the model, and geometric/graphic parameters for graphically rendering the model. The user also may create directed graphs that contain nodes representing operations that act on the character model and directional connections representing data flow between nodes. The embodiments may contain a compiling component that convert a directed graph into a sequence of instructions that perform the operations denoted at the nodes. The embodiments provide tools and methods to reduce redundancies in the sequence of instructions producing an optimized version of instruction sequence. The resulting instructions are then convertible into machine code for running on a video game device or loaded into a plug-in of a graphic rendering engine.
US08941660B2	Image generating apparatus, image generating method, and image generating integrated circuit An image generating apparatus, which can reduce a calculation amount by effectively utilizing a cache resource, generates a graphics image by rendering a polygon and includes a coordinate processing unit loading, from a memory, coordinate data included in vertex data and performing coordinate transform on the loaded coordinate data. The image generating apparatus also includes a determining unit determining whether or not the vertex is a rendering object, using the transformed coordinate data, a shape data cache storing shape data, a shape data processing unit loading, from the memory, the shape data, and storing the loaded shape data in the shape data cache when both of following conditions are satisfied: the vertex is determined to be the rendering object; and the shape data is not yet stored in the shape data cache, and a polygon rendering processing unit rendering the polygon using the transformed coordinate data and the shape data.
US08941659B1	Medical symptoms tracking apparatus, methods and systems In an aspect, a method of monitoring one or more symptoms of a person include repeating, over a period of time, the steps of: selecting, by the person, one or more symbolic representations corresponding to one or more symptoms from a predefined set of symbolic representations presented to the person; and electronically recording data regarding the one or more symbolic representations selected by the person such that the data is electronically accessible later for generating a history of the symptoms of the person over the period of time. The one or more symbolic representations corresponding to one or more symptoms is selected using an electronic device having a component for displaying the predefined set of symbolic representations that is coupled to a user input for receiving the selection of the one or more symbolic representations by the person.
US08941655B2	Memory copy engine for graphics processing The example techniques described in this disclosure may be directed to interaction between a graphics processing unit (GPU) and a system memory. For example, the GPU may include a memory copy engine that handles tasks related to accessing data that is stored or is to be stored in the system memory. In addition, in some examples, the memory copy engine may perform additional tasks such as modification tasks to increase the performance of the GPU.
US08941653B2	Order-preserving distributed rasterizer One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for rendering graphics primitives in parallel while maintaining the API primitive ordering. Multiple, independent geometry units perform geometry processing concurrently on different graphics primitives. A primitive distribution scheme delivers primitives concurrently to multiple rasterizers at rates of multiple primitives per clock while maintaining the primitive ordering for each pixel. The multiple, independent rasterizer units perform rasterization concurrently on one or more graphics primitives, enabling the rendering of multiple primitives per system clock.
US08941651B2	Object alignment from a 2-dimensional image The present disclosure provides methods, machine readable media, and systems for object alignment from a 2-dimensional (2-D) image of the object. One or more embodiments include defining a 2-D shape in the 2-D image and a 3-dimensional (3-D) shape in a 3-D model of the object, mapping a number of corresponding points on the 2-D and 3-D shapes, defining the 2-D and 3-D shapes with a number of triangles, wherein a number of vertices of the number of triangles correspond to the number of points, subdividing the number of triangles defining the 2-D and 3-D shapes into a plurality of subdivided triangles that include a plurality of new vertices, and reconstructuring a 3-D image from the 2-D image by assigning a number of z-coordinates from the plurality of subdivided triangles of the 3-D shape to the plurality of subdivided triangles of the 2-D shape to create a 3-D reconstructured shape.
US08941649B2	Augmented reality direction orientation mask An augmented reality device provides a virtual mask that surrounds the viewer and includes a variation that provides information about the direction to a target item. The variation, which may be a variation in transparency, color, geometric shape, texture, material, lighting, or shading, is associated with the position of the target item so that orientation of the variation in the virtual mask does not change with respect to the direction of the target item. A portion of the virtual mask that is in the direction that the viewer is facing is displayed over the real-world image with the variation in the virtual mask providing information to the viewer about the direction of the target item. When the viewer rotates with respect to the target item, a different portion of the virtual mask that is in the current field of view is displayed.
US08941648B2	Mobile terminal and control method thereof A mobile terminal for displaying digital contents and a control method thereof may be provided. The mobile terminal may include: a display unit configured to display a first page of digital contents and at least a portion of a second page different from the first page together, and a controller to control a three-dimensional (3D) depth value of at least one of the first and second pages such that the first page can have a 3D depth different from the second page in a state in which the first and second pages are displayed together.
US08941643B1	Quality assurance testing of virtual environments A system includes a computing device that includes a memory configured to store instructions. The computing device also includes a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a method that includes projecting a first simulated ray from a moveable character within an interactive virtual environment to intersect one or more virtual surfaces represented in the environment. The method also includes rendering a graphical representation of the first simulated ray to identify the absence of an intersection with the one or more virtual surfaces represented in the interactive virtual environment.
US08941638B2	Display device A display device according to the present disclosure includes: a variable-voltage source supplying power source voltage; an organic EL display unit including power lines on high-potential side and low-potential side that are connected to pixels; a potential difference detecting circuit detecting a potential on the high-potential side of a monitor pixel; a voltage drop amount calculating circuit calculating an amount of voltage drop generated in the power line on the low-potential side from video data and estimating a potential at, at least one point of the power line on the low-potential side; and a signal processing circuit regulating power source voltage to be supplied from the variable voltage source such that a potential difference between the potential on the high-potential side detected by the potential difference detecting circuit and the potential on the low-potential side estimated by the voltage drop amount calculating circuit reaches a predetermined potential difference.
US08941637B2	Display device including self-luminous elements and method for driving the same A display device including self-luminous emitting elements configured to suppress a display unevenness due to a transistor variation and reduce a noise when transmitting a gradation data to a pixel circuit, wherein the pixel circuit includes a driving transistor and a first switch transistor electrically connecting a gate electrode of the driving transistor with a drain electrode thereof, in which the gate electrode of the first switch transistor can be electrically connected to a data line, and the gate electrode controls a time period for which the first switch transistor conducts according to the gradation data and writes the gradation data on the pixel circuit.
US08941633B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit, self-luminous display panel module, electronic apparatus, and method for driving power supply line A semiconductor integrated circuit and corresponding display panel and electronic apparatus. A pixel element includes a self-luminous element and a drive transistor connected to a power supply line. In an emission period of the self-luminous element, an active voltage and an intermediate voltage are sequentially applied between the power supply line and a potential line with a pulse-shaped waveform such that a predetermined luminance duration is obtained in the emission period. In a non-emission period of the self-luminous element, an off-state voltage is applied between the power supply line and the potential line so as to maintain the self-luminous element in a non-emission state.
US08941631B2	Simultaneous light collection and illumination on an active display In various embodiments described herein, a display device comprising a light collection film and a photovoltaic device disposed on an edge of the collection film. The collection film has a plurality of light-turning features for redirecting light between the front and back surface of the collection film and the photovoltaic device. In some embodiments, a light source is also disposed on an edge of the collection film and emits light which is turned by the light-turning features toward the display.
US08941628B2	Pixel circuit and display device A display device includes liquid crystal capacitor element formed between a pixel electrode and a counter electrode. One terminals of the pixel electrode, a first switch circuit, and a second switch circuit, and a first terminal of a second transistor form an internal node. The first switch circuit and the second switch circuit have other terminals connected to a source line. The second switch circuit is configured by a series circuit of transistors, and a control terminal of the transistor, a second terminal of the transistor, and one terminal of a boost capacitor element form an output node. The other terminal of the boost capacitor element is connected to a boost line, the control terminal of the transistor is connected to a reference line, and the control terminal of the transistor is connected to a selecting line.
US08941626B1	Method for compensating electromagnetic inductive pressure level A method for compensating electromagnetic inductive pressure level of an electromagnetic pen is disclosed. First of all, an electromagnetic pen is provided on a touch panel, wherein the touch panel has a sensor layer and at least one sensor coil on a transparent substrate, the sensor coil is located on the peripheral region of the transparent substrate and around the sensor layer. Then a signal amplitude of the electromagnetic pen is calculated and a pressure level value is calculated via a frequency of the electromagnetic pen. Next distances between the sensor coil and the electromagnetic pen are calculated to obtain the location of the electromagnetic pen. Then a pressure level compensation value is obtained from a pressure level compensation value table. Finally, a compensated pressure level value is obtained by adding the pressure level value and the pressure level compensation value.
US08941625B2	Control using movements A movement of an object is recognised as a predetermined movement, by transmitting signals between transmitter-receiver pairs, which are reflected from the object. A first event is recorded for one of the transmitter-receiver pairs if a reflected signal meets a predetermined proximity criterion, and a second event is recorded for a second transmitter-receiver pair if after the first event, a subsequent reflected signal meets a predetermined proximity criterion. The first and second events are used to identify the movement.
US08941624B2	Acoustic touch sensor utilizing edge waves A touch sensor comprises a substrate capable of propagating acoustic waves and includes a first surface having a touch sensitive region. A first sidewall intersects the first surface along a first edge. The first edge is configured to propagate a first acoustic wave along the first edge. The first acoustic wave may be a one-dimensional edge wave. A wave converter converts the first acoustic wave to a second acoustic wave, and the first surface is configured to propagate the second acoustic wave across the touch sensitive region.
US08941622B2	Coordinate input apparatus A coordinate input apparatus includes a first housing and a second housing each of which incorporate at least two sensor units each including one of the light projecting unit and one of the light receiving unit. A pointed position to an effective coordinate input region is calculated based on variations of a light amount distribution obtained from the light receiving units of each of the first and second housings. In each of the first and second housings, the field range of a light receiving unit is almost parallel to the effective coordinate input region, the optical axis direction of the light receiving unit is a direction perpendicular to a line segment connecting the barycenters of at least two sensor units in a single housing, and the field range is set to be asymmetric to the optical axis direction.
US08941618B2	Touch panel and driving method of the same It is an object to provide a touch panel which includes an A/D converter circuit and has a function of image shooting with high resolution and high-level gray scale and at high operation speed. A touch panel includes a plurality of pixels each provided with a display element and a photo sensor, an A/D converter to which a first potential is applied from a photo sensor, and a reading circuit. The A/D converter includes an oscillation circuit which changes the oscillating frequency of a first signal to be generated in accordance with the first potential and stops oscillating when a second potential is applied thereto from the reading circuit, and a counter circuit which generates a second signal having a discrete value determined in accordance with the oscillating frequency.
US08941615B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program Provided is an information processing apparatus including a contact detection unit that detects coordinates of a position of a touch manipulation with respect to a touch panel, a storage unit that stores a table that is a command table relating to an editing process with respect to a material that is an element of content, and that at least includes a command to change a reproduction position of the material that is reproduced on a separate information processing apparatus, according to a distance that the touch manipulation moves, and a command specification unit that specifies the command issued to the separate information processing apparatus, from the table stored in the storage unit, based on a detection result obtained by the contact detection unit.
US08941612B2	Input display apparatus, tangible computer-readable recording medium and input display method Disclosed is an input display apparatus including: a handwriting input unit to receive a handwriting input; a particle migration type of display unit to enable display contents to be partially rewritten; and a control unit to control a display operation of the display unit, for displaying each stroke which is input via the handwriting input unit; wherein the control unit controls the display unit so as to display a currently input stroke which is currently input via the handwriting input unit, in a simple display in which a delay required to display the currently input stroke is short as compared with a normal display.
US08941611B2	Portable terminal, display control program and display control method A portable terminal comprising: a display displaying a first display item; and a touch panel displaying a second display item and detecting contact made thereon determines, when a first contact point and a second contact point are detected at different positions on the touch panel, whether the first contact point moves before release of one of the contact points and further determines whether a change in a relative position of the second contact point with respect to the first contact point, before and after the movement, is smaller than a predetermined amount. When determining affirmatively, the portable terminal specifies, according to a direction of the movement, a position on the display to which the first display item is to be moved and a position on the touch panel to which the second display item is to be moved and displays the display items at the specified positions.
US08941606B2	Electronic apparatus using touch panel and setting value modification method of same An electronic device includes a touch panel, and a controlling unit which detects a user touch operation of drawing a circular trajectory on the touch panel and a size of a circular portion surrounded by the circular trajectory on the touch panel, calculates an aspect ratio of the circular portion with reference to the longitudinal direction and the horizontal direction on the touch panel, inputs the calculated aspect ratio of the circular portion as control information of the electronic device, and changes a setting value of the electronic device according to the input aspect ratio of the circular portion.
US08941605B2	Process management in a multi-core environment Technologies are generally described for an intuitive process management mechanism in a multi-core environment. An example electronic device may include a processor with a first core and a second core, an operating system, a process-core assignment module operatively coupled to the operating system, and a graphical user interface system operatively coupled to the process-core assignment module and configured to provide a first display screen and a second display screen, the first display screen and the second display screen being associated with the first core and the second core, respectively. An example method for the electronic device may include: displaying a graphical element associated with a process of an application program on the first display screen, wherein the process is executed by the first core; detecting a movement of the graphical element from the first display screen to the second display screen; and assigning the process to the second core.
US08941604B2	Touch window obtaining coordinate position on boundary portion of view area and method thereof Provided is a touch window including an upper substrate including a first extension portion from which a first transparent electrode having a first pattern in one direction is extended to an outside of the boundary portion of a view area, and a lower substrate including a second extension portion from which a second transparent electrode having a second pattern in orthogonal direction to the one direction is extended to an outside of the boundary portion of a view area in the orthogonal direction.
US08941602B2	Display device having touch sensor and method for driving the same The present invention relates to a display device having a touch sensor in which the touch sensor is driven in a period which has a small noise component from the display device to reduce influence from the noise for minimizing a touch error; and a method for driving the same.The display device having a touch sensor includes a display panel, a panel driving unit for driving the display panel, a timing controller for controlling driving timing of the panel driving unit, a touch sensor integrated with the display panel attached thereto or built therein, and a touch controller for driving the touch sensor in a no noise period excluding a period in which the noise is generated periodically from the display panel by using at least one synchronizing signal from the timing controller, and calculating touch coordinates from a signal from the touch sensor and forwarding the touch coordinates.
US08941598B2	Touch controller for touch-sensing display apparatus and driving method thereof A driving method adapted to a touch-sensing display apparatus is provided. The touch-sensing display apparatus includes a display panel and a touch panel. The driving method includes following steps. I scan signals are sequentially sent to drive the display panel to receive a plurality of data signals. M driving signals are sequentially sent to drive the touch panel to generate a plurality of sensing signals during a sensing period. The mth driving signal is synchronized with the ith scan signal, wherein 1≦i≦I and 1≦m≦M. The touch panel is delayed by a predetermined time period within each pulse width of the M driving signals for generating the sensing signals. Furthermore, a touch controller is also provided.
US08941597B2	Method and device for analyzing two-dimension sensing information A two-dimension (2-D) sensing information is analyzed for determining touch related sensing information. The touch related sensing information may include touch related sensing information with inner lower values within outer high values and with inner higher values within outer low values.
US08941593B2	Pointer control method and device A pointer control method and device applicable to a computer system with a keyboard are provided. The keyboard includes control keys and non-control keys arranged in a matrix and each has an X coordinate and a Y coordinates. In the method, after a first key event that more than two non-control keys are pressed simultaneously is detected, a first coordinate is calculated, in which the first coordinate includes an average value of X coordinates and an average value of Y coordinates. A second key event that one non-control key is pressed is then detected, and a second coordinate is calculated, in which the second coordinate includes an X coordinate and a Y coordinate. Finally, a vector defined by the first and second coordinate is calculated, and a moving direction and a moving speed of the pointer are controlled according to the vector.
US08941592B2	Techniques to control display activity Techniques are described to transmit commands to a display device during vertical or horizontal blanking intervals. The commands can be transmitted using fields that would otherwise be used to transmit color information. A Low Voltage Differential Signaling (LVDS) compliant interface can be used to transmit the commands.
US08941590B2	Adaptive tracking system for spatial input devices An adaptive tracking system for spatial input devices provides real-time tracking of spatial input devices for human-computer interaction in a Spatial Operating Environment (SOE). The components of an SOE include gestural input/output; network-based data representation, transit, and interchange; and spatially conformed display mesh. The SOE comprises a workspace occupied by one or more users, a set of screens which provide the users with visual feedback, and a gestural control system which translates user motions into command inputs. Users perform gestures with body parts and/or physical pointing devices, and the system translates those gestures into actions such as pointing, dragging, selecting, or other direct manipulations. The tracking system provides the requisite data for creating an immersive environment by maintaining a model of the spatial relationships between users, screens, pointing devices, and other physical objects within the workspace.
US08941584B2	Apparatus, system, and method for simulating physical movement of a digital image An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for simulating physical movement of a digital image. The apparatus includes an input receiving module, a calculation module, and a output module. The input receiving module is configured to receive a position input identifying a physical unit of measure. The calculation module is configured to correlate the physical unit of measurement to a position of a image positioning coordinate. The output module is configured to output the position of the image positioning coordinate.
US08941583B2	Dual particle electrophoretic display and method of manufacturing same A dual particle electrophoretic display and a method for manufacturing same are disclosed. The display comprises a back substrate and a transparent substrate forming a cavity therebetween. The transparent substrate including one or more cathode electrodes forming a plurality of electronically and selectively addressable pixels; one or more side walls extending from the transparent substrate, the side walls defining corresponding pixel cells, wherein a plurality of electrophoretic particles are contained in each cell and a substantially clear suspension fluid is distributed throughout the cavity by a gap formed between the site walls. A color or shade of the pixels within the display is determined by applying a driving voltage to the pixels of based on a desired level of Gray scale coding.
US08941581B2	Light emitting element drive apparatus and portable apparatus using same A light emitting element drive apparatus capable of outputting the lowest voltage satisfying drive conditions and having high light emitting efficiency and low power loss, and a portable apparatus using the same, comprising an LED drive apparatus to which LEDs of different drive voltages required for emitting light are connected in parallel and driving one or more LEDs, wherein the LED drive apparatus 10 has drive circuits connected to the corresponding LEDs among a plurality of LEDs and driving the corresponding LEDs with luminances based on set values and power supply circuits for deciding a drive voltage value required for the highest light emission among one or more LEDs driven to emit light based on drive states of drive circuits (for example terminal voltages of the current source) and supplying a drive voltage having at least the decided value to LEDs in parallel.
US08941576B2	Display panel including dual gate thin film transistor A display panel includes a gate driver connected to a gate line, where the gate driver includes a plurality of stages, where each of the stages includes at least one dual gate thin film transistor having a first control terminal and a second control terminal, and where each of the stages receives a clock signal, a first low voltage, a second low voltage, at least one transmission signal of previous stages, at least two transmission signals of subsequent stages and an output control signal from one of the stages to output a gate voltage including a gate-on voltage and a gate-off voltage.
US08941574B2	Liquid crystal display and method of controlling dot inversion thereof A liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal display panel including a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines crossing each other; a first source drive IC for outputting a data voltage to the data lines and inverting the polarity of the data voltage in response to a first polarity control signal; a second source drive IC for outputting the data voltage to the data lines and inverting the polarity of the data voltage in response to a second polarity control signal; and a timing controller for generating the first and second polarity control signals in the same phase when the source drive ICs output data voltages whose polarity is inverted by horizontal 1-dot inversion and generating the first and second polarity control signals in the opposite phase to each other when the source drive ICs output data voltages whose polarity is inverted by horizontal 2-dot inversion.
US08941570B2	Electro-optical device, method of driving electro-optical device, electronic apparatus, and projector An electro-optical device of the invention includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other with an electro-optical medium sandwiched therebetween, a pixel region having a plurality of pixels, and an ion trap section having an electrode formed in a region outside of the pixel region. A trapping voltage applied to the electrode of the ion trap section varies in accordance with a calculated voltage value that is calculated from a driving voltage applied to the electro-optical medium in one or a plurality of the pixels serving as a reference. The trapping voltage is set relatively high when the calculated voltage value belongs to a relatively high voltage range, and the trapping voltage is set relatively low when the calculated voltage value belongs to a relatively low voltage range.
US08941568B2	Circuit capable of improving a shift of gamma curve resulting from LED temperature rise and a device thereof The present invention relates to an LCD technology. A circuit used for correcting a shift of the gamma curve because of light emitting diode (LED) temperature rise and a device thereof are proposed. The circuit includes at least one temperature sense resistor, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and a lookup table. One end of the temperature sense resistor is connected to the ADC which is connected to the lookup table. The present invention can improve image quality rapidly. The structure of the circuit proposed by the present invention is simple, making it easy to be performed, which is good for energy saving and environmental protection.
US08941558B2	Stereoscopic image display device and driving method for the same The present invention is about a stereoscopic image display device and a driving method for the same, the stereoscopic image display device comprising: a display panel configured to display an image; a switchable panel located on the display panel and having a plurality of switchable regions, the switchable panel being configured to convert the image into a 3D image; a voltage applying unit configured to apply voltage to the switchable panel in such a way as to divide each switchable region into a barrier region and a transmitting region; and a controller configured to control the voltage applying unit in such a way as to adjust a position of the barrier region and a width of the barrier region within the switchable region.
US08941554B2	Anti-backlash device The present disclosure relates generally to an anti-backlash component. In one embodiment, the anti-backlash component includes a housing, the housing comprising a first threaded opening and a second opening, a bolt coupled to the housing through the first threaded opening and the second opening, the bolt comprising a spherical end, a nut coupled to the bolt and an exterior side of the second opening of the housing and a socket coupled to the spherical end of the bolt.
US08941551B2	Ground connecting system for plane and helical microwave antenna structures Ground connecting system for microwave plane or helical antenna structures comprising a radiating body that is connected to a power supply source located at ground level. In a plane antenna structure the radiating body is a flat plate with a plurality of ground connecting iron strips applied within appropriate recesses at selected regions thereof, whilst in a helical antenna structure the radiating body comprises a plurality of dielectric cylinders arranged along the circumference and inwardly the radiating surface, each dielectric cylinder located at the top of a coaxial power supply cable and being helicoidally wound with a conducting wire with ground connecting iron strips at the upper and bottom ends thereof. This selective grounding system results in a magnetic field being applied in between grounded and non-grounded regions that provides improved antenna transmission performance and effective isolation of the radiating body from the power supply source.
US08941550B2	Mobile wireless communications device including a slot antenna and related methods A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing and a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing. The mobile wireless communications device may also include at least one electronic component carried by the PCB and an electrically conductive enclosure coupled to the PCB and having a top spaced above the PCB over the at least one electronic component. The top of the electrically conductive enclosure may have a slot therein defining a slot antenna.
US08941548B2	Antenna device and electronic apparatus including antenna device According to one embodiment; an antenna device according to this embodiment includes the first antenna element formed from a folded monopole element and a capacitor element. The first antenna element has a first end connected to a feeding terminal, a second end connected to the first ground terminal, and a middle portion folded, with a stub being provided between the forward portion and backward portion formed by this folding. The capacitor element is inserted between the stub and the above feeding terminal of the forward portion of the first antenna element.
US08941547B2	Diplex filter for testing base system An diplex filter for testing a base station is disclosed. The diplex filter for testing a base station in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a housing comprised with a first connector and a second connector which are connected to a base station, and a third connector connected with the antenna, wherein the first, the second and the third connectors bi-directionally transmit/receive signals; a band pass filter unit comprised in one inside in the housing, transmitting signals between the first and third connectors to pass predetermined frequency bands; a band reject filter unit comprised in the other inside in the housing, transmitting signals between the second and third connectors to reject predetermined frequency bands; and a coupling block disposed between the band pass filter unit and the band reject filter unit, and coupled the band pass filter unit and the band reject filter unit with the third connector, and to move the signal distortion phenomenon occurring due to unnecessary signals included in the signals to frequency bands other than predetermined frequency bands.
US08941546B2	Mobile television antenna with integral signal meter display The present disclosure is directed to a rooftop-mounted off-air television antenna system, device and method including an integrated signal meter. The antenna portion of the device is mounted to the roof of a vehicle. An antenna adjustment mechanism is located inside of the vehicle cabin. The adjustment mechanism enables the user to adjust a position of the antenna on the roof, such as by rotating a dial that is coupled to the antenna. A signal meter is disposed in the adjustment mechanism and electrically connected to the antenna. A display of the signal meter readout is disposed in the adjustment mechanism in a location that can be easily viewed by a user during an aiming operation. The display allows the user to determine when the antenna has been positioned in order to obtain the approximate maximum signal strength possible given the vehicle's current location.
US08941545B2	Windowpane for vehicle and antenna A vehicle window glass has a glass plate, a conductive film laminated on the glass plate and an antenna structured with a feeding structure placed on the conductive film, and is characterized in that the feeding structure has a dielectric and a pair of electrodes, that the conductive film has a slot one end of which makes an upper edge of the conductive film an open end, and is disposed between the glass plate and the dielectric, and that the pair of electrodes are disposed on the opposite side of the side of the conductive film with the dielectric in between so that the slot is sandwiched between the pair of electrodes when the pair of electrodes are projected onto the conductive film, and are capacitively coupled to the conductive film.
US08941543B2	Apparatus for a case for an electronic device An apparatus for a case for an electronic device containing one or more antennas is disclosed. The apparatus for the electronic device comprises a metal layer, a dielectric layer and a masking layer, wherein the masking layer has one or more channels, and some of the channels have antenna therein. The antenna extends from one wall to another wall of the case.
US08941541B2	Multilevel antennae An apparatus includes an antenna concealed within a portable communication device and configured to operate in non-overlapping frequency bands. The antenna includes an antenna element with a multilevel structure of geometric elements arranged to define empty spaces to provide winding current paths through the antenna element which circumvent the empty spaces, the winding current paths respectively corresponding to the non-overlapping frequency bands. The antenna further includes a ground plane, with the antenna element being electrically coupled to the ground plane. The antenna element provides a substantially similar impedance level and radiation pattern in the non-overlapping frequency bands. The geometric elements are arranged such that the antenna element does not comprise a group of single band antennas that respectively operate in the non-overlapping frequency bands, and the antenna element is not a fractal type antenna element.
US08941540B2	Antenna array An antenna assembly is disclosed which includes a layered structure having a planar array of antenna elements; and a feed arrangement perpendicular to the antenna elements; the layered structure further having layers over the planar array of antenna elements with holes provided therethrough to allow the feed arrangement to be connected to contacts for the antenna elements. The layered structure may include vias provided such that heat may be applied remotely to the contacts.
US08941537B2	Methods for identifying whether or not a satellite has a line of sight The invention, in some embodiments, relates to the field of global navigation satellite systems, and more particularly to the field of methods and devices for identifying whether a satellite in a global navigation satellite system has a line of sight to a specific global navigation satellite system receiver (LOS satellite) or does not have a line of sight to the global navigation satellite system receiver (NLOS satellite).
US08941526B2	Time integrator and ΔΣ time-to-digital converter A time integrator integrates time axis information represented by a phase difference between two signals. The time integrator includes a pulse generation circuit configured to convert a time difference between edges of two input signals to a difference between pulse widths of two pulse signals, and to output the two pulse signals, a load circuit having load characteristics changed by the two pulse signals, and an oscillation circuit coupled to the load circuit, and having an oscillation frequency changing in accordance with the load characteristics of the load circuit. An output of the oscillation circuit is output as a result of time integration.
US08941523B1	Ultra low power analog to digital interface using range adaptive techniques A medical device and associated method convert an analog signal using an adaptable number of comparisons between the analog signal and a reference signal. The medical device includes an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter for receiving an analog signal. The A/D converter has a full scale range and a total number of bits spanning the full scale range. The A/D converter converts the analog signal to a digital signal over conversion cycles using an adaptable number of comparisons. For at least one of the conversion cycles, the adaptable number of comparisons is less than the total number of comparisons required to convert the analog signal over the full scale range of the A/D converter.
US08941522B2	Segmented digital-to-analog converter having weighted current sources A digital input to a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is divided into a most significant portion and a lesser significant portion. At least one tap voltage generator generates a plurality of voltages, preferably using a resistor string. A decoder decodes at least one sub-word that forms the lesser significant portion to generate a corresponding at least one control signal. A switching unit accesses voltages generated by the at least one tap voltage generator in response to the at least one control signal. A scaled current generator generates a respective weighted current from each accessed voltage. An output stage combines all the weighted currents with a voltage that is an analog representation of the most significant portion of the digital input to generate an analog approximation of the entire digital input.
US08941520B2	Resistor-based Σ-ΔDAC An inverter-driven resistor-ladder digital-to-analog (DAC) converter includes a resistor-ladder network that comprises a resistor for each bit signal of a multi-bit input signal. Each resistor of the resistor-ladder network comprises an input end and an output end. The input end of each resistor is coupled to a corresponding bit signal of the multi-bit input signal, and the output end of each resistor is coupled to an output node of the resistor-ladder network. An output voltage is generated at the output node that is based on the multi-bit input signal. In one exemplary embodiment, the multi-bit input signal is a sigma-delta (ΣΔ) modulated multi-bit input signal. In another exemplary embodiment, resistance values of the resistors of the resistor-ladder network are related by a binary weighting. In still another exemplary embodiment, resistance values of the resistors of the resistor-ladder network are substantially equal.
US08941519B2	Light intensity subtractor, optical A-D converter, and method for subtracting light intensity A light intensity subtractor according to one aspect of the present invention includes a light subtraction unit, a feedback circuit, a light input port, a first light output port, and a second light output port. The light subtraction unit receives input light through the light input port, outputs first output light to the first light output port, and outputs second output light to the second light output port. The light subtraction unit generates the first output light by reducing the light intensity of the second output light from the light intensity of the input light in accordance with a control voltage. The feedback circuit is connected to the light subtraction unit through the second light output port, and outputs the control voltage in accordance with the light intensity of the received second output light.
US08941518B2	Methods and apparatus for calibrating pipeline analog-to-digital converters having multiple channels Methods and apparatus are provided for calibrating stages in pipeline analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) having multiple channels.
US08941517B2	Method for calbrating a pipelined continuous-time sigma delta modulator Traditionally, pipelined continuous-time (CT) sigma-delta modulators (SDM) have been difficult to build due at least in part to the difficulties in calibrating the pipeline. Here, however, a pipelined CT SDM is provided that has an architecture that is conducing to being calibrated. Namely, the system includes a digital filter and other features that can be adjusted to account for input imbalance errors and well as quantization leakage noise.
US08941512B2	Encoding and decoding information Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for encoding and decoding information. In one aspect, methods of encoding information in an encoder include receiving a signal representing information using a collection of discrete digits, converting, by an encoder, the received signal into a time-based code, and outputting the time-based code. The time-based code is divided into time intervals. Each of the time intervals of the time-based code corresponds to a digit in the received signal. Each digit of a first state of the received signal is expressed as an event occurring at a first time within the corresponding time interval of the time-based code. Each digit of a second state of the received signal is expressed as an event occurring at a second time within the corresponding time intervals of the time-based code, the first time is distinguishable from the second time.
US08941507B2	Automatic flight-safe indicator and method of use for batteries An flight-safe indicator for a battery displays the flight-safety state of a battery to be transported by an aircraft. The indicator can be easily recognized by ground personnel anywhere regardless of the language they speak or read. The indicator comprises an icon indicating that the battery is safe for flight and would be easily recognized by personnel at an airport. The icon would be placed on the battery or on the battery packaging prior to loading on the aircraft. When the magnitude of power stored on the battery exceeds a safety threshold, the icon changes to an indication that the battery is not safe for transporting by aircraft and the operator may discharge the battery using a load until it reaches a safe level.
US08941503B1	Water saving alarm for use with a toilet tank The water saving alarm for use with a toilet tank is an accessory that works in conjunction with an existing toilet to provide an audible alarm upon detection of a drop in water level inside of the toilet tank for a predetermined amount of time. The water saving alarm is solely capable of alerting an end user to a continuously running toilet in order for said end user to take corrective action with said toilet. The water saving alarm includes a housing that rests atop of the top, edge of the toilet tank, and from which an air pressure tube descends downwardly inside of the toilet tank in order to detect water level therein. The audible alarm is produced from a speaker located elsewhere on said housing.
US08941501B1	System to prevent drunken driving A self-policing system for preventing oneself from drunk driving features a key for inserting into an ignition switch of an automobile and a base. A base anterior end features a keyhole for receiving the key. A barbed first key camp is operatively connected to a first solenoid located in a base anterior cavity and is biased via a first spring. A barbed second key clamp is operatively connected to a second solenoid boated in the base anterior cavity and is biased via a second spring. A base posterior end features a breathing aperture located on a tip. A base posterior cavity features an alcohol sensor and a power supply each operatively connected to a microprocessor.
US08941489B2	Method and/or apparatus for geofence management Disclosed are a system, method or device for maintaining a geofence to provide alerts in response to an object entering or exiting an area bounded by the geofence. In one example implementation, a geofence may be temporarily altered. In particular examples, such an alteration of a geofence may comprise changing a size or shape of the geofence.
US08941486B1	Radio frequency detection device and system A radio frequency detection device that includes a housing, a power supply port, a radio frequency circuit board, and a microprocessor is disclosed. The radio frequency detection device is configured to detect signals between approximately 20 Mhz and 6020 Mhz. The microprocessor is configured to report the frequency and decibel level of a detected signal to a computer for display on a user interface. A user may set an alert frequency range and an decibel sensitivity threshold to filter out certain devices. The microprocessor is configured to initiate an alert when any signal is detected, or when a signal within either or both the alert frequency range or the decibel sensitivity threshold is detected. The alert may include pulsing of LED lights on the housing, a message on the user interface, and/or broadcast of an audio alert from a speaker associated with the microprocessor.
US08941483B2	Heating appliance emergency reminder detection device A device uses motion detection and heat detection to monitor a room and heating appliance and to remind a user to check on the appliance after a period of time. A motion detector sensor observes motion within a room or area by the heating appliance. If someone is in the area, then the device resets itself. If no one is detected, then the device alerts a user if heat is detected by a heat sensor. The alert prevents a possible heating or cooking emergency.
US08941481B2	Method for assisting in maintenance of a motor vehicle A method for assisting in maintenance of a motor vehicle having a drive motor, an drive energy storage device, and a filling level measuring device. A request for a maintenance process is identified by a self-monitoring device with the maintenance request being transmitted as a maintenance indication to a driver by an information device. The maintenance indication is transmitted to the driver as a function of a switch-off filling level present when the vehicle drive motor is switched off and detected by the filling level measuring device. The maintenance indication is transmitted when the switch-off filling level is lower than a preset filling level threshold value or when a filling level difference between a switch-on filling level, present when the vehicle drive motor is subsequently switched on again and detected by the filling level measuring device, and the preceding switch-off filling level indicates a positive filling level value.
US08941480B2	Vehicular vision system A vehicular vision system includes a camera including an image sensor, a control including a microcontroller, and a serial data interface. The camera has a field of view exterior of a vehicle. A video output is configured for transmitting a stream of video captured by the image sensor. The microcontroller is operatively connected to the image sensor. The serial data interface permits the microcontroller to communicate with at least one electronic device in the vehicle. A resistor having a selected impedance is connected in series with a switch. The resistor and the switch connect a video plus electrical conduit and a video minus electrical conduit. The switch is openable by the microcontroller to deactivate the video output into a high impedance state and is closable to activate the video output. The microcontroller is configured to comply with selected messages received through the serial data interface by opening the switch.
US08941473B2	Electronic device and method for RFID An electronic device comprising a first node to be coupled to a first antenna, a second node coupled to a second antenna, a third node to be coupled to a third antenna, a first comparator coupled with a first input to the first node and with a second input to a second node, a second comparator coupled with a first input to the first node and with a second input to the third node, a third comparator coupled with a first input to the second node and with a second input to the third node. Each of the first, the second and the third comparators are configured to compare a first current and a second current at the first input and the second input.
US08941471B2	RF switched RFID multiplexer A radiofrequency identification (RFID) multiplexer, which may be in a network, interprets an RF signal from an RFED reader as RFE) tag interrogation data. A single cable directs an RF signal from the RFID reader and RF control signals and/or RF power through the multiplexer. An RF sampler may be coupled to the cable; and an RF detector detects the RF signal from the cable via the RF sampler. A data decoder decodes and interprets the RF signal as the RFID tag interrogation data and forwards the RFID tag interrogation data to a control logic circuit as a MUX channel-change command. The logic circuit and decoder may be combined in a microcontroller, and an RF backscatter modulator coupled to the cable enables reverse communication with the RFID reader to determine whether another RFID multiplexer is coupled to the RFID multiplexer.
US08941469B1	RFID tag authentication with public-key cryptography An authentication method includes RFID readers authenticating RFID tags using public-key cryptography. A tag manufacturer or other legitimate authority produces a tag private-public key pair and stores the tag private key in externally unreadable tag memory and the tag public key in externally readable tag memory. The authority produces a master private-public key pair and distributes the master public key to readers in the field. The authority generates a tag-specific electronic signature based on at least the tag public key and the master private key and stores this signature in externally readable tag memory. A reader authenticates the tag by retrieving the tag public key and electronic signature from the tag, verifying the authenticity of the tag public key using the master public key and the electronic signature, challenging the tag, receiving a response from the tag to the challenge, and verifying the response using the tag public key.
US08941467B2	High value display case system A display case system has a display case, a gateway, and a communication device. The display case houses a product. The gateway is coupled to the display case and communicates with a client device associated with the product in the display case. A communication device is coupled to the gateway and enables a communication session between the communication device and the client device associated with the product. The client device remotely locks and unlocks the display case to allow access to the product based on the communication session.
US08941463B2	Electric vehicle reserve charge authorization and distribution A system for an electric vehicle for authorizing the utilization of a reserve charge portion of a battery of the electric vehicle for powering the electric vehicle. The authorization system may include a remote device that communicates with the electric vehicle via a telematic link. Upon receipt of one or more data from the electric vehicle (e.g., reserve charge amount of the battery, recharge locations, warranty waiver information, billing information, previous authorization information, etc.) the remote device transmits an authorization signal to the electric vehicle for using at least part of the reserve charge portion of the battery based upon the data. The authorization system may incorporate live personnel for determining whether to authorize the electric vehicle or such authorization may be determined automatically by a processor of the remote device. The authorization system may be entirely local to the electric vehicle such that no remote device is needed.
US08941458B2	Coil unit, substrate unit and power supply device In the coil unit 1A of the power supply device 1, the U-shaped plate 51C constituting the U-shaped terminal 50 is used to electrically connect the print-coil substrates 30, 40. Further, the print-coil substrates 30, 40 constituting the coil unit 1A can be connected to the main circuit substrate 20 also by using the U-shaped terminal 50. Here, the print-coil substrate 30 is connected to the print-coil substrate 40 by using the U-shaped terminal 50, by which soldering for fixing the U-shaped terminal 50 is performed from the lower face side of the print-coil substrate 30. Therefore, as compared with a conventional constitution where soldering is performed from both sides of the stacked print-coil substrates, the print coils can be connected by soldering only from one side face, thus making it possible to reduce the amount of work necessary for connecting the print coils.
US08941454B2	Solenoid with a plug-in and turn fastening A proportionally acting solenoid with a plastics encapsulation having a fastening flange which is integrally formed thereon and contains shaped elements which permit installation of the solenoid onto the housing by axial pressing in, rotation and rotary latching, the shaped elements, in interaction with metallic springs and shaped elements of the housing, holding the solenoid on a housing axially and against rotation, and the springs being tensioned upon rotation of the housing during the installation, and the seal which seals the radial gap between the solenoid and the housing being coordinated, by means of the configuration thereof, with a small axial installation force.
US08941453B2	Contact switching device An object of the invention is to provide a contact switching device that produces minimal hitting sound at the time of return. In the contact switching device, a movable iron core (42) provided at one end portion of a movable shaft (45) is attracted to a fixed iron core (38), based on excitation and degauss of an electromagnet portion (50), by which the movable shaft (45) reciprocates in a shaft center direction, and a movable contact (48a) of a movable contact piece (48) arranged at another end portion of the movable shaft (45) contacts and departs from a fixed contact (33a). Particularly, at the time of return, an annular flange portion (45a) provided at an intermediate portion of the movable shaft (45) abuts on an annular receiving portion (35c) of the magnet holder (35) to thereby restrict a position of the movable iron core (42).
US08941449B2	Reducing coupling coefficient variation by using angled connecting traces A coupler is presented that has high-directivity and low coupling coefficient variation. The coupler includes a first trace associated with a first port and a second port. The first trace includes a first main arm, a first connecting trace connecting the first main arm to the second port, and a non-zero angle between the first main arm and the first connecting trace. Further, the coupler includes a second trace associated with a third port and a fourth port. The second trace includes a second main arm.
US08941448B2	M-way coupler An M-way coupler having a first port, M second ports, M transmission line sections, M isolation resistors and a phase shifting network is disclosed, where M is an integer number greater than 1. The M transmission line sections couple the first port to the M second ports, respectively. Each of the M isolation resistors has a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminals of the M isolation resistors are coupled to the M second ports, respectively. The phase shifting network has M I/O terminals coupled to the second terminals of the M isolation resistors, respectively. The phase shifting network is arranged to provide a phase shift within a predetermined tolerance margin between arbitrary two I/O terminals of the M I/O terminals of the phase shifting network.
US08941444B2	Crystal oscillator A crystal oscillator is configured by accommodating a crystal blank that functions as a crystal unit and an IC chip that includes at least an oscillator circuit using the crystal blank into a container in an integrated manner. In the IC chip, the oscillator circuit is connected to the crystal unit via a pair of crystal connecting terminals, an output from the oscillator circuit is supplied to a plurality of output buffers. In relation to the crystal connecting terminal having a phase opposite to that of an output from the on/off controllable output buffer, an output terminal of this output buffer is disposed farther than an output terminal of the output buffer that is not subjected to the on/off control.
US08941443B1	Electronically tuned cavity filter A cavity filter having a piezoelectric tuning element is tuned by determining a desired oscillating frequency for the piezoelectric tuning element and applying that frequency through a phase-locked loop. The phase-locked loop maintains the piezoelectric tuning element at the desired frequency.
US08941442B2	Fabrication techniques to enhance pressure uniformity in anodically bonded vapor cells A method of fabricating one or more vapor cells comprises forming one or more vapor cell dies in a first wafer having a first diameter, and anodically bonding a second wafer to a first side of the first wafer over the vapor cell dies, the second wafer having a second diameter. A third wafer is positioned over the vapor cell dies on a second side of the first wafer opposite from the second wafer, with the third wafer having a third diameter. A sacrificial wafer is placed over the third wafer, with the sacrificial wafer having a diameter that is larger than the first, second and third diameters. A metallized bond plate is located over the sacrificial wafer. The third wafer is anodically bonded to the second side of the first wafer when a voltage is applied to the metallized bond plate while the sacrificial wafer is in place.
US08941439B2	Differential charge reduction One embodiment relates to an apparatus configured to cancel charge injected on a node of a differential pair of nodes. A dummy circuit element can inject charge on an inverted node to cancel charge injected on a non-inverted node by a switch when the switch is switched off. In addition, another dummy circuit element can inject charge on the non-inverted node to cancel charge injected on the inverted node by another switch when the other switch is switched off. These dummy circuits elements can be cross-coupled.
US08941436B2	Logic circuit device comprising at least one digital input The invention pertains to a logic circuit device comprising at least one digital input furnished with a fuse (FUS) being, in the closed state, suitable for applying an electrical input voltage of the logic circuit corresponding to a first logic state from among the logic states 0 and 1, and, in the definitive open state, suitable for applying an electrical input voltage of the logic circuit corresponding to the second logic state from among the logic states 0 and 1, said fuse (FUS) being suitable for being placed definitively in the second logic state by injection of a current greater than a threshold current (CS).
US08941434B1	Bus encoding scheme based on non-uniform distribution of power delivery network components among I/O circuits A system and method for reducing simultaneous switching output (SSO) noise. In one embodiment, power supply decoupling capacitances are distributed non-uniformly among a plurality of I/O circuits. Transitions between consecutive values on a data bus are either sent by the transmitter as requested at the input of the transmitter, or, in cases for which the noise of the requested transition is high, converted by an encoder to transitions having lower SSO noise. The converted transitions are decoded in a receiver, so that the data at the output of the receiver are the same as the data at the input to the transmitter.
US08941432B2	Transitioning between resonant clocking mode and conventional clocking mode A resonant clock network includes an inductor coupled to the clock network through a plurality of switches. When the clock network enters resonant mode, the turn-on of the switches to couple the inductor to the clock network is staggered. The clock network may be formed of multiple regions, each with its own inductor and switches. The turn-on of switches of each region may be staggered with respect to the turn-on off the switches of the other regions as well as to the turn-on of switches within a region. In addition to staggering the turn-on of the switches when entering the resonant mode, the switches may be turned off in a staggered manner when exiting the resonant mode of operation.
US08941431B2	Continuous time cross-correlator There is provided a continuous time cross-correlator comprising: a quantizer for quantizing the incoming signal into discrete levels; a delay line comprising one or more delay units separating a plurality of delay line taps; for each of said delay line taps, a comparator for comparing the signal level of the delay line tap with a correlation value; a continuous time counter for taking the outputs of the plurality of comparators as its inputs, counting the results of the comparisons and outputting the results of the comparisons; and an output comparator for comparing the counter output with a threshold value. The cross-correlator provides for high speed continuous time cross-correlation with low power consumption and a small chip area. Methods of continuous time cross correlation are also provided.
US08941430B2	Timing calibration for on-chip interconnect One embodiment sets forth a timing calibration technique for on-chip source-synchronous, complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) repeater-based interconnect. Two transition patterns may be applied to calibrate the delay of an on-chip data or clock wire. Calibration logic is configured to apply the transition patterns and then trim the delays of the clock and data wires based on captured calibration patterns. The trimming adjusts the delay of the clock and data wires using a configurable delay circuit. Timing errors may be caused by crosstalk, power-supply-induced jitter (PSIJ), or wire delay variation due to transistor and wire metallization mismatch. Chip yields may be improved by reducing the occurrence of timing errors due to mismatched delays between different wires of an on-chip interconnect.
US08941426B1	Extending a clock frequency range of a critical path monitor A critical path monitor (CPM) is configured in an integrated circuit (IC). The IC includes a set of critical paths. The CPM includes a set of split paths, a split path in the set of split paths corresponding to a critical path in the set of critical paths, and a split path in the set of split paths including an edge detector. The edge detector is configured with a set of edge detector latches. A set of set-reset (SR) latches is configured such that an edge detector latch is associated with a corresponding SR latch. A reset signal is configured to reach the set of edge detector latches in an offset synchronization with a latch clock signal used in the set of edge detector latches. The CPM is configured to operate using a frequency of the latch clock signal such that the frequency is higher than a threshold frequency.
US08941425B2	Semiconductor device compensating for internal skew and operating method thereof Provided is a semiconductor device for compensating for an internal skew without training with an external device. The semiconductor device includes a signal generating unit configured to generate and output a reference signal, a first receiving unit configured to receive the reference signal and output a first output signal, a second receiving unit configured to receive the reference signal and output a second output signal, a delay unit configured to delay the first output signal by a certain time and output a delayed signal, a sampling unit configured to sample the second output signal based on the delayed signal and output sampling data, and a skew controlling unit configured to control the delaying unit based on the sampling data.
US08941422B2	Method for operating a data interface circuit where a calibration controller controls both a mission path and a reference path Circuits and methods for implementing a continuously adaptive timing calibration training function in an integrated circuit interface are disclosed. A mission data path is established where a data bit is sampled by a strobe. A similar reference data path is established for calibration purposes only. At an initialization time both paths are calibrated and a delta value between them is established. During operation of the mission path, the calibration path continuously performs calibration operations to determine if its optimal delay has changed by more than a threshold value. If so, the new delay setting for the reference path is used to change the delay setting for the mission path after adjustment by the delta value. Circuits and methods are also disclosed for performing multiple parallel calibrations for the reference path to speed up the training process.
US08941413B2	Light receiving circuit The light receiving circuit includes: a photoelectric conversion element for causing a current corresponding to an amount of incident light to flow to a node; a voltage detection circuit for outputting a detection signal when a voltage of the node becomes equal to or higher than a first voltage; a reset circuit for causing, when the detection signal of the voltage detection circuit is input, the current of the photoelectric conversion element to flow to a GND terminal so that the voltage of the node becomes a second voltage lower than the first voltage, and for holding this state when the detection signal is no longer input; and a voltage increase detection circuit for detecting a fluctuation in the voltage of the node and outputting a detection result.
US08941405B2	FET pair based physically unclonable function (PUF) circuit with a constant common mode voltage A FET pair based physically unclonable function (PUF) circuit with a constant common mode voltage and methods of use are disclosed. The circuit includes a first n-type field effect transistor (NFET) and a second NFET. The circuit also includes a first load resistor coupled to the first NFET by a first p-type field effect transistor (PFET) and a second load resistor coupled to the second NFET by a second PFET. The circuit further comprises a closed loop, wherein the closed loop creates a constant common mode voltage.
US08941403B2	Semiconductor device and method of testing the same A semiconductor device includes a unit region including a circuit test region and a probe test region. The circuit test region includes a test circuit and a plurality of circuit test pads operatively coupled to the test circuit. The probe test region includes first and second probe test pads insulated from the circuit test pads, and a first resistance pattern operatively coupled to the first and second probe test pads.
US08941402B2	Electromagnetic field measuring apparatus, electromagnetic field measuring method used for the same, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing electromagnetic field measurement control program An electromagnetic field measuring apparatus capable of measuring an electromagnetic field for a minuscule area in which electronic devices are densely packed with a high sensitivity is provided. In an electromagnetic field measuring apparatus according to the present invention, the amplitude level of signal light (pf) is adjusted by the analyzer (34) by adjusting its angle with respect to the plane of polarization of the signal light (pf) based on an amplitude level control signal (eb) supplied from the calculation control unit (40). An amplitude level control signal (eb) is supplied from the calculation control unit (40) to the analyzer (34) based on the spectrum (ea) of an electric signal (ed) measured by an RF spectrum analyzer (39). The amplitude level ration between the carrier and the sideband contained in the signal light (ph) incident on the optical receiver (38) is controlled to a fixed value.
US08941399B2	Position detecting device A first integrated circuit includes a first voltage output circuit for outputting a voltage, which proportionally increases in correspondence to an angular position of a throttle valve, a first protective resistor, a first output terminal connected to the first protective resistor, and a first abnormality detection circuit for outputting a first abnormality detection signal based on a voltage produced by the first protective resistor. A second integrated circuit is configured similarly to the first integrated circuit by a second voltage output circuit, a second protective resistor, a second output terminal, and a second abnormality detection circuit.
US08941397B2	Movement and position identification sensor The present invention relates to a movement sensor that comprises a plurality of plate-type layers on which individual sensors are arranged. The layers are configured in the way set forth in the claims.
US08941386B2	Busbar for battery electrode post connection and battery voltage monitor using the same A busbar for battery electrode post connection with a terminal for voltage detection is provided. Both ends of a length direction of a rectangular thin plate of a conductive metal are left and an elongated opening is formed in a center. Two holes through which an electrode post of one battery and an electrode post of an adjacent battery are inserted are respectively formed in the rectangular thin plates of both sides around the elongated opening of the center. A terminal for voltage detection is extended integrally to the rectangular thin plate from an edge of the rectangular thin plate. The two holes overlap in a state of where the rectangular thin plate is folded in two with respect to the elongated opening. The terminal for voltage detection can be erected from the rectangular thin plate by folding the terminal for voltage detection in a vertical direction.
US08941380B2	Real-time local and global SAR estimation for patient safety and improved scanning performance In a method and apparatus to enable increased RF duty cycle in high field MR scans, a specific energy absorption rate (SAR) calculation processor calculates the local and global SAR or even a spatial SAR map. By incorporating additional information as, e.g. patient position, the SAR calculation accuracy can be increased as well as by using more patient specific pre-calculated information (e.g. based on different bio meshes), the so called Q-matrices. A sequence controller maybe provided to create a global SAR optimal RF pulse. After the optimal RF pulse is applied, the SAR and its spatial distribution are determined. SAR hotspots are also determined. Q-matrices within an appropriate radius around the hotspots are averaged and added to a global Q-matrix in a weighted fashion. After the global Q-matrix is updated, a new optimal RF pulse is created.
US08941377B2	Optically pumped magnetometer and magnetic sensing method An optically pumped magnetometer and a magnetic sensing method acquire information as to strengths of magnetic fields in two different directions. A pump light having a circularly polarized component, first probe light having a liner polarized component and second probe light having a linearly polarized component are emitted to a cell containing a group of alkali metal atoms so as to form a crossing region A magnetic field applying unit applies a static magnetic field in a direction of the pump light incident on the crossing region during the emission of the pump light, the first probe light and the second probe light. And, information as to strengths of magnetic fields in two different directions perpendicular to the direction of the static magnetic field in the cell from the rotation angles of a polarization planes of the first and second probe lights during passage through the cell is calculated.
US08941376B2	Method for automated measurement of the residual magnetic field strength of magnetized ferromagnetic workpieces The invention relates to a method for the automated measurement of the residual magnetic field strength of magnetized ferromagnetic workpieces, especially steel tubes, the residual magnetic field exiting the face of the tube end being measured by means of a measuring probe. Instead of directly measuring the residual field strength on the face, the curve of at least one magnetic field component is measured on the outer surface of the tube at least in the region of the tube ends and beyond the tube ends and the residual field strength on the face is inferred on the basis of the previously determined correlations between the residual field strength measured on the face and on the tube surface.
US08941368B2	Skip mode method and system for a current mode switching converter A method and system to inhibit the switching of a current mode switching converter having high and low side switching elements coupled to an output inductor, the other end of which is coupled to an output node, and operated with respective modulated switching signals to regulate an output voltage Vout produced at the node. A current IC that varies with the difference between a reference voltage and a voltage proportional to Vout is compared with and a current IDETECT—PEAK which varies with the current conducted by the high side switching element; the result of the comparison of IC and IDETECT—PEAK is used to control the regulation of Vout during normal operation. Current IC is also compared with a current IDETECT—VALLEY which varies with the current conducted by the low side switching element. When IDETECT—VALLEY>IC, a ‘skip mode’ is triggered during which the switching signals are inhibited.
US08941348B2	Motor protection system System and methods for protecting motors of a vehicle are provided. A system includes a current transformer device for each phase of the three-phase power received by each protected motor. Each current transformer device includes a switch that is normally in a first position and is configured to monitor an output current of fuse through which the power is transmitted, compare the output current to a threshold current level, and, when the output current is below the threshold current level, change the switch to a second position. The system also includes a processing circuit configured to control operation of the one or more motors of the vehicle. The processing circuit is configured to determine whether one or more of the switches of the plurality of current transformer devices is in the second position and, if so, activate a fault condition.
US08941344B2	Vehicle wiper control system and method In at least one implementation, a vehicle wiper control system includes an actuator and a controller. The actuator is coupled to the wiper and operable to selectively move the wiper from a normal operating position engaged with a vehicle surface to be wiped and to a deployed position not engaged with said vehicle surface. The controller is communicated with the actuator and with a source of weather information regarding one or more weather factors, the controller being operable to cause the actuator to move the wiper from its normal position to its deployed position when one or more of the weather factors are at or beyond a threshold for said one or more weather factors. This may cause, for example, a wiper blade to be moved off of a vehicle surface if the current or predicted weather is indicative of possible snow fall or ice formation.
US08941340B2	Regenerative variable frequency drive A regenerative variable frequency drive includes an active converter connected to an inverter. The converter has a filter capacitor, an inductor, two half bridges, bus bars that connect to the inverter and bus capacitors. The converter converts single phase AC power to DC power and DC power to single phase AC power, boosts the AC power, reduces input line harmonics, maintains input current in phase with utility voltage in order to achieve near unity power factor, and maintains constant DC voltage between the bus bars.
US08941338B2	Redundant braking system with constant braking torque and printing press having the braking system An electric braking device for printing material processing machines includes at least one electric drive to be braked that is supplied by a power converter in motor operation and is braked by the power converter in generator operation. A control unit switches on a redundant electric braking device in the case of a failure of the power converter by using a switch. The braking device has at least two braking stages, an additional switch for actuation in at least two stages, and at least one brake resistor. In the circuit of the redundant electric braking device, a braking current is measured and the measured value is fed to a comparator for comparing the actual braking current to a desired braking current. A printing press having the braking device is also provided.
US08941334B2	Method and operating device for minimizing the insulation stress of a high-pressure discharge lamp system A method for minimizing the insulation stress of a high-pressure discharge lamp system, with an operating device, which generates a high voltage for starting the high-pressure discharge lamp, wherein a starting voltage time sum applied during lamp starting is minimized, the starting voltage time sum is the sum of all time segments Zi during which the magnitude of the starting voltage exceeds a starting voltage limit, and the starting voltage limit is defined as the factor range of a maximum value, in terms of magnitude, of the applied high voltages.
US08941332B2	Systems and apparatuses including alterable characteristics and methods of altering and coordinating such characteristics Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided that include alterable characteristics and such alterable characteristics may be coordinated. Such systems, apparatuses, and methods may include wearable apparatuses and such alterable characteristics may relate to illumination conditions or coating colors. In one example, a wearable apparatus includes an output device such as an illumination device or coating that may be manually manipulated between two different conditions. In another example, two wearable apparatuses may each include an output device such as an illumination device or a coating, and operation of the two illumination devices or coatings may be coordinated. In a further example, operation of an apparatus may be controlled by a third party or venue. Still another exemplary system may include a capturing device for capturing a characteristic of an object and controlling an output device of an apparatus to operate with the same characteristic as the captured characteristic.
US08941330B2	Light source operation In one example implementation in accordance with the present disclosure, a process is provided. The process includes entering a first mode of operation where a plurality of light sources are permitted to illuminate. The process further includes entering a second mode of operation where the plurality of light sources associated with the first switch are not permitted to illuminate, and where the entering of the second mode of operation is in response to not detecting a presence for a time period. The process still further includes entering a third mode of operation in response to receiving a command, where only a subset of the plurality of light sources are permitted to illuminate and the remainder of the plurality of light sources are not permitted to illuminate.
US08941329B2	Tunable LED lamp for producing biologically-adjusted light A tunable light-emitting diode (LED) lamp for producing an adjustable light output is provided. In one embodiment, the LED lamp includes a drive circuit for driving LED dies in one of a plurality of light output configurations (e.g., a pre-sleep configuration, a phase-shift configuration, and a general lighting configuration). Further, the LED lamp may include an output select controller and/or input sensor electrically coupled to the drive circuit to select the light output configuration. As such, the LED lamp is tunable to generate different levels of spectral output, appropriate for varying biological circumstance, while maintaining a commercially acceptable light quality and color rendering index.
US08941327B2	PWM controlling circuit and LED driver circuit having the same A Light Emitting Diode (LED) driver circuit and a Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) controlling circuit thereof is provided. The LED driver circuit includes a voltage detector connected to a plurality of LED arrays, the voltage detector being configured to determine a connection status of each of the LED arrays according to a level of a feedback voltage of each of the LED arrays, and detect a minimum feedback voltage from the feedback voltage of each of the LED arrays that are determined to be connected, a controller configured to output a control signal to control boosting of the LED arrays according to the detected minimum feedback voltage, a PWM signal generator configured to output a PWM signal corresponding to the outputted control signal, and a driving voltage generator configured to supply a driving voltage commonly to the LED arrays according to the PWM signal.
US08941326B2	AC-DC dual-use LED driving circuit An Alternating-current-Direct-current (AC-DC dual-use) Light Emitting Diode (LED) driving circuit includes an input power circuit, a buck-boost converter, and a Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) signal controller. The buck-boost converter, including a switching transistor and a feedback resistor, receives a current signal output from the input power circuit, and drives an LED with a driving signal. The PWM signal controller outputs a PWM signal according to the driving signal, so as to sequentially turn on and turn off the switching transistor. One end of the feedback resistor is coupled to the LED, and a floating ground terminal of the PWM signal controller is coupled to the switching transistor and the other end of the feedback resistor. Therefore, the AC-DC dual-use LED driving circuit is capable of dynamically adjusting the duty ratio of the PWM signal without connecting an external photocoupler.
US08941325B2	Light emitting device array driver circuit and current splitter circuit and method of splitting current therefor The present invention discloses a current splitter circuit for splitting a supply current to multiple light emitting device strings of a light emitting device array. The current splitter circuit includes: a minimum selector circuit coupled to the multiple light emitting device strings to generate a minimum signal which indicates a minimum voltage of the light emitting device strings; and multiple current source circuits each including a first current source end coupled to a corresponding light emitting device string, a second current source end coupled to ground, and a current source control end receiving a current control signal related to the minimum signal, so as to control currents through the corresponding light emitting device string.
US08941323B1	Ceiling lamp adopting non-separating driver circuit A ceiling lamp adopting a non-separating driver circuit includes a conversion module and a control module. The conversion module converts an input voltage into an operating voltage to drive the LEDs and forming a driving current, and the control module monitors the operating voltage and the driving current to adjust the operating cycle of the conversion module, change the output voltage value of the operating voltage, and linearly change the driving current at a constant current state. The conversion module just executes the power conversion for one time to provide the driving power of the LEDs instead of using the conventional driving method that executes a two-stage power conversion by a separating power converter and a negative booster of the conventional ceiling lamp. Therefore, the ceiling lamp adopting a non-separating driver circuit is capable of lowering the circuit cost and improving the operating efficiency.
US08941322B2	Adaptive integrated daylight and electric light control with multi-sensor for controlled-light distribution A system and a method for controlling light distribution in a space including multiple installed light sources (111, 112, 221-223) and an external light source (103, 203). The method includes measuring the luminance levels of light from the multiple installed light sources (111, 112, 221-223) and the external light source (103, 203) at a plurality of measuring areas within the space, controlling the intensity level of each of the installed light sources (111, 112, 221-223) and the amount of light from the external light source entering the space (103, 203) based on the measured luminance levels, and tuning the intensity level of each of the installed light sources (111, 112, 221-223) and the amount of external light entering the space (103, 203) to optimize the conditions such that the mean-squared error between the measured luminance levels and pre-defined target luminance levels for the respective plurality of measuring areas is minimized, and the amount of energy consumed by the multiple installed light sources (111, 112, 221-223) is minimized.
US08941320B2	Method of driving a light source, light source apparatus for performing the method and display apparatus having the light source apparatus A method of driving a light source includes outputting a variable driving voltage to a light source part, sensing a first voltage based on the driving voltage and developed at a first end of the light source part, sensing a second voltage developed at a second end of the light source part due to current passing through the light source part and adjusting the driving voltage while using the first and second voltages so that power consumption by the light source part is substantially constant irrespective of temperature of the light source part and/or irrespective of a duty cycle ration being used to drive the light source part. Thus, a luminance of the light source part may be maintained at substantially uniform levels.
US08941315B2	Method and apparatus for synchronous sine wave dimming of luminaries A luminary dimming system having a three terminal dimming unit. The dimming unit includes a power controller and a receiver and is responsive to dimming directives received by the receiver. The power controller controls a buck switch and a freewheel switch in a manner that allows reduction of alternating current voltages. Such voltage reduction is accomplished in a manner that preserves the waveform of the source voltage and the power factor exhibited by the luminary.
US08941310B2	LED driving circuit An LED (Light Emitting device) driving circuit is disclosed, the circuit characterized by: at least two LED strings (120); at least two constant current control blocks (140) for respectively controlling a current path of the at least two LED strings; a detector (160) for detecting a voltage in the at least two constant current control blocks; and a power supply (200) for supplying a driving power to the at least two LED strings (120) in response to the detected voltage.
US08941309B2	Voltage-driven pixel circuit, driving method thereof and display panel A voltage-driven pixel circuit, a driving method thereof and a display panel including the voltage-driven pixel circuit are disclosed. The voltage-driven pixel circuit comprises a driving transistor, a retaining transistor, a switching transistor, a compensating transistor, a storage capacitance and an OLED device. The technical solutions disclosed here compensate for the unevenness of the threshold voltage of the N-type TFT transistors and OLED efficiently.
US08941307B1	Light control system using statement of personal computer which is applied to a building for energy saving and method thereof The present invention relates to a light control system using statement of Personal Computer (PC) which is applied to a building for energy saving and method thereof, and more specifically, to a light control system, in which a lighting environment is changed depending on a PC operation state to provide the lighting environment optimized for a working environment and that uses a PC state and is applied to a building for energy saving in order to promote energy saving effects, and a method thereof. According to the invention, a worker's attending and leaving states and being temporarily away from his or her position are easily determined using a PC operation state and thus a light illumination intensity is adaptively adjusted. As a result, it is possible to improve energy saving effects and optimize the lighting environment.
US08941306B2	Momentary night light assembly This invention is a night light assembly containing a multiple LED light source and an electronic controller whereby the electronic controller causes the multiple LED light source to continually change its light output from a high intensity photopic light output to a low intensity scotopic light output in response to a transition from light to dark of an ambient light, matching a human eye response to a sudden decrease in ambient light.
US08941294B2	Luminophore composition for low pressure discharge lamps In various embodiments, a luminophore composition for low pressure discharge lamps for generating radiation with a color temperature of greater than 4800 K having a very good general color rendering index of greater than 90, the luminophore composition including at least one halophosphate luminophore, a luminophore emitting in the red wavelength region, a luminophore emitting in the blue-green wavelength region, a europium-doped luminophore emitting in the blue wavelength region and a Tb-doped luminophore emitting in the green wavelength region, wherein the luminophore composition includes a luminophore emitting in an emission range in the visible region with wavelengths of greater than 380 nm and at least one emission band in the near ultraviolet and that the emitted intensity of the luminophore is smaller in the visible region than in the near ultraviolet region.
US08941293B2	Solid state lighting devices comprising quantum dots Solid state lighting devices containing quantum dots dispersed in polymeric or silicone acrylates and deposited over a light source. Solid state lighting devices with different populations of quantum dots either dispersed in matrix materials or not are also provided. Also provided are solid state lighting devices with non-absorbing light scattering dielectric particles dispersed in a matrix material containing quantum dots and deposited over a light source. Methods of manufacturing solid state lighting devices containing quantum dots are also provided.
US08941288B2	Power generating apparatus and power generating method When a rotating shaft member (140) rotates, a centrifugal force operates to a pressing member (152jk) (j=1 to J; k=1 to 6) which is fixed to the rotating shaft member (140). When the centrifugal force operates to the pressing member (152jk), the end portion of the second bar-like member (157), which is connected to a first bar-like member (156) on the other end portion, moves closer to a pressure transmitting member (130), and a contact member (158) connected to said end portion of the second bar-like member (157) presses the pressure transmitting member (130). When the pressure transmitting member (130) is pressed in this manner, the pressing force is applied to a piezoelectric element of an individual power generating section (122jp) which abuts on the R direction side of the pressing position of the pressure transmitting member (130). When the pressing force is applied to the piezoelectric element in this manner, the piezoelectric element continuously generates voltages. As a result, power can be generated at a high efficiency, while using the piezoelectric element.
US08941280B2	DC motor with concentrated windings having connecting wires run through armature slots A dc motor includes a stator having multiple field magnet poles, and an armature having an armature core, armature coils, and a commutator, and brushes brought into contact with the commutator. The armature coils include concentrated winding coil units wound on respective teeth, and connecting wire units that electrically connect each of the concentrated winding coil units together. A segment group of the commutator includes a first segment and a second segment placed adjacent to each other, to which the concentrated winding coil units are connected, the segment group also includes a third segment disposed next to the adjacent placement, and only the connecting wire unit is connected to the third segment. The connecting wire units include connecting wire units that pass through slots and connect each of the concentrated winding coil units together.
US08941277B2	Motor A motor includes a bearing holder and an attachment plate fixed to a radial outer surface of the bearing holder. The attachment plate includes a flat portion including a circular hole and a burring portion axially protruding from the circular hole. The bearing holder includes holder protrusion portions each including a radial outer surface at least partially making contact with the burring portion and holder recess portions and the holder protrusion portions and the holder recess portions are alternately arranged along a circumferential direction. The burring portion includes a plurality of caulking sections extending radially outward to make contact with the circuit board and the plurality of caulking sections are arranged radially outward of the holder recess portions.
US08941276B2	Rotor assembly having ball nut cartridge In one arrangement, a motor assembly includes a housing defining a housing chamber, a stator disposed within the housing chamber, and a rotor assembly disposed within the housing chamber. The rotor assembly includes a spindle housing defining a spindle housing chamber extending along a longitudinal axis of the spindle housing and a set of magnets disposed about an outer periphery of the spindle housing and in proximity to the stator. The rotor assembly includes a ball nut cartridge disposed within the spindle housing chamber of the spindle housing and a securing mechanism configured to secure the ball nut cartridge to the spindle housing.
US08941275B2	Connecting structure for motor A rotational axis of a first motor 102A and a rotational axis of a second motor 102B are disposed on the same straight line. A connector 72 of the first motor 102A and a connector 72B of the second motor 102B are disposed substantially in mirror symmetric positions, and a lead conductor 92u, 92v, 92w of the first motor 102A and a lead conductor 92u, 92v, 92w of the second motor 102B are disposed in non-mirror symmetric positions, and a size of a relay conductor 93u, 93v, 93w of the first motor 102A and a size of a relay conductor 93u, 93v, 93w of the second motor 102B differ from each other.
US08941270B2	Manufacturing using levitated manipulator robots A method of building structures using diamagnetically levitated manipulators includes depositing, with a first end effector attached to a first manipulator, a first adhesive at a first location on a first surface, picking up, with a second end effector, an article, moving the article to the surface, and placing the article on the adhesive on the surface.
US08941267B2	High-power induction-type power supply system and its bi-phase decoding method A high-power induction-type power supply system includes a supplying-end module consisting of a supplying-end microprocessor, a power driver unit, a signal analysis circuit, a coil voltage detection circuit, a display unit, a power supplying unit, a resonant circuit, a supplying-end coil and a shunt resistor unit, and a receiving-end module consisting of a receiving-end microprocessor, a voltage detection circuit, a rectifier and filter circuit, an amplitude modulation circuit, a protection circuit breaker, a voltage stabilizer circuit, a DC-DC buck converter, a resonant circuit and a receiving-end coil. Subject to time series arrangement, the high-power induction-type power supply system allows transmission of data signal in a stable manner during a charging operation, assuring system operation stability and low power loss. By means of bi-phase decoding, data code is accurately decoded when the receiving-end module is at full load, ensuring system operating reliability.
US08941266B2	Inductive power transfer system pick-up circuit An IPT pick-up circuit includes a resonant circuit including a pick-up inductor and a tuning capacitance in parallel with the pick-up inductor, a control system to control power transfer to the pick-up circuit and a power conditioning impedance provided in series between the resonant circuit and the control system, selected to provide a required power factor in the resonant circuit.
US08941265B2	Minimal interruption DC power supply A DC power distribution system and method includes a solid state remote power controller that connects a switching power source to a DC bus when the DC bus is switching power sources thereby providing a nearly uninterrupted power supply to the DC bus.
US08941264B2	Apparatus for bi-directional power switching in low voltage vehicle power distribution systems A plurality of modules each including at least a pair of series connected power MOSFETs are configured between a plurality of DC voltage sources, and a plurality output terminals for connection to respective loads, are controlled for selectively applying power to the loads via time delay switching incorporating forward biased intrinsic diodes of the MOSFETs in a given current path during initial application of power to a load, whereby a predetermined period of time after turning on one of the series connected MOSFETs, the associated other MOSFET is turned on to shunt its intrinsic diode for reducing the resistance in the current path to maximize current flow. The configuration of the plurality of power MOSFETs is also controlled for selectively providing bi-directional current flow between said plurality of DC voltage sources.
US08941262B2	Power supply device and image forming apparatus having the same A power supply device having a first load operating with a first voltage in a normal operation mode, a second load operating with a second voltage lower than the first voltage in the normal operation mode, and a third load operating with the second voltage in the normal operation mode and a power-saving mode. An auxiliary second-voltage generating circuit configured to, when a main supply voltage is supplied from a main power supply circuit and a primary second-voltage generating circuit does not generate the second voltage with a third-load electric path for carrying therethrough the main supply voltage from the main power supply circuit to the third load without passing through the primary second-voltage generating circuit being broken by a switching circuit, generate the second voltage from the main supply.
US08941261B2	System and method for providing collaborating power controllers A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving a message associated with a detection of reactive power in an energy system and inducing a first quantity of reactive power at a power level specified in the message. The first quantity of reactive power is induced in order to mitigate a second quantity of reactive power that is detected on a specific segment of the energy system. The first quantity of reactive power is induced at a local level on which a source associated with the second quantity of reactive power operates. In more specific embodiments, the message is sent in response to a sensor detecting the second quantity of reactive power, where the first quantity and the second quantity of reactive power are the same. In other embodiments, the method can include receiving a second message to stop mitigating the first quantity of reactive power.
US08941260B2	Vehicle light control device A vehicle light control device mounted on a vehicle to control lighting of a light of the vehicle based on illuminance around the vehicle, has an infrared sensor that detects an infrared ray around the vehicle, an infrared illuminance detector that detects infrared illuminance from an output of the infrared sensor, a visible-light sensor that detects visible light around the vehicle, a visible-light illuminance detector that detects visible-light illuminance from an output of the visible-light sensor, a storage in which a first lighting threshold is stored, and a controller that controls the lighting of the light based on the infrared illuminance detected by the infrared illuminance detector, the visible-light illuminance detected by the visible-light illuminance detector, and the first lighting threshold stored in the storage.
US08941259B2	Electrical power supply system for an aircraft The invention relates to an electrical power supply system for an aircraft comprising at least one main generator (20) feeding at least one technical load and at least one commercial load through at least one electrical power distribution channel comprising at least one electrical distribution busbar (21, 23, 25) and at least one voltage converter (22, 24, 26), wherein the grounding mode of at least one load is an IT type grounding scheme, with an isolated or high impedance neutral.
US08941258B2	Power supply device and image forming apparatus including the power supply device A power supply device includes an AC generation part having a sinusoidal wave generation part generating a first sinusoidal wave signal, an integrator integrating a difference between the first sinusoidal wave signal and a feedback signal, a triangular wave generation part generating a triangular wave signal, a comparator comparing an output of the integrator and the triangular wave signal and outputting a PWM signal, a switching drive part amplifying the PWM signal and outputs an amplified PWM signal, a filter converting the amplified PWM signal into a second sinusoidal wave signal, a transformer increasing a voltage of the second sinusoidal wave signal and outputting an AC voltage, and a voltage divider dividing the AC voltage and generating the feedback signal, and a DC generation part generating a DC voltage. The power supply device superimposes the AC voltage and the DC voltage and outputs a superimposed voltage.
US08941256B1	Energy reclamation from air-moving systems A data center includes a computing room, computing devices in the computing room, an air handling system, and a turbine system. Air moved by the air handling system flows across heat producing components in the computing devices in the computing room. A rotor of the turbine system rotates in response to at least a portion of the air moved by the air handling system. The turbine system generates electricity from rotation of the rotor.
US08941253B2	Method for operating a wind turbine having a rotor hub supporting at least one rotor blade A method for operating a wind turbine which includes a rotor hub supporting a rotor blade includes: a) detecting changes in the aerodynamic performance of the rotor blade; b) determining a first control rule; c) determining a first power output information indicating a first power output based on the first control rule; d) changing an operational parameter and choosing a second control rule such that the first control rule is replaced by the second control rule; e) determining a second power output information indicating a second power output based on the second control rule. c) comparing the first and second power output information. If the second power output exceeds the first power output, repeating a)-f) with the second control rule being used as the first control rule in b); otherwise repeating a)-f) a different second control rule is applied in d).
US08941251B2	Electricity generating shock absorbers An electricity generating shock absorber includes a coil assembly having a length of electrically conducting material wrapped around an outside perimeter, and along a length, of a hollow tube formed of electrically resistant material; a magnet unit formed of at least one annular axial magnet; a central shaft having a magnetic reluctance on which a plurality of the magnet units are mounted, the central shaft dimensioned for insertion through a central opening of the at least one annular axial magnet, the central shaft combined with the plurality of magnet units forming a magnet assembly dimensioned to slideably insert into a central cavity of the hollow tube; and a cylindrical shell having a first end attached to a terminal end of the magnet assembly, the cylindrical shell extending a length of the magnet assembly, the cylindrical shell having an inner diameter sized to slideably accommodate an outside diameter of the coil assembly.
US08941250B1	Electronic component package fabrication method and structure A redistribution pattern is formed on active surfaces of electronic components while still in wafer form. The redistribution pattern routes bond pads of the electronic components to redistribution pattern terminals on the active surfaces of the electronic components. The bond pads are routed to the redistribution pattern terminals while still in wafer form, which is a low cost and high throughput process, i.e., very efficient process.
US08941248B2	Semiconductor device package and method Various packages and methods of forming packages are disclosed. In an embodiment, a package includes a hybrid encapsulant encapsulating a chip attached to a substrate. The hybrid encapsulant comprises a first molding compound and a second molding compound that has a different composition than the first molding compound. In another embodiment, a package includes an encapsulant encapsulating a chip attached to a substrate. A surface of the chip is exposed through the encapsulant. The encapsulant comprises a recess in a surface of a first molding compound proximate the surface of the chip. A thermal interface material is on the surface of the chip and in the recess, and a lid is attached to the thermal interface material.
US08941247B1	Stacked die package for MEMS resonator system In a packaging structure for a microelectromechanical-system (MEMS) resonator system, a resonator-control chip is mounted on a lead frame having a plurality of electrical leads, including electrically coupling a first contact on a first surface of the resonator-control chip to a mounting surface of a first electrical lead of the plurality of electrical leads through a first electrically conductive bump. A MEMS resonator chip is mounted to the first surface of the resonator-control chip, including electrically coupling a contact on a first surface of the MEMS resonator chip to a second contact on the first surface of the resonator-control chip through a second electrically conductive bump. The MEMS resonator chip, resonator-control chip and mounting surface of the first electrical lead are enclosed within a package enclosure that exposes a contact surface of the first electrical lead at an external surface of the packaging structure.
US08941244B1	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor structure includes a molding compound, a conductive plug, and a cover. The conductive plug is in the molding compound. The cover is over a top meeting joint between the conductive plug and the molding compound. The semiconductor structure further has a dielectric. The dielectric is on the cover and the molding compound.
US08941236B2	Using collapse limiter structures between elements to reduce solder bump bridging Provided are an electronic assembly and method for forming the same, comprising a first element having a first surface and a second element having a second surface.Electrical connections are provided between the first and the second elements formed by heating solder bumps. At least one collapse limiter structure is coupled to at least one of the first and the second surfaces, wherein the at least one collapse limiter structure is between at least two of the electrical connections.
US08941235B2	Semiconductor device and method of dissipating heat from thin package-on-package mounted to substrate A semiconductor device has a first substrate with a central region. A plurality of bumps is formed around a periphery of the central region of the first substrate. A first semiconductor die is mounted to the central region of the first substrate. A second semiconductor die is mounted to the first semiconductor die over the central region of the first substrate. A height of the first and second die is less than or equal to a height of the bumps. A second substrate has a thermal conduction channel. A surface of the second semiconductor die opposite the first die is mounted to the thermal conductive channel of the second substrate. A thermal interface layer is formed over the surface of the second die. The bumps are electrically connected to contact pads on the second substrate. A conductive plane is formed over a surface of the second substrate.
US08941230B2	Semiconductor package and manufacturing method A metal plate covers an opening on the upper surface of a core substrate and exposes an outer edge of the upper surface of the core substrate. A conductive layer covers the lower surface of the core substrate. A semiconductor chip bonded to a first surface of the metal plate is exposed through the opening. A first insulating layer covers the upper and side surface of the metal plate and the outer edge of the upper surface of the core substrate. A second insulating layer fills the openings of the metal plate and the conductive layer and covers the outer edge of the lower surface of the core substrate, the conductive layer, and the semiconductor chip. The metal plate is thinner than the semiconductor chip. Total thickness of the conductive layer and the core substrate is equal to or larger than the thickness of the semiconductor chip.
US08941221B2	Semiconductor package A semiconductor package includes a die pad, at least one semiconductor die mounted on the die pad, a plurality of leads disposed along peripheral edges of the die pad, at least one connecting bar for supporting the die pad, a first power bar disposed on one side of the connecting bar, a second power bar disposed on the other side of the connecting bar, and a connection member traversing the connecting bar and electrically connecting the first power bar with the second power bar.
US08941219B2	Etched recess package on package system An integrated circuit package system includes: interconnection pads; a first device mounted below the interconnection pads; a bond wire, or a solder ball connecting the first device to the interconnection pads; a lead connected to the interconnection pad or to the first device; an encapsulation having a top surface encapsulating the first device; and a recess in the top surface of the encapsulation with the interconnection pads exposed therefrom.
US08941218B1	Passivation for group III-V semiconductor devices having a plated metal layer over an interlayer dielectric layer A semiconductor device that includes a Group III-V semiconductor substrate, circuit elements in and on the substrate, a first metal layer over the substrate, and an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer. The ILD layer defines a via that extends through it to the first metal layer. Over the ILD layer is thick second metal layer and a passivation layer. The second metal layer includes an interconnect that extends through the via into contact with the first metal layer. The second metal layer is patterned to define at least one conductor. The passivation layer covers the second metal layer and the interlayer dielectric layer, and includes stacked regions of dielectric material. Ones of the regions under tensile stress alternate with ones of the regions under compressive stress, such that the passivation layer is subject to net compressive stress.
US08941215B2	Micro device stabilization post A method and structure for stabilizing an array of micro devices is disclosed. The array of micro devices is formed on an array of stabilization posts formed from a thermoset material. Each micro device includes a bottom surface that is wider than a corresponding stabilization post directly underneath the bottom surface.
US08941208B2	Reliable surface mount integrated power module A surface mount packaging structure that yields improved thermo-mechanical reliability and more robust second-level package interconnections is disclosed. The surface mount packaging structure includes a sub-module having a dielectric layer, semiconductor devices attached to the dielectric layer, a first level metal interconnect structure electrically coupled to the semiconductor devices, and a second level I/O connection electrically coupled to the first level interconnect and formed on the dielectric layer on a side opposite the semiconductor devices, with the second level I/O connection configured to connect the sub-module to an external circuit. The semiconductor devices of the sub-module are attached to the first surface of a multi-layer substrate structure, with a dielectric material positioned between the dielectric layer and the multi-layer substrate structure to fill in gaps in the surface-mount structure and provide additional structural integrity thereto.
US08941207B2	Surface (lateral) voltage-sustaining region with an insulator film containing conductive particles A method or an auxiliary method to implement Optimum Variation Lateral Electric Displacement uses an insulator film(s) containing conductive particles covering on the semiconductor surface. This film(s) is capable of transmitting electric displacement into or extracting it from the semiconductor surface, or even capable of extracting some electric displacement from a part of the semiconductor surface and then transmitting it to another part of the surface. Optimum Variation Lateral Electric Displacement can be used to fabricate lateral high voltage devices, or as the edge termination for vertical high voltage devices, or to make capacitance. It can be further used to prevent strong field at the boundaries of semiconductor regions of different types of conductivity types.
US08941203B2	Photodetector with surface plasmon resonance Methods and structures for providing single-color or multi-color photo-detectors leveraging plasmon resonance for performance benefits. In one example, a radiation detector includes a semiconductor absorber layer having a first electrical conductivity type and an energy bandgap responsive to radiation in a first spectral region, a semiconductor collector layer coupled to the absorber layer and having a second electrical conductivity type, and a plasmonic resonator coupled to the collector layer and having a periodic structure including a plurality of features arranged in a regularly repeating pattern.
US08941201B2	Display panel and display device In a transparent substrate (10), there are formed a semiconductor layer (14) formed of an oxide semiconductor, the semiconductor layer (14) functioning as a channel portion of a TFT (2); an electrode (16) formed of a transparent conductive material and located over the semiconductor layer (14), and a light-shielding conductor (17) formed on the electrode (16), the light-shielding conductor being formed of a material which has a conductivity higher than that of the transparent conductive material and which has light-shielding property, the light-shielding conductor covering the semiconductor layer (14). This structure can inhibit exposure of the oxide semiconductor which forms the channel portion toward a light, and can lower the resistance of the electrode formed of the transparent conductive material.
US08941197B2	Magnetic random access memory A magnetic random access memory which is a memory cell array including a magnetoresistive effect element having a fixed layer whose magnetization direction is fixed, a recording layer whose magnetization direction is reversible, and a non-magnetic layer provided between the fixed layer and the recording layer, wherein all conductive layers in the memory cell array arranged below the magnetoresistive effect element are formed of materials each containing an element selected from a group including W, Mo, Ta, Ti, Zr, Nb, Cr, Hf, V, Co, and Ni.
US08941196B2	Precessional reversal in orthogonal spin transfer magnetic RAM devices Orthogonal spin-torque bit cells whose spin torques from a perpendicular polarizer and an in-plane magnetized reference layer are constructively or destructively combined. An orthogonal spin-torque bit cell includes a perpendicular magnetized polarizing layer configured to provide a first spin-torque; an in-plane magnetized free layer and a reference layer configured to provide a second spin-torque. The first spin-torque and the second spin-torque combine and the combined first spin-torque and second spin-torque influences the magnetic state of the in-plane magnetized free layer. The in-plane magnetized free layer and the reference layer form a magnetic tunnel junction. The first spin-torque and second spin-torque can combine constructively to lower a switching current, increase a switching speed, and/or torque decrease an operating energy of the orthogonal spin-torque bit cell.
US08941193B2	Method for manufacturing a hybrid integrated component A simple and cost-effective manufacturing method for hybrid integrated components including at least one MEMS element, a cap for the micromechanical structure of the MEMS element, and at least one ASIC substrate, using which a high degree of miniaturization may be achieved. The micromechanical structure of the MEMS element and the cap are manufactured in a layered structure, proceeding from a shared semiconductor substrate, by applying at least one cap layer to a first surface of the semiconductor substrate, and by processing and structuring the semiconductor substrate proceeding from its other second surface, to produce and expose the micromechanical MEMS structure. The semiconductor substrate is then mounted with the MEMS-structured second surface on the ASIC substrate.
US08941189B2	Fin-shaped field effect transistor (finFET) structures having multiple threshold voltages (Vt) and method of forming Various embodiments include fin-shaped field effect transistor (finFET) structures that enhance work function and threshold voltage (Vt) control, along with methods of forming such structures. The finFET structures can include a p-type field effect transistor (PFET) and an n-type field effect transistor (NFET). In some embodiments, the PFET has fins separated by a first distance and the NFET has fins separated by a second distance, where the first distance and the second distance are distinct from one another. In some embodiments, the PFET or the NFET include fins that are separated from one another by non-uniform distances. In some embodiments, the PFET or the NFET include adjacent fins that are separated by distinct distances at their source and drain regions.
US08941186B2	Semiconductor device having vertical type transistor A semiconductor device includes: a first vertical type transistor having a first lower diffusion layer, a first upper diffusion layer, and a gate electrode; a second vertical type transistor having a second lower diffusion layer, a second upper diffusion layer, and a second gate electrode; a gate wiring connected to the first and second gate electrodes; a first wiring connected to the first lower diffusion layer and second upper diffusion layer; and a second wiring connected to the first upper diffusion layer and second lower diffusion layer.
US08941184B2	Low threshold voltage CMOS device A semiconductor device including an NMOS region and a PMOS region; the NMOS region having a gate structure including a first high-k gate dielectric, a first work function setting metal and a gate electrode fill material; the PMOS region having a gate structure comprising a second high-k gate dielectric, a second work function setting metal and a gate electrode fill material; wherein the first gate dielectric is different than the second gate dielectric and the first work function setting metal is different than the second work function setting metal. Also disclosed are methods for fabricating the semiconductor device which include a gate last process.
US08941181B2	Compensated well ESD diodes with reduced capacitance An integrated circuit with a shallow trench isolated, low capacitance, ESD protection diode. An integrated circuit with a gate space isolated, low capacitance, ESD protection diode. An integrated circuit with a gate space isolated, low capacitance, ESD protection diode in parallel with a shallow trench isolated, low capacitance, ESD protection diode.
US08941172B2	Non-volatile memory device and method of manufacturing the same A non-volatile memory device includes first and second vertical channel layers generally protruding upwardly from a semiconductor substrate substantially in parallel; a first gate group configured to include a plurality of memory cell gates which are stacked substantially along the first vertical channel layer and are isolated from each other with an interlayer insulating layer interposed substantially between the memory cell gates; a second gate group configured to include a plurality of memory cell gates which are stacked substantially along the second vertical channel layer and are isolated from each other with the interlayer insulating layer interposed substantially between the memory cell gates; a pipe channel layer configured to couple the first and the second vertical channel layers; and a channel layer extension part generally extended from the pipe channel layer to the semiconductor substrate and configured to couple the pipe channel layer and the semiconductor substrate.
US08941169B2	Floating gate device with oxygen scavenging element A floating gate device is provided. A tunnel oxide layer is formed over the channel. A floating gate is formed over the tunnel oxide layer. A high-k dielectric layer is formed over the floating gate. A control gate is formed over the high-k dielectric layer. At least one of the control gate and/or the floating gate includes an oxygen scavenging element. The oxygen scavenging element is configured to decrease an oxygen density at least one of at a first interface between the control gate and the high-k dielectric layer, at a second interface between the high-k dielectric layer and the floating gate, at a third interface between the floating gate and the tunnel oxide layer, and at a fourth interface between the tunnel oxide layer and the channel responsive to annealing.
US08941166B2	Multiple patterning method An integrated circuit memory comprises a set of lines each line having parallel X direction line portions in a first region and Y direction line portions in a second region. The second region is offset from the first region. The lengths of the X direction line portions are substantially longer than the lengths of the Y direction line portions. The X direction and Y direction line portions have respective first and second pitches with the second pitch being at least 3 times larger than the first pitch. Contact pickup areas are at the Y direction line portions. In some examples, the lines comprise word lines or bit lines. The memory can be created using multiple patterning methods to create lines of material and then the parallel X direction line portions and parallel Y direction line portions.
US08941163B2	DRAM device A DRAM device includes plural N-channel MIS transistors arranged in a matrix over a P well, and a plurality of capacitors formed corresponding to the plurality of N-channel MIS transistors, and plural word lines formed corresponding to each row of the plurality of N-channel MIS transistors, and a plurality of bit lines formed corresponding to each column of the plurality of N-channel MIS transistors, and a P+ diffusion layer formed extending in the direction that the plurality of word lines extend and supplied with a p well voltage potential.
US08941156B2	Self-aligned dielectric isolation for FinFET devices Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of forming semiconductor structure. The method includes forming a set of device features on top of a substrate; forming a first dielectric layer directly on top of the set of device features and on top of the substrate, thereby creating a height profile of the first dielectric layer measured from a top surface of the substrate, the height profile being associated with a pattern of an insulating structure that fully surrounds the set of device features; and forming a second dielectric layer in areas that are defined by the pattern to create the insulating structure. A structure formed by the method is also disclosed.
US08941149B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor layer formed on a substrate and formed of a nitride-based semiconductor; a second semiconductor layer formed on a surface of the first semiconductor layer and formed of a nitride-based semiconductor having a wider band-gap than the first semiconductor layer; first and second electrodes formed on a surface of the second semiconductor layer; an inter-electrode insulator film that is formed between the first and second electrodes on the surface of the second semiconductor layer; and a dielectric constant adjustment layer formed on the inter-electrode insulator film and formed of an electric insulator. The first electrode has a field plate portion formed so as to ride on the inter-electrode insulator film, and the dielectric constant adjustment layer has a first layer that contacts a lateral end portion of the field plate portion and a second layer formed on the first layer.
US08941136B2	Semiconductor light emitting element A semiconductor light emitting element includes a semiconductor stack part that includes a light emitting layer, a diffractive face that light emitted from the light emitting layer is incident to, convex portions or concave portions formed in a period which is longer than an optical wavelength of the light and is shorter than a coherent length of the light, wherein the diffractive face reflects incident light in multimode according to Bragg's condition of diffraction and transmits the incident light in multimode according to the Bragg's condition of diffraction, and a reflective face which reflects multimode light diffracted at the diffractive face and let the multimode light be incident to the diffractive face again. The semiconductor stack part is formed on the diffractive face.
US08941135B2	Light emissive ceramic laminate and method of making same A light emitting device includes: at least one light emitting component (LEC) comprising a light-emitting face having a longest linear dimension D1; at least one wavelength-converting consolidated monolithic component (WCC) having a light-receiving face, a light-emitting face, and a peripheral edge. The WCC is radiationally linked to and spaced apart from the LEC at a distance D2, D2 being less than D1, wherein a projection edge of the light-emitting face of the LEC and the peripheral edge of the WCC define a shortest distance D3 therebetween, wherein a surface area of the light-receiving face of the WCC is at least 120% of that of the light-emitting face of the LEC, and the LEC and WCC are positioned relative to each other to satisfy D3/D2≧1.
US08941133B2	Organic light-emitting display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same An organic light-emitting display apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same. The organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a substrate; a first passivation layer formed on the substrate; at least one of color filters formed on the first passivation layer; an overcoat layer that covers the color filter; a second passivation layer that is formed on the first passivation layer and surrounds the overcoat layer; a first electrode formed on the second passivation layer; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode.
US08941131B2	Semiconductor light-emitting device A semiconductor light-emitting device includes: a semiconductor chip having a growth surface that is a nonpolar or semipolar plane, and emitting polarized light; and a reflector having a reflective surface. At least part of light in a plane L90 is reflected off the reflective surface in a direction of a normal line to the growth surface, and an amount of light reflected off the reflective surface in the plane L90 in the direction of the normal line is larger than that of light reflected off the reflective surface on a plane L45 in the direction of the normal line, where the plane L90 represents a plane including the normal line and oriented at 90° to a polarization direction of the polarized light, and the plane L45 represents a plane including the normal line, and oriented at 45° to the polarization direction of the polarized light.
US08941129B1	Using an LED die to measure temperature inside silicone that encapsulates an LED array An LAM/ICM assembly comprises an integrated control module (ICM) and an LED array member (LAM). The ICM includes interconnect through which power from outside the assembly is received. In a first novel aspect, active circuitry is embedded in the ICM. In one example, the circuitry monitors LED operation, controls and supplies power to the LEDs, and communicates information into and out of the assembly. In a second novel aspect, a lighting system comprises an AC-to-DC converter and a LAM/ICM assembly. The AC-to-DC converter outputs a substantially constant current or voltage. The magnitude of the current or voltage is adjusted by a signal output from the LAM/ICM. In a third novel aspect, the ICM includes a switching DC-to-DC converter. An AC-to-DC power supply supplies a roughly regulated supply voltage. The switching converter within the LAM/ICM receives the roughly regulated voltage and supplies a regulated LED drive current to its LEDs.
US08941126B2	Semiconductor electricity converter A semiconductor electricity converter is provided. The semiconductor electricity converter includes: an AC input module, for converting an input AC electric energy into a light energy, the AC input module including a plurality of semiconductor electricity-to-light conversion structures, each semiconductor electricity-to-light conversion structure including an electricity-to-light conversion layer; and an AC output module, for converting the light energy into an output AC electric energy, the AC output module including a plurality of semiconductor light-to-electricity conversion structures, each semiconductor light-to-electricity conversion structure including a light-to-electricity conversion layer; in which an emitting spectrum of each semiconductor electricity-to-light conversion structure and an absorption spectrum of each semiconductor light-to-electricity conversion structure are matched with each other.
US08941125B2	Light emitting devices for light conversion and semiconductor chips for fabricating the same Broad spectrum light emitting devices and methods and semiconductor chips for fabricating such devices include a light emitting element, such as a diode or laser, which emits light in a predefined range of frequencies. The light emitting element includes a shaped substrate suitable for light extraction through the substrate and a cavity in the substrate proximate the light emitting element. For example, a trench adjacent the light emitting element may be provided. The cavity/trench is configured to contain light conversion material such that light extracted from sidewalls of the cavity/trench passes through the light conversion material contained in the cavity/trench. Methods of fabricating such devices and/or chips are also provided.
US08941124B2	Semiconductor light emitting device and method for manufacturing same According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes a semiconductor layer, a p-side electrode, an n-side electrode, and an inorganic film. The semiconductor layer includes a first surface having an unevenness, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a light emitting layer. The semiconductor layer includes gallium nitride. The inorganic film is provided to conform to the unevenness of the first surface and in contact with the first surface. The inorganic film has main components of silicon and nitrogen. The inorganic film has a refractive index between a refractive index of the gallium nitride and a refractive index of air. An unevenness is formed also in a surface of the inorganic film.
US08941119B2	Semiconductor light emitting element A semiconductor light emitting element comprises an optical semiconductor laminated layer providing vias, an electrode that is disposed on a surface of the optical semiconductor laminated layer and separated from the second semiconductor layer in a peripheral portion of the electrode, a first transparent insulating layer that is disposed between the peripheral portion of the electrode and the optical semiconductor laminated layer, and a second transparent insulating layer that is disposed to cover the electrode, that envelops the peripheral portion of the electrode together with the first transparent insulating layer.
US08941118B1	Normally-off III-nitride transistors with high threshold-voltage and low on-resistance A III-nitride transistor includes a III-nitride channel layer, a barrier layer over the channel layer, the barrier layer having a thickness of 1 to 10 nanometers, a dielectric layer on top of the barrier layer, a source electrode contacting the channel layer, a drain electrode contacting the channel layer, a gate trench extending through the dielectric layer and barrier layer and having a bottom located within the channel layer, a gate insulator lining the gate trench and extending over the dielectric layer, and a gate electrode in the gate trench and extending partially toward the source and the drain electrodes to form an integrated gate field-plate, wherein a distance between an interface of the channel layer and the barrier layer and the bottom of the gate trench is greater than 0 nm and less than or equal to 5 nm.
US08941115B2	Thin-film transistor element and method for manufacturing same, organic electroluminescent display element, and organic electroluminescent display device A thin film transistor element includes a gate electrode, an insulating layer formed on the gate electrode, and partition walls formed on the insulating layer and defining a first aperture above the gate electrode. The thin film transistor element further includes, at a bottom portion of the first aperture, a source electrode and a drain electrode that are in alignment with each other with a gap therebetween, a liquid-philic layer, and a semiconductor layer that covers the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the liquid-philic layer as well as gaps therebetween. The liquid-philic layer has higher liquid philicity than the insulating layer, and in plan view of the bottom portion of the first aperture, a center of area of the liquid-philic layer is offset from a center of area of the bottom portion of the first aperture.
US08941113B2	Semiconductor element, semiconductor device, and manufacturing method of semiconductor element To provide a semiconductor element in which generation of oxygen vacancies in an oxide semiconductor thin film can be suppressed. The semiconductor element has a structure in which, in a gate insulating film, the nitrogen content of regions which do not overlap with a gate electrode is higher than the nitrogen content of a region which overlaps with the gate electrode. A nitride film has an excellent property of preventing impurity diffusion; thus, with the structure, release of oxygen in the oxide semiconductor film, in particular, in the channel formation region, to the outside of the semiconductor element can be effectively suppressed.
US08941112B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device in which fluctuation in electric characteristics due to miniaturization is less likely to be caused is provided. The semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor film including a first region, a pair of second regions in contact with side surfaces of the first region, and a pair of third regions in contact with side surfaces of the pair of second regions; a gate insulating film provided over the oxide semiconductor film; and a first electrode that is over the gate insulating film and overlaps with the first region. The first region is a CAAC oxide semiconductor region. The pair of second regions and the pair of third regions are each an amorphous oxide semiconductor region containing a dopant. The dopant concentration of the pair of third regions is higher than the dopant concentration of the pair of second regions.
US08941111B2	Non-crystalline inorganic light emitting diode Non-crystalline inorganic light emitting diode. In accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention, an article of manufacture includes a light emitting diode. The light emitting diode includes a non-crystalline inorganic light emission layer and first and second semiconducting non-crystalline inorganic charge transport layers surrounding the light emission layer. The light emission layer may be amorphous. The charge transport layers may be configured to inject one type of charge carrier and block the other type of charge carrier.
US08941103B2	Organic electroluminescent element The present invention proposes a white organic electroluminescent element which is a multiunit element capable of emitting high intensity light that is important to a light source for lighting use, and can have an extended lifetime while suppressing deterioration in luminance. The organic electroluminescent element includes: a transparent electrode; and a first light-emitting unit including a blue fluorescent light-emitting layer containing a blue fluorescent light-emitting material; an intermediate layer; and a second light-emitting unit including a red phosphorescent light-emitting layer containing a red phosphorescent light-emitting material and a green phosphorescent light-emitting layer containing a green phosphorescent light-emitting material; and a reflecting electrode, wherein: the first and second light-emitting units are stacked having the intermediate layer interposed therebetween; and a film thickness (tR) of the red phosphorescent light-emitting layer and a film thickness (tG) of the green phosphorescent light-emitting layer satisfy a relation of 5*tR≦tG.
US08941101B2	Organic light emitting diode display and method for manufacturing organic light emitting diode display An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a substrate, an organic light emitting element positioned on the substrate, and a first thin film transistor (TFT) connected to the organic light emitting element and having a driving channel region including at least one groove.
US08941099B2	Organic light emitting device and materials for use in same The present invention provides an OLED in which an organic thin film layer comprising a single layer or plural layers between a cathode and an anode, wherein the organic thin film layer comprises at least one organic light emitting layer, wherein at least one light emitting layer comprises at least one host material and at least one phosphorescent emitter material, wherein the host material comprises a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon compound having the chemical structure represented by the formula (A-I): formula (A-1) wherein R1 and R2 each represent independently a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having from 1 to about 5 carbon atoms; Ar1 represents a divalent residue of a benzene ring, a naphthalene ring, a chrysene ring, a phenanthrene ring, a benzophenanthrene ring, a dibenzophenanthrene ring, a benzo[a]triphenylene ring, a benzochrysene ring, a fluoranthene ring, a benzo[b]fluoranthene ring or picene ring; and Ar2 represents a monovalent residue of a naphthalene ring, a chrysene ring, a phenanthrene ring, a benzophenanthrene ring, a dibenzophenanthrene ring, a benzo[a]triphenylene ring, a benzochrysene ring, a fluoranthene ring, a benzo[b]fluoranthene ring or a picene ring; and Ar1 and Ar2 each may have independently one or plural substituent(s) selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having 1 to about 3 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having about 5 to about 7 ring-forming carbon atoms, a silyl group having about 3 to about 12 carbon atoms, a cyano group, a halogen atom and an aryl group having about 6 to about 16 ring-forming carbon atoms; and the phosphorescent emitter material comprises a phosphorescent organometallic complex having a substituted chemical structure represented by one of the following partial chemical structures represented by the formulae: formulae (I), (II), (III) wherein R is independently hydrogen or an alkyl substituent having 1-3 carbon atoms, and wherein at least one ring of the formula has one or more of said alkyl substituent.
US08941096B2	Organic semiconductor element By introducing new concepts into a structure of a conventional organic semiconductor element and without using a conventional ultra thin film, an organic semiconductor element is provided which is more reliable and has higher yield. Further, efficiency is improved particularly in a photoelectronic device using an organic semiconductor. Between an anode and a cathode, there is provided an organic structure including alternately laminated organic thin film layer (functional organic thin film layer) realizing various functions by making an SCLC flow, and a conductive thin film layer (ohmic conductive thin film layer) imbued with a dark conductivity by doping it with an acceptor and a donor, or by the like method.
US08941093B2	Compound semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A first electrode, an intrinsic first compound semiconductor layer over the first electrode, a second compound semiconductor layer whose band gap is smaller than that of the first compound semiconductor layer on the first compound semiconductor layer, and a second electrode over the second compound semiconductor layer are provided.
US08941084B2	Charged particle cancer therapy dose distribution method and apparatus The invention relates generally to treatment of solid cancers. More particularly, a method and apparatus for efficient radiation dose delivery to a tumor is described. Preferably, radiation is delivered through an entry point into the tumor and Bragg peak energy is targeted to a distal or far side of the tumor from an ingress point. Delivering Bragg peak energy to the distal side of the tumor from the ingress point is repeated from multiple rotational directions. Beam intensity is proportional to radiation dose delivery efficiency. The multi-field irradiation process with energy levels targeting the far side of the tumor from each irradiation direction provides even and efficient charged particle radiation dose delivery to the tumor. Preferably, the charged particle therapy is timed to patient respiration via control of charged particle beam injection, acceleration, extraction, and/or targeting methods and apparatus.
US08941081B2	Microparticle measurement apparatus and microparticle analysis method There is provided a microparticle measurement apparatus including a first light source configured to irradiate excitation light on a droplet containing a microparticle, the droplet being discharged from an orifice, a second light source configured to irradiate illumination light on the droplet for acquiring an image of the droplet, a light receiving element configured to detect fluorescence generated from the microparticle due to the irradiation of the excitation light, and to acquire an image of the droplet, and a filter member configured to be arranged between the droplet and the light receiving element. The filter member includes a first area through which the fluorescence and the illumination light pass, and a second area that is provided around the first area and that has a wavelength selectivity which lets the fluorescence pass through but blocks the illumination light.
US08941079B2	Light irradiation device and light measurement device The present invention relates to a light irradiation apparatus and the like which can reduce background light noise from a plurality of wells provided on a microplate. The light irradiation apparatus comprises a microplate, a light guiding member, and a light source apparatus. The light guiding member includes a plurality of light emitting units provided on a main surface in correspondence with the plurality of wells. Each light emitting unit includes depressions each having an opening on the main surface. Measurement light from the light source apparatus is inputted from a side surface, refracted and reflected at the side surface of each depression, and then outputted from the opening of each depression.
US08941078B2	Infant stimulation and environment sterilizing device A cognitive stimulating sterilizing device for providing visual, tactile and, or audible stimulation for infants that also selectively sterilizes select items and the surrounding ambient. This including a housing adapted for removable connection to cribs, changing tables and similar furniture, an ultraviolet light source in the housing for sanitizing items in the housing when closed and the ambient when opened, audio source and compartments for holding and storing select items. The housing may include reflective and/or transparent surfaces for directing and/or passing ultraviolet light. A sensor, such as an infrared sensor, detects the presence of a human in the surrounding area in a motion-independent manner, such as by detecting fluctuations in infrared energy emitted by the human. A microcontroller receives data from the sensor and directs the activation and/or deactivation of the ultraviolet light source according to whether a human is detected.
US08941077B2	Deceleration apparatus for ribbon and spot beams A deceleration apparatus capable of decelerating a short spot beam or a tall ribbon beam is disclosed. In either case, effects tending to degrade the shape of the beam profile are controlled. Caps to shield the ion beam from external potentials are provided. Electrodes whose position and potentials are adjustable are provided, on opposite sides of the beam, to ensure that the shape of the decelerating and deflecting electric fields does not significantly deviate from the optimum shape, even in the presence of the significant space-charge of high current low-energy beams of heavy ions.
US08941075B2	Boron-coated straw detectors with shaped straws A system for detecting fissile materials which utilizes boron coated straw detectors in which the straws have non-circular cross sections. Embodiments include straws having star shaped cross sections of various configurations including a six pointed star. The system can include tubular housings having one or more shaped straws stacked within the housings.
US08941074B2	Radiation imaging apparatus, method for manufacturing the same, and radiation imaging system A radiation imaging apparatus, comprising a sensor panel including a sensor array on which a plurality of sensors arranged in an array form and a scintillator layer provided on the sensor array, and a unit configured to perform signal processing based on a signal from the sensor array, wherein the sensor array includes a peripheral region and a central region located inside the peripheral region, the scintillator layer is disposed over the peripheral region and the central region so as to have uniform luminance efficiency with respect to the sensor array, and the unit performs the signal processing by using only signals from sensors disposed in the central region, of signals from the plurality of sensors, output from the sensor panel.
US08941073B2	Radiological image detection apparatus A radiological image detection apparatus includes a scintillator, a pixel array, a first support and a case. The scintillator is formed of phosphor which emits fluorescence when exposed to radiation. The pixel array is provided in close contact with the scintillator and detects the fluorescence emitted from the scintillator. The first support supports at least one of the scintillator and the pixel array. The case includes a plurality of members having a first member provided with a ceiling plate part through which light penetrates. The case houses the scintillator, the pixel array and the support in a lightproof inner space formed by combining the plurality of members. The scintillator and the pixel array are disposed between the first support and the ceiling plate part. The first support absorbs light of a wavelength region corresponding to a part of a wavelength region which is sensed by the pixel array.
US08941071B1	Methods and systems for axially segmenting positron emission tomography data A method for generating a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) image includes defining a scan window having a predetermined length along an examination axis of a PET imaging system, the scan window corresponding to a region of interest to be continuously scanned by the PET imaging system, defining at least two data bins corresponding to two separate scan regions within the scan window, defining a transition region that overlaps a portion of each of the separate scan regions within the scan window, the transition region having a width that is shorter than a length of the scan window, binning emission data acquired within the transition region into the two data bins, binning emission data acquired from outside the transition region into one of the two data bins, and reconstructing an image using the emission data in the two data bins.
US08941069B2	Semi-active laser (SAL) beacon A SAL beacon emulates the signature (e.g. spectral band, size and shape, power level and designation code) of a SAL designator beam reflected off a target. The SAL beacon is field-portable, capable of extended continuous operation and eye-safe. The SAL beacon enables “captive” flight tests of munitions and SAL receivers without the logistical complications of using an operational SAL designator.
US08941062B2	System for identifying and sorting living cells In embodiments of the present invention, a system and method of cytometry may include presenting a single sperm cell to at least one laser source configured to deliver light to the sperm cell in order to induce bond vibrations in the sperm cell DNA, and detecting the signature of the bond vibrations. The bond vibration signature is used to calculate a DNA content carried by the sperm cell which is used to identify the sperm cell as carrying an X-chromosome or Y-chromosome. Another system and method may include flowing cells past at least one QCL source one-by-one using a fluid handling system, delivering QCL light to a single cell to induce resonant mid-IR absorption by one or more analytes of the cell, and detecting, using a mid-infrared detection facility, the transmitted mid-infrared wavelength light, wherein the transmitted mid-infrared wavelength light is used to identify a cell characteristic.
US08941061B2	Compressive passive millimeter wave imager A compressive scanning approach for millimeter wave imaging and sensing. A Hadamard mask is positioned to receive millimeter waves from an object to be imaged. A subset of the full set of Hadamard acquisitions is sampled. The subset is used to reconstruct an image representing the object.
US08941059B2	Sampling apparatus There is provided a chip-type sampling apparatus to be attached so that a sampling side of the sampling apparatus faces the skin, the apparatus including a porous adsorption layer that faces the sampling side and has a pore diameter in a range of 0.1 to 1000 nm. One example of the adsorption layer includes at least three porous layers with different central pore diameters that are laminated from the sampling side in descending order of the central pore diameters. The sampling apparatus should preferably also include a layer that sucks air through the adsorption layer.
US08941055B2	Selective ion mobility filter Ions with a predetermined ion mobility range are produced by filtering ions entrained in a stream of moving gas with two ion mobility low pass filters located consecutively in the gas stream. Each filter is formed by applying a DC electric field to the gas stream which causes the ions to move in a direction opposite to the gas flow. Ions are collected between the two filters and transferred to a detector or analyzing device. In one embodiment, the maximum field strength of the electric field barrier in the first ion mobility low pass filter is continued as a plateau of essentially constant field strength up to the electric field barrier in the second ion mobility low pass filter, which has a maximum field strength higher that the maximum field strength of the electric field barrier in the first ion mobility low pass filter.
US08941052B2	Illumination portion for an adaptable resolution optical encoder An illumination portion is used in an optical encoder which comprises a scale grating, an imaging portion, and a detector portion. A light source outputs light having a wavelength λ. A structured illumination generating portion inputs the light and outputs structured illumination. The structured illumination comprises an illumination fringe pattern oriented transversely to the measuring axis direction. A first filtering lens focuses the structured illumination proximate to a plane of the spatial filter aperture configuration. A spatial filtering aperture configuration includes a central portion that blocks zero-order portions of the structured illumination and an open aperture portion that outputs +1 order and −1 order portions of the structured illumination to a second filtering lens. The second filtering lens outputs the structured illumination to a plane of the scale grating with an illumination fringe pitch PMI along the measuring axis direction at a plane coinciding with the scale grating.
US08941047B2	Molecular transistor driving of nanoscale actuators from differential amplifier circuits compatible with carbon nanotube sensors and transducers A carbon nanotube electronic circuit utilizing a differential amplifier is implemented on a single carbon nanotube. Field effect transistors are formed from a first group of electrical conductors in contact with the carbon nanotube and a second group of electrical conductors insulated from, but exerting electric fields on, the carbon nanotube form the gates of the field effect transistors. A signal input circuit has a first input portion and a second input portion. A first field effect transistor electrically responsive to a first incoming signal is formed on the first input portion. A carbon nanotube actuator having electrical terminals and responsive to electrical conditions is an electrical load. A current source, connected to the signal input circuit, is formed on the carbon nanotube from one or more second field effect transistors. The electrical load is connected to the signal input circuit, and the signal input circuit and current source together form a differential amplifier to operate the actuator responsive to the incoming signal.
US08941046B2	Methods and devices for optically determining a characteristic of a substance Optical computing devices are disclosed. One exemplary optical computing device includes an electromagnetic radiation source configured to optically interact with a sample and first and second integrated computational elements arranged in primary and reference channels, respectively. The first and second integrated computational elements produce first and second modified electromagnetic radiations, and a detector is arranged to receive the first and second modified electromagnetic radiations and generate an output signal corresponding to the characteristic of the sample.
US08941039B2	Device and implementation thereof for repairing damage in a cooking appliance A cooking appliance such as a microwave oven is provided with a sacrificial region for repairing damage caused by arcing and related failure modes. The sacrificial region incorporates a component that, when damaged, is removable from the cooking appliance for replacement by another component of similar construction. In one implementation, a sacrificial component is utilized in a microwave oven with a heated cavity subject to microwave radiation from a magnetron. The sacrificial component in this example includes an aperture that communicates with an opening in the cavity, and through which the radiation impinges into the heated cavity.
US08941037B2	Substrate processing apparatus, focus ring heating method, and substrate processing method A substrate processing apparatus that can accurately control the temperature of a focus ring without causing abnormal electric discharge and the back-flow of radio frequency electrical power during the application of radio frequency electrical power. A wafer is mounted on a mounting stage disposed in a housing chamber. An annular focus ring is mounted on the mounting stage in such a manner as to surround the peripheral portion of the mounted wafer. The pressure in the housing chamber is reduced, radio frequency electrical power is applied to the mounting stage, and the focus ring generates heat by itself.
US08941036B2	Heating unit, tire heating apparatus, and method for remodeling tire mold The present invention provides a heating unit capable of easily and inexpensively adjusting total impedance based on tire mold size so that a power source can be used at a high power factor, and a tire heating apparatus using the same. A ferromagnetic metallic member 10a heats a tire mold M1 by heat conduction. An induction heating coil C1 is disposed on the side of the ferromagnetic metallic member 10a opposite the tire mold M1 to induction-heat the ferromagnetic metallic member 10a by generating magnetic field lines. A nonmagnetic conductor 30a is disposed on the side of the induction heating coil C1 opposite the ferromagnetic metallic member 10a to shield the magnetic field lines generated by the induction heating coil C1. A heating unit 100a including these elements heats the tire mold M1 storing a tire. A relative positional relationship among the nonmagnetic conductor 30a, the induction heating coil C1 and the ferromagnetic metallic member 10a is set by first spacers 71a and 72a and second spacers 21a to 23a.
US08941023B2	Method for producing welded helical-seam tubes having optimized tube geometry In a method for producing welded helical seam tubes having optimized tube geometry a metal strip is helically formed into an open seam tube by means of a forming unit and the converging strip edges are welded together, wherein an actual diameter determined on the welded tube is compared with a specific target diameter and a possible deviation lying outside a tolerance threshold is used to correct the actual tube diameter, wherein the strip edges are completely welded in a two stage step, including tack welding as a first step immediately after the shaping to form an open seam tube and thereafter final welding as a second step. The tube diameter is measured after the complete shaping to form an open seam tube and before the final welding. For this purpose, the diameter measuring device is arranged in such a way that either the completely shaped open seam tube or the only tack-welded tube is measured.
US08941021B2	Wiring device with color change kit The present disclosure provides a wiring device having a color change kit. The color change kit includes a removable skirt and switch cover. The skirt and switch cover, which are disposed on the wiring device and accessible by an end-user, are easily detachable from the wiring device. Thus, the skirt and the switch cover are replaced without replacing the entire wiring device. Further, the skirt and switch cover is replaced without removing the wiring device from a wall box or further disassembling the entire wiring device. In certain exemplary embodiments, the skirt is disposed within a housing of the wiring device, and the switch cover is disposed within the skirt.
US08941019B2	Electronic apparatus and electronic component housing case A slit opening 8 is formed on a lower principal surface 6a of a hard disk case 6, in the vicinity of the inner side of an angle part formed by a lower left lateral wall 6e and an opposing lower lateral wall 6c. A hard disk drive 7 is placed in the hard disk case 6. When the hard disk drive 7 is subjected to vibration caused by disturbance on the hard disk case 6, elastic deformation of an angle part 8a of the slit opening 8 occurs using an axis 8b as a center to reduce vibration of the hard disk drive 7. Thus, it is possible to reduce the thickness of the hard disk case 6. With such a configuration, a hard disk case that is for housing an electronic component and that can have a small thickness can be provided.
US08941012B2	Flexible circuit board and ground line structure A ground line structure adapted to a flexible circuit board is provided. The ground line structure includes a plurality of ground line structure units located on the flexible circuit board to form a meshed pattern. The ground line structure units include a plurality of ground line edge segments, a ground line middle segment and a plurality of ground line connecting segments. The ground line edge segments define an edge shape of each ground line structure unit. The edge shape of each ground line structure unit is a hexagon. The ground line connecting segments are configured to connect the ground line middle segment and the ground line edge segments. The ground line edge segments, the ground line middle segment and the ground line connecting segments form a plurality of pentagonal electrode structures within the hexagonal ground line structure unit. A flexible circuit board including the ground line structure is also provided.
US08941009B2	Electrical junction box An electrical junction box includes an accommodation cover in which electrical parts are accommodated, and a groove that is formed on an outer surface of the accommodation cover and linearly extends in an up-down direction of the accommodation cover. The accommodation cover includes a folded wall part at which a wall surface of the groove is folded downwards. The accommodation cover includes a box body in which the electrical parts are accommodated, and a lower cover that covers a lower portion of the box body. The groove includes a first groove part formed on the lower cover. The folded wall part is formed on the first groove part.
US08941006B2	Apparatus and method for extending polyolefin containing photovoltaic panel life span A photovoltaic cell containing at least one substrate, two electrode layers, an organic photovoltaic layer situated between the two electrode layers, and an oxygen scavenger composition.
US08941005B2	Photoelectric conversion device It is an object of the present invention to provide a photoelectric conversion device having a passivation layer suitable for a structure provided with a heat dissipation mechanism. A photoelectric conversion device 1 of the present invention has a first electrode layer 20, a single power generation laminate 22 having a nip structure formed of a-Si (amorphous silicon), and a second electrode layer 26 of Al formed on the power generation laminate 22 through a nickel layer 24. On the second electrode layer 26, a passivation layer 28 constructed of a material containing SiCN is formed. On the passivation layer 28, a heat sink 30 (for example, formed of Al) is mounted through an adhesive layer 29.
US08941004B2	Solar cell element A solar cell element comprising a p-side electrode; a p-type group III-group V compound semiconductor layer; an n-type group III-group V compound semiconductor layer; an n-side group III-group V compound electrode layer; and a VxZn1-x layer. The p-side electrode is electrically connected to the p-type group III-group V compound semiconductor layer. The p-type group III-group V compound semiconductor layer, the n-type group III-group V compound semiconductor layer, the n-side group III-group V compound electrode layer, and the VxZn1-x layer are stacked in this order. The VxZn1-x layer is in contact with the n-side group III-group V compound electrode layer; x represents a value of not less than 0.3 and not more than 0.99; and the VxZn1-x layer has a thickness of not less than 1 nanometer and not more than 5 nanometers.
US08941003B2	Polyester film with UV-stability and high light transmittance A composite film comprising: (i) a heat-stabilised oriented polyester substrate comprising a UV-absorber in an amount of from about 0.1 to about 10% based on the total weight of the polyester substrate, and (ii) on one or both surfaces of the substrate a polymeric coating layer, which has a thickness in the range of from about 10 nm to about 200 nm, and which comprises an ethylene acrylic acid (EAA) copolymer, wherein the composite film exhibits a shrinkage at 150° C. for 30 minutes of less than 0.1% in both the longitudinal and transverse dimensions of the film, and use thereof in the manufacture of photo-voltaic cells.
US08940998B2	Free-standing metallic article for semiconductors A free-standing metallic article, and method of making, is disclosed in which the metallic article is electroformed on an electrically conductive mandrel. The mandrel has an outer surface with a preformed pattern, wherein at least a portion of the metallic article is formed in the preformed pattern. The metallic article is separated from the electrically conductive mandrel, which forms a free-standing metallic article that may be coupled with the surface of a semiconductor material for a photovoltaic cell.
US08940997B2	Solar array support methods and systems Systems and methods for disposing and supporting a solar panel array are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system for supporting a solar panel array includes the use of support columns and cables suspended between the support columns, with the solar panels received by solar panel receivers that are adapted to couple to the cables. The solar panel array may then be used to provide power as well as shelter. Cooling, lighting, security, or other devices may be added to the solar panel array. Embodiments of the invention include differing ways to support the solar panels by receivers of differing construction. Special installations of the system can include systems mounted over structure, such as parking lots, roads and aqueducts.
US08940996B2	Substrate for photovoltaic cell The object of the invention is a substrate for photovoltaic cell comprising at least one sheet of float glass provided on a face of at least one electrode, characterized in that said glass has a chemical composition comprising the following constituents, in a weight content that varies within the limits defined below: SiO269-75% Al2O3 0-3% CaO + MgO11-16.2% MgO 0-6.5% Na2O9-12.4% K2O 0-1.5%.
US08940995B2	Thermoelectric device and method for fabricating the same A thermoelectric device is provided. The thermoelectric device includes first and second electrodes, a first leg, a second leg, and a common electrode. The first leg is disposed on the first electrode and includes one or more first semiconductor pattern and one or more first barrier patterns. The second leg is disposed on the second electrode and includes one or more second semiconductor pattern and one or more second barrier patterns. The common electrode is disposed on the first leg and the second leg. Herein, the first barrier pattern has a lower thermal conductivity than the first semiconductor pattern, and the second barrier pattern has a lower thermal conductivity than the second semiconductor pattern. The first/second barrier pattern has a higher electric conductivity than the first/second semiconductor pattern. The first/second barrier pattern forms an ohmic contact with the first/second semiconductor pattern.
US08940980B2	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH406206 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH406206. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH406206, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH406206 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH406206.
US08940979B2	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH048856 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH048856. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH048856, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH048856 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH048856.
US08940978B2	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH741796 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH741796. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH741796, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH741796 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH741796.
US08940976B2	Tomato line PSQ-9Z06019 The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid PX 02461513 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid PX 02461513 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US08940971B1	Soybean variety XBP22004 A novel soybean variety, designated XBP22004 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP22004, cells from soybean variety XBP22004, plants of soybean XBP22004, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP22004. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP22004 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XBP22004, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP22004, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XBP22004. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP22004 are further provided.
US08940970B2	Soybean variety XB33U13 A novel soybean variety, designated XB33U13 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB33U13, cells from soybean variety XB33U13, plants of soybean XB33U13, and plant parts of soybean variety XB33U13. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB33U13 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB33U13, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB33U13, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB33U13. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB33U13 are further provided.
US08940969B2	Soybean variety XB22T13 A novel soybean variety, designated XB22T13 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB22T13, cells from soybean variety XB22T13, plants of soybean XB22T13, and plant parts of soybean variety XB22T13. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB22T13 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB22T13, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB22T13, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB22T13. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB22T13 are further provided.
US08940967B2	Soybean variety XB02W13 A novel soybean variety, designated XB02W13 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB02W13, cells from soybean variety XB02W13, plants of soybean XB02W13, and plant parts of soybean variety XB02W13. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB02W13 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB02W13, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB02W13, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB02W13. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB02W13 are further provided.
US08940965B2	Soybean cultivar XB31U12 A soybean cultivar designated XB31U12 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar XB31U12, to the plants of soybean cultivar XB31U12, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar XB31U12, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar XB31U12. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar XB31U12. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar XB31U12, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar XB31U12 with another soybean cultivar.
US08940957B2	Method for removal of heterocyclic sulfur using metallic copper A method of removing heterocyclic sulfide impurities from a fluid stream is presented. The method comprises contacting the fluid stream with a sorbent comprising metallic copper.
US08940955B2	Fluid catalytic cracking system and process One exemplary embodiment can be a fluid catalytic cracking system. The system can include a reaction zone, in turn including a reactor receiving, a fluidizing stream, a fuel gas stream, a fluidizable catalyst, a stream having an effective amount of oxygen for combusting the fuel gas stream, and a feed.
US08940954B2	Conversion of propane to propylene A process is disclosed that includes brominating a C2, C3, C4, C5 or C6 alkane with elemental bromine to form a bromo-alkane. The bromo-alkane is reacted to form a C2, C3, C4, C5 or C6 alkene and HBr. The HBr is oxidized to form elemental bromine.
US08940952B2	UZM-39 aluminosilicate zeolite A new family of coherently grown composites of TUN and IMF zeotypes have been synthesized. These zeolites are represented by the empirical formula. NanMmk+TtAl1-xExSiyOz where “n” is the mole ratio of Na to (Al+E), M represents a metal or metals from zinc, Group 1, Group 2, Group 3 and or the lanthanide series of the periodic table, “m” is the mole ratio of M to (Al+E), “k” is the average charge of the metal or metals M, T is the organic structure directing agent or agents, and E is a framework element such as gallium. These zeolites are similar to TNU-9 and IM-5 but are characterized by unique compositions and synthesis procedures and have catalytic properties for carrying out various hydrocarbon conversion processes and separation properties for carrying out various separations.
US08940951B2	Preparation of isobutene by dissociation of MTBE A process for preparing isobutene by dissociation of MTBE, including: a) reaction of isobutene-containing hydrocarbon mixtures, with methanol, present in one or more methanol-containing streams, over acidic ion exchangers to give a stream, containing MTBE and TBA; b) separation of a stream containing MTBE and TBA, from a stream by distillation; c) dissociation of a stream in the gas phase over a heterogeneous catalyst to give a stream containing at least isobutene, methanol, MTBE and water and possibly TBA, d) separation of a stream by distillation to give a stream containing in each case more than 50% by mass of the amounts of methanol, TBA and water present in another stream and a stream containing isobutene, e) separation of water from stream to below 1% by mass by distillation to give a stream, f) total or partial recirculation of the methanol-containing stream.
US08940948B2	Process for the manufacture of fluorinated olefins Provided are methods for producing fluorinated organic compounds, which preferably comprises converting at least one compound of formula (I) CH2XCHZCF3 to at least one compound of formula (II) CHX═CZCF3 where X and Z are independently H or F, with the proviso that X and Z are not the same. The converting step comprises catalytically reacting at least one compound of formula (I), preferably via dehydrogenation or oxidative dehydrogenation. In another aspect, the inventive method of preparing fluorinated organic compounds comprises converting a reaction stream comprising at least one pentafluoropropene to a product stream comprising at least one pentafluoropropane and at least one compound of formula (I), separating out the compound of formula (I) from the product stream, and converting the compound of formula (I) separated from the product stream to at least one compound of formula (II), wherein the conversion the compound of formula (I) to 3,3,3-trifluoropropyne is substantially limited.
US08940947B2	Glycerin purification method This invention provides a cost-effective method for removing impurities from waste glycerin generated in the process of biodiesel production, so as to prevent a supercritical water reaction tube from clogging, when synthesizing acrolein by allowing supercritical water and acid to react with glycerin. The method for purification of glycerin of the invention comprises steps of: heating glycerin containing alkali metal, alcohol, organic fatty acid, and water under reduced pressure, so as to remove alcohol and water; adding sulfuric acid to glycerin from which alcohol and water have been removed, so as to neutralize glycerin; subjecting neutralized glycerin to centrifugation, so as to separate and remove a sulfate of alkali metal and organic fatty acid; adding a sulfate of alkaline earth metal to glycerin collected via centrifugation; and subjecting a mixture of glycerin and a sulfate of alkaline earth metal to centrifugation, so as to separate and remove a sulfate of alkali metal and an alkaline earth metal salt of organic fatty acid.
US08940945B2	Materials and methods for reduction of protein tau and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases The subject invention provides a myricanol compound that is in predominant form of (+)-αR,11S-myricanol as compared to (−)-αS,11R-myricanol. In one embodiment, the (+)-αR,11S-myricanol is isolated from Myrica cerifera, and is in about 86% enantiomeric excess of (−)-αS,11R-myricanol. The subject invention also pertains to therapeutic compositions and methods for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, in particular, neurodegenerative diseases associated with abnormal accumulation of protein tau. Specifically exemplified herein is the therapeutic use of myricanol and myricanone isolated from root barks of Myrica species. Also provided are methods for preparing extracts of the subject invention from Myrica species.
US08940942B2	Synthetic navel orangeworm pheromone composition and methods relating to production of same One or more embodiments of the invention are directed to the synthetic methods for making lepidopteran pheromones including navel orangeworm pheromones. The synthetic methods involve novel, efficient, and environmentally benign steps and procedures.
US08940941B2	Process for producing phenol and method for regenerating catalyst deactivated in the process A process for producing phenol is described in which a feed comprising alkylbenzene hydroperoxide is contacted with a cleavage catalyst under cleavage conditions effective to convert at least part of the hydroperoxide into phenol, the process is characterized in that at least a part of the deactivated catalyst is regenerated using a oxidizing material comprising hydrogen peroxide and then return to the process. A method of regenerating the cleavage catalyst is also described.
US08940939B2	Process of oxidizing cyclohexane A process of oxidizing cyclohexane, comprising feeding cyclohexane, an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution and optionally an organic solvent into a reaction zone through a feed inlet thereof under the oxidation reaction conditions for contact, and providing all or most of the oxidation product at the reaction zone bottom, wherein a part or all of the packing in the reaction zone is a titanium silicate molecular sieve-containing catalyst. The process of oxidizing cyclohexane according to the present invention carries out the oxidation in the reaction zone, which, firstly, utilizes the latent heat from reaction sufficiently so as to achieve energy-saving; secondly, increases the yield of target product and the availability of oxidizer; and thirdly, allows the separation of the oxidation product from the raw material cyclohexane as the reaction proceeds, such that the cost for subsequent separations can be saved.
US08940938B2	Michael reaction with recovery of the catalyst Disclosed is a process of carrying out a Michael reaction with recovery of the catalyst, where a compound of formula (1): is reacted with a compound of formula (2): in the presence of a catalyst of formula (4): where the compounds of formulae (1) and (2) undergo a Michael reaction.
US08940932B2	Process for producing acetic acid A process for stably producing high purity acetic acid comprising a condensation step for condensing and temporarily holding the lower boiling component in a decanter and discharging from the decanter; and a step for separating the lower boiling component discharged from the decanter into acetaldehyde and a liquid residue and recycling the liquid residue to the reaction system. In the condensation step, the amount of the lower boiling component to be held is controlled based on the fluctuating flow rate of the lower boiling component to be fed to the decanter.
US08940931B2	Production method for refined 6-bromo-2-naphthalenecarboxylic acid product The present invention provides a method, as a means for industrially producing a refined 6-bromo-2-naphthalenecarboxylic acid product from a crude 6-bromo-2-naphthalenecarboxylic acid product, comprising: causing the above crude product to react with sodium hydroxide in water to precipitate a sodium salt of 6-bromo-2-naphthalenecarboxylic acid; performing recrystallization treatment for the obtained precipitate; causing the obtained crystal to react with acid in water to precipitate 6-bromo-2-naphthalenecarboxylic acid; and recovering the obtained precipitate.
US08940927B2	Activators of glucokinase The present invention provides for novel compounds of Formulas I and II and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and co-crystals thereof which have glucokinase activator activity. The present invention further provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same as well as methods of treating, preventing, delaying the time to onset or reducing the risk for the development or progression of a disease or condition for which one or more glucokinase activator is indicated, including Type 1 and 2 diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance, insulin resistance and hyperglycemia. The present invention also provides for processes of making the compounds of Formulas I and II, including salts and co-crystals thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same.
US08940925B2	Method for purifying the azeotropic fraction generated during the synthesis of N,N-dimethyl aminoethyl acrylate The invention relates to a method for producing N,N-dimethylaminoethyl acrylate by the transesterification reaction of an alykl acrylate by N1N-dimethylaminoethanol, and more particularly relates to a method for purifying the azeotropic fraction generated during said reaction, thereby enabling the recycling thereof on the alkyl acrylate production unit. The aim of the method of the invention is in particular to remove the acetaldehyde and the dialkoxyethane contained in the azeotropic fraction, either by the direct distillation of the azeotropic fraction or by the distillation of the aqueous phase resulting from the water scrubbing of the azeotropic fraction.
US08940924B2	Mixed oxide catalyst and a process for the production of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids or esters The invention relates to a catalyst for the reaction of formaldehyde with a carboxylic acid or ester to produce an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or ester, preferably α, β ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids or ester. The catalyst includes a metal oxide having at least two types of metal cations, M1 and M2, wherein M1 is at least one metal selected from group 3 or 4 in the 4th to 6th periods of the periodic table, group 13 in the 3rd to 5th periods of the periodic table, or the remaining elements in the lanthanide series and M2 is at least one metal selected from group 5 in the 5th or 6th periods of the periodic table or group 15 in the 4th or 5th periods of the periodic table. The production includes reacting formaldehyde with a carboxylic acid or esterin the presence of the catalyst effective to catalyze the reaction.
US08940921B2	Method for producing fatty acid alkyl ester and production system therefor [Problem] There are provided a method for production of a fatty acid alkyl ester and a system therefor, in which a high yield of the fatty acid alkyl ester is achieved even without using any special equipment and separation of a fatty acid alkyl ester phase from a glycerin phase can be carried out within an extremely short period of time.[Means to solve] The method for producing a fatty acid alkyl ester of the present invention comprises subjecting a starting oil to an ester exchange reaction with a lower alkyl alcohol in the presence of a catalyst to generate the fatty acid alkyl ester, wherein the ester exchange reaction step is carried out in a homogeneous phase system by adding an organic solvent selected from acetone, isopropanol and a mixture thereof to a reaction system.
US08940920B2	Method for preparation of (2-hydroxy-3-oxo-cyclopent-1-enyl)-acetic acid esters The invention relates to the method of preparation of compounds of formula I, the precursors of homocitric acid lactone and its salts, by coupling of the compounds of formula II with bromoacetic acid esters of formula III.
US08940917B2	Ruthenium complexes comprising paracyclophane and carbonyl ligands, and their use as catalyst The present invention relates to the ruthenium complexes comprising paracyclophane and carbonyl ligands, methods for the preparation thereof and uses of the complexes in isomerization, hydrogenation, transfer hydrogenation, hydroformylation and carbonylation reactions.
US08940916B2	Crystallization of (20R)-2-methylene-19-nor-24-difluoro-1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 Disclosed are methods of purifying the compound (20R)-2-methylene-19-nor-24-difluoro-1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 to obtain the compound in crystalline form. The methods typically include the steps of dissolving a product containing the compound in a solvent comprising hexane and 2-propanol, cooling the solvent and dissolved product below ambient temperature for a sufficient amount of time to form a precipitate of crystals, and recovering the crystals.
US08940915B2	Solvent for recovery of maleic anhydride from a gas stream A process is described for producing crude maleic anhydride from a reactor effluent stream containing maleic anhydride. The reactor effluent stream is contacted with a solvent having a normal boiling point between about 250° C. and about 350° C., solubility of fumaric acid at least about 0.06 wt % at 60° C., solubility of maleic anhydride at least about 10 wt % at 60° C., solubility in water no higher than about 100 mg/L, density different from the density of water by at least about 0.020 g/mL, and water soluble hydrolysis products with molecular weight no higher than the molecular weight of pentanol. The solvent may be non-cyclic, non-aromatic, linear, and/or branched, and may have the general structure R1COOR2COOR3, wherein R1 and R3 are each linear or branched C3 to C5 groups and R2 is a linear or branched C3 to C8 group.
US08940913B2	Herbicides Compounds of formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as herbicides.
US08940912B2	4-oxo-3-[(phenylmethyl)oxy]-4H-pyran-2-carboxylic acid The present invention features a process for the preparation of 4-oxo-3-[(phenylmethyl)oxy]-4-H-pyran-2-carboxylic acid, an intermediate useful in the synthesis of HIV integrase inhibitors. The process involves (a) treating a compound of formula P-2 with lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide and benzaldehyde to form a compound of formula P-3, (b) treating the compound of formula P-3 with triethylamine and methanesulfonyl chloride followed by N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene to form a compound of formula P-4, and (c) treating the compound of formula P-4 with RuCl3 and NaIO4 to form the compound of formula P-5.
US08940907B2	Synthesis of phosphoric esters The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of phosphoric esters, and to selected compounds.
US08940906B2	Nonlinear luminescent molecule, fluorescent stain, and observation method The present invention relates to a nonlinear fluorescent molecule that generates a nonlinear fluorescence reaction by incidence of excitation light. This nonlinear fluorescence molecule includes donors and, and an acceptor that is coupled to the donors and. As the donor is excited by the incidence of the excitation light, electric charge moves from the donor to the acceptor. Then, the donor and the acceptor form a charge separated state. In a state in which the charge separated state is maintained, the donor fluoresces when transiting from an excited state to a ground state.
US08940891B2	Modulators of the prostacyclin (PGI2) receptor useful for the treatment of disorders related thereto Cyclohexane derivatives of Formula Ia and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that modulate the activity of the PGI2 receptor. Compounds of the present invention and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are directed to methods useful in the treatment of: pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and related disorders; platelet aggregation; coronary artery disease; myocardial infarction; transient ischemic attack; angina; stroke; ischemia-reperfusion injury; restenosis; atrial fibrillation; blood clot formation in an angioplasty or coronary bypass surgery individual or in an individual suffering from atrial fibrillation; atherosclerosis; atherothrombosis; asthma or a symptom thereof; a diabetic-related disorder such as diabetic peripheral neuropathy, diabetic nephropathy or diabetic retinopathy; glaucoma or other disease of the eye with abnormal intraocular pressure; hypertension; inflammation; psoriasis; psoriatic arthritis; rheumatoid arthritis; Crohn's disease; transplant rejection; multiple sclerosis; systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); ulcerative colitis; ischemia-reperfusion injury; restenosis; atherosclerosis; acne; type 1 diabetes; type 2 diabetes; sepsis; and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD).
US08940890B2	Preparation method of 5-[[2(R)-[1(R)-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl) phenyl]ethoxy]-3(S)-4-fluorophenyl-4-morpholinyl]methyl]-1,2-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazole-3-one Disclosed is a synthesis method of a compound of formula 1,5-[[2(R)-[1(R)-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethoxyl]-3(S)-4-fluorophenyl-4-morpholinyl]methyl]-1,2-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazole-3-one (i.e. aprepitant), which comprises cyclizing a compound of formula 4 in a solvent, wherein R is C1-C5 alkyl. The intermediate for preparing aprepitant is also disclosed. The present method is especially suitable for industrial production of aprepitant.
US08940889B2	Process for producing benzo [b] [1,4] diazepine-2,4-dione compound A process for producing a compound represented by formula (1), wherein each of R1, R2, R3 and R4, which may be the same or different, represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, the process includes deprotecting a protective group (R5) of a compound represented by formula (2), wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined above, and R5 represents a protective group of a hydroxy group. The process is an industrially advantageous, simple, and efficient process for producing a key intermediate of a benzo[b][1,4]diazepine-2,4-dione compound, which is a therapeutic medicine for arrhythmia.
US08940887B2	RNAi-mediated inhibition of HIF1A for treatment of ocular angiogenesis RNA interference is provided for inhibition of HIF1A mRNA expression for treating patients with ocular angiogenesis, particularly for treating retinal edema, diabetic retinopathy, sequela associated with retinal ischemia, posterior segment neovascularization (PSNV), and neovascular glaucoma, and for treating patients at risk of developing such conditions.
US08940883B2	Anti-fXI antibodies and methods of use Disclosed herein are monoclonal antibodies specific for factor XI (fXI) that prevent activation of fXI by factor XIIa (fXIIa). The monoclonal antibodies are universal fXI antibodies, capable of binding all mammalian species tested. The anti-fXI monoclonal antibodies prolong clotting time in mammalian plasmas. Moreover, administration of the fXI monoclonal antibodies disclosed herein results in inhibition of thrombosis without altering hemostasis in animal models of thrombosis. Thus, provided herein are monoclonal antibodies specific for fXI that block activation of fXI by fXIIa, compositions and immunoconjugates comprising such antibodies and their methods of use.
US08940880B2	Process for the preparation of 9-deoxo-9a-homoerythromycin A, modified in the C-4″ of the cladinose ring by an epoxide group The present invention concerns a process for the preparation of the compound of formula The compound of formula (1) is the key intermediate in the synthesis of some antibacterial agents of the triamilide class, such as Tulathromycin, useful to treat bacterial and protozoa infections.
US08940878B2	Capture purification processes for proteins expressed in a non-mammalian system Methods of purifying proteins expressed in non-mammalian expression systems in a non-native soluble form directly from cell lysate are disclosed. Methods of purifying proteins expressed in non-mammalian expression systems in a non-native limited solubility form directly from a refold solution are also disclosed. Resin regeneration methods are also provided.
US08940874B2	Neutralizing antibodies against GDF-8 and uses therefor The disclosure provides novel antibodies against growth and differentiation factor-8 (GDF-8), in particular human antibodies, and antibody fragments, including those that inhibit GDF-8 activity in vitro and/or in vivo. The disclosure also provides methods for diagnosing, preventing, or treating degenerative disorders of muscle or bone, or disorders of insulin metabolism.
US08940869B2	Method and system for detecting and differentiating cancer and sepsis in mammals using biomarkers The invention provides a method and system for developing and using diagnoses of cancer and sepsis in canine subjects using Thymidine kinase (TK), c-reactive protein (CRP), and C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) as biomarkers. The level of each biomarker may be measured and an index may be computed using a two- or a three-biomarker method. The invention provides a predefined scale for the index where each range of the index matches a health condition. The latter allows a practitioner, through computing an index value of a patient, to determine the health status of the patient by comparing the index value to the predefined scale.
US08940866B2	Detection of degradative enzymes and biomolecules in bodily fluids Provided herein are compositions useful in detecting degradative enzymes and biomolecules in bodily fluid samples.
US08940862B2	Selective anticancer chimeric peptides which bind transferrin receptor It is an object of the present invention to provide a substance usable as an anticancer agent or DDS, which has intracellular stability, which is capable of evading side effects from functional disorder with respect to normal cells, or which has instantaneous effect. The inventors developed a novel chimeric peptide targeting cancer cells which overexpress EGFR or the like using a binding peptide such as a peptide sequence binding to EGFR, and a lytic peptide sequence, thereby solving such an object. Particularly, by using a chimeric peptide including an EGF receptor-binding peptide or the like and a cytotoxic peptide, this object was solved.
US08940859B2	Alkynes and methods of reacting alkynes with 1,3-dipole-functional compounds 1,3-Dipole-functional compounds (e.g., azide functional compounds) can be reacted with certain alkynes in a cyclization reaction to form heterocyclic compounds. Useful alkynes (e.g., strained, cyclic alkynes) and methods of making such alkynes are also disclosed. The reaction of 1,3-dipole-functional compounds with alkynes can be used for a wide variety of applications including the immobilization of biomolecules on a substrate.
US08940857B2	Methods and compositions for enhancing delivery of double-stranded RNA or a double-stranded hybrid nucleic acid to regulate gene expression in mammalian cells A delivery-enhancing peptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:11 or salt thereof. This invention is directed towards methods and compositions to administer a double-stranded ribonucleic acid to a mammal so as to effectuate transfection of the double-stranded RNA into a desired tissue of the mammal.
US08940855B2	Polymers bearing pendant pentafluorophenyl ester groups, and methods of synthesis and functionalization thereof A one pot method of preparing cyclic carbonyl compounds comprising an active pendant pentafluorophenyl ester group is disclosed. The cyclic carbonyl compounds can be polymerized by ring opening methods to form ROP polymers comprising repeat units comprising a side chain pentafluorophenyl ester group. Using a suitable nucleophile, the pendant pentafluorophenyl ester group can be selectively transformed into a variety of other functional groups before or after the ring opening polymerization.
US08940853B2	Cationic blocked polyisocyanate and aqueous composition comprising the same Blocked polyisocyanates, obtained by using a polyisocyanate derived from an aliphatic and/or an alicyclic diisocyanate monomer, as a precursor, and including both of a blocked isocyanate group blocked with a pyrazole compound and a cationic group neutralized with an anion, in one molecule thereof; methods for making and using such blocked polyisocyanates; and compositions of matter including such blocked polyisocyanates.
US08940852B2	Method for manufacturing reactive polysiloxane solution The present invention is a method for manufacturing a reactive polysiloxane solution, the method comprising: a condensation process for hydrolyzing and copolycondensing a starting compound containing an organosilicon compound having a reactive functional group selected from a (meth)acryloyl group and an oxetanyl group, and also having a siloxane bond-forming group to synthetize a reactive polysiloxane represented by general formula (1); a dissolution process for dissolving the obtained reactive polysiloxane in an organic solvent for water washing; and a washing process for bringing the obtained organic solution and water in contact with each other to remove the water layer from the mixed liquid. The organic solvent for water washing that is used is a compound (e.g., propylene glycol mono butyl ether, 1-pentanol) including a hydroxyl group, having a boiling point at 1 atm of 110° C.-200° C., and a solubility of 10 g or less in 100 g of water at 20° C.
US08940846B2	Process for the treatment of sulfonyl fluoride polymers A process for reducing the amount of soluble polymeric fractions in a sulfonyl fluoride polymer. The process comprises contacting the sulfonyl fluoride polymer with a fluorinated fluid followed by separation of the polymer from the fluid. The fluorinated fluid is selected from hydrofluoroethers and hydrofluoropolyethers. The invention further relates to sulfonyl fluoride polymers obtainable by the process and having a heat of fusion not exceeding 4 J/g and containing less than 15% by weight of polymeric fractions having an average content of monomeric units comprising a sulfonyl functional group exceeding 24 mole %.The sulfonyl fluoride polymers so obtained are particularly suitable for the preparation of ionomeric membranes for use in electrochemical devices.
US08940845B2	Method for producing water-absorbing resin The invention provides a novel method for producing a water-absorbent resin comprising: subjecting at least one water-soluble ethylenic unsaturated monomer to reversed-phase suspension polymerization in a petroleum hydrocarbon dispersion medium, the reversed-phase suspension polymerization being conducted using a 0.00005 to 0.00016 mole of water-soluble azo initiator for radical polymerization per mole of the water-soluble ethylenic unsaturated monomer in the presence of 0.000015 to 0.00015 mole of hypophosphorous compound per mole of the water-soluble ethylenic unsaturated monomer. According to the method, the environmental impact can be lessened by reducing the amount of petroleum hydrocarbon dispersion medium released to the outside of the system, and the method makes it possible to obtain a water-absorbent resin having a high water-retention capacity and water-absorption capacity under a load, and a small content of water soluble component at the same time.
US08940844B2	Methods for terminating olefin polymerizations Catalyst deactivating agents and compositions containing catalyst deactivating agents are disclosed. These catalyst deactivating agents can be used in methods of controlling polymerization reactions, methods of terminating polymerization reactions, methods of operating polymerization reactors, and methods of transitioning between catalyst systems.
US08940840B2	Method for bonding active molecules onto a carrier, active element obtained by said method, and chemical composition for implementing said method The invention relates to a method for bonding, onto a carrier, active molecules having an activity either against undesirable organisms or phenomena, or promoting a desired phenomenon. The method comprises: preparing a chemical composition containing at least cationic micelles each including at least one active molecule; impregnating the carrier with the cationic micelle chemical composition; bonding the active molecules onto the carrier by creating at least one electrostatic bond between the cationic micelles and the carrier. The invention also relates to an active element including a carrier and active molecules bonded onto said carrier and having an activity either against undesired organisms or phenomena, or promoting a desired phenomenon. The active element includes cationic micelles bonded onto said carrier by at least one electrostatic bond and each including at least one active molecule.
US08940837B2	Polyolefin compositions and articles manufactured therefrom The present invention is a polyolefin composition, which comprises a thermoplastic olefin polymer and a polyethylene. The thermoplastic olefin polymer (TPO) comprises a polypropylene and an olefin copolymer and is present in an amount of about 10 weight percent to about 50 weight percent; the TPO has a density in the range of about 0.85 g/cm3 to about 0.92 g/cm3 and a flexural modulus of less than about 700 MPa as measured by ISO 178. The polyethylene is either a medium density polyethylene or a high density polyethylene and present in an amount of about 50 weight percent to about 90 weight percent. The polyolefin composition is useful for preparing articles of manufacture such as sheets, roofing membranes, geomembranes, soft skins, drawn tapes, drawn fibers, and drawn filaments.
US08940836B2	Polycarbonate resin composition with improved transparency and scratch-resistance A polycarbonate resin composition can have improved transparency and scratch resistance of the present invention and comprises about 10 to about 99% by weight of polycarbonate resin (A); and about 1 to about 90% by weight of acrylic copolymer with ultra-low molecular weight and high refractive index (B). The resin composition of the present invention can further comprise acrylic resin (C). The acrylic copolymer with ultra-low molecular weight and high refractive index (B) can have a refractive index of about 1.495 to about 1.590 and a weight average molecular weight of about 3,000 to about 40,000 g/mol.
US08940818B2	Halogen-free flame-proofing agent Halogen-free flame retardant for incorporation into a polymer matrix, wherein the flame retardant contains at least ammonium polyphosphate(s) and/or derivatives thereof and an oligomeric or polymeric 1,3,5-triazine derivative or mixtures of several thereof and at least one compound selected from monozinc phosphate, zinc borate, trizinc phosphate, zinc pyrophosphate, zinc polyphosphate, zinc hydroxystannate, zinc stannate, boron phosphate, monoaluminium phosphate, trialuminium phosphate, aluminium metaphosphate and mixtures thereof, precondensed melamine derivatives, melamine salts and adducts, ethylenediamine phosphate, piperazine phosphate, piperazine polyphosphate, 1,3,5-trihydroxyethyl isocyanurate, 1,3,5-triglycidyl isocyanurate and triallyl isocyanurate.
US08940817B2	Method for preparing an actinide(s) oxalate and for preparing an actinide(s) compound A method for preparing an oxalate of one or more actinides for processing and recycling nuclear fuel, comprising: the precipitation of said actinide or the coprecipitation of said actinides in the form of oxalate particles by bringing into contact an aqueous solution containing the actinide(s) with an aqueous solution of oxalic acid or of an oxalic acid salt; and the collection of the resulting oxalate particles; characterized in that the precipitation or coprecipitation is carried out in fluidized bed.
US08940816B2	Master batch for ceramic- or metal-powder injection-molding, and method for preparing said master batch The master batch for molding includes at least one inorganic powder, advantageously ceramic or metallic; an organic mixture, advantageously polymer, comprising: a stable polymer having good ductility features, from 30 to 90% by mass of the mixture; a lubricant, from 5 to 30% by mass of the mixture; a plasticizing polymer, from 5 to 30% by mass of the mixture; with a [% by mass of the lubricant]/[% by mass of the stable polymer] ratio smaller than or equal to 1, advantageously strictly smaller than 1.
US08940813B2	Actinic radiation-curing type ink composition, inkjet recording method, decorative sheet, decorative sheet molded product, process for producing in-mold molded article, and in-mold molded article Disclosed is an actinic radiation-curing type ink composition comprising (Component A) a monofunctional radically polymerizable monomer and (Component B) a polyfunctional acrylate oligomer having a glass transition temperature of no greater than 20° C. and having an acrylate equivalent of at least 300 g/eq, Component A comprising (Component A-1) an N-vinyl compound and (Component A-2) an acrylamide derivative, Component A having a content of at least 70 mass % of the entire ink composition, and Component A-1 having a content of at least 18 mass % of the entire ink composition.
US08940810B2	Optical component, electronic board, method for producing the optical component, and method for producing the electronic board An optical component and an electrical board that have a low coefficient of linear expansion and small mold shrinkage, a method for producing the optical component, and a method for producing the electronic board are provided. An optical component includes a polymer having a repeating structural unit represented by general formula (1) where R1 and R2 each independently represent —H or —CH3; m and n each independently represent an integer in the range of 0 to 3; asterisk denotes a dangling bond that bonds to one of Xa and Xb; and —H bonds to the other one of Xa and Xb.
US08940809B2	Processes for manufacturing electret fine particles or coarse powder The present invention provides a process for producing electret fine particles or coarse powder that can be uniformly electrified and exhibits excellent electrophoretic properties.Specifically, the present invention relates to the production processes (1) and (2) below:(1) A process for producing electret fine particles, comprising emulsifying a fluorine-containing material that contains a vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene-tetrafluoroethylene terpolymer in a liquid that is incompatible with the fluorine-containing material to obtain emulsified particles; and subjecting the emulsified particles to electron ray irradiation, radial ray irradiation, or corona discharge treatment.(2) A process for producing electret coarse powder, comprising subjecting a resin sheet containing a vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene-tetrafluoroethylene terpolymer to electron ray irradiation, radial ray irradiation, or corona discharge treatment to process the resin sheet into an electret resin sheet; and pulverizing the electret resin sheet.
US08940805B2	Anti-glare coating composition having improved anti-fingerprint function and anti-glare film prepared therefrom The present invention relates to an anti-glare coating composition for preparation of anti-glare films having good anti-fingerprint properties as well as improved contrast ratio and image definition. More specifically, the coating composition comprises organic or inorganic particles, a photocurable resin, a photoinitiator, and a compound including an olefin oxide repeating unit.
US08940801B2	Heterobifunctional poly(ethylene glycol) derivatives and methods for their preparation This invention provides a method related to the preparation of derivatives of poly(ethylene glycol), wherein the method comprises increasing the pH of an aqueous composition comprising a poly(ethylene glycol) bearing a —O—(CH2)n—CO2R3 functional group to result in an aqueous composition comprising a poly(ethylene glycol) bearing a —O—(CH2)n—CO2H functional group, wherein R3 is alkyl and (n) in each instance is 1-6.
US08940800B2	Pharmaceutical compositions with enhanced performance Disclosed are polymers of hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose acetate succinate (HPMCAS) and hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose acetate (HPMCA) with unique degrees of substitution of hydroxypropoxy, methoxy, acetyl, and succinoyl groups. When used in making compositions comprising a low-solubility drug and such polymers, the polymers provide enhanced aqueous concentrations and/or improved physical stability.
US08940796B2	Phenylephrine liquid formulations An oral, aqueous-based, liquid pharmaceutical composition is provided. The composition comprises up to about 45% w/v glycerin and up to about 10% w/v sorbitol wherein the glycerin to sorbitol ratio is about 2:1 to 10:1.
US08940790B2	Stable pharmaceutical formulations comprising lubiprostone Provided is a pharmaceutical formulation comprising lubiprostone and at least one propylene glycol ester. The propylene glycol ester is typically selected from the group consisting of: propylene glycol mono-ester of lauric acid, propylene glycol mono-ester of caprylic acid, propylene glycol mono-ester of capric acid, propylene glycol di-ester of lauric acid, propylene glycol di-ester of caprylic acid and propylene glycol di-ester of capric acid.
US08940789B2	Neurite elongation agent, memory-improving agent and anti-Alzheimer agent comprising 4′-demethylnobiletin or 4′-demethyltangeretin as active ingredient, and process for production of the compound A method for producing 4′-demethylnobiletin or 4′-demethyltangeretin including fermenting a skin derived from at least one citrus fruit selected from citrus fruits belonging to section Acrumen in subgenus Metacitrus in genus Citrus or citrus fruits belonging to section Aurantium in subgenus Archicitrus in genus Citrus, or a water extract product thereof using one or more Aspergillus molds selected from Aspergillus kawachii, Aspergillus awamori, Aspergillus oryzae, Aspergillus sojae, Aspergillus saitoi, and Aspergillus usamii to obtain a fermented product.
US08940787B2	Use of artemisinin for treating tumors induced by oncogenic viruses and for treating viral infections In certain aspects, the invention relates to methods of treating proliferative cervical disorders (such as cervical cancer and cervical dysplasia) and treating virus infection by administering artemisinin-related compounds. In certain aspects, the invention relates to methods of treating a tumor induced by an oncogenic virus, methods of killing or inhibiting a squamous cell carcinoma, and methods of inhibiting the replication of a virus, by administering artemisinin-related compounds.
US08940783B2	Pheophorbide-α conjugates and their uses The present invention relates to a pheophorbide-α conjugate or its salt, solvate or hydrate. The pheophorbide-α conjugate of the present invention exhibiting fluorescence upon its introduction into cells and degradation inhibits the survival of various cancer cells. Especially, the conjugate of pheophorbide-α (1) and doxorubicin shows higher fluorescence intensity at lower pH (cancer environment). Therefore, the present composition for photodynamic therapy (PDT) of cancers is also very useful in detecting cancers. Interestingly, the anticancer effects of the present composition are dually exerted with help of both the photosensitizer and the anticancer drug of the present conjugates.
US08940782B2	Composition for repelling and deterring vermin The present invention is directed to a non-therapeutical process for deterring vermin, which is based on the usage of the largely known beta amino-alcohol derivatives of formula (I) as described herein. Further, the present invention is directed to corresponding vermin-deterring compositions which contain these substances as the active ingredient, compounds of the formula (I) for the preparation of vermin-deterring compositions, and the use of compounds of formula (I) in the defense against vermin.
US08940781B2	Pesticidal composition and its use A composition comprising a carboxamide compound represented by following formula (I), wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R2 represents a methyl group, a difluoromethyl group or a trifluoromethyl group, and one or more pyrethroid compounds selected from group (A) consisting of tefluthrin, lambda-cyhalothrin, cypermethrin, beta-cyfluthrin, permethrin, deltamethrin and bifenthrin is provided by the present invention, and this composition has an excellent pesticidal effect.
US08940780B2	N-acylic aminoacid derivatives, method for the production thereof, pharmacological composition and the use in the form anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory and hypolipidemic agents The present invention relates to N-acyl derivatives of amino acids and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein n is 2 or 3; and R1 represents or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, to novel processes for preparing the same, to use thereof as anti-allergic, anti-anaphylactic, anti-inflammatory and hypolipidemic agents as well as to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the indicated compounds in an efficient amount and to a method for treating allergic and inflammatory diseases and lipid metabolism disorders: bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis, pollinoses, seasonal and year-round rhinitis, allergic pneumonitis, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, urticaria, allergic (including anaphylactic) reactions to insect stings and medicaments, cold allergy, allergic conjunctivitis, atherosclerosis, obesity, ischemic heart and cerebral disease, myocardial infarction and stroke.
US08940778B2	Indazole, benzisoxazole, and benzisothiazole kinase inhibitors Compounds having the formula are useful for inhibiting protein tyrosine kinases. The present invention also discloses methods of making the compounds, compositions containing the compounds, and methods of treatment using the compounds.
US08940775B2	Use of derivatives of pentaphyrine as antimicrobial and disinfectant agents The invention relates to the use of 20-(4-carboxyphenyl)-2,13-dimethyl-3,12-diethyl-[22] pentaphyrine as antibacterial agent in photodynamic treatment. This expanded porphyrin derivatized in position 4 with a carboxyphenyl group proved very active after photo-oxidation both against S. aureus and E. hirae. Its high antibacterial activity and its low toxicity make this pentaphyrine particularly useful as antimicrobial agent both for photodynamic therapy against bacterial infections and in the disinfection of microbiologically contaminated liquids.
US08940774B2	Tris-Quaternary Ammonium Salts and Methods for Modulating Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Provided are tris-quaternary ammonium compounds which are modulators of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Also provided are methods of using the compounds for modulating the function of a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, and for the prevention and/or treatment of central nervous system disorders, substance use and/or abuse and/or gastrointestinal tract disorders.
US08940773B2	Prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors and methods of use The present disclosure relates to HIF-1α prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors, compositions which comprise the HIF-1α prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors described herein and to methods for controlling, inter alia, Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD), Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), heart failure, ischemia, and anemia.
US08940771B2	Organic compounds The present invention relates to compounds of formula I and its salts, wherein the substituents are as defined in the description, to compositions and use of the compounds in the treatment of diseases ameloriated by inhibition of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase.
US08940769B2	Biaryl benzoimidazole derivatives and pharmaceutical composition comprising the same Disclosed are biaryl benzoimidazole derivatives. They have an inhibitory effect on calcium influx in HEK cells, thereby showing a powerful antagonistic effect on a vanilloid receptor, and further have an analgesic effect, thereby being useful for preventing or treating pain, acute pain, chronic pain, neuropathic pain, postoperative pain, migraine, arthralgia, neuropathies, nerve injury, diabetic neuropathy, neurological illness, neurodermatitis, stroke, bladder hypersensitivity, irritable bowel syndrome, a respiratory disorder such as cough, asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, burning, psoriasis, itching, vomiting, irritation of the skin, eyes, and mucous membranes, gastric-duodenal ulcers, inflammatory intestinal diseases, and inflammatory diseases.
US08940767B2	Grease-like gel for repelling rodents Grease-like compositions are provided for repelling rodents. The compositions utilize nontoxic mineral, synthetic, or vegetable oil based gels containing silica, clay, urea, polytetrafluoroethylene, or metallic soap thickeners and capsaicin.
US08940765B2	N-linked quinolineamide M1 receptor positive allosteric modulators The present invention is directed to N-linked quinoline amide compounds of general formula (I) which are M1 receptor positive allosteric modulators and that are useful in the treatment of diseases in which the M1 receptor is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, pain or sleep disorders. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and to the use of the compounds and compositions in the treatment of diseases mediated by the M1 receptor.
US08940761B2	[1,2,4]triazolopyridines and their use as phosphodiesterase inhibitors The present invention relates to novel [1,2,4]triazolopyridine compounds with phosphodiesterase inhibitory activity, as well as to their use as therapeutic agents in the treatment of inflammatory diseases and conditions.
US08940757B2	Prasugrel in micronized, crystalline form and pharmaceutical composition thereof The present invention relates to Prasugrel or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, compositions containing said active ingredient as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing said active ingredient or a composition containing said active ingredient. The present invention further relates to methods for the preparation of the novel compositions.
US08940752B2	Pyrimidinones as PI3K inhibitors The present invention provides pyrimidinones that modulate the activity of phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks) and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to the activity of PI3Ks including, for example, inflammatory disorders, immune-based disorders, cancer, and other diseases.
US08940749B2	Preparation of 3-[2-[4-((6-fluoro-1, 2-benzisoxazol-3-yl)-l-piperidinyl)-6, 7, 8, 9-tetrahydor-9-hydroxy-2-methyl-4H-pyrido[ 1, 2-A]-pyrimidin-4-one(paliperidone) and paliperidone palmitate An improved process for the synthesis of 3-[2-[4-((6-fluoro-1,2-benzisoxazol-3-yl)-1-piperidinyl]-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-9-hydroxy-2-methyl-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]-pyrimidin-4-one (Paliperidone) and Paliperidone Palmitate through a novel intermediate (2-Chloroethyl)-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-2-methyl-9-hydroxy-4H-pyrido [1,2-a]pyrimidine-4-one Palmitate ester.
US08940745B2	Modulators of fatty acid amide hydrolase 4-(2,2-Difluoro-benzo[1,3]dioxol-5-ylmethyl)-piperazine-1-carboxylic acid (4-chloro-pyridin-3-yl)-amide is described, which is useful as a FAAH modulator. 4-(2,2-Difluoro-benzo[1,3]dioxol-5-ylmethyl)-piperazine-1-carboxylic acid (4-chloro-pyridin-3-yl)-amide may be used in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) activity, such as anxiety, pain, inflammation, sleep disorders, eating disorders, energy metabolism disorders, and movement disorders (e.g., multiple sclerosis). A method of synthesizing 4-(2,2-difluoro-benzo[1,3]dioxol-5-ylmethyl)-piperazine-1-carboxylic acid (4-chloro-pyridin-3-yl)-amide is also disclosed.
US08940743B2	Piperidin-4-yl-pyridazin-3-ylamine derivatives as fast dissociating dopamine 2 receptor antagonists The present invention relates to compounds that are fast dissociating dopamine 2 receptor antagonists, processes for preparing these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds as an active ingredient. The compounds find utility as medicines for treating or preventing central nervous system disorders, for example schizophrenia, by exerting an antipsychotic effect without motor side effects.
US08940740B2	Small molecule inhibitors of bacterial motility and a high throughput screening assay for their identification Certain compounds are provided that can selectively inhibit motile bacteria such as V. cholerae motility. These compounds can indirectly diminish production of cholera toxin and other major virulence required by the cholera bacterium to cause disease.
US08940736B2	Imidazotriazinecarbonitriles useful as kinase inhibitors The invention provides compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The Formula (I) imidazotriazines inhibit protein kinase activity thereby making them useful as anticancer agents.
US08940733B2	Unsymmetrical pyrrolobenzodiazepine-dimers for treatment of proliferative diseases The present invention is directed to novel pyrrolobenzodiazepine dimers and methods of using the dimers in the treatment of proliferative diseases.
US08940732B2	Diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders and its treatment with an antagonist or inhibitor of the 5-HT2c receptor signaling pathway The invention relates to methods for diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders, particularly for autism spectrum disorders characterized by increased head size (circumference) and deficits in social behavior.

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