US07652179B2
A gas for plasma reaction comprising a chainlike perfluoroalkyne having 5 or 6 carbon atoms, preferably perfluoro-2-pentyne. This plasma reaction gas is suitable for dry etching for formation of a fine pattern, for plasma CVD for formation of a thin film, and for plasma ashing. The plasma reaction gas is synthesized by contacting a dihydrofluoroalkane compound or a monohydrofluoroalkene compound with a basic compound.
US07652177B2
A process for the production of an alcohol compound represented by the formula (3): wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, Z, R and n are as defined below, comprising reacting a phenol represented by the formula (1): wherein X1, X2, X3 and X4 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; Z represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; and R represents a halogen-substituted alkenyl group, with a haloalcohol represented by the formula (2): wherein Y represents a chlorine atom or a bromine atom; and n represents an integer of 2 or 3, in a biphase system composed of a water-immiscible organic solvent and an aqueous alkali metal hydroxide solution in the presence of a phase-transfer catalyst.
US07652169B2
The present invention relates to novel (2R)-2-phenylpropanamides bearing a 4-sulfonylamino substituent on the 4 position of the phenyl group and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, which are used as inhibitors of the chemotaxis of polymorphonucleate and mononucleate cells, and which are useful in the treatment of various ELR+CXC chemokine-mediated disorders. In particular, the compounds of the invention are useful in the treatment and control of specific CXCR2 dependent pathologies such as BOS, COPD, angiogenesis and melanoma.
US07652165B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing 3-cyano-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohexanone (isophoronenitrile) by reacting isophorone with hydrogen cyanide in the presence of a base as a catalyst to obtain a crude isophoronenitrile product, and subsequently distilling the crude isophoronenitrile product, with the addition before distillation of at least one specific sulfonic acid or specific carboxylic acid. In addition, the present invention relates to the use of a specific sulfonic acid or of a specific carboxylic acid as a neutralizing agent before distillation of a crude isophoronenitrile product which has been obtained by reacting isophorone with hydrogen cyanide in the presence of a base as a catalyst, in order to avoid precipitates in the neutralization of the base used as a catalyst with an acid.
US07652150B2
The present invention relates to 2-(1H-indolylsulfanyl)-benzyl amine derivatives of general formula (I): which are useful as SSRIs, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds.
US07652145B2
The invention relates to a complex compound of ruthenium of the general structural formula I in which X1 and X2 may be identical or different and represent an anionic ligand, in which R1 and R2 are identical or different, but may also have a ring, in which R1 and R2 represent hydrogen or/and a hydrocarbon group, in which the ligand L1 is a N-heterocyclic carbene and in which the ligand L2 is a neutral electron donor, especially a N-heterocyclic carbene or an amine, imine, phosphane, phosphite, stibine, arsine, carbonyl compound, carboxyl compound, nitrile, alcohol, ether, thiol or thioether, wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 represent hydrogen or/and hydrocarbon groups. The invention relates also to a process for the preparation of acyclic olefins having two or more carbon atoms or/and of cyclic olefins having four or more carbon atoms from acyclic olefins having two or more carbon atoms or/and from cyclic olefins having four or more carbon atoms by olefin metathesis reaction in the presence of at least one catalyst, wherein such a complex compound is used as catalyst and wherein R′1, R′2, R′3 and R′4 hydrogen or/and hydrocarbon groups.
US07652144B2
A compound of formula XIX wherein R1, R2, Z1, Z2, Q1, Q2 and Q3 as defined in the specification.
US07652141B2
It was found that the compound having a binding activity to the cannabinoid type 2 receptor represented by the formula (I): wherein R1 is a group represented by the formula: —Y1—Y2—Y3—Ra wherein Y1 is single bond or the like; Y2 is —C(═O)—NH— or the like; Y3 is optionally substituted aryl or the like; R2 is hydrogen or the like; R3 is alkyl or the like; R4 is alkyl or the like; R5 is optionally substituted alkyl or the like; or R3 and R4 taken together with the adjacent atom form cyclic group or the like.
US07652139B2
The invention relates to methyl(+)-(S)-α-(2-chlorophenyl)-6,7-dihydrothieno[3,2-C]pyridine-5(4H) acetate naphthalene-1,5-disulfonate or a polymorphic form and/or a hydrate and/or a solvate thereof, to pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and to the method of use thereof for inhibiting platelet aggregation.
US07652134B2
The present invention relates to methods of preparing compounds having formula (1), (2), (5), and ((6A)-(6D)) comprising contacting the corresponding ester, an amine with formula NHR1R2, and a Lewis acid having formula MLn, wherein L is a halogen atom or an organic radical, n is 3-5, and M is a group III elemental atom, a group IV elemental atom, As, Sb, V or Fe, wherein A, B, V, X, Z, W, R1, R2, R5, Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, Z5, Z6, Z7, and Z8 are substituents. Z4, Z5, Z6, Z7, and Z8 are substituents.
US07652132B2
The present invention provides a metal-organic framework (“MOF”) comprising a plurality of metal clusters and a plurality of multidentate linking ligands. Each metal of the plurality of metal clusters comprises one or more metal ions. Each ligand of the plurality of multidentate linking ligands connects adjacent metal clusters. The present invention also provides a method of forming the metal-organic framework. The method of the invention comprises combining a solution comprising one or metal ions with a multidentate linking ligand having a sufficient number of accessible sites for atomic or molecular adsorption that the surface area of the resulting metal-organic framework is greater than 2,900 m2/g.
US07652116B2
Fluorochemical urethane compounds and coating compositions derived therefrom are described. The compounds and composition may be used in treating substrates, in particular substrates having a hard surfaces such as ceramics or glass, to render them hydrophilic, oleophobic and easy to clean.
US07652112B2
A polymer extender composition comprising monomers copolymerized in the following percentages by weight: (a) from about 5% to about 90% of a monomer of the formula I: R1—OC(O)—C(R)═CH2 (I) (b) from about 5% to about 85% of vinylidene chloride, vinyl chloride, vinyl acetate, or a mixture thereof, (c) from about 0.5% to about 3% of a monomer of the formula II: HO—CH2—NH—C(O)—C(R)═CH2 (II) (d) from about 0.5% to about 3% of a monomer of the formula III HO—CH2CH2—OC(O)—C(R)═CH2 (III) and (e) from about 1% to about 5% of a monomer of the formula IV: H—(OCH2CH2)m—O—C(O)—C(R)═CH2 (IV) (f) from 0% to about 25% of methyl methacrylate, vinylbenzyl chloride, styrene or a mixture thereof, wherein each R is independently H or CH3; R1 is a linear or branched or cyclic alkyl chain having from about 4 to about 18 carbon atoms, and m is 2 to about 10.
US07652108B2
Process for the gas-phase polymerization of one or more alpha-olefins in the presence of a catalyst system, the process comprising: contacting in a continuous way one or more of said alpha-olefins with said catalyst system in a prepolymerization reactor, wherein the reaction is carried out in a liquid medium at a temperature ranging from 23° to 50° C.; feeding in continuous the prepolymer obtained in step a) into a gas-phase reactor having interconnected polymerization zones, where the growing polymer particles flow upward through a first polymerization zone (riser) under fast fluidization or transport conditions, leave said riser and enter a second polymerization zone (downcomer) through which they flow downward under the action of gravity, leave said downcomer and are reintroduced into said riser; wherein the prepolymer obtained from step a) is continuously fed at a section of said riser characterized by an upwardly gas velocity higher than 3.0 m/s.
US07652101B2
A thermoplastic material has a) from 5% weight to 95% by weight, preferably from 10% by weight to 60% by weight, of vulcanized rubber in a subdivided form; b) from 5% by weight to 95% by weight, preferably from 40% by weight to 90% by weight, of at least one heterophase copolymer having a thermoplastic phase made from a propylene homopolymer or copolymer and an elastomeric phase made from a copolymer of ethylene with an α-olefin, preferably with propylene; c) from 0% by weight to 90% by weight, preferably from 0% by weight to 50% by weight, of at least one α-olefin homopolymer or copolymer different from b); the amounts of a), b) and c) being expressed with respect to the total weight of a)+b)+c). The thermoplastic material shows improved mechanical properties, in particular, improved elongation at break.
US07652098B2
The present invention relates to a resin composition for GHz-band electronic components, the composition comprising nanoscale carbon tubes and at least one member selected from the group consisting of thermoplastic resins, curable resins, and composite resins of thermoplastic resins and curable resins; wherein the nanoscale carbon tubes are present in an amount of 0.0001 to 0.4 wt. % based on the resin; and an electronic component obtainable from the resin composition, or the like.
US07652097B2
A polymer-extruded article produced by extrusion and vulcanization of a polymeric composition includes ethylene-α-olefin-nonconjugated polyene copolymer in an amount of 100 phr; carbon black in an amount ranging from more than 50 to 120 phr, the carbon black having an arithmetic average particle diameter of not smaller than 60 nm; a softener in an amount of not more than 100 phr; and thermo-expansive capsules in an amount ranging from 1 to 10 phr. The polymer-extruded article includes a surface section having an uneven surface derived from thermal expansion of the thermo-expansive capsules, and a rough surface derived from carbon particle of the carbon black and formed at the uneven surface derived form the thermal expansion of the thermo-expansive capsules.
US07652086B2
A golf ball comprising a center comprising a highly-neutralized thermoplastic copolymer of ethylene and an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid, the acid being 100% neutralized by a salt of an organic acid, a cation source, or a suitable base of the organic acid; a cover; and an intermediate layer disposed between the center and the cover; wherein the golf ball has a first coefficient of restitution of 0.81 or greater when measured at an incoming velocity of 125 ft/s; and a sphere resulting from a combination of the center and the intermediate layer has a compression of 60 or greater.
US07652054B2
There is provided compounds of formula (I), wherein X1, X2, X3, Y4, Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, Z1, Z2, R4 and R5 have meanings given in the description, and pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, which compounds are useful as selective agonists of the AT2 receptor, and thus, in particular, in the treatment of inter alia gastrointestinal conditions, such as dyspepsia, IBS and MOF, and cardiovascular disorders.
US07652050B2
A method of increasing the survival of animals and aquatic species susceptible to birnavirus infection by treating them before, during and/or after birnavirus exposure, with a chemical compound capable of inhibiting viral replication. A method of treating aquatic species to increase their survival in the presence of a virus, particularly an aquatic birnavirus, and to increase the yield of farmed fish susceptible to viral infection. The present invention provides methods for increasing survival of virally-exposed aquatic animals by administering therapeutically effective amounts of isoxazol compounds to aquatic animals susceptible to birnavirus infection and/or IPNV infection, particularly in fish such as salmonoid species, which are easily exposed to IPNV. The present invention also provides methods for increasing survival of virally-exposed animals by administering therapeutically effective amounts of isoxazol compounds to farmed animals susceptible to birnavirus infection and/or IBDV infection, particularly in poultry such as chickens, which are exposed to IBDV.
US07652047B2
The invention concerns compounds which inhibit MEK and which have activity as anti-neoplastic agents. These compounds include N-substituted-3-hydroxy-5-arylamino-isothiazole-4-carboxamidines. Also included are the tautomeric isothiazol-3(2H)-ones.
US07652036B2
This invention pertains to certain carbamic acid compounds of the following formula, which inhibit HDAC (histone deacetylase) activity wherein: A is independently an unsubstituted or substituted bicyclic C9-10heteroaryl group (e.g., quinolinyl; quinoxalinyl; benzoxazolyl; benzothiazolyl); Q is an acid leader group, and is independently an unsubstituted or substituted, saturated or unsaturated C17alkylene group having a backbone length of 4 or less; with the proviso that if A is unsubstituted benzothiazol-2-yl, then Q is an unsaturated group; and with the proviso that if A is unsubstituted quinolin-6-yl, then Q is unsubstituted at the α-position; and with the proviso that A is not benzimidazol-2-yl; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, amides, esters, ethers, chemically protected forms, and prodrugs thereof. The present invention also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds and compositions, both in vitro and in vivo, to inhibit HDAC, and in the treatment of conditions mediated by HDAC, cancer, proliferative conditions, psoriasis, etc.
US07652030B2
New stable compositions comprising the combination of a topically active vasoconstrictor and a topically active anticholinergic drug are disclosed. Preferably, the composition comprises ipratropium or a salt thereof in combination with xylometazoline hydrochloride and a salt thereof. Upon topically administering such compositions to a nasal mucosa in individuals suffering from the common cold the symptoms of rhinorrhea are significantly reduced.
US07652028B2
The present invention relates to Indenoisoquinolinone Analogs, compositions comprising an effective amount of an Indenoisoquinolinone Analog and methods for treating or preventing an inflammatory disease, a reperfusion injury, diabetes mellitus, a diabetic complication, reoxygenation injury resulting from organ transplantation, an ischemic condition, a neurodegenerative disease, renal failure, a vascular disease, a cardiovascular disease, cancer, a complication of prematurity, cardiomyopathy, retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, erectile dysfunction or urinary incontinence, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of an Indenoisoquinolinone Analog.
US07652026B2
A pharmaceutical composition comprising an analgesic or analgesic combination and a stool softener is disclosed. The analgesic is selected from morphine, meperidine, fentanyl, hydromorphone, oxymorphone, oxycodone, hydrocodone, methadone, propoxyphene, pentazocine, levorphanol, codeine, acetaminophen and combinations of these analgesics. The composition is formulated for oral administration as a liquid or solid dosage form for immediate, slow, delayed or sustained-release characteristics.
US07652015B2
The present invention provides kinase inhibitors of Formula (I). Wherein R1, R2, X and Z are as described herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US07652014B2
The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), their use as PARP inhibitors as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds of formula (I) wherein n, s, R1, R2, R3, Q, X and Y have defined meanings.
US07652008B2
This invention relates to benzopyran derivatives of formula (I) or (II), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein R1 and R2 are independently of each other hydrogen atom, C1-6alkyl group or C6-14aryl group, R3 is hydrogen atom or C1-6alkylcarbonyloxy group, or together with R4 forms a bond, R4 is hydrogen atom, or together with R3 forms a bond, m is an integer of 0 to 4, n is an integer of 0 to 4, V is a single bond, CR7R8, NR9, O, S, SO or SO2, R5 is hydrogen atom or C1-6alkyl group, R6 is hydrogen atom, C1-6alkyl group, C3-8cycloalkyl group, C3-8cycloalkenyl group, amino group, C1-6alkylamino group, di-C1-6alkylamino group, C6-14arylamino group, C2-9heteroarylamino group, C6-14aryl group, C2-9heteroaryl group or C2-9heterocyclyl group, A is 5-, 6- or 7-member ring fused with benzene ring, as constituent atom of the ring, oxygen atom, nitrogen atom or sulfur atom may be contained in the number of 1 to 3 alone or in a combination thereof, the number of unsaturated bond in the ring is 1, 2 or 3 including an unsaturated bond of the benzene ring to be fused, carbon atoms constituting the ring may be carbonyl or thiocarbonyl. These compounds are useful as an anti-arrhythmic agent.
US07652002B2
A compound of formula (I):
US07652000B2
Methods of treating and/or preventing surface infections, such as acne, in an animal, such as a human being, using antibiotics incorporating borinic acid complexes, especially picolinic acid derivatives, are disclosed, along with compositions of these antibiotics.
US07651999B2
A 2-5A analog represented by the formula (1): wherein m is 0 or 1; n is 0 to 2; R1 represents an alkoxy group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms which may be substituted, an unprotected mercapto group, a mercapto group protected by a nucleic acid synthesis protecting group, or an alkylthio group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms which may be substituted; R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 represent an unprotected hydroxyl group, a hydroxyl group protected by a nucleic acid synthesis protecting group, an alkoxy group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms which may be substituted, an unprotected mercapto group, a mercapto group protected by a nucleic acid synthesis protecting group, or an alkylthio group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms which may be substituted; R7 represents an oxygen atom, or a —O(CH2CH2O)q- group, wherein q is 2 to 6; R8 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms which may be substituted, or a 5′-phosphorylated oligonucleotide analog which has one hydroxyl group removed from the 5′-phosphoric acid group; E1, E2, E3 and E4 represent a naturally occurring or modified nucleic acid unit, or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof.
US07651991B2
A cosmetic cleansing gel comprising myreth sulfate, cocamidopropyl betaine, a cross-linked acrylate copolymer and water. The gel has a viscosity of from about 1,500 to about 10,000 mPa·s. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
US07651987B2
Formulations using tartaric compounds of the present invention in a low sulfur, low ash and low phosphorous lubricant lower wear, and friction and improves fuel economy.
US07651976B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a thermal transfer sheet which has high adhesion strength of a dye layer to a base and a high reflection density, and has a good releasing property from a image-receiving sheet in printing even after being stored in the conditions of high temperatures and high humidity, and can attain adequately satisfactory printed substances having high sharpness of thermal transfer images.The present invention pertains to a thermal transfer sheet, wherein an under coat layer containing a thermoplastic resin and colloidal inorganic pigment ultrafine particles and a dye layer are formed in order on a face on one side of a base and a thermal transfer sheet, wherein an under coat layer formed by using colloidal inorganic pigment ultrafine particles and silicate or aluminum alcoholate and a dye layer are formed in order on a face on one side of a base.
US07651964B2
A unitary, fiber-containing composite comprises (a) a first region comprising a plurality of first binder fibers and a plurality of bast fibers, (b) a second region disposed above the first region, the second region comprising a plurality of second binder fibers and a plurality of bast fibers, and (c) a transitional region disposed between the first region and the second region. The transitional region comprises concentrations of the first binder fiber, the second binder fiber, and the bast fiber. The concentration of the first binder fiber in the first transitional region is greatest proximate to the first region and least proximate to the second region, and the concentration of the second binder fiber and the bast fiber in the first transitional region is greatest proximate to the second region and least proximate to the first region. A method for producing a unitary, fiber-containing composite is also described.
US07651961B2
A method for forming a strained SiN film and a semiconductor device containing the strained SiN film. The method includes exposing the substrate to a gas including a silicon precursor, exposing the substrate to a gas containing a nitrogen precursor activated by a plasma source at a first level of plasma power and configured to react with the silicon precursor with a first reactivity characteristic, and exposing the substrate to a gas containing the nitrogen precursor activated by the plasma source at a second level of plasma power different from the first level and configured to react with the silicon precursor with a second reactivity characteristic such that a property of the silicon nitride film formed on the substrate changes to provide the strained silicon nitride film.
US07651952B2
Wafer structures and associated methods of fabrication are described. The wafer structures are fabricated to have aerodynamic shapes. Even if the structures on the wafer are fragile, the aerodynamic shapes of the structures create less resistance to a fluid flow of a cleaning process, and are less likely to be damaged by the cleaning process. Also, the aerodynamic shape of the structures allows a fluid flow to be directed toward the wafer from a single angle to effectively clean the wafer.
US07651942B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device including a metal interconnect structure with a conductive region formed in a first dielectric layer, and an overlying, low-k, dielectric layer. A via and trench are formed in a dual damascene structure in the overlying dielectric layer, the via aligned with the conductive region and the trench. A sacrificial liner to release organic residues is deposited in the via and over the upper surface of the wafer, over which an organic planarization layer is deposited. The organic planarization layer is removed with a dry plasma etch, followed by a wet clean to remove the sacrificial liner. A diffusion barrier to separate the conductive material from the dielectric layers is deposited over the dual damascene structure and over the upper surface of the wafer. A conductive structure is formed over the diffusion barrier and polished to form an even surface for further processing steps.
US07651935B2
A transistor structure of an electronic device can include a gate dielectric layer and a gate electrode. The gate electrode can have a surface portion between the gate dielectric layer and the rest of the gate electrode. The surface portion can be formed such that another portion of the gate electrode primarily sets the effective work function in the finished transistor structure.
US07651929B2
A semiconductor structure with an insulating layer on a silicon substrate, a plurality of electrically-isolated silicon-on-insulator (SOI) regions separated from the substrate by the insulating layer, and a plurality of electrically-isolated silicon bulk regions extending through the insulating layer to the substrate. Each of one number of the SOI regions is oriented with a first crystal orientation and each of another number of the SOI regions is oriented with a second crystal orientation that differs from the first crystal orientation. The bulk silicon regions are each oriented with a third crystal orientation. Damascene or imprinting methods of forming the SOI regions and bulk silicon regions are also provided.
US07651925B2
A frame and vacuum expansion chuck are used in combination for stretching a tape carrying a plurality of singulated devices to facilitate removal of the devices with reduced risk of contact between a device being removed from the tape and an adjacent device on the tape. The combination includes a frame for holding edges of a tape carrying a plurality of singulated devices, and a vacuum chuck having upper surfaces for contacting an underside of a tape carrying a plurality of singulated devices. The vacuum chuck extends along a perimeter circumscribing the singulated devices, and at least one groove is defined in the upper surface of the vacuum chuck. Conduit for providing fluid communication between the groove and a vacuum source are provided. Upon evacuation of the volume defined between the groove and the tape, the tape is drawn down into the groove and stretched, thereby increasing the separation or gap between adjacent dice and reducing the risk of damage upon removal of the dice.
US07651922B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, includes forming a silicon nitride film on a base body, forming a silicon film on said silicon nitride film, forming at least one groove extending from said silicon film to inside of said base body, forming by high-density plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition a silicon-containing dielectric film in said groove and on said silicon film in such a way that a silicon-rich layer is formed at a height position spaced apart from said base body within said groove, said silicon-rich layer being higher in silicon content than remaining silicon-containing dielectric film, removing by etching a portion of said silicon-containing dielectric film above said silicon film and a portion of said remaining silicon-containing dielectric film above said silicon-rich layer, if any, and after having removed said silicon-containing dielectric film, removing by etching said silicon-rich layer and said silicon film.
US07651921B2
There is a method of forming a contact post and surrounding isolation trench in a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate. The method comprises etching a contact hole and surrounding isolation trench from an active layer of the substrate to the insulating layer, masking the trench and further etching the contact hole to the base substrate layer, filling the trench and contact hole with undoped intrinsic polysilicon and then performing a doping process in respect of the polysilicon material filling the contact hole so as to form in situ a highly doped contact post, while the material filling the isolation trench remains non-conductive. The isolation trench and contact post are formed substantially simultaneously so as to avoid undue interference with the device fabrication process.
US07651915B2
In a method of making a semiconductor device, a gate dielectric is formed over the semiconductor body. A floating gate is formed over the gate dielectric, an insulating region over the floating gate, and a control gate over the insulating region. The gate dielectric, floating gate, insulating region, and control gate constitute a gate stack. A stress is caused in the gate stack, whereby the band gap of the gate dielectric is changed by the stress.
US07651912B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a plurality of element regions and a plurality of element isolation regions in a first direction, a plurality of floating gate electrodes formed via a gate insulating film on the respective element regions, an intergate insulating film formed on the floating gate electrodes, a plurality of control gate electrodes formed on the intergate insulating film so as to extend over the adjacent floating gate electrodes, and an element isolation insulating film formed in the element isolation region and having an upper end located higher than the upper surface of the gate insulating film, the element isolation insulating film including a part formed between the control gate electrodes so that the central sidewall of the element isolation insulating film is located lower than the end of the sidewall of the element isolation insulating film.
US07651902B2
Hybrid substrates characterized by semiconductor islands of different crystal orientations and methods of forming such hybrid substrates. The methods involve using a SIMOX process to form an insulating layer. The insulating layer may divide the islands of at least one of the different crystal orientations into mutually aligned device and body regions. The body regions may be electrically floating relative to the device regions.
US07651901B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprises: forming a high dielectric gate insulating film in an nMIS formation region and a pMIS formation region of a semiconductor substrate; forming a first metal film on the high dielectric gate insulating film, the first metal film; removing the first metal film in the nMIS formation region; forming a second metal film on the high dielectric gate insulating film of the nMIS formation region and on the first metal film of the pMIS formation region; and processing the first metal film and the second metal film. The high dielectric gate insulating film has a dielectric constant higher than a dielectric constant of silicon oxide. The first metal film does not contain silicon and germanium. The second metal film contains at least one of silicon and germanium.
US07651900B2
A mask for making a polysilicon structure includes a transmitting area that transmits light and a blocking area that has a metal layer and a semiconductor layer deposited in an alternating manner at least once. The blocking area blocks light. The mask is subject to less thermal stress from the light (e.g., a laser beam) and therefore has a longer life span compared to a conventional mask.
US07651899B2
A method of fabricating a thin film transistor array substrate and a thin film transistor array substrate using the same is disclosed. Picture quality deterioration may be prevented.
US07651898B2
First gate lines are formed on a substrate. An insulation layer is formed on the substrate and the first gate lines. The insulation layer disposed between the first gate lines is selectively etched, to thereby form first openings. Landing plugs are buried into the first openings. The insulation layer disposed on the first gate lines is etched until upper portions of the first gate lines are exposed, thereby obtaining second openings. Second gate lines are formed inside the second openings.
US07651894B2
A semiconductor device manufacturing method including forming a dummy capacitor in a fuse region to avoid a step height between plate electrodes in a cell region and in a fuse region, is disclosed herein. The method can be used so that only an insulating film at a target thickness may remain on an upper part of the plate electrode in the fuse region during an etching process for forming a fuse open region, and a fuse failure due to laser blowing can be prevented.
US07651884B2
A fabrication method of a CMOS image sensor provides forms micro lenses over a substrate by etching a plurality of holes in a wiring layer over a pixel area. An oxide layer is deposited to form a surface with a semi-circular cross section over the holes. The oxide layer may be etched away, leaving micro lenses formed in the wiring layer.
US07651881B2
A transfer film, on which an adhesive is applied, is glued to plural spacers formed on a glass substrate. The glass substrate is laid on a working table, and one end of the transfer film is fixed to a winding roller. A peeling guide is set at a position over the transfer film. The winding roller is driven to wind the transfer film while the working table moves horizontally. While winding the transfer film, the angle between the glass substrate and the transfer film is kept constant. After the transfer film is peeled off, the adhesive is uniformly transferred to each of the spacers.
US07651879B2
Improved SAW pressure sensors and manufacturing methods thereof. A SAW wafer including a number of SAW transducers disposed thereon may be provided. A cover wafer may also be provided, with a glass wall situated between the cover wafer and the SAW wafer. The cover wafer may be secured to the SAW wafer such that the glass wall surrounds the SAW transducers. In some instances, the glass wall may define, at least in part, a separation between the cover wafer and the SAW wafer. One or more contours may also be provided between the cover wafer and the SAW wafer such that at least one of the contours surrounds at least one of the SAW transducers when the cover wafer is disposed over and secured relative to the SAW wafer.
US07651878B2
Provided are a WLCSP of an image sensor and a method of manufacturing the same. The WLCSP includes a wafer, support members, glass, and metal bumps. The wafer has an image sensor and a pair of pads disposed thereon, a portion of the bottom surface of the image sensor being exposed outward from the both ends of the wafer. The support members are disposed on the pads to support the both bottom sides of the glass, the support members being formed to a predetermined thickness to provide a space for forming an air cavity. The glass is safely seated on the support members such that the air cavity is formed on the wafer. The metal bumps are disposed on the both sides of the wafer corresponding to the pads such that the bottom surfaces of the metal bumps protrude beyond the bottom surface of the wafer and form conductive lines electrically connected to the pads. Therefore, the package can be directly attached to a camera module even without using a separate PCB or ceramic substrate. Accordingly, the module assembly space can be reduced to miniaturize the product. Also, the substrate manufacturing costs can be reduced to lower the unit price of the product.
US07651875B2
Nanostructured surface materials having patterned indents are disclosed and there use for catalytic, therapeutic, herbicidal, pesticidal, antiviral, antibacterial and antifungal applications is disclosed.
US07651865B2
A method and system to consistently and automatically conditioning and delivering a solid-free liquid (filtrate) sample suitable for instrumental analysis is disclosed. A slurry, preferably a slurry produced by a sub-atmospheric pressure chlorate dioxide generating process, is fed through a filter to remove the solid phase and to provide the liquid phase on the downstream side of the filter, where the concentration of at least one dissolved component is determined.
US07651862B2
Optical time domain reflectometry caused by absorption of a volatile or analyte into the fiber optic cladding is used an optical nose. The fiber optics (14) are covered with a gas permeable film (44) which is patterned to leave millimeter wide gas permeable notches (48a-48d). The notches contain a sensing polymer that responds to different gases by expanding or contracting.
US07651860B2
Methods of analyzing low levels of peroxyacetic acid (PAA) in water are described. These methods employ buffering the PAA-containing water and the use of a N,N-diethyl-p-phenylenediamine (DPD) indicator system in the presence of iodide ion. The intensity of the pink coloration that develops is quantitated by colorimetric or titrimetric methods and correlated to the ppm PAA in the water. Positive interference effects due to the presence of hydrogen peroxide are eliminated by performing the analyses quickly after the introduction of the reagents.
US07651849B2
The invention relates to nitrilases and to nucleic acids encoding the nitrilases. In addition methods of designing new nitrilases and method of use thereof are also provided. The nitrilases have increased activity and stability at increased pH and temperature.
US07651848B2
A method for refolding a protein by mixing a protein solution with a refolding buffer at mixing conditions that approximate ideal mixing. The method can be carried out batch wise, in a fed-batch mode or continuously with on-line solubilization of inclusion bodies.
US07651847B2
The present invention provides methods for identifying oligosaccharides specific to cancer and methods for determining a strain of cancer in an individual. The present invention also provides methods for diagnosing cancer or a stage of cancer in an individual by detecting the presence or absence of specific cancer markers and methods for treating cancer by administering antibodies directed to such markers. In addition, the present invention provides cancer markers comprising O-linked oligosaccharides and kits for diagnosing or treating cancer.
US07651844B2
The invention concerns a method for screening agents capable of treating, by way of prevention or cure, obesity or one of the disorders associated with obesity by modulating the expression of the SPARC protein or of its activity. The invention also concerns a method for diagnosing obesity or one of the disorders associated with obesity by monitoring the expression rate of the SPARC protein or its activity. The invention further concerns a composition comprising an agent modulating the expression of the SPARC protein or its activity. The invention finally concerns the use of any agent modulating the expression of the SPARC protein or its activity for preparing a pharmaceutical composition for treating, by way of prevention or cure, obesity or one of the disorders associated with obesity.
US07651833B2
The present invention relates to a method of preparing a photochromic film or plate comprising printing a photochromic substance in the unit of an independent spot on a part or the whole of a basic material and forming a protective layer on the basic material, on which the photochromic substance is coated, so as to protect the photochromic substance. According to the present invention, the photochromic substance is printed in the unit of an independent spot so that the printed unit spots are isolated from each other, thereby prolonging the life of the photochromic substance.
US07651832B2
Optical information recording medium, recording/reproducing method, and recording/reproducing device
The subject invention achieves further improvement in recording density for an optical information recording medium using a medium super-resolution effect with a super-resolution film, by reduction of the effective spot diameter in a further effective way. According to the optical information recording medium of the present invention, information is recorded on a recording surface of a substrate 5 in the form of phase pits. On the recording surface, an information layer 4, composed of a reflection film 6, a light-absorbing film 3 and a temperature-responsive film 2, is formed. The temperature-responsive film 2 is made of a ZnO film, which is an inorganic super-resolution film whose complex refractive index changes according to intensity of incident light, the film is also superior in a light transmittance property. The light-absorbing film 3 is made of an Si film 3, which absorbs a part of the incident light so that the temperature of the information layer 4 increases. The reflection film 6 is made of an Al film.
US07651827B2
An imaging member containing a substrate, and an outer layer containing a phosphorus-containing lubricant, and an image forming apparatus for forming images on a recording medium including the imaging member above, a development component to apply a developer material to said charge-retentive surface to develop said electrostatic latent image to form a developed image on said charge-retentive surface; a transfer component for transferring said developed image from said charge retentive surface to another member or a copy substrate; and a fusing member to fuse said developed image to said copy substrate.
US07651826B2
There is provided a semiconductor device including a wafer and a focus monitoring pattern formed on the wafer. The focus monitoring pattern having at least one pair of first and second patterns, and the first pattern has an unexposed region surrounded by an exposed region, and the second pattern has an exposed region surrounded by an unexposed region. In addition, the present invention provides a method of fabricating a semiconductor device comprising the steps of forming at least one pair of first and second patterns on a wafer, the first pattern having an unexposed region surrounded by an exposed region, the second pattern having an exposed region surrounded by an unexposed region, and checking a focusing condition on exposure by measuring widths of the first and second patterns formed on the wafer.
US07651825B2
A system and method are provided for determining an overlay of a first layer N-1 and a second layer N that are positioned one over the other on a substrate. The first layer includes a first overlay portion. The second layer includes a first complementary overlay portion. The first overlay portion and first complementary overlay portion are arranged to form an overlay mark for determining the overlay of the first and second layers. In the second layer a stitching portion and a complementary stitching portion are formed. The stitching portion and complementary stitching portion are arranged to form a stitching mark for determining a stitching overlay between the second layer and an adjacent second layer, with the adjacent second layer being positioned adjacent to the second layer.
US07651824B1
A method for compensating critical dimension (CD) variations of patterns of a substrate, by the correcting the CD of the corresponding photomask is disclosed. First, a light and a main photomask are provided. Second, an auxiliary photomask including an auxiliary transparent substrate and a shading element within the auxiliary transparent substrate is provided. Next the light passes through the auxiliary photomask and main photomask in order for compensating CD variations of patterns corresponding to main photomask.
US07651816B2
A positive electrode active material powder for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, wherein an amount of a liquid reagent absorbed by the powder is 20 to 40 ml per 100 g of the powder when the liquid reagent is dibutyl phthalate, and the amount is 20 to 50 ml per 100 g of the powder when the liquid reagent is N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone or water, the absorption amount is a value measured using a device according to test method A or B regarding DBP absorption based on JIS K6217 (1997), and the measured value is an amount of the liquid reagent added until the viscosity of a mixture of the powder and the liquid reagent reaches a level corresponding to 70% of a maximum torque which is recorded when a change in the viscosity of a mixture of the powder and the liquid reagent is measured by a torque detecting device.
US07651814B2
An electrochemical cell is provided having a cathode can that fits over an anode can to define an anode cavity for retaining active anode material. A cathode assembly is disposed proximal the base of the anode can, and is separated from the anode cavity via a separator. A radial seal is provided at the remote region between the outer periphery of the anode side wall and cathode side wall to prevent the leakage of electrolyte material. An insulator is disposed between the anode and cathode to provide electrical insulation therebetween.
US07651813B2
A capacitor includes a base having a hollow or open portion in an upper surface for containing a battery element or an electric double layer capacitor element and an electrolytic solution in an inside thereof, a metallized layer formed to a periphery of the base defining the hollow or open portion in the upper surface and a frame member made of metal brazed to the metallized layer so as to surround the hollow or open portion. An inner lateral surface of the frame member is inclined outward, and a corrosion resistant layer is deposited so as to continuously cover the inclined surface and a portion of the surface of the metallized layer situated inward thereof.
US07651807B2
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a fuel tank, a first passage which supplies liquid fuel from the fuel tank to the fuel cell, a cartridge holder in which a plurality of types of cartridges are replaceably loaded, a second passage which supplies the content discharged from the cartridge to the fuel cell, a cartridge detector which detects the type of cartridge loaded in the cartridge holder, and a passage control means which controls the passages in accordance with the type of cartridge detected.
US07651805B2
The fuel cell comprises: a membrane electrode assembly having a solid polymer electrolyte membrane, an anode side diffusion electrode (an anode electrode, and a second diffusion layer) disposed at one side of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane, and a cathode side diffusion electrode (a cathode electrode, and a first diffusion layer) disposed at the other side of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane; a pair of separators which hold the membrane electrode assembly; a projecting portion which extends from the solid polymer electrolyte membrane and which projects from the peripheries of the anode side diffusion electrode and the cathode side diffusion electrode; and a seal, provided on the separators, which was liquid sealant at the time of application. The seal makes contact with the projecting portion while the membrane electrode assembly is disposed between the separators.
US07651804B2
A fuel cartridge in a fuel cell is constructed so as to be removably mounted to a fuel cell body. The fuel cartridge is constructed so that a high-concentration fuel tank and a mixing tank are detachably connected at a fitting section. A low-concentration fuel, a recovered fuel recovered from a fuel container, and a high-concentration fuel in the high-concentration fuel tank are mixed in the mixing tank to be a fuel at a predetermined concentration of fuel component, and then the fuel is supplied to the fuel container.
US07651802B2
Disclosed is a polymer electrolyte having a protonic acid group that is excellent in thermal stability and dimensional stability. The polymer electrolyte includes copolymers having a sulfonic acid group which has a structure represented by the following formula: wherein X is a divalent electron-withdrawing group; Y is an oxygen or a sulfur; Z and Q are each a direct bond, —O—, —S—, —CO—, —SO2—, —[C(R′)2]g— (g: integer of from 1 to 8), etc.; R, R′ and R1 to R16 are each a hydrogen, a fluorine, an alkyl, a fluorine-substituted alkyl, an aryl or a nitrile; m, n, p, q, r, s, t and u are each an integer of from 0 to 4 (with the proviso that p+q≧1); and A is a group represented by Formula (5a) or (5b) below: wherein W is a divalent electron-withdrawing group; S is a protonic acid group; i is an integer of from 1 to 5; and j is an integer of from 1 to 7.
US07651800B2
The object is to provide a simplified but highly efficient fuel cell system, permitting to perform the flame off detection and so on without supplying the burner with additional raw fuel, even if a flame rod system flame detection means is adopted as burner for reformer. The invention concerns a fuel cell system, comprising a reformer for reforming a hydrocarbon base fuel such as natural gas into hydrogen, a CO transformer, a CO eliminator, a fuel cell for generating electricity from hydrogen, and a burner for reformer for burning hydrogen gas discharged from the fuel cell and supply the reformer with heat necessary for reforming reaction, wherein the burner for reformer is provided with a flame rod system flame detection means and, at the same time, supplied with hydrogen gas containing a flame detectable amount of fuel gas.
US07651795B2
Embodiments of the embodiment are directed to reducing the inter-granular exchange coupling of an oxide granular medium and obtaining a high media S/N value, resulting in an areal recording density greater than 23 gigabits per square centimeter or more being achieved. In one embodiment, a magnetic recording medium comprises a structure laminating a soft-magnetic underlayer, a lower intermediate layer including Ru, an upper intermediate layer consisting of Ru crystal grains and oxide crystal grain boundaries, a magnetic recording layer consisting of crystal grains and oxide crystal grain boundaries, in order, on a substrate, growing crystal grains of the magnetic recording layer epitaxially on the Ru crystal grains of the upper intermediate layer, and growing the crystal grain boundaries of the magnetic recording layer on the crystal grain boundaries of the upper intermediate layer.
US07651794B2
The invention uses an adhesion layer of an amorphous alloy of aluminum. A first aluminum titanium embodiment of the amorphous adhesion layer preferably contains approximately equal amounts of aluminum and titanium (+/−5 at. %). A second embodiment of the amorphous adhesion layer preferably contains approximately equal amounts of aluminum and titanium (+/−5 at. %) and up to 10 at. % Zr with 5 at. % Zr being preferred. A third embodiment is aluminum tantalum preferably including from 15 to 25 at. % tantalum with 20 at. % being preferred. The most preferred compositions are Al50Ti50, Al47.5Ti47.5Zr5 or Al80 Ta20. The adhesion layer is deposited onto the substrate. The substrate can be glass or a metal such as NiP-plated AlMg. The preferred embodiment of media according to the invention is for perpendicular recording and includes a magnetically soft underlayer deposited above the adhesion layer.
US07651785B2
There is provided a tin-plated product which has a small deterioration of contact resistance with age, an excellent wear resistance and a low coefficient of friction. A coating of a composite material, which contains 0.1 to 1.0 wt % of carbon particles dispersed in a tin layer and which has a thickness of 0.5 to 10.0 μm, preferably 1.0 to 5.0 μm, is formed as the outermost layer of a substrate. Thus, the coefficient of dynamic friction between the tin-plated products of the same kind is 0.20 or less, and the coefficient of dynamic friction between the tin-plated product and a reflow tin-plated product is 0.20 or less, while the contact resistance is 1 mΩ or less.
US07651780B2
Roofing membranes of single ply heat seamable thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) sheets are made with a metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene (MPO) blend. The membranes exhibit superior heat seam peel strengths and low temperature flexibility.
US07651772B2
A carbon black pellet comprising an inner core of de-aerated carbon black and an outer surrounding shell of an encapsulating material, the shell of the encapsulating material having an average thickness of from about 1% to about 10% of the average thickness of the pellet.
US07651770B2
The present invention discloses a nano-cluster that includes a plurality of nano-particles, wherein the nano-particles can disperse in response to an environmental cue. Also disclosed is a method of preventing, treating, or diagnosing a disease or condition in a subject comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising nano-clusters of the present invention.
US07651766B2
A carbon nanotube reinforced metal nanocomposite material includes a continuous metal phase, and a plurality of carbon nanotubes dispersed in the continuous metal phase. The metal phase extends throughout substantially an entire thickness of the nanocomposite material. The nanotubes are preferably single wall nanotubes (SWNTs). Carbon nanotube reinforced metal nanocomposites according to the invention provide thermal conductivity and electrical conductivity which are generally significantly higher than the pure metal continuous phase material, mechanical strength is 2 to 3 times greater than that of the pure metal, and a tailorable coefficient of thermal expansion obtainable through changing the percentage of nanotubes in the nanocomposite.
US07651765B2
Adhesive composition for tapes, labels and bandages to be used at temperatures of +5° C. and lower, comprising (a) at least one block copolymer, comprising at least two terminal blocks of poly(vinyl aromatic compound) and at least one midblock of a randomly copolymerized mixture of isoprene and butadiene, optionally mixed with a diblock copolymer comprising one poly(vinyl aromatic compound) block and one randomly copolymerized mixbjre of isoprene and butadiene, and optionally mixed with a block copolymer, comprising at least one block of poly(vinyl aromatic compound) and at least one block of poly(butadiene) or poly(isoprene), (b) at least one mixed aliphaticlaromatic tackifying resin or a blend of aliphatic and aromatic tackifying resins, having an aromatic H-NIVIR content between 6 and 22%, and (c) a plasticizer in an amount of at most 25 wt %, relative to the weight of the adhesive composition; and tapes, labels and bandages comprising said adhesive compositions, applied on a substrate layer; and the use of said tapes, labels or bandages.
US07651761B2
The invention provides a polishing pad by which optical materials such as lenses, reflecting mirrors etc., or materials requiring a high degree of surface planarity, as in the polishing of silicone wafers, glass substrates or aluminum substrates for hard disks, or general metal polishing, can be flattened with stability and high polishing efficiency. The invention also provides a polishing pad for semiconductor wafers, which is superior in planarizing characteristic, is free from scratches and can be produced at low cost. There is provided a polishing pad which is free from dechucking error so that neither damage to wafers nor decrease in operating efficiency occurs. There is provided a polishing pad which is satisfactory in planarity, within wafer uniformity, and polishing rate and produces less change in polishing rate. There is provided a polishing pad which can make planarity improvement and scratch decrease compatible.
US07651741B2
A support that includes a flexible substrate and provided thereon, one or two or more polymer layers and one or two or more sealing layers, wherein at least one of the polymer layers and the sealing layers is formed by a process including exciting a reactive gas at a space between opposed electrodes at atmospheric pressure or approximately atmospheric pressure by electric discharge to be in the plasma state, and exposing the flexible substrate, the polymer layer or the sealing layer to the reactive gas in the plasma state.
US07651731B2
The novelty proposed herein describes the application of niobium-based compositions and coatings, niobium oxides and their alloys capable of associations with other oxides and alloys by means of the thermal spraying technique for the purpose of an anticorrosive protection in highly corrosive environments, mainly those which present high temperatures, show presence of gases such as H2S, SO2, CO2, as well as organic and inorganic acids, commonly found in industrial centers.
US07651730B2
A silicon oxide film is formed on a target substrate by CVD, in a process field configured to be selectively supplied with an Si-containing gas, an oxidizing gas, and a deoxidizing gas. This method alternately includes first to fourth steps. The first step is arranged to perform supply of the Si-containing gas to the process field while stopping supply of the oxidizing and deoxidizing gases to the process field. The second step is arranged to stop supply of the Si-containing, oxidizing, and deoxidizing gases to the process field. The third step is arranged to perform supply of the oxidizing and deoxidizing gases to the process field at the same time, while stopping supply of the Si-containing gas to the process field. The fourth step is arranged to stop supply of the Si-containing, oxidizing, and deoxidizing gases to the process field.
US07651726B2
A process of obtaining silicon nitride (Si3N4) surface coatings on ceramic pieces and components by impregnation of the surfaces of the ceramic pieces with silicon powder suspensions with a particle size preferably less than 200 μm. The thickness of the coatings depends on the impregnation time and on the properties of the slip and the ceramic piece. The subsequent nitridation of the coating by thermal treatment at temperatures between 1300° C. and 1500° C. in N2 atmospheres leads to a continuous Si3N4 coating. The chemical stability and compatibility between Si3N4 and molten silicon enables its application in silicon metallurgy, in manufacturing crucibles for silicon fusion or for housing said molten silicon, in manufacturing pipes and chutes for its transport or in manufacturing different components for its subsequent purification.
US07651722B2
An apparatus for manufacturing an organic electroluminescence display having an alignment chamber for aligning a mask having openings corresponding to a predetermined pattern with a substrate on which a first electrode layer is formed and detachably attaching the mask and the substrate. The apparatus further including a number of vacuum processing chambers for sequentially forming a number of organic material layers on the substrate attached with the mask. The apparatus also including a transfer robot for transferring the attached mask and substrate to one of the number of vacuum processing chambers and sequentially transferring it between the number of the vacuum processing chambers.
US07651721B2
A process for manufacturing milk chocolate products containing a higher than normal water content by preparing a dark chocolate containing up to 30% by weight of water, adding a milk powder suspension optionally together with seed crystals of cocoa butter or cocoa butter equivalent, and mixing under low shear. The invention also relates to high water content milk chocolate products, methods of preparing a chocolate coated ice cream article with such products and to the resulting chocolate coated ice cream articles.
US07651718B2
A device (e.g., a vending machine) and method for preparing a consumable beverage include mixing an agglomerated natural milk powder having a scorched particle mass not greater than fifteen milligrams with hot water to produce the consumable beverage. The hot water and milk powder may be mixed prior to or during their placement of the beverage in a beverage cup, such as part of operation of a vending machine. Alternatively, the hot water and milk powder may be mixed with one or more additional ingredients, such as coffee, tea, cocoa powder, and/or sugar, to produce the beverage. Further, the hot water and milk powder may be whipped together or with an additional ingredient to produce a foaming beverage, such as cappuccino.
US07651716B2
Methods for reducing side-effects of feeding an individual are provided. The methods comprise administering to the individual a composition comprising an amount of bovine milk providing 1.0 to 1.2 grams of protein per 100 available kilocalories and an amount of a bovine whey material providing 1.0 to 1.2 grams of protein per 100 available kilocalories, said bovine whey material having an alpha-lactalbumin content of 28% to 40% and a beta-lactoglobulin content of 8% to 33% of total protein.
US07651712B2
A method for processing a high-lactose aqueous fluid (HLAF), such as permeate from ultrafiltration of whey fluid, is provided. The process includes introducing a highly concentrated high-lactose aqueous fluid into a cooling, concentrating, crystallizing apparatus in which the highly concentrated high-lactose aqueous fluid is exposed to mixing and to movement of a gaseous fluid at a temperature, moisture content and air speed effective to create a cooling, concentrating, crystallizing cascade to generate a partially crystallized high-lactose aqueous fluid and spraying the partially crystallized high-lactose aqueous fluid into an enclosed drying chamber containing hot air to form a high-solids crystalline product rich in crystalline alpha-lactose monohydrate crystals.
US07651709B2
Improved confectionery compositions and methods of using those compositions are provided. Broadly, the compositions comprise a sweetening ingredient, a proteinaceous material, and a thickening agent and can further have various additives such as colorants, flavoring agents, and preservatives. The compositions can be provided in the form of a dry mix which can be stored for long periods of time, or in the form of a ready-to-use composition. The final hydrated icing compositions flow readily through extremely small apertures (e.g., 18-24 gauge) and thus can be formed into detailed and complex patterns by even those with little skill in the art. The patterns can also be formed on a release substrate and packaged for sale directly to consumers or to bakeries.
US07651698B2
The present invention concerns a prolonged release bioadhesive mucosal therapeutic system containing at least one active principle, with an active principle dissolution test of more than 70% over 8 hours and to a method for its preparation. This bioadhesive therapeutic system comprises quantities of natural proteins representing 50% by weight of active principle and at least 20% by weight of said tablet, between 10% and 20% of a hydrophilic polymer, and compression excipients, and comprising between 4% and 10% of an alkali metal alkylsulphate to reinforce the local availability of active principle and between 0.1% and 1% of a monohydrate sugar.
US07651695B2
The invention provides bioactive compositions and methods of delivery for ameliorating a vascular diseased state, particularly for the management of stenosis or restenosis following a vascular trauma or disease.
US07651691B2
An emulsifying composition and process, that includes: a) from about 10 to about 90% by weight of arachidyl or behenyl alcohol; b) from about 10 to about 90% by weight of the corresponding phosphoric ester of arachidyl or behenyl alcohol; and c) up to about 20% by weight of at least one alkylpolyglycoside.
US07651689B2
This invention provides methods for treating infections in a subject which comprise administering to the subject an amount of a radiolabeled antibody effective to treat the infection, wherein the antibody specifically binds to the agent causing the infection. The invention also provides compositions and methods of making compositions comprising radiolabeled antibodies for the treatment of infections.
US07651681B1
Methods and compositions for forming protective and/or medicated films on body tissue. Liquid compositions contain a hydrophobically modified polymer, other than an esterified lower-hydroxyalkyl-substituted cellulose, suspended or dissolved in a solvent. The modified polymer is soluble in the solvent but insoluble in body fluids. The compositions may optionally contain a separate medicinal component, i.e., one which is present in addition to any medications, if any, present in the solvent, in the modified polymer and in any other additive components such as flavors, skin penetrants, preservatives, other solvents for the additives, etc. A protective and/or medicated film is formed in situ upon body tissue by applying the liquid composition to the tissue and separating the solvent from the composition, e.g., by vaporization.
US07651676B2
There is provided a process for preparing aluminium chloride comprising: leaching aluminium dross residues with HCl so as to obtain a mixture comprising a solid and a liquid; and hydrochlorinating the liquid obtained from the mixture, so as to form a precipitate comprising aluminium chloride. Such a sequence can also be used for preparing alumina. In such a case, the process can further comprise the step of converting the so-obtained aluminium chloride into alumina. In the processes previously defined, the solid so-obtained can also be leached with H2SO4, thereby generating a leachate. The leachate can also eventually be hydrochlorinated so as to increase the yield of the desired product obtained i.e. alumina or aluminium chloride.
US07651673B1
The present invention relates generally to the field of small scale pumping and, more specifically, to a method and system for very small scale pumping media through microtubes. One preferred embodiment of the invention generally comprises: method for small scale pumping, comprising the following steps: providing one or more media; providing one or more microtubes, the one or more tubes having a first end and a second end, wherein said first end of one or more tubes is in contact with the media; and creating surface waves on the tubes, wherein at least a portion of the media is pumped through the tube.
US07651672B2
An endoscope processor, according to the present invention, provides for cleaning and sterilizing an endoscope having a body, and a first flexible tube attached to the body. It includes an operational housing and an enclosure which is attachable to and detachable from the operational housing, the enclosure being sealed from ingress of potentially contaminating microorganisms when detached from the operational housing. The enclosure is shaped, sized and oriented to receive the endoscope in an orientation with the first flexible tube depending vertically downwardly from the endoscope body. The enclosure includes a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet. The operational housing includes a circulating system comprising at least one liquid pump having a pump outlet connected to the liquid inlet of the enclosure when the enclosure is attached to the operational housing, and a pump inlet connected to the liquid outlet of the enclosure when the enclosure is attached to the operational housing, whereby to circulate liquid through the enclosure. A source of sterilizing fluid is associated with the pump and a control system is programmed to control a sterilization procedure whereby the pump circulates a liquid comprising the sterilizing fluid through the enclosure.
US07651668B2
A material gas and a catalyst are introduced through a material supplying tube path and a catalyst supplying tube path together with a carrier gas into a reactor equipped on its outer periphery with a heat applicator for thermally decomposing the material gas. The reactor has a convention regulator fitted to the discharge end of the catalyst supplying tube path. The convection regulator covers an edge side of the reactor to regulate gas flow in the reactor so that the flow does not reach the edge side. Due to this, a convection state can be efficiently produced in a reaction region. Consequently, it becomes possible to prevent contamination defect caused by accumulation/adherence of concretion of catalyst, which was generated by aggregation of cooled catalyst in the low-temperature region of the reactor and a decomposition product of the material gas. Thus the efficiency of carbon nanostructure production can be improved.
US07651654B2
A bicycle wheel rim and a method of making a bicycle wheel rim are provided. The rim provided is made of a single part using structural fiber based material, preferably carbon fiber material, with two circumferential wings for anchoring the tire, which extend radially outwards from the two sides of the outer peripheral wall of the rim.
US07651638B2
An alternating current responsive composite is disclosed. The composite includes a polymeric material and a polar material that is substantially dispersed within the polymeric material. The polar material is responsive to the presence of an alternating current.
US07651631B2
A phosphor, an optical device, and a display device are provided. The phosphor includes a composition represented by (Sr(1-x-y)CaxBay)(Ga(1-m-n)AlmInn)aS4:Eu, wherein the concentration of europium is in the range of 1 to 9 mole percent; 0≦x≦1, 0≦y≦1, and x+y≦1; 0≦m≦1, 0≦n≦1, m+n≦1, and 2.9≦a≦5.9; and a main absorption wavelength range of the excitation is selected either a first wavelength range that overlaps the entirety of a reference wavelength range and extends to the shorter wavelength side or a second wavelength range that overlaps the entirety of the reference wavelength range and extends to the longer wavelength side according to the value a.
US07651615B2
The present disclosure is generally directed to a process for decreasing waste material. The process includes loading organic material into a vessel, supplying ozone and water into the vessel, separating the organic material into solid material and liquid material, and reconditioning water from the liquid material for use again. The ozone oxidizes and breaks down at least a portion of the organic material.
US07651614B2
Systems and methods to treat wastewater are described herein. A wastewater treatment system may include a primary treatment system, a secondary treatment system, a disinfection treatment system, a solids treatment system, one or more fluid treatment systems, or combinations thereof.
US07651610B2
A water aerating and dirt collecting device for an aquarium includes a pumping device having a paddle device for pumping and circulating the water contained within the aquarium, a receptacle having an entrance coupled to the pumping device for receiving the water from the pumping device and for agitating the water and for generating an eddy current, and a casing having an inlet port coupled to the receptacle for receiving a filtered dirt from the receptacle and having a mouth coupled to the pumping device for allowing an air in the casing to be drawn into the pumping device. The receptacle includes a tubular member for collecting the filtered dirt.
US07651609B2
An aquarium filter arrangement including a filter housing and a filter cartridge having self-spacing structure. The self-spacing structure being designed to automatically space the filter cartridge in an operable filtering position. The operable filtering position being a position at which the filter cartridge is seated against a single rib formed in the housing.
US07651608B2
An apparatus and method for denitrification of treated wastewater from an aerobic wastewater treatment system in which oxygen levels in the aeration chamber of an aerobic digestion vessel are cycled between an anoxic environment, i.e., when the treated wastewater in the aeration vessel contains from just above 0 to just less than 1 ppm dissolved oxygen to an aerobic environment wherein the treated wastewater in the aeration vessel has a dissolved oxygen content of about 1 ppm or higher.
US07651598B2
In a microfluidic device, respective motion of a plurality of objects along corresponding trajectories is achieved by determining a force field, such as an underlying fluid flow which, when applied to the plurality of object, moves each object along its corresponding trajectory. The force field is a linear superposition of a subset of all force fields supported by the physical characteristics of the microfluidic device. Once the fields have been ascertained, a plurality of actuation signals corresponding to the fields is applied to actuators installed on the microfluidic device to cause the force on each object. By implementing a feedback structure, corrections for positional errors may be made by computing a corrective force for each object and adjusting the actuation signals appropriately thereto.
US07651578B2
A guidewire and methods for making and using the same. The guidewire may include a core wire and a polymer jacket attached to the core wire. The guidewire may be manufactured by advancing the core wire, polymer jacket, and a tooling tube through a heated die assembly so as to heat and compress the polymer jacket onto the core wire. Optionally, the tooling tube may be removed from the jacket after advancing the components through the die assembly.
US07651573B2
A ferromagnetic resonator for use in a marker in a magnetomechanical electronic article surveillance system has improved magnetoresonant properties and/or reduced eddy current losses by virtue of being annealed so that the resonator has a fine domain structure with a domain width less than about 40 ÿm, or less than about 1.5 times the thickness of the resonator. This produces in the resonator an induced magnetic easy axis which is substantially perpendicular to the axis along which the resonator is operated magnetically by a magnetic bias element also contained in the marker. The annealing which produces these characteristics can take place in a magnetic field of at least 1000 Oe, oriented at an angle with respect to the plane of the material being annealed so that the magnetic field has a significant component perpendicular to this plane, a component of at least about 20 Oe across the width of the material, and a smallest component along the direction of transport of the material through the annealing oven.
US07651570B2
A solid precursor vaporization system configured for use in a deposition system, such as thermal chemical vapor deposition (TCVD), is described. The solid precursor vaporization system comprises a plurality of concentric solid precursor cylinders supported on a gas distribution plate and configured to provide a substantially constant surface area as solid precursor is consumed.
US07651562B2
In a metal pigment for a cosmetic preparation, such as lipstick, nail polish, eye shadow, hair colorant, liquid mascara, powder, eyeliner, rouge, skin/hair care products, perfume, eau de toilette, lotions or the like, provision is made for a metallic substrate to have a substrate-enclosing layer produced by the sol-gel process, which provides a barrier effect against sweat and saliva and prevents direct contact between skin and metallic substrate.
US07651560B2
The invention relates to an abhesive layer and to a method for producing an abhesive coating from cross-linked inorganic nanosols.It is an object of the invention to develop an abhesive layer, which has a strong abhesive effect especially with respect to adhesive liquids or pastes, such as printing inks and, while adhering well to the coated materials, has an improved, wear resistance.This objective is accomplished by an abhesive layer or abhesive coating of cross-linked inorganic nanosols with additions of polyorganosiloxanes, which form a three-dimensional network in the layer.
US07651559B2
A mineral composition comprised of at least about 90 weight percent of roofing granules, at least about 50 weight percent of calcium carbonate with a hardgrove grindability index of less than about 70, from about 0.1 to about 1.0 weight percent of a pigmented material, from about 0.1 to about 1.0 weight percent of a composition for inhibiting the growth of an organism selected from the group consisting of algae, bacteria, and mixtures thereof, and less than about 100 parts per million of a metal selected from the group consisting from the group consisting of arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury, selenium, and silver, and less than about 100 parts per million of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon. The mineral composition, when tested in accordance with by ASTM Standard Test D 4977-03, loses less than 5 grams of material.
US07651557B2
The present invention relates to multi-layer pigments comprising a core pigment having attached two or more layers of polymer as well as to methods of preparing the multi-layer pigment. Also disclosed are inkjet ink compositions comprising these multi-layer pigments.
US07651554B2
A system for the solid state storage of hydrogen in accordance with several exemplary embodiments is disclosed herein. The system includes a plurality of hydrogen storage containers. Each hydrogen storage container of the plurality of hydrogen storage containers has an inner chamber and an inlet. The inlet provides a pathway for introducing hydrogen gas into the inner chamber. The inner chamber having a solid hydrogen storage medium disposed therein. The system further includes an endplate manifold having a hydrogen receiving port, a plurality of hydrogen outlet ports, and a flow channel. The hydrogen flow channel is integrated into the endplate manifold. Each hydrogen outlet port is in fluid communication with the inlet of one of the plurality of hydrogen storage containers. The hydrogen flow channel provides fluid communication between the hydrogen receiving port and each hydrogen outlet port.
US07651550B2
A desorption process and a process for producing a catalytically deactivated formed zeolitic adsorbent, whereby both processes are suitable to improve the lifetime of a formed zeolitic adsorbent in the removal of sulfur compounds from sulfur contaminated gas and liquid feed streams. The adsorbent is in particular a synthetic 13X or LSX faujasite with a silica to alumina ratio from 1.9:1.0 to about 3.0:1.0. The cations of the faujasite include alkali and alkaline earth metals. The formed zeolite mixture is preferably catalytically deactivated due to a phosphate treatment. The desorption is carried out thermally, wherein the heat treatment is done at different temperature stages to avoid decomposition of the organic sulfur compounds.
US07651548B2
The frequency of a cyclically varying voltage, (fv), is made equal to or higher than the frequency of a streamer discharge, (fs), thereby making it possible to reduce the discharge delay time which is caused in a single streamer discharge.
US07651547B2
The present invention relates to a method and a plant for the heat treatment of solids containing titanium and possibly further metal oxides, in which fine-grained solids are heated to a temperature of 700 to 950° C. in a fluidized bed reactor (1). To improve the energy utilization, it is proposed to introduce a first gas or gas mixture from below through a gas supply tube (3) into a mixing chamber (7) of the reactor (1), the gas supply tube (3) being at least partly surrounded by a stationary annular fluidized bed (10) which is fluidized by supplying fluidizing gas. The gas velocities of the first gas or gas mixture as well as of the fluidizing gas for the annular fluidized bed (10) are adjusted such that the particle Froude numbers in the gas supply tube (3) are between 1 and 100, in the annular fluidized bed (10) between 0.02 and 2 and in the mixing chamber (7) between 0.3 and 30.
US07651520B2
Disclosed is an ostial stent positioner that has the form of a wire for most of its length and having a short cylinder with a longitudinal slit and expandable legs situated at the positioner's distal end. The slit cylinder with its attached wire acts as an introducer sheath to introduce a stent delivery system with a stent into the artery that is to be stented. A second aspect of the present invention is a method for accurately placing a stent at the ostium of an artery that would have an ostial stenosis. Examples of such arteries that have ostial stenoses are the right and left main coronary arteries, a saphenous vein graft as used in coronary bypass surgery and the renal arteries. Also disclosed are designs for the slit cylinder that provides a variable diameter so as to fit snugly within guiding catheters having different inside diameters.
US07651519B2
An introducer for an expandable endovascular prosthesis having a self expanding stent has a distal prosthesis positioning mechanism and a proximal prosthesis retention mechanism. The proximal prosthesis retention mechanism includes a cylindrical sleeve adapted to retain the self expanding stent. A release mechanism extends proximally from the distal prosthesis positioning mechanism and exerts a force in the proximal direction on an interior surface of the self expanding stent to retain the self expanding stent in the cylindrical sleeve.
US07651514B2
Systems and methods for transporting intravascular devices through a body lumen are disclosed. A filter system in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a guide tip having a guidewire lumen adapted to receive a guidewire, an elongated wire operatively coupled to an embolic protection filter, and a filter delivery device including an elongated tubular member extending distally to a distal sheath, the elongated tubular member may include a first lumen adapted to receive the elongated wire, and a second lumen adapted to receive the guidewire.
US07651513B2
The present invention provides an embolic assembly delivery apparatus having superior flexibility characteristics at its distal end, that is, at the point of attachment of the embolic assembly to the delivery apparatus. It also provides a method of using the apparatus to deliver an embolic assembly to a target site in a patient's body.
US07651505B2
The invention provides marker delivery devices, assemblies, and methods. Assemblies embodying features of the invention include marker delivery devices having a delivery tube with an orifice, markers, and a plug releasably disposed in the tube occluding the orifice. The plug prevents markers from passing through the orifice before the marker is to be placed at a desired location within a patient's body, prevents ingress of tissue into the bore of the tube, and allows markers to pass out of the orifice when marker delivery is desired. Guidance of a delivery tube to a desired location within a patient's body may include the use of an imaging device, with or without the use of a guide cannula. The plug may itself serve as a marker, and may be the sole marker. Markers may be detectable by ultrasound, X-ray, magnetic resonance imaging, and other imaging devices, and may include bioactive elements.
US07651504B2
A snare-type device for removing an elongated structure such as, for example, a pacemaker lead. The device first includes a sheath having a first lumen formed therein, the first lumen having a distal end and being dimensioned to receive the elongated structure therein, and being adapted to allow advancement of the sheath along the elongated structure. The sheath also has second and third parallel lumens formed therein, all of the first, second and third lumens being unitarily formed in the sheath. The device also includes a snare contained in the second and third lumens in the sheath. The snare has a snare loop extending out of the second and third lumens, at and generally extending around the distal end of the first lumen.
US07651503B1
The invention provides an apparatus for cutting an endocardial lead within a patient. The apparatus includes a tubular member and a tension member disposed therein. The tension member includes a distal end and a proximal end. A blade is affixed to the distal end of the tension member and an adjustment mechanism is adapted to adjust the tension member and blade between an extended position and a retracted position. The adjustment mechanism includes a female member, a male member and an anchor. The anchor is affixed to the proximal end of the tension member and the male member. Insertion and withdrawal of the male member within the female member moves the tension member and the blade between the extended position and the retracted position. An alternate embodiment includes a capture mechanism or guide wire for drawing the apparatus and lead closer together before extending the blade and cutting the lead.
US07651501B2
An instrument for hip arthroplasty having an impaction body attached to an end of a main body. The impaction body is positionable inside a patient's hip and has an axis coaxial with an impaction axis. A leading end of the impaction body is configured to selectively engage an acetabular shell for use during impaction of the shell into an acetabulum. An arm extends from the main body and has a guide ring at an end thereof. The guide ring has an axis coaxial with the impaction axis. A trocar is inserted through the guide ring and along the impaction axis to make a path through underlying soft tissue for insertion of an impacting instrument. A rotatable handle on the main body indicates whether the main body is in a proper position in either a right or left hip.
US07651493B2
A system and method for controlling electrosurgical snares are disclosed. The system includes an electrosurgical instrument having an elongate tubular sheath having proximal and distal ends, the sheath having a longitudinal axis defined therethrough and a shaft having proximal and distal ends. The shaft extends through and is axially movable relative to the sheath. A snare loop is provided at the distal end of the shaft and is configured for encircling tissue. Movement of the shaft relative to the tubular sheath changes the diameter of the exposed snare loop. A feedback sensor operatively connected to the elongated tubular sheath which determines at least one condition of the snare loop, and an electrosurgical generator provides electrosurgical energy to the electrosurgical snare instrument. The generator is configured to receive feedback measurements from the electrosurgical snare instrument and to adjust electrosurgical energy as a function of the measurements.
US07651492B2
A system and method for performing electrosurgical procedures are disclosed. The system includes an electrosurgical generator adapted to supply electrosurgical energy to tissue in form of one or more electrosurgical waveforms having a crest factor and a duty cycle. The system also includes sensor circuitry adapted to measure impedance and to obtain one or more measured impedance signals. The sensor circuitry is further adapted to generate one or more arc detection signals upon detecting an arcing condition§. The system further includes a controller adapted to generate one or more target control signals as a function of the measured impedance signals and to adjust output of the electrosurgical generator based on the arc detection signal. An electrosurgical instrument is also included having one or more active electrodes adapted to apply electrosurgical energy to tissue.
US07651491B2
A method for resecting tissue from an organ of a patient, the organ being comprised of at least a first layer, a second layer and a third layer, the method including the steps of providing an EMR device with access to the organ, the EMR device including at least one deployable cutting element disposed on at least one moveable arm, identifying a target tissue area for resection, forming an incision through the first and second layers without penetrating the third layer, positioning the EMR device through the incision such that the device is positioned between the first third layers, advancing the moveable arm between the first and third layers, deploying the cutting element such that the cutting element is advanced in the direction of the first layer and away from the third layer and, while the EMR device is positioned between the first and third layers, cutting through the first layer.
US07651489B2
Systems and methods for the delivery and monitoring of a medication, such as insulin, to a recipient are provided. An exemplary feature-rich system comprises an infusion pump with a control system for controlling medication delivery by the infusion pump and a bolus estimator for estimating an appropriate amount of medication for delivery by the control system with the infusion pump. Estimating the appropriate amount of medication for delivery is based upon one or more settings which each vary according to a setting profile. In other embodiments, the control system comprises a suspend function for temporarily suspending medication delivery by the infusion pump, an alarm profile function for programming a variable alarm volume of the alarm and a simplified menu for controlling the dual wave bolus delivery function.
US07651486B2
The invention allows an increase in scope of application of a surgical device wherein the operational handpiece is embodied in the form of two parts, one of which includes a handpiece with an injection cannula and the other being a complementary part. The complementary part includes a stabilization handle and can be placed onto the injection cannula in addition to being able to be fixed to the handpiece of the operational handpiece.
US07651484B2
Described are improvements to the structure and functionality of a reduced pressure adapter used to connect a distribution manifold and a reduced pressure source instrumentation in a reduced pressure wound treatment (RPWT) system. The reduced pressure adapter reduces instances of unintentional liquid ingress into ancillary lumens of a reduced pressure delivery tube, while channeling the liquid to a primary lumen of the reduced pressure delivery tube.
US07651473B2
The extracorporeal blood circulating apparatus of the present invention includes: a closed-type venous reservoir having a blood storage chamber and a volume adjusting chamber that are disposed adjacently by partitioning a closed space formed by a housing; an adjusting liquid tank for storing an adjusting liquid that is connected to the volume adjusting chamber; and a blood pump that is connected to the blood storage chamber. In the housing, an inflow port for allowing blood to inflow and an outflow port for allowing blood to outflow are provided so as to communicate with the blood storage chamber, and an adjusting port for injecting and ejecting the adjusting liquid is provided so as to communicate with the volume adjusting chamber. The blood pump is connected via the outflow port, and the adjusting liquid tank is connected via the adjusting port. The closed space is partitioned by a flexible septum member so as to form the blood storage chamber and the volume adjusting chamber, and the adjusting liquid tank and the adjusting port are connected by a conduit member having a configuration that can adjust a flowing amount. Control of a blood storage amount to be most appropriate and easy adjustment are possible throughout all steps from before starting an extracorporeal blood circulation to terminating it.
US07651459B2
A device provides simple positioning of the patient's head and simple positioning of the TMS coil relative to a coordinate system of the patient's head once the head is positioned. The TMS coil is fixed at a treatment position in the coordinate system of the patient's head and the position in the coordinate system is recorded for use in subsequent clinical sessions. A positioner assembly supports the weight of the TMS coil and allows the operator to freely move the TMS coil to search for the patient's motor threshold position (MTP) and/or the treatment position (TXP). If the TXP is in registration with the MTP, once the MTP is determined, the positioner assembly requires only a single adjustment of the magnet position to locate the TXP where the coil is locked in place for the duration of the TMS therapy. By recording the positions of the different adjustable components in the respective coordinate directions of the coordinate system of the patient's head, exact repositioning of the TMS coil for the patient during a subsequent clinical visit is made possible without use of expensive imaging equipment.
US07651458B2
The invention is a novel adaptive CT-friendly brachytherapy applicator with remotely-controlled radial and longitudinal motion radioactive source lumen shields that can be manipulated by the radiation oncologist to optimize the dose distribution to the target and normal tissue structures for brachytherapy procedures.
US07651452B2
Exercise apparatus (11) has a platform (12) divided into a back-rest element (18) and a seat portion (19). The back-rest element (18) is pivotably mounted in the platform (12) about a pivot point (21). The platform (12) has legs (13, 14) at each end thereof, each said leg (13, 14) having an upper part (22) and a lower part (23) pivotably connected thereto about a further pivot point (25). By varying the position of the back-rest element (18) relative to the platform (12), and the position of the lower leg portions (23) relative to the upper leg portions (22), the exercise apparatus (11) can be made to assume each of a range of configurations comprising bench, step, intermediate incline, high and low seated incline and chair configurations.
US07651446B1
The present invention relates to a core exercise apparatus that combines lower arm movements with knee movements to exercise the core muscles of an operator in a cyclic manner. More particularly, the present invention is associated with an exercise apparatus having a separately supported knee platform for a portion of an operator coordinated with the motion of a lower arm platform. Further, the knees of the operator follow an elliptical curve path in concert with the up and down movements of the lower arm platform to drive a flywheel for cardio core exercise of the abdominal, lower and upper back muscles. The obliques may also be exercised by a reposition of the lower legs on the knee platform.
US07651439B2
Disclosed is a method for controlling a skip down shift of an automatic transmission including a clutch to one-way clutch mechanism, a primary shift portion and a secondary shift portion by synchronizing the secondary shift portion to a target shift-speed through an engine torque reduction control.
US07651438B2
A vehicle, such as a motorcycle, which has an engine control system that is configured to reduce an output of the engine upon a determination that a shifting of the transmission, without a corresponding disengagement of the clutch, is likely to occur. In one arrangement, the vehicle includes a controller that is configured such that if a release rate of the accelerator, calculated on the basis of signals from an accelerator position sensor, has been equal to or larger than a threshold value for a period of time, and other conditions have been met, it is determined that snapping of the accelerator by the operator has been performed. The snapping is a release of the accelerator that is predicted to be accompanied by a transmission shift without disengagement of the clutch. In response to the snapping determination, the engine output is reduced for a reduction duration, such as by retarding the ignition timing, after the elapse of a predetermined stand-by time.
US07651431B2
The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide ten forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes four planetary gear sets, six torque-transmitting devices, and four fixed interconnections. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that is continuously connected to one of the planetary gear members and an output member that is continuously connected with another one of the planetary gear members. The six torque-transmitting devices provide interconnections between various gear members, and the transmission housing, and are operated in combinations of three to establish ten forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio.
US07651430B2
The ring gear of the second gearset (RS2) and the input shaft couple to form a first shaft (1). The carrier of third gearset (RS3) and the output shaft form a second shaft (2). The sun gears of first and fourth gearsets (RS1, RS4) form a third shaft (3). The carrier of first gearset (RS1) forms a fourth shaft (4). Sun gears of second and third gearsets (RS2, RS3) form a fifth shaft (5). Ring gears of first and third gearsets (RS1, RS3) form a six shaft (6). The carriers of second and fourth gearsets (RS2, RS4) form a seventh shaft (7). A ring gear of fourth gearset (RS4) forms an eighth shaft (8). In the direction of power flow, First and second shifting elements (A), (B) are located between shafts (3, 4) and a transmission housing, third shifting element (C) is between two of shafts (1, 5, 7), fourth and fifth shifting elements (D), (E) are between shafts (6, 8), (5, 8).
US07651427B2
An electro-hydraulic control system is provided with a diagnostic system that uses extensive multiplexing of pressure switches to reduce the number of required components. The control system includes a controller with a pressure switch diagnostic system having first, second, third and fourth pressure switches each having a high and a low logic state, first and second logic valves each movable between a respective first position and second position, and first, second, third and fourth trim valves each movable between a respective first position and second position. The pressure switches are multiplexed to report one of the high and low logic state to the controller in accordance with a relatively high and low fluid pressure, respectively, at different ones of the trim valves and logic valves, thereby enabling a determination of a change in or failure to change position of the respective the trim valves or logic valves.
US07651423B2
A front variable speed drive device is configured and arranged to electrically operate driving of a front derailleur by a shift cable. The front variable speed drive device comprises a case member, a motor drive mechanism, and a cable linking portion. The case member is mounted on a hanger portion of a bicycle frame. The motor drive mechanism is mounted on the case member, and has a revolving shaft. The cable linking portion has a retaining portion configured and arranged to retain a first end of the shift cable. The cable linking portion is rotatably mounted on the revolving shaft, and has a hypothetical arm line extending in the direction perpendicular to the shift cable from the center of rotation with a length of the hypothetical arm line changing depending on the rotation phase. Thus, motor torque required for shifting gears is reduced with a simple structure.
US07651404B1
A full-sized outdoor golf course is described with any number of holes, usually 18 or 36 holes. Each hole is made up of a tee, a fairway, and a green. The holes are laid out in a pattern that makes it practical for each group of players on the golf course to play the holes in random order. This is accomplished by organizing the holes in a pattern that greatly increases the number of tees that are available to pick from after leaving any green on the course. All tees and greens, and only tees and greens, but no fairways, are located along special cart paths (44, 46, 48, 49, 50), that run roughly perpendicular to the normal cart paths that usually run along each fairway, so that when finishing play on any green, several tees are reachable by golf cart in a relatively short predetermined time, preferably 1½ minutes or less, using the special cart paths (44, 46, 48, 49, 50).
US07651402B2
The present invention relates to a bowling game system in which a play is possible without changing into bowling shoes. A bowling game system 1 includes: an approach 10 for allowing a player to carry out a bowling action; a lane 11 extending from the approach 10 and on which a ball bowled by the player rolls; a plurality of pins 12 arranged and placed on an end of the lane 11 opposite a side of the approach 10; trough-like gutters 13 provided paralleling both sides of the lane 11 to receive a ball slipping off the lane 11; a protection member 20, formed in a sheet-like shape, for covering a bowling action zone, the protection member 20 being laid in the bowling action zone of the player, the bowling action zone being on a top surface of the approach 10; and a protection-member installing mechanism 30 configured with a wind-in device 31 for winding in and collecting the protection member 20 in a retracting position outside the bowling action zone and a withdrawing device 34 for withdrawing the protection member 20 from the wind-in device 31 to a position covering the bowling action zone.
US07651398B2
Toy raceways and finish line apparatuses for toy raceways are disclosed. Toy raceways may include a plurality of hingedly coupled multi-lane track segments, a starting apparatus, and a finish line apparatus. The plurality of hingedly coupled multi-lane track segments may be configured to foldably transition between a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, the plurality of hingedly coupled multi-lane track segments may be aligned to provide a multilane toy raceway, which may have a first end and a second end. In the second configuration, the plurality of hingedly coupled multi-lane track segments may produce a stack of folded track segments. The starting apparatus may be disposed proximate the first end of the toy raceway, and the finish line apparatus may be disposed proximate the second end of the toy raceway.
US07651390B1
A ceiling vent air diverter is taught, in the preferred embodiment, which incorporates a diverter body configured to cover beneath an existing air vent supplying air to a room of a building. The diverter body has a rectangular flat bottom and upstanding sides with each upstanding side having a discharge air slot permitting air to be distributed in opposed directions from the diverter at a ceiling level. A peripheral flange extends outwardly from each side of the body, in parallel relationship with the bottom and is used for attachment to the building ceiling. A second embodiment is configured and functions in the same manner as above but covers over the top of an existing air vent and includes a lip on the underside of the flange. The third embodiment is for a ceiling air duct diverter system consisting of a box like housing with side walls, an open top and open sides to divert air flow and having the capability of affixing the open top near a ceiling air vent.
US07651375B2
A cable assembly in accordance with the present invention comprises an electrical connector including an insulative housing defining a mating portion and a pair of positioning portions extending rearwardly from the mating portion, a plurality of terminals received in the insulative housing and at least one metal shell surrounded the insulative housing; a cable electrically terminated to the terminals; and a rear cover substantially enveloping the insulative housing and snugly supported by the positioning portions.
US07651374B2
An electrical connector system includes a carrier assembly and a header. The carrier assembly includes a plurality of shielded connectors and a coaxial cable terminated to each of the shielded connectors. The header includes opposed grounding plates each having ground tabs configured for attachment to a circuit board and a plurality of pins disposed between the opposed plates in a stripline configuration. The coaxial cables of the carrier assembly electrically communicate with the circuit board through a stripline configuration of pins in the header.
US07651372B2
The present invention provides a connector which can take an EMI measure for the first and second housings and can move the second housing with respect to the first housing. The connector comprises a plug which is provided so as to be movable with respect to the socket; a plurality of socket terminals which are resiliently deformed with a movement of the plug; a first socket side shield member which covers an outer circumference surface in the width direction of the socket; a plurality of plug terminals which are in contact with each of the socket terminals when the plug is mated with the socket; a plug side shield member which covers an outer circumference surface in the width direction of the plug; and first and second shield conductive portions which are in contact with each of the shield members and are resiliently deformed as the plug is moved.
US07651367B2
An IC socket connector comprises a base and perimeter walls with corresponding inner sidewalls and outer sidewalls to form an inner cavity therebetween for receiving an IC package. An inner sidewall of the perimeter walls has a push arm at least which has an interfacing part between an inclined lead-in surface and a flat surface at the terminal end of the push arm. The distance from the interfacing part to the contact area is larger than the one from the corresponding inner sidewall to the contact area.
US07651358B2
A socket connector is provided for securely mounting an electronic device (1000) on a printed circuit board, said socket connector comprises an insulatve base (60) and heightened perimeter walls (606) upward extending therefrom to define an inner cavity. The top surface (602) of the inner cavity comprises a plural of passageways (608) in which a plural of contacts (70) hold. Furthermore, there are a plural of standoffs (610) between the adjacent passageways (608) co-worked with the heightened perimeter walls (606) for effectively preventing a cover (90) from deformation.
US07651355B2
A connection system for use with a panel having an aperture includes a connection device having a front portion and a back portion. The front portion is insertable in an axial direction into the aperture, and the back portion is configured to prevent passage through the aperture. A retainer releasably secured to the panel is positioned adjacent the back portion of the connection device and configured to provide predetermined limited floating movement of the connection device in at least the axial direction.
US07651353B2
A modular wall panel system including at least one wall panel having a raceway with at least one receptacle opening therein and at least one receptacle assembly. The at least one receptacle assembly includes a retaining device that retains the receptacle to the raceway and a restraining feature that restrains the receptacle assembly from completely entering the opening.
US07651349B2
An electrical connector (1) comprises an insulative housing (2), an sliding plate (3) positioned on the insulative housing (2), a plurality of contacts (9) positioned in the insulative housing (2) and each having a portion interconnected to the sliding plate (3), a slant guiding portion (313) and a shaft (25) positioned on the slant guiding portion (313) to make the sliding plate (3) to move in the vertical direction when the sliding plate (3) is urged to move in the horizontal direction.
US07651347B2
A tamper-proof receptacle is provided wherein the receptacle comprises sliding shutters disposed between phase and neutral terminals of the receptacle and openings in the face of the receptacle. The shutters are connected to circuit interrupting circuitry such that when one of the shutters is displaced through a specific range of motion, the circuit interrupting portion of the receptacle is triggered to disconnect electrical power from the phase and neutral terminals of the receptacle. In an embodiment, a logic circuit is connected to the shutters, and a monitoring circuit monitors supply of power to the face terminals. The logic circuit is configured to detect insertion of an object into only one of the pair of openings. A signal from the logic circuit to the circuit interrupting device is effective to prevent the object from touching any of the face terminals while power is connected to the face terminals.
US07651338B2
In a connector for connecting first and second connection objects faced to each other, a conductive contact includes a holding portion held by an insulator, a first spring portion, and a second spring portion connected to the first spring portion. The first spring portion extends from the holding portion in one direction and has a first contacting portion to be connected to the first connection object. The second spring portion extends in the other direction opposite to the one direction and has a free end provided with a second contacting portion to be connected to the second connection object.
US07651332B2
A delivery simulator may include a fetal system comprising at least a fetal head. The fetal system may be configured to simulate the behavior of at least one part of a fetus, a maternal system configured to simulate the behavior of at least one part of a mother's body interacting with the fetus, and a device for establishing the position of at least one point of the fetal head. The device may include at least one marker element positioned on the fetal head, and at least one fixed element linked to said marker element and placed at a distance from the fetal head.
US07651330B2
Cooking appliance (1A,1B) having an external and control panel (2,2′) equipped with one or more regulating valves, where the rotary regulator organ (6) is equipped with various peripheral openings (16-19) for supplying a flow Q. According to two embodiments (1A, 1B) of the cooking appliance, for the supply of one or another type of gas, NG or LPG, either the control knob (9) or a bezel disk (22) in the external panel (2) are interchangeable on the appliance, being chosen between two different available units, one and the other permitting two different angular position limits A2, A3 of the regulator organ (6) for the supply of a constant flow Qmin through one or another opening (18,19) with calibrated sections, respectively for NG or LP gas. An appendix (14) in the control knob (9) guided in a slide groove (20) on the control panel (2) of the appliance, or a tongue (24) on the bezel disk stopping the rotation of the control knob, determines the travel limit A2 for the supply of Qmin of NG.
US07651328B2
An apparatus for the artificial ageing of blocks, in particular concrete blocks, clinker bricks and natural stone blocks, has a base on which the blocks can be placed in such a way that their surfaces to be treated and the adjoining edges are exposed. Essentially freely movable striking bodies are used for treating the surfaces and the adjoining edges of the blocks. A vibrating device sets the blocks and the striking bodies in motion relative to one another in such a way that the striking bodies act on the surfaces and the exposed edges of the blocks. In this case, the striking bodies are movably fastened to a retaining device in such a way that the striking bodies are freely movable within a defined region of the surface of the blocks.
US07651325B1
In a vacuum cleaner blower (1) consisting of an electric drive motor (2) and a support cage (10) for receiving the structural modules of the drive motor such as stator pack (6), rotor (7) and brush holders (8) including carbon brushes (9) as well as an at least single stage blower unit driven by the motor including a deflector (11), impeller (12) and suction hood (4), the deflector being formed as a support cage lid including a bearing seat for the rotor (7) and the support cage (10) being formed for a mounting direction (C) of its structural modules in the axial direction of the blower and for direct contacting and the brush holder (8) of the carbon brushes being provided adjacent to the upper side (B) of the support cage which also faces the deflector (11). Because of this specialty, all structural modules essential for the electric motor aggregate such as stator pack, rotor, rotor bearing as well as brush holder including carbon brushes may for the completion of the suction blower be successively and fully automatically be inserted and secured in their proper disposition into the support cage (10), without additional fastening elements, in a preferred assembly and mounting direction (C). During mounting direct contacting of the electrical connectors of the stator (6) and carbon brushes (9) or brush holders (8) takes place as well without changing the assembly direction.
US07651323B2
Disclosed herein is a smart control valve for compressors that is capable of easily accomplishing compression and communication in a compression chamber of a cylinder, without performing the repetitive on/off operation of the compressor, to change the capacity of the compressor. The smart control valve comprises a valve body mounted on a cylinder including refrigerant inlet and outlet ports, a valve inlet port formed at the valve body and communicating with the refrigerant inlet port of the cylinder, a valve outlet port formed at the valve body and communicating with the refrigerant outlet port of the cylinder, an actuating groove disposed under the valve inlet port and the valve outlet port of the valve body, and an actuator disposed in the actuating groove for performing a linear reciprocating movement in the actuating groove as a solenoid is operated.
US07651317B2
A multistage compressor for a turbomachine, in particular an airplane turboprop or turbojet, the compressor comprising a double-walled casing having an inner wall made up of shrouds surrounding respective annular rows of moving blades and annular rows of straightening stator vanes, said shrouds being connected to the outer wall of the casing by independent suspension means enabling the radial clearances between the outer ends of the moving blades and the shrouds of the inner wall of the casing to be adjusted independently from one compression stage to another.
US07651315B2
A load lock chamber and method for transferring large area substrates is provided. In one embodiment, a load lock chamber suitable for transferring large area substrates includes a plurality of vertically stacked single substrate transfer chambers. The configuration of vertically stacked single substrate transfer chambers contributes to reduced size and greater throughput as compared to conventional state of the art, dual slot dual substrate designs. Moreover, the increased throughput has been realized at reduced pumping and venting rates, which corresponds to reduced probability of substrate contamination due to particulates and condensation.
US07651314B2
A high-speed stacker preferably includes dual stacking arms configured to operate complementary to one another. Most preferably, an electronic control system is provided to enable precise control over the speed and positioning of the stacker arms in both horizontal and vertical orientations. Linear motion devices (such as hydraulic cylinders, screw drive linear actuators, or other devices) can be used to position the arms horizontally and vertically in response to instructions from the electronic control system. In operation, the electronic control system preferably controls the speed and ramping of the stacker arms to repeatedly move courses of material from a feed system to a stacking area at a rapid rate with little maintenance. The high-speed stacker can also be configured to operate fewer than all of the stacker arms to facilitate faster stacking of smaller courses of material.
US07651312B2
A truck includes a chassis 1 supporting a cab 3 and a deck 9 which is supported at least by a rearmost axle 15 and wheels 17. The deck 9 is tiltable relative to the chassis 1 about a pivot axis 27 located in front of the rearmost axle 15 of the truck and arranged such that as the deck 9 tilts rearwardly, the chassis 1 tilts forwardly and the deck 9 lowers towards the rearmost axle. A forward part of a rear suspension arrangement may be operatively connected to the chassis 1 so that the forward part moves upwardly towards the deck 9 as the deck 9 is tilted.
US07651306B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a method and apparatus for processing substrates using a multi-chamber processing system, or cluster tool, that has an increased system throughput, and a reduced footprint. The various embodiments of the cluster tool may utilize two or more robots that are configured in a parallel processing configuration to transfer substrates between the various processing chambers retained in the processing racks so that a desired processing sequence can be performed on the substrates. Generally, the various embodiments described herein are advantageous since each row or group of substrate processing chambers are serviced by two or more robots to allow for increased throughput and increased system reliability. Also, the various embodiments described herein are generally configured to minimize and control the particles generated by the substrate transferring mechanisms, to prevent device yield and substrate scrap problems that can affect the cost of ownership of the cluster tool.
US07651296B2
A concrete screed includes a screed bar, a bar mover adapted to move the screed bar over concrete, and a mount coupling the bar mover to the screed bar.
US07651282B2
In some embodiments, a device includes a light modulator layer having a plurality of elements, each having a controllable transmittance, and a plurality of lenses, wherein each of the plurality of lenses is disposed to receive light independently of each other. The device further includes an image detector disposed at a distance from the light modulator layer and configured to acquire images from light that passes through the light modulator layer. In addition, the device includes a controller configured to control transmittance of the elements of the light modulator layer. Methods of acquiring images are also provided.
US07651268B2
The present invention is a non-invasive method and associated apparatus for determining the junction temperature for an LED or laser diode (collectively “LED”). First a sample LED is placed in a heat chamber and the change of the LED's peak wavelength is recorded over time, as is the change in the temperature in the heat chamber. Since the heat chamber supplies the major component to the junction temperature, dwarfing the other components, it is a reasonable proxy for true junction temperature. The data is compiled to determine change of peak wavelength as a function of temperature and that function can then be used to determine junction temperature of similar LEDs that are installed in a system or manufactured. The invention may also be used to measure other useful data, such as power, output power changing with the junction temperature and intensity of the LED over time and may be used to estimate failure rate.
US07651265B2
The present invention discloses an infrared clinical thermometer, which can measure both the forehead and ear temperatures, wherein after moving the temperature sensing unit close to an intended site, the user can obtain the temperature of the intended site via merely pressing the forehead or ear temperature button.
US07651260B2
What is disclosed is an apparatus for determining the cooling characteristics of a cooling device used for transferring heat from an electronic device. The apparatus comprising a cooling device thermally coupled to a heat pipe. The heat pipe having an exposed surface for the selective application of heat thereon. A localized heat source is selectively applied to at least one region of the exposed surface. The heat source preferably capable of being varied both positionally relative to the exposed surface and in heat intensity. A heat shield is preferably positioned around the exposed surface of the heat pipe to isolate the operational cooling device from the localized heat source. A temperature detector repeatedly measures a temperature distribution across the exposed surface while the cooling device is in a heat transfer mode. The temperature distribution is then used to thermally characterize the cooling device.
US07651259B2
The invention concerns a timepiece including a case (10) and a crystal (22) together defining a housing (18) for a movement (20), and further including an element that is mobile in rotation (30) actuated by a control member (36) including a stem (42) of longitudinal axis AA, passing radially through said case (10), a crown (44) mounted on a first proximal end of said stem and a pinion (46) fixedly mounted in rotation on a second distal end of said stem (42). The control member (36) is fitted with a part (48) for axially securing said pinion (46) on said stem (42), arranged on the proximal side of said stem (42), said securing part (48) including: a first slit ring (62) mounted so as to be locked axially and radially on a first of the pinion (46)/stem (42) elements, and means for axially locking the second of the pinion (46)/stem (42) elements, secured to said slit ring (62).
US07651256B2
A ventilation/illumination duct is disclosed which can not only ventilate an indoor space, but also can illuminate the indoor space. A ventilation/illumination system using the ventilation/illumination duct, and a control method for the ventilation/illumination system are also disclosed. The ventilation/illumination system includes a ventilation device for blowing air, a light supplying device for supplying light, a ventilation/illumination duct for not only guiding the air blown by the ventilation device, to ventilate an indoor space, but also totally reflecting the light, to illuminate an indoor space, and a cleaner arranged in the ventilation/illumination duct.
US07651253B2
A heat exchange structure includes elongated air ducts. Each air duct has a first opening and a second opening at two ends of the air duct to allow air to enter and exit the air duct, respectively. The heat exchange structure includes an exterior heat exchange surface and interior heat exchange surfaces, in which the exterior heat exchange surface is configured to receive thermal energy from heat generators that are mounted on the exterior heat exchange surface, and the exterior heat exchange surface dissipates a portion of the thermal energy received from the heat generators and transfers another portion of the thermal energy to the interior heat exchange surfaces. The interior heat exchange surfaces are in the elongated air ducts and configured to exchange thermal energy with air flowing in the air ducts, enhancing air flow in the air ducts by buoyancy of heated air.
US07651247B2
A heat dissipating design for lamp is disclosed. The heat dissipating design of the present invention comprises a main body, which includes a cover. The cover seals up the top portion of the heat dissipating unit, and hence a sealed space is formed. A plurality of light generating units, a light generating units plate, an AC/DC adopter unit and one or more heat conducting pieces are disposed in the sealed space. When heat is generated by the light generating units and the AC/DC adopter unit, heat is transferred to the light generating units plate and the heat conducting pieces and then to the heat dissipating unit and the heat dissipating pieces. Heat is then dissipated into the ambient air. In this way, heat may be dissipated quickly and efficiently.
US07651242B1
A wheelchair lamp that is primarily for making a wheelchair more visible. The wheelchair lamp includes a housing that is mounted to the wheelchair. An extendable member having a light on top extends from the housing. The extendable member may be extended and retracted. A motor is contained within the housing to extend and retract the extendable member. An electrical conductor is longitudinally disposed with the extendable member. The electrical conductor electrically connects the light and the power source. A switch is used to selectively connect the motor to the power source causing the motor to operate so that the motor may extend or retract the extendable member. The light is extended and lit when a wheelchair user is near traffic or potentially at risk for a collision and is typically retracted when the user is indoors.
US07651239B2
An intrinsically safe flashlight (100) includes a housing (100), a battery receiving region (108), an active electrical circuit (202), and a light source (118). The active electrical circuit (202) uses energy from batteries (110) received in the batter receiving region (110) of the flashlight (100) to power the light source (118). The electrical circuitry of the flashlight (110) is energy limited so that the flashlight is intrinsically safe for use in hazardous locations.
US07651237B2
A reticle illumination system. The novel system includes a first light source adapted to output light toward a target surface and a material having a predetermined index of refraction disposed between the first light source and the target surface for coupling light from the first light source to the target surface. In an illustrative embodiment, the material is a glue or epoxy having an index of refraction matching that of the target surface, and the target surface is a prism surface upon which a reticle is disposed. The system also includes a second light source adapted to output light into the material such that the light is reflected and scattered off of an exit end of the fiber, and/or off of scattering centers distributed throughout the material, towards the target surface.
US07651226B2
A segmented display system in which the display devices are arranged in a N×1 array is described. The segmented display system includes a plurality of projection devices that each project a portion of an image on a corresponding one of the display devices in the N×1 array. Distortion from extra light is minimized using a moveable mask around each projection device lens in the N×1 array.
US07651222B2
An eye muscle trainer has an outer casing, a control circuit module, a first light emitting unit set, two second light emitting unit sets, two third light emitting unit sets and an eye frame. The outer casing is opaque and has a rear opening. The light emitting unit sets are mounted on the control circuit module. The first light emitting unit set is for focusing user's vision. The second light emitting unit sets are for focusing user's vision on seeing straightly. The third light emitting units are for focusing the user's vision on seeing outwardly. The eye frame accommodates the rear opening of the outer casing. Therefore, wearing the eye muscle trainer releases eyestrain because watching the light emitting unit sets arranged at different position exercises the user's eyes. Consequently, appropriate releasing eyestrain assists improving eyesight.
US07651214B2
To reduce ink bleeding and growing of dot diameters for high image quality, an ink jet recording apparatus for recording a color image includes a first head group including chromatic color ink recording heads, a second head group including at least one of a transparent ink recording head and an achromatic color ink recording head, and light emitting devices for curing a photocurable ink having landed on a recording medium. The first and the second head groups are disposed along a scanning direction. The chromatic color ink recording heads of the first head group do not have the light emitting device therebetween along the scanning direction. And the light emitting device is arranged along the scanning direction between the first and second head groups and further arranged at least on a trailing side, in the scanning direction, of a trailing one of the first and second head groups.
US07651203B2
A droplet ejecting device includes a nozzle unit, a piezoelectric member and a drive voltage generating unit. The piezoelectric member has a common electrode and a discrete electrode. A first differentiation by polarization voltage of a characteristic curve indicating change in a polarization of the piezoelectric member with respect to change in the polarization voltage has a plurality of extremal values including a first extremal value at a prescribed positive voltage Vbp that is the smallest polarization voltage among plus polarization voltages corresponding to the plurality of extremal values, and a second extremal value at a prescribed negative voltage Vbn that is the largest polarization voltage among minus polarization voltages corresponding to the plurality of extremal values. The drive voltage generating unit generates a drive voltage having a range between a first negative voltage Ve1 and a first positive voltage Ve2, and applies the drive voltage between the common electrode and the discrete electrode. Vbp, Vbn, Ve1, and Ve2 are set such that Vbn
US07651192B2
A liquid droplet deposition method of consecutively depositing a plurality of droplets of liquid, which contains solvent and particles dispersed in the solvent and having a substantially uniform size, onto a recording medium includes the steps of: determining target positions at which the plurality of droplets are to be deposited on the recording medium; depositing an X-th droplet of the droplets at an X-th target position of the determined target positions on the recording medium, X being a natural number; and depositing an (X+1)-th droplet of the droplets at an (X+1)-th target position of the determined target positions on the recording medium subsequently to the X-th droplet, after the particles contained in the X-th droplet are aggregated to form an X-th particle aggregate on the recording medium due to liquid bridging force, wherein in the determining step, the target positions are determined so as to satisfy following conditions: L(CX, CX+1)≦rX+r_maxX+1, and L(PX, CX+1)≧r_maxX+1, where CX is the X-th target position, CX+1 is the (X+1)-th target position, L(CX, CX+1) is a distance between CX and CX+1, rX is a radius of the solvent of the X-th droplet on the recording medium at a time of depositing the (X+1)-th droplet on the recording medium, r_maxX+1 is a radius of the solvent of the (X+1)-th droplet at a time of maximumly spreading on the recording medium, PX is a position of an edge of the X-th particle aggregate on a line connecting CX and CX+1, and L(PX, CX+1) is a distance between PX and CX+1.
US07651187B2
A line-type inkjet recorder for printing a desired image onto paper by discharging ink from plural nozzles provided in a head part, the inkjet recorder includes: an image data processing part for converting image data to be printed into print data for each of the nozzles; a temperature detection part for detecting a temperature of the head part and outputting head temperature information based on the detected temperature; and a head control part for, based on states of a continuous non-discharge nozzle and a continuous discharge nozzle adjacent thereto included in the nozzles and extracted based on the head temperature information from the temperature detection part and the print data from the image data processing part, controlling frequencies of idle discharge from the continuous non-discharge nozzle and continuous discharge nozzle extracted.
US07651184B2
A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus comprises an ejecting head including a passage which is connected to a sub-tank and an ejecting pressure applying device which applies a feed pressure to the liquid inside the passage, a main tank detector which detects that a main tank is mounted to a main tank mounting portion, a suction pump which applies a negative pressure to an air layer inside the sub-tank to discharge air from inside the sub-tank to outside, and a controller configured to control the suction pump and the ejecting pressure applying device, based on information from the main tank detector. The controller causes the suction pump to discharge the air from inside the sub-tank to outside and causes the ejecting pressure applying device to eject the liquid from a nozzle, when the main tank detector detects that the main tank is mounted to the main tank mounting portion.
US07651182B2
A storage unit for a refrigerator door includes an adjustable retainer assembly that can be positioned to accommodate food containers having varying widths. The storage unit includes a bottom portion and opposing side portions that define a storage cavity. The retainer assembly is sized to be received by the storage cavity. More specifically, the retainer assembly includes a base member that includes a bottom portion and opposing side portions. Each of the opposing side portions is provided with an adjustment elements. The retainer assembly also includes a retainer bar that includes a retaining surface that extends to two opposing side members. Each of the opposing sided members includes a detent element that enables the retainer bar to interconnect with the base member. In this manner, each of the opposing side members can be independently adjusted relative to the base member in order to conform to food containers having varying widths.
US07651181B2
A refrigerator door including an outer wall and an inner wall interconnected along longitudinal edges thereof and including a closing element fixed on an upper horizontal edge of the outer and inner walls. The interconnected closing element and the outer and inner walls delimit an insulating inner space therebetween. At the upper edges the outer wall is longer than the inner wall with the closing element bridging the difference in length between the walls. The resulting structure forming a space for a control panel covered by the outer wall when the refrigerator door is closed.
US07651171B2
A cap assembly for a wheel including a cup-shaped cap member having a plurality of annular ridges disposed around a circumference thereof, and a retainer ring having a plurality of axially extending flange portions disposed around a circumference thereof. The retainer ring is slidably coupled to the cup-shaped member, the axially extending flange portions are angled relative to a position normal to the ring, and the plurality of axially extending flange portions correspond to the plurality of annular ridges. When the cap assembly is inserted into the wheel, the retainer ring slides along the cup-shaped member and the annular ridges force the axially extending flange portions to the position normal to the ring to attach the flange portions to the wheel.
US07651169B2
A strap retainer comprising a flexible elongated member is formed in a partially closed loop. The elongated member may have an approximately straight segment near one end, and an L-shaped restraining member is positioned on the elongated member adjacent to the straight segment. The strap fastener has an un-locked, open position, and a locked, closed position, such that when in the locked, closed position the elongate member forms a closed loop. When a webbing strap passes through the strap fastener in its unlocked, open position, the strap may be placed between the L-shaped restraining member and the straight segment, whereby the L-shaped restraining member inhibits the strap from moving longitudinally along the elongate member.
US07651162B2
A customizable seating structure, designed to be connected to a movable or stationary frame. The structure comprises a seat element (2) which has a top surface, designed to at least partly contact a user, and a support element (4) underlying the seat element (2) and designed to be connected to the movable or stationary frame (T). The seat element (2) is removably attached to said support element (4) to allow removal and/or replacement thereof by a user. The seat element (2) is attached to the support element (4) by screws (7) and nuts (9) or press-fit of pins (13) in holes (8). The seat element (2) is composed of a resilient upper body (15) removably connected to a semirigid lower body (16).
US07651161B2
A table seat (1) comprising a foldable frame (1A) supporting an at least partially foldable container or sitting portion (2) for receiving and supporting a child, said frame (1A) comprising opposing lateral portions (3) enabling the seat (1) to be removably fixed to a top (5) of the table (6), each portion (3) comprising an upper arm (10) and a lower arm (11) which are superposed, the second arm (11) comprising at least one movable intermediate portion (17) arranged to lowerly contact said table top (5) and at least one end portion (16), the child container (2) being associated with a support portion (50) fixed to said lateral portions (3). The child container or sitting portion (2) comprises a structure (55) rotatably associated with said support portion (50) and enabling the child to be arranged in different spatial positions relative to the table (6), said structure (55) being rotatable about a central axis (W) perpendicular to a geometrical plane parallel to said table top (5).
US07651158B2
Disclosed is a vehicle body structure which has a sub-window plate and a front fender each disposed at the rear of a headlamp lens on a sidewall of a vehicle body. In the vehicle body structure, a longitudinally-extending concave portion 60 is defined between the front fender 4 and a combination of a front pillar 52 and a hood 2. The concave portion 60 has at least a frontward region partly receiving therein a headlamp lens 10 and a rearward region receiving therein the sub-window plate 30 at the rear of the headlamp lens 10, whereby a plurality of components including at least the headlamp lens 10 and the sub-window plate 30 are received in the concave portion 60 to form a belt-line surface module F which continuously covers the concave portion 60 to define a transparent or semi-transparent exterior surface on the sidewall of the vehicle body. The vehicle body structure of the present invention makes it possible to further effectively utilize a sidewall surface of the vehicle body so as to desirably enhance a function of the sidewall surface as a whole.
US07651152B2
A top for a convertible has a rear window frame, at least one roof section placed in front of it in the direction of travel when the top is closed, and a lateral top linkage. When the top is closed, a further roof section which is connected to the top linkage in an articulated manner and can be driven by the latter is provided between a front roof section and the rear window frame.
US07651141B2
An apparatus generally includes a latch and a keeper. The latch has a latching surface and is movable between at least a closed position and an opened position. The keeper has a keeper surface configured for engagement with the latching surface. The latch is movably coupled to supporting structure relative to the latching surface such that the moment created by a load applied to the latching surface while engaged with the keeper surface biases the latch towards the closed position.
US07651138B2
A coupling for a fluid conducting system comprises an elongated coupling part (1) and a locking part (20), which can be displaced in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and which can be mounted on the coupling part (1) in a manner that enables it to slide. The guiding of the locking part (20) ensues via detent elements (24, 25) that engage inside guide recesses (13) of the coupling part (1). The locking part (20) can be fixed in a releasing position or in a locking position by the engagement of detent projections (26, 27) inside releasing recesses (18, 19) or inside locking recesses (16, 17). This enables a relatively problem-free operating of the coupling during opening and closing.
US07651134B2
An apparatus (12) includes a primary housing (20) constructed from sheet metal by stamping, a primary inflation fluid source (100), a secondary housing (70) constructed from sheet metal by stamping, and a secondary inflation fluid source (200). The primary inflation fluid source (100) is located in the primary housing (20) and is actuatable to effect a primary flow of inflation fluid out of the primary housing to inflate the inflatable device (14). The secondary housing (70) is disposed within the primary housing (20). The secondary inflation fluid source (200) is located in the secondary housing (70) and is actuatable to affect a secondary flow of inflation fluid to supplement the primary flow of inflation fluid. The secondary housing (70) has a first portion (77) that moves at least partially out of engagement with a second portion (74) of the secondary housing (70) when the secondary inflation fluid source is actuated.
US07651131B2
A vehicle with a rollover-protection system is provided, including at least one rollover-protection device arranged in the area of a transverse wall of the vehicle for at least one vehicle seat, with a first module arranged attached to the body with guide devices for a second module that can be moved in it between a lowered rest position and an elevated support position; with a releasable holding device to hold the second module in its rest position; with a locking device, by means of which the second module can be supported automatically in a position deviating from its rest position against a force acting in the direction of the rest position; and with a drive system with a spring-force accumulator, by means of which the second module is held in its rest position and can be moved, when necessary, in the direction of its support position.
US07651124B2
A steering wheel unit for a steer-by-wire steering system in motor vehicles, consisting of a steering wheel (12), an airbag module, a steering wheel angle sensor unit (24) as well as a force feedback unit, is characterized in that steering wheel (12) is located in rotatable fashion on module housing (10) of the airbag module, which is fixed to the vehicle, and that module housing (10) forms the stator and steering wheel (12) the rotor of the force feedback unit formed as an electric motor.
US07651121B2
A molding assembly closes a gap between the track of a vehicle sliding door and a headliner that conceals a roof rail mounted air bag. The headliner has an edge that extends along the track but is spaced from the track to create a gap. The molding assembly includes a carrier and a flexible seal strip. The carrier carries a plurality of fastening clips that engage with apertures in the roof rail to attach the carrier to the roof rail. The flexible sealing strip has a stem that mounts on a leg wall of the carrier, a first arm that laps onto the edge of the headliner panel and a second arm that laps onto the track. The headliner bends downwardly when the air bag deploys and the first arm of the flexible seal strip flexes to permit the edge of the headliner to escape from the flexible seal.
US07651120B2
An inflator securing structure for securing an inflator having substantially cylindrical shape to a retainer in an airbag system includes a fixed shaft having a substantially D-shaped cross section and formed at one end of the inflator along an axial direction of the inflator; and a locking structure forming a locking hole having a substantially D shape and formed in the retainer so that the locking hole is engaged with the fixed shaft. One of the fixed shaft and the locking hole has at least one groove, and other of the fixed shaft and the locking hole has at least one convex portion so as to engage with the groove.
US07651114B2
Towing adjustment and coupling techniques may include a retentive lateral trailer adjustment device of a trailer (1) configured to provide lateral adjustment of the trailer (1). In some embodiments, a trailer (1) may include a coupler element (3) and at least one retentive lateral adjustment device configured to provide adjustment in a lateral direction (8) of the coupler element (3). Embodiments may have configurations directed to couplers such as a gooseneck hitch, a fifthwheel hitch, and a pull-type or tongue hitch. Embodiments may also provide a fore-aft position indicator (44) with or without a fore-aft position sensor (50) through which proper positioning of a source of tow power (54) relative to a trailer (1) may be facilitated in a fore-aft direction (7). Corresponding methods are included as embodiments of the invention.
US07651110B2
A structure for a bicycle frame system is described by using multiple composite tubes bonded to one another, wherein apertures, or “ports,” are molded between the tubes to improve the stiffness, strength, aerodynamics and comfort of bicycle frame component.
US07651109B2
There is provided a foldable land vehicle comprising an elongate main frame generally defining a longitudinal axis running from a front end of the vehicle to a rear end of the vehicle, a front part including a front wheel, a rear part including a rear wheel, a first joint means for connecting the front part to the main frame and for folding the front part to a lateral side of the main frame, and a second joint means for connecting the rear part to said main frame and for folding the rear part to below the main frame.
US07651107B1
A suspension deflection system is provided that includes first and second spaced apart supports, an elastomeric body positioned at least partially in the region between the first and second supports, and a suspension engaging projection extending from the second support in a direction away from the first support. The elastomeric body includes first and second opposed body end surfaces coupled respectively to the first and second supports, and first and second body side surfaces extending between the body end surfaces. The body side surfaces are closer to one another at a location intermediate to the body end surfaces than at the first and second supports. The system conveniently and securely couples a suspension member of a vehicle engaged by the projection to a frame of the vehicle.
US07651105B2
A hydroformed steering knuckle assembly for a vehicle and method of making same includes a hydroformed main body. The hydroformed steering knuckle assembly also includes at least one component secured to the hydroformed main body. The hydroformed main body is a hydroformed monolithic structure being integral, unitary, and one-piece.
US07651103B1
A wheelchair is disclosed. An illustrative embodiment of the wheelchair includes a wheelchair frame, a pair of rear wheels and a pair of front wheels carried by the wheelchair frame, a drive motor drivingly engaging at least one of the pair of rear wheels and the pair of front wheels and a pair of wheelchair tracks detachably carried by the wheelchair frame.
US07651093B2
The present invention relates to a stacking module of a media dispenser and a control method thereof. According to the present invention, there is provided a stacking module of a media dispenser. The stacking module comprises: stacking wheels rotated by a driving source to rotate the media fed from the delivery module with the media inserted between tangent wings of outer peripheral surfaces of the stacking wheels one by one; a separation plate for separating the media from the stacking wheels and guiding the separated media; a stacking plate on which the media separated from the separation plate are erected one by one; a shuttle member rotatably installed on the stacking plate and including a push bar for pushing the media erected on the stacking plate toward the stacking wheels; and a driving plate moved by an additional driving source to selectively drive the stacking plate and the shuttle member. The stacking wheels and the driving source are provided between guide plates installed to face each other with a predetermined spacing therebetween; and the separation plate, the stacking plate, the shuttle member, and the driving plate are provided on a stacking base supported in the guide plates. In the present invention, since most of the components of the stacking module are provided on the stacking base, it is easy to repair the media dispenser. Further, since the media are collected on the stacking module and delivered to the customer at a time, it is easy for the customer to take out the media. Furthermore, since the stacking module is designed so that the one driving motor drives a plurality of the components, the number of the parts can be reduced.
US07651083B2
A document conveying apparatus comprises an inlet channel for receiving at least one document. A drive member is positioned for engagement with at least one document in the channel and is operable to move at least one document from the channel. An elongated member is associated with the channel and is movable to a first position towards the drive member which biases the at least one document towards the drive member. One portion of the elongated member is movable to a second position away from the drive member so as to allow insertion of at least one additional document into the inlet channel. Another portion of the elongated member is movable towards the drive member to bias the at least one document in the inlet channel into engagement with the drive member when the one portion of the elongated member is moved to the second position.
US07651079B2
A substrate support plate transfer apparatus for fabricating an organic light emitting display is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a quartz plate transferred into a bonding processing chamber for an organic light emitting device, a protection frame on which the quartz plate is placed in order to transfer the quartz plate into the chamber, and a frame-shaped supporting plate including a sliding transfer device for helping the transfer of the protection frame and installed in the chamber. The quartz plate has a rigidity capable of enduring pressure in the bonding process applied to a large sized substrate, and the apparatus provides for convenient replacement of the quartz plate.
US07651078B2
A clamping and/or spreading tool comprises a drive for displacement of a push or pull rod to which a movable jaw is fixed with respect to a support carrying a stationary jaw in longitudinal direction of the push and pull rod, said drive comprising a torsion spring and being adapted to enter torque transmitting engagement with the push or pull rod for displacement of the same.
US07651074B2
This invention concerns an apparatus and a method for producing carbonated water capable of obtaining high concentration carbonated water effectively. Carbon dioxide gas is passed through a first carbon dioxide gas dissolver composed of a membrane module to be dissolved in water and the carbonated water passing through the first carbon dioxide gas dissolver is passed through a static mixer, which is a second carbon dioxide gas dissolver. Consequently, a high concentration carbonated water can be obtained remarkably, effectively and easily with a simpler structure than conventionally.
US07651069B2
A valve comprises an electromagnetic actuator including a solenoid. The solenoid includes at least one core and an anchor plate. The solenoid further comprises at least one coil disposed within the core and connected to a set of power electronics to supply current to the coils. The actuator further comprises a plunger connected to the anchor plate and at least one spring configured to guide the plunger. The actuator also includes a pressure compensation system. The opening and closing of the valve is controlled by passing current through the coil.
US07651068B2
A detection system for a washroom device evaluates outputs from an active sensor and a passive sensor to determine whether to activate the device (e.g., operate a valve in a sink or a lavatory). The active sensor has a transmitter that directs a light beam to a selected zone and a receiver that detects whether the light beam is reflected back to the sensor. The passive sensor detects changes in a temperature signature around the washroom device. A controller evaluates the outputs from both the active sensor and the passive sensor to determine how to operate the washroom device.
US07651062B2
To stabilize the weight balance of an entire liquid crystal display device by locating a lateral shaft by which the lower end of a support leg is attached to a base either directly under or substantially directly under the center of gravity of a main unit having a liquid crystal module.A main unit 1 in which a liquid crystal module 2 is housed in a cabinet 3 is supported so as to allow tilt adjustment, by a support leg 6 that rises up from a base 5. An attachment component 61 of the support leg 6 is overlapped with and fastened by screws on the outer back face of a metal plate 22 of the liquid crystal module 2, the result being that a lateral shaft 7 for attaching the support leg 6 to the base 5 is located directly under the center of gravity G of the main unit 1.
US07651061B2
A substantially tubular supporting member oriented in a substantially vertical position, where a fluid dispenser holder is rotatably coupled to a top end of the supporting member and the fluid dispenser is movable rotationally clockwise or counterclockwise with respect to the supporting member into a plurality of rotational positions. In some embodiments, the supporting member may be mounted to a base connected proximate to a bottom end of the supporting member. The fluid dispenser holder has at least one hook attached to it, wherein the hook comprises a light source that may emit visible light.
US07651059B2
In various embodiments, a cable drop support system is provided including a base adapted for attachment to a surface; at least one segment connected to the base; and, a cable receptacle attached to a portion of the at least one segment, the cable receptacle being structured for receiving therein at least a portion of a cable.
US07651052B2
In order to not risk producing an overpressure of air in the cabin of an airplane on the ground during servicing operation on the airplane, it is appropriate to deliver the air into the cabin of the airplane only when the inlets of the air-conditioning system are open. A device for feeding electricity and air to an airplane on the ground includes means of electric production capable of being connected to at least one electric circuit of the airplane and includes means of producing a flow of air. It has, in addition, a means of determining whether the airplane is actually switched on electrically or is not actually switched on electrically and means for inhibiting the flow of air delivered toward the airplane when the airplane is not actually switched on electrically, that is, as long as it is uncertain whether the inlets of the air-conditioning system are opened.
US07651051B2
A vehicle with wings and a mechanism for causing a flapping motion in wings. Each wing structure comprises a wing and a wing spar coupled to a follower via a resilient member. Each wing carrier is pivotally connected to the body and is configured to restrain lateral movement and permit rotation of the wing spar about a feathering axis. A biasing member provides torsional bias to each wing spar. A linkage, driven by an actuator, transmits cyclic motion that rotates the wing carrier about a flapping axis, which moves the follower along a follower path. A guide attached to the vehicle body lies in the path of each follower, and the follower and guide are shaped such that each wing spar has a first rotational position about its axis along a first portion of the follower path and a second rotational position along a second portion of the follower path.
US07651043B2
A machine for grinding forage material includes a support frame that supports an enclosure for retaining a bale of forage material. A rotary shredder is positioned within the enclosure where the rotary shredder grinds the bale of forage material and discharges a forage material from the enclosure. The machine includes at least two deflectors attached to the enclosure that deflect the shredded forage material onto a surface where the at least two deflectors are positionable independent from each other.
US07651042B2
A mobile slurry apparatus for creating a slurry from oil sand ore has a frame and a slurry box supported by the frame. Water is mixed with the ore to form a slurry that is retained in the slurry box. The frame base has a first set of spaced apart support points for supporting the frame in a stationary mode, and a second set of spaced apart support points for supporting the frame in a moving mode. The second set of spaced apart support points is closer together than the first set of support points and defines a lifting region disposed beneath a center of gravity of the slurry apparatus in a moving mode when the slurry box is empty. Thus, a single moving device can be positioned beneath the second set of support points for lifting and moving the slurry apparatus.
US07651041B2
Blades on a rotating grinding plate force waste against a stationary grinding ring. The blades are mounted on radially aligned guides on the grinding plate, allowing the blades to move freely inwardly and outwardly between opposing stops. The blades are thrown outward by rotation of the grinding plate. A receding face on the blades cooperates with the grinding ring for moving the blades inwardly and for forcing waste against the grinding ring.
US07651039B2
A fuel injection valve includes a valve chamber, a control valve, an actuator, a control chamber, and a nozzle. The control valve is provided in the valve chamber. The actuator actuates the control valve. The control chamber is always communicated with the valve chamber through a communication passage. The nozzle has a needle for opening and closing an injection orifice, wherein the needle is biased in a valve closing direction for closing the injection orifice by pressure of fuel in the control chamber. High pressure fuel in a high-pressure fuel passage is introduced into the control chamber only through the communication passage in a state, where communication between the valve chamber and the high-pressure fuel passage is allowed by the control valve. The communication passage has a common orifice.
US07651032B2
Methods and apparatus for manufacturing a radio frequency identification (RFID) enabled corrugated paperboard are provided. The apparatus includes a corrugated paperboard feed device configured to supply a quantity of corrugated paperboard, an antenna attach device configured to couple an antenna to the corrugated paperboard, a curing device configured to provide curing energy to the antenna to at least one of dry the antenna and facilitate optimizing an electrical conductivity of the antenna, and an attach mechanism configured to couple a radio frequency identification circuit to the antenna.
US07651031B2
Detection systems that detect and decode machine-readable information and other indicia having varying spectral emissivity values are provided. The detection systems include a sensor, circuitry, and temperature influencing mechanism. The system may be connected to other hardware, such as a computer display screen, or audio emitting device. Meanwhile, the sensor detects differential emissivity values by measuring energy emitted from the targets of interest.
US07651030B2
A method and system for data input is provided. The method includes inputting data, reading a subset of a set of predefined machine-readable codes from a printed media, the printed media including thereon the set of predefined machine-readable codes and a set of human-readable indicia. Each of the set of human-readable indicia is associated with a respective one of the set of predefined machine-readable codes. Each of the set of human-readable indicia indicates a user-selectable input value. The subset of the plurality of predefined machine-readable codes consists of predefined machine-readable codes that have not been defaced. The method also includes saving as user input values the user-selectable input values indicated by the indicia that are associated with the machine-readable codes in the set of predefined machine-readable codes that have not been read.
US07651023B2
A nickel-based braze composition is described, containing nickel, palladium, and restricted amounts of boron and silicon. The composition can also contain tantalum, titanium, and zirconium, as well as aluminum, chromium, and cobalt. A method for joining two metal components, using the braze composition, is also described. The braze composition can also be used to fill cracks or other cavities in a component, e.g., a gas turbine part formed from a nickel-based superalloy. Articles of manufacture which contain the braze composition are also described.
US07651022B2
The present invention is a method and apparatus for forming a bump for semiconductor interconnect applications, such as reverse wire bonding or stud bumping for flip chip interconnections. The bump is formed by (1) ball bonding at the bump site, (2) raising the capillary a predetermined height after forming the ball bond with the wire paying out of the capillary tip, (3) moving the capillary laterally a predetermined distance, preferably in a direction toward the site of other end of the wire loop, if the bump is to be used as the platform for a stitch bond of a wire loop, (4) raising the capillary further, and (5) moving the capillary diagonally downwardly and in the opposite direction of the first lateral motion. The wire is then severed by raising the capillary, closing the clamps and raising the capillary again to snap the wire pigtail off at the bump.
US07651020B2
Embodiments include materials which may be used during electronic device fabrication, including a flux material. The flux material comprises a solution including a plurality of micellar structures in a solvent, the micellar structures each including a plurality of amphiphilic block copolymer elements. The amphiphilic block copolymer elements each include at least one non-polar region and at least one polar region. A fluxing agent is contained within the micellar structures. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US07651007B2
A method makes use of a minimally-shearing feeder mechanism supplying a desired flow of particulate solids mixture, with minimal to no sifting segregation to a desired location. The feeder methodology maintains a uniform concentration of each size of particle within the mixture.
US07651006B2
A stamped bucket for a vending machine having an elongated body with opposing first and second ends, a first end wall integrally formed on the body along the first end and a second end wall integrally formed on the body along the second end. The first and second end walls extending in generally transverse relation to the body. The first end wall has one or more tab portions extending therefrom that are secured to the body adjacent the first end. The second end wall also has one or more tab portions extending therefrom that are secured to the body adjacent the second end. An axis of rotation extends between the first and second end walls substantially longitudinally along the body.
US07651004B2
A linerless closure of one-piece integrally molded plastic construction includes a base wall and a cylindrical skirt for attaching the closure to a container neck finish. First and second circumferentially continuous annular walls extend from the base wall at positions radially inward from the skirt. The first and second annular walls are spaced from each other to receive an end portion of the container neck finish when the closure is applied to the neck finish. At least one of the annular walls has a circumferentially continuous annular projection extending toward the opposing annular wall. The annular projection is axially flexible for bending and folding toward the base wall and toward the at least one annular wall in sealing engagement with the end portion of the container neck finish when such end portion is received between the annular walls.
US07650992B1
A combination of a pair of gardening shears and a suspension rack includes a suspension rack, and a pair of gardening shears detachably mounted on the suspension rack. The gardening shears include two blade portions each having a distal end provided with a sharp portion. The suspension rack includes a support plate, a locking post, and a safety guard. Thus, the sharp portion of each of the two blade portions of the gardening shears is fully hidden in and surrounded by the safety guard of the suspension rack so that the safety guard of the suspension rack provides an isolating function to prevent a consumer's hand from directly touching the sharp portion of each of the two blade portions of the gardening shears so as to protect the consumer's safety.
US07650987B2
A method for enabling a presetter to connect connecting portions of belts having different widths, and for forming an endless connection of a flat belt with no defects such as the bend of the connecting portions. This method includes a first step of setting so that the connecting portions at both ends of the flat belt are placed on a lower mold surface of the presetter, and that, with the flat belt held from both sides by a wall part standing from the lower mold surface and a flat belt member having substantially the same compression property as the flat belt, an upper mold of the presetter is placed on the flat belt and the flat belt member, and then fixing the flat belt and the flat belt member by the presetter; and a second step of connecting the connecting portions at the both ends by pressing the presetter with the flat belt and the flat belt member fixed.
US07650980B2
A method and apparatus for handling bill jams within a currency processing device is provided. The device includes a transport mechanism adapted to transport bills along a transport path, one at a time, from the input receptacle past an evaluation unit into a plurality of output receptacles. At least one of the output receptacles includes a holding area and a storage area. A plurality of bill passage sensors are sequentially disposed along the transport path that are adapted to detect the passage of a bill as each bill is transported past each sensor. An encoder is adapted to produce an encoder count for each incremental movement of the transport mechanism. A controller counts the total number of bills transported into each of the holding areas and the total number of bills moved from a holding area to a corresponding storage area after a predetermined number of bills have been transported into the holding area. The controller tracks the movement of each of the bills along the transport path into each of the holding areas with the plurality of bill passage sensors. The presence of a bill jam is detected when a bill is not transported past one of the plurality of bill passage sensors within a requisite number of encoder counts. The operation of the transport mechanism is suspended upon detection of a bill jam. The bills from each of the holding areas are moved to the corresponding storage areas upon suspension of the operation of the transport mechanism. Remaining bills are then flushed from the transport path after moving the bills from each of the holding areas to the corresponding storage areas upon suspension of the operation of the transport mechanism.
US07650974B2
A viscous fan drive having improved pumping efficiency from removing fluid from a fluid operating chamber to a fluid reservoir chamber is achieved by providing a wiper element that is located within the radial clearance between the clutch and the housing that effectively seals leakage paths leading (upstream) and trailing the wiper. The wiper element includes a radial tang that is positioned within a corresponding slot of the cover wall. The wiper element also has a pair of spaced apart arms extending from the radial tang portion each having a radial outer surface that has a similar radius as the cover wall and a radial inner surface has a similar radius as the clutch. The wiper element also preferably includes details designed to seal the radial inner surface to the outer periphery of the clutch during fan drive operation and a locating detail to aid in assembly.
US07650965B2
An exhaust system for an engine includes a first muffler having a housing, a first end plate, a second end plate, an inlet pipe extending through at least one of the first end plate and the second end plate, and an outlet pipe extending through at least one of the first end plate and the second end plate. The exhaust system further includes a second muffler having a housing, a first end plate, a second end plate, an inlet pipe extending through at least one of the first end plate and the second end plate, and an outlet pipe extending through at least one of the first end plate and the second end plate. The exhaust system further includes a crossbreed pipe extending through the first end plate of the first muffler and the first end plate of the second muffler.
US07650961B2
A differential lock control system for controlling a differential lock of a work vehicle is adapted to determine if the work vehicle is oriented to travel in a generally straight direction, and, if the work vehicle is so oriented, automatically command activation of the differential lock. An associated method is disclosed.
US07650957B2
The actuator mechanism of the present embodiment comprises the first cylinder, a rod protruding from the first cylinder to lift a hood and lock balls arranged along the outer periphery of the rod and digging into the rod when the rod is pushed back. The diameter of the lock balls and the lapping amount of the lock balls are within specific ranges.
US07650955B2
To improve a swing arm support structure of a vehicle, thus making it possible to adjust a magnitude, timing, and the like of external force transmitted to a vehicle body frame. In a vehicle, in which a rear wheel is attached to a rear end of a swing arm made freely swingable with respect to a vehicle body frame, dogleg brackets are provided. The dogleg brackets include vehicle body frame coupling portions coupled to the vehicle body frame, and include engine support portions for supporting an engine. Further, the dogleg brackets are provided with swing arm support portions for supporting the swing arm which are provided apart and separately from the vehicle body frame coupling portions.
US07650950B2
A closed-loop circulating system for drilling wells has control of the flow rates in and out of the wellbore. Kicks and fluid losses are quickly controlled by adjusting the backpressure. Kick tolerance and tripping margins are eliminated by real-time determination of pore and fracture pressure. The system can incorporate a rotating BOP and can be used with underbalanced drilling.
US07650949B1
A moldboard of a work vehicle comprises a blade and a sideshift rail comprising a bar attached to the blade and a wear strip removably mounted to the bar.
US07650943B2
A hydraulic control system for controlling an external device (4) at a well installation includes a control module (2) for generating electrical and/or optical control signals. A control pod (8) receives the control signals, the control pod controlling the external device. A hydraulic line (10) links the control pod to the external device (4) for controlling it.
US07650934B2
The invention relates to a heat exchanger, particularly a radiator for a heating or air conditioning unit in motor vehicles, which cools a coolant. Said heat exchanger (1) is penetrated by air, comprises collector pipes (S1, S2, S2, S4) and several essentially horizontally disposed pipes (5), and is divided into several partial blocks (T1, T2, T3, T4). The surfaces of the inventive partial blocks are selected according to the dimensions of structural space-related zones having different air temperatures inside the assembly space of the heat exchanger, the partial block which is first penetrated by the coolant being arranged within a structural space-related zone having a higher air temperature, preferably within the zone having the highest air temperature.
US07650915B2
A method for removing vapor within a heat pipe includes providing a predetermined amount of working fluid injected into the heat pipe. An opening is reserved at one end of the heat pipe. The opening is communicated with a vacuum environment. The communication between the opening and the vacuum environment is normally disconnected, such that at the instant the communication is connected ,the vacuum level of the vacuum environment is maintained at a certain range. The communication between the opening of the heat pipe and the vacuum environment is intermittently connected for several times. Within the duration while the communication between the opening and the vacuum environment is connected, the working fluid is evaporated without being boiled and vapor is exhausted from the opening.
US07650905B2
An emergency isolation valve has a valve plug in a valve body connected to a pipeline. The valve plug is connected to a valve shaft around which a sector gear is provided and engaged with a rack of a piston rod in a cylinder. The piston rod has a piston at one end and is connected to a compression spring at the other end. The piston is moved by air supplied into a cylinder from a compressed air source via a fluid control and a solenoid selector valve. Air supply stops and a discharge hole of the cylinder is opened, so that air is discharged to the outside. The piston is returned by the compression spring to close the discharge hole. At the same time stop of the piston rod is detected by a sensor thereby checking whether to actuate the valve plug normally even during operation.
US07650904B2
A pressure-regulating valve with an integrated pressure gauge has a body, an inlet nipple, a pressure-control device and a knob assembly. The body is tubular and has an inlet opening, an outlet and an adjustment end. The inlet nipple is connected to the inlet opening of the body and connects to a compressor. The outlet is a tube formed on the body and connects to a pneumatic tool or the like. The pressure-control device is movably placed inside the body and controls pressure of a gas flowing from the compressor to the outlet of the body. The knob assembly is rotatably mounted on the adjustment end of the body, is connected to the pressure-control device and displays and controls the pressure of the gas flowing from the compressor.
US07650902B1
A liquid thermal management purging system for efficiently removing the liquid coolant within a liquid thermal management system prior to opening the system for maintenance. The liquid thermal management purging system generally includes a reservoir storing a volume of liquid coolant and a volume of displacement liquid and a thermal management unit in fluid communication with the reservoir. A displacement pump and a drain pump are fluidly connected between the reservoir and the thermal management unit to selectively provide displacement liquid to and remove liquid coolant from the thermal management unit (and vice-versa).
US07650898B2
A pole mechanism that can be adjusted with one hand that can be used in trekking poles, tool handles, and other applications requiring the use of an adjustable-length elongated member.
US07650896B2
In an apparatus for holding components of a nursing bottle assembly in a dishwasher, a loading member has a first opening sized and configured for receiving a portion of a first component of the bottle assembly therein to seat the first component on the loading member, and a second opening separate from the first opening. The second opening is sized and configured for receiving a portion of the second component of the bottle assembly therein to seat the second component on the loading member. The first and second openings differ in at least one characteristic indicative of the respective first and second components to facilitate identification of the first opening as being the proper location on the loading member for placement of the first component and of the second opening as being the proper location on the loading member for placement of the second component.
US07650892B1
The present invention relates to methods for hindering formation of tobacco-specific nitrosamines during processing of dark fire tobacco, as well as a facility in which at least portions of these methods may be conducted. According to the present invention, dark fire tobacco that has been harvested and that is generally green and/or yellow is exposed to an uncontrolled, yet active, ambient airflow so as to provide a substantially aerobic environment about the tobacco. This exposure of the dark fire tobacco to the ambient airflow may be done until the tobacco is substantially brown and/or substantially free of enzymatic activity. Subsequently, the tobacco is exposed to gaseous emissions (e.g., smoke) from combusting sawdust/wood. This step may be conducted at least until the tobacco exhibits a moisture content of no more than about 16% and/or until the tobacco exhibits a gloss or shine on a surface of the tobacco.
US07650884B2
A facepiece insert (16) that has a fluid communication component (30, 32) non-integrally joined to a supporting portion (34). The insert can be made by (a) providing at least one supporting portion (34) of a facepiece insert (16); (b) providing at least one fluid communication component (30, 32) separately from the supporting portion (34) of the facepiece insert (16); and (c) securing the at least one fluid communication component (30, 32) to the at least one supporting portion (34).
US07650876B2
An engine assembly may include an engine block, a fuel pump, and a drive shaft. The engine block may include first and second banks defining first and second sets of cylinders disposed at an angle relative to one another to form a V-configuration. The engine block may include a valley between the first and second banks of cylinders. The fuel pump may be supported by the engine block and located within the valley. The drive shaft may be supported by the engine block and may be drivingly engaged with the fuel pump.
US07650864B2
A vehicle starting system for activating an ignition of a vehicle. The system includes a remote transmitting device operable to communicate a start signal in response to a user input, and a control at a vehicle that receives the start signal. The control processes images captured by at least one imaging device to determine if the images are indicative of the vehicle being parked in an enclosed environment. The control activates an ignition of the vehicle in response to the start signal and the image processing.
US07650860B2
Radial impulse engine, pump, and compressor systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment of the invention, an engine includes a first end wall portion spaced apart from a second end wall portion to at least partially define a combustion chamber therebetween. In this embodiment, the engine further includes a plurality of movable wall portions disposed between the first and second end wall portions. Each movable wall portion includes a cylindrical surface extending at least partially between a distal edge portion and a pivot axis. Upon ignition in the combustion chamber, the distal edge portion of each movable wall portion slides across the cylindrical surface of the adjacent movable wall portion as the movable wall portions pivot outwardly in unison about their respective pivot axes.
US07650859B2
A water heater and method of assembling the water heater are disclosed. The method includes the step of positioning an insulation member around a water tank. An expandable tube is positioned at an elevation between a top surface and a bottom surface of the insulation member. An outer shell is positioned over the water tank, the insulation member, and the expandable tube to at least partially encapsulate the water tank. The expandable tube is expanded to compress at least a portion of the insulation member against the water tank or the outer shell. Foam insulation is delivered into a space defined adjacent the top surface of the insulation member and between the water tank and the outer shell. The foam insulation is substantially limited from traveling past the expandable tube when the expandable tube is maintained in an expanded state.
US07650849B2
An indicator for an AT vehicle is disclosed wherein even when a shift lever boot is greatly flexed downward during shift operation of a shift lever, boot penetration restricting device, provided inside an open window of an indicator, prevents the shift lever boot from flexing and penetrating into a lower area of the open window portion.
US07650848B2
An article has a surface topography for resisting bioadhesion of organisms and includes a base article having a surface. A composition of the surface includes a polymer. The surface has a topography comprising a pattern defined by a plurality of spaced apart features attached to or projected into the base article. The plurality of features each have at least one microscale dimension and at least one neighboring feature having a substantially different geometry. An average feature spacing between adjacent ones of the features is between 10 μm and 100 μm in at least a portion of the surface. The surface topography can be numerically represented using at least one sinusoidal function. In one embodiment, the surface can comprise a coating layer disposed on the base article.
US07650841B2
A blasting system facilitates the actuation of a plurality of programmable detonators according to a desired blasting pattern, to cause the discharge of a plurality of associated charges, by downloading to the detonators blasting information that can be automatically determined by a portable handheld unit that incorporates a positional detecting device, such as a GPS device. The blasting information for any given detonator can be determined by the handheld unit as a function of the distance and the direction of the movement of the unit to the detonator, and/or by the actual GPS location while at the site of the detonator. This automatic determination of blasting information, and particularly the delay times, based on the movement of the unit to the detonator, eliminates error prone human calculations of the delay times needed for multiple detonators at a blasting site. This simplifies the operations and procedures needed for achieving a desired blasting pattern, without sacrificing safety or quality.
US07650838B2
In a method or device for control of a printer or copier, a series of discrete signal states is generated with which a drive unit for conveyance of a carrier material to be printed is controlled. A control signal is generated to end the conveyance of the carrier material. Based on the control signal, the generated series of the discrete signal states is changed at an earliest with a changed signal state following the control signal. A positioning error of the carrier material is caused due to a time period between the control signal and the changed signal state is detected.
US07650831B2
The invention relates to a device for preparing a beverage by injection of water through a capsule containing a substance to be dissolved and/or to be extracted. The device comprises at least one water-injection system for introducing water inside the capsule. The injection system can be switched in order for a selection to be made between at least two different modes of wetting the substance so as to adapt wetting in accordance with the type of capsule and/or with the nature of the substance contained in the capsule. The invention aims to propose a device suitable for the preparation of a wider range of beverages, foaming or non-foaming, from substances to be extracted and/or soluble substances.
US07650829B2
The invention relates to a hollow piston (1) for a piston engine, said hollow piston comprising a peripheral wall (3a), a central rod (11), a front wall (3b) on the front end thereof, and an articulated part 4a) on the rear end thereof. The inventive hollow piston (1) has an annular cavity (14) formed against the rod (11), between the peripheral wall (3a) and the articulated part (4a). A rear section of the cavity (14) forms a front section of the articulated part (4a). The aim of the invention is to stabilize the hollow piston while ensuring an efficient guidance of the piston. To this end, the rod (11) ends the region of the cavity (14), the articulated part (4a) is a cap-shaped articulation recess (4c), and the rear section of the cavity (14) forms at least part of the articulated surface (4g) of the articulation recess (4c).
US07650817B2
A bicycle crank assembly is configured to simplify the work required to adjust the bearing play by the crank assembly when the crank assembly is mounted. The bicycle crank assembly has a left crank that is mounted on a crank axle of the bicycle, and is provided with a crank body and an adjustment member. The crank body includes a crank axle mounting part non-rotatably mounting to one end of the crank axle, an arm part extending from the crank axle mounting part, a pedal mounting part for mounting the pedal and provided at the tip of the arm part, and a male screw part formed on the crank axle mounting part. The adjustment member includes a tubular part having a female screw part into which the male screw part is screwed, and a contact part formed at one end of the tubular part and capable of contacting the bearing supporting the crank axle.
US07650813B2
A position control mechanism is provided for a bicycle control device that has a shifting unit. The position control mechanism has an operating member that is configured to operate a positioning member that moves through two of a plurality of predetermined shift positions during a single progressive movement of the operating member. The operating member is configured in the preferred embodiment to operate both a hydraulic braking unit and the shifting unit.
US07650808B2
A transfer case includes a two-speed range unit, a friction clutch, an actuation mechanism and a control system. The actuation mechanism includes an electric motor, a geartrain driven by the motor, a range actuator assembly and a mode actuator assembly. The range actuator assembly includes a driveshaft driven by the geartrain, a cam driven by the driveshaft and a shift fork having a follower retained in a groove formed in the cam and a fork engaging a shift collar associated with the range unit. The mode actuator assembly has a face cam with spiral cam surfaces and a control gear with radially-moveable rollers engaging the cam surfaces. The control gear is rotatively driven by the geartrain. The face cam is axially moveable for controlling engagement of the friction clutch. An anti-rotation mechanism limits rotation of the face cam in response to continued rotation of the control gear.
US07650799B2
A method and system are provided for investigating a gas-liquid fluid mixture as it is conveyed in a conduit having a first constriction region providing a reduced conduit cross section. The method and system include inducing the mixture to exhibit swirling flow in the first constriction region, thereby separating the liquid from the gas, and determining one or more properties of the fluid in the first constriction region.
US07650795B2
A test cell and method for stress testing a test specimen including a first platen and a second platen. Each platen having a loading surface, an inclined surface, and a longitudinal axis. The inclined surface being inclined relative to the longitudinal axis at an angle and the inclined surface having a specimen recess formed therein for receiving a portion of the test specimen such that when the inclined surface of the second platen is positioned in a face-to-face relationship with the inclined surface of the first platen, a shear stress is applied to the test specimen when an axial load is applied to the first and second platens. The platens further including fluid ports to subject the test specimen to fluid flow at various pressures and fluid chemistries and ultrasonic transducers to determine acoustic, compressional, and shear wave velocities and in multiple orientations.
US07650790B2
An apparatus for ultrasonically inspecting a component comprises a first ultrasonic transducer for transmitting an ultrasonic signal into a component having rotational symmetry and a second ultrasonic transducer for detecting the reflected, or transmitted, ultrasonic signal. A motor and a turntable produce relative rotation between the rotationally symmetrical component and the first and second transducers. Motors, a carriage and tracks on a frame provide relative radial motion between the rotationally symmetrical component and the first and second transducers to scan the whole of a surface of the rotationally symmetrical component. An ultrasonic signal analyzer analyses the detected ultrasonic signal by monitoring for ultrasonic signals having an amplitude above a predetermined amplitude and not having rotational symmetry and a display provides an indication that any detected ultrasonic signals above the predetermined amplitude and not having rotational symmetry is a potential flaw in the component.
US07650777B1
A method for monitoring a compressor comprising a rotor is presented. The method comprises obtaining a dynamic pressure signal of the rotor, obtaining a blade passing frequency of the rotor, using the blade passing frequency signal for filtering the dynamic pressure signal, buffering the filtered dynamic pressure signal over a moving window time period, and analyzing the buffered dynamic pressure signal to predict a stall condition of the compressor.
US07650771B2
A high-pressure press includes a pressure vessel surrounded by a force-absorbing press frame. The high-pressure press also includes a detection structure for detecting changes in length of at least one column comprised in the press frame, the changes in length depending on the pressure inside the pressure vessel. The detection structure includes a limit switch, which is adapted to detect if the change in length of the column has reached a threshold value and, in that case, interrupt a pressing operation in progress and reduce the pressure inside the pressure vessel.
US07650765B2
Clothes washing machine comprising: a common water-distribution manifold (2), a plurality of electromagnetic (3B, 4B, 5B) valves provided downstream of said water-distribution manifold and connected on a respective inlet side thereof to said common water-distribution manifold, a plurality of outlet conduits (3, 4, 5) provided at the delivery orifices of said electromagnetic valves, a respective plurality of chambers (3A, 4A, 5A) supplied via a respective one of said outlet conduits (6), in which a cold-water inlet conduit (7) directly connects the low-temperature water delivery system to said water-distribution manifold, a hot-water inlet conduit (7) connects the high-temperature water delivery system to a pre-determined one of said outlet conduits downstream of the respective electromagnetic valve, and a further electromagnetic valve (7B) is provided in said hot-water inlet conduit. Inside a pre-determined outlet conduit, and downstream of the respective electromagnetic valve, there is provided a temperature sensor (20).
US07650756B2
The present invention concerns a device for generating thermal units using magnetocaloric material, with low energy consumption, evolutive, of a simple design, reliable operation, which allows to generate thermal units in a cost effective way while at the same time removing the risks of thermal fluid leakage and limiting the number of mechanical parts. The device (1a) for generating thermal units using magnetocaloric material comprises a magnetic element (2a) coupled to a power supply (3a), a magnetocaloric element (4a), a circuit (5) for thermal exchange fluid in which one or more thermal exchange fluids are made to circulate by means of circulation (6), and two heat exchangers (7, 8). The power supply (3a) is set up to generate electric pulses so as to create an impulsive magnetic field that causes the heating and the cooling of the magnetocaloric element (4a) and hence of the thermal exchange fluid.
US07650753B2
The invention relates to an arrangement (A) for cooling recycled exhaust gas (AG) and charge air (LL) in a motor vehicle comprising a turbocharger respectively comprising at least one heat exchanger for the exhaust gas flow and a least one heat exchanger for the charge air flow. At least one heat exchanger for the exhaust gas flow and one heat exchanger for the charge air flow form part of a common low temperature cooling circuit (NK). The invention also relates to a method for operating one such arrangement (A).
US07650739B2
A mulch plate adjustment apparatus for use with lawn mowers. The adjustment apparatus is used to adjust the height of a mulch plate attached to the lawn mower and to secure the mulch plate at the desired height by the use of a handle and handle-locking ratchet mechanism. The adjustment apparatus is affixed to the discharge chute of a lawn mower. The apparatus includes a handle-operated mulch plate raising-and-lowering mechanism that allows the mulch plate to be adjusted to different heights to accommodate different sized lawn mowers and different mowing conditions. The operator of the mulch plate adjustment apparatus can select a desired height for the mulch plate and safely secure the mulch plate at the selected height by simple operation of a handle. Further, the mulch plate apparatus provides a mechanism for allowing the mulch plate to be raised in a storage position without the need to provide extension wires or cables.
US07650738B2
A crop lifter for attachment to a cutting header includes a lifter member adapted for attachment to the header and a lifting finger attached to the lifter member by a quick-attach mechanism such that a leading end of the lifting finger is ahead of and below the knife. The lifting finger is structurally weak compared to the lifting member such that the lifting finger will readily move when striking an obstruction, thereby preventing damage to the lifter member or header. The crop lifter or similar crop accessory can have a latch member at a rear end thereof, and a cooperating latch member attached to the header. The accessory latches to the header and a releasable latch lock prevents forward movement of the accessory that would disengage the latch.
US07650732B2
The present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium containing computer executable code for instructing a computer to first display a field selection screen which includes selection indicators for a plurality of label fields. Then there is displayed a field content screen responsive to the label fields previously selected with the field content screen allowing editing of at least one label field. A bar code corresponding with one of said label fields is then selected and a print preview screen containing a plurality of said label fields is displayed. Then a print command for printing a label substantially as displayed on the print preview screen and including the bar code (regardless of whether or not said bar code is included on said print preview screen) is transmitted.
US07650722B1
Covers for attic trap doors and pull down attic stairs or ladders are described each of which is formed of an insulating material. The covers are structured to effectively seal a ceiling access opening. In some embodiments, a closure member constructed of insulating material is cooperatively and frictionally received within a frame formed of the same material to form an airtight seal therebetween.
US07650711B2
A riflescope. In the illustrative embodiment, the inventive riflescope is implemented with a housing having an exterior surface and a texture applied to the surface of the housing. In the best mode, the texture has an elevation of 250 microns above the surface of the housing. In more specific embodiments, the texture is uniform and geometric.
US07650710B1
A body of iron, steel or other such ferrous material is protected from thermochemical erosion by a layer of an iron nitride having a relatively low nitrogen content. The atomic percentage of nitrogen in the iron nitride layer is no greater than 20%, and in specific embodiments is in the range of 10-15%. The nitride layer may have a layer of a refractory material deposited thereatop. Some refractory materials include metals such as chromium. The invention has specific utility for protecting gun barrels, turbines, internal combustion engines, drilling equipment, machine tools, aerospace systems and chemical reactors which are exposed to extreme conditions of temperature and pressure. Specifically disclosed is a gun barrel which incorporates the invention.
US07650709B2
An air conditioner is provided. In the air conditioner, a base is provided, a front frame is coupled to a front of the base and it includes a filter insertion slot in a predetermined portion, a panel member is installed to the front frame and it includes a picture or a photograph detachably attached thereto, a heat exchanger is accommodated in the base to change heat with sucked air, and a blower fan is installed behind the heat exchanger to suck indoor air.
US07650708B2
A sidewalk grader provided for grading a sidewalk base disposed along a curb of an existing road structure. The sidewalk grader comprises a tracking assembly fixable to a vertically adjustable backfill blade of a compact excavator positioned to move forward over an existing road structure to advance the sidewalk grader. The tracking assembly comprises a vertically adjustable tracking means disposed for engagement with the top surface of the curb, to provide a reference point. A grading assembly is mounted to the tracking assembly. The grading assembly comprises a frame, and a grading blade rotatingly mounted to the frame to permit adjustment of slope of the blade. An adjustable link connects the grading blade to the frame to adjustable fix their relative position. The tracking means is vertically adjustable to enable the same to engage with the surface of a curb for reference to enable precise adjustment, control, and positioning of the grading assembly, and for maintaining the desired position of the sidewalk grader in relation to the curb as the sidewalk grader advances along the existing road structure.
US07650703B2
A device that provides support for sailors while hiking from a sailing vessel is disclosed. The device is a hiking strap/watersport boot combination, designed to provide extra grip together. The watersport boot is ergonomically designed to support muscles in the foot that are under strain while hiking.
US07650702B2
A device for locating and marking the optimum position of the center of a hole for receiving a stoma in a hernia support, said device being in the form of work piece provided with a pattern for identifying and recording the optimum position for placing of the center of the hole provides a simple device and method for an easy determination and marking of the site for a customized hole in standard hernia trousers.
US07650693B2
An electronic system comprising: an electronic system support substrate for the attachment of components of the electronic system, the electronic system support substrate including electric signal propagation paths for the propagation of electric signals between the system components; at least a first and a second electronic components, wherein at least the first electronic component is part of a module in mechanical and electrical connection with the electronic system support substrate, the module comprising a module substrate to which the first electronic component is at least mechanically connected, and an electric coupling between the first and the second electronic components, for the electric coupling allowing the first and the second electronic components exchange of electric signals. The electric coupling comprises a direct electric connection, particularly formed by a flexible electrical interconnection member, between the first and the second electronic components, the electric connection being independent of the electronic system support substrate.
US07650682B2
In a state in which a first divisional core and a second divisional core are arranged in a state spaced from each other and adjacent to each other, a first coil and a second coil are each wound around a tooth. The first coil and the second coil are in the same phase. In a state in which a plurality of divisional cores are arranged annularly so that their teeth are oriented in a radially inward direction, the first divisional core and the second divisional core are not adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction. A plurality of connection wires are shaped to converge at an end surface of a stator core. This facilitates the winding of the coils around the divisional cores. Further, the connection wires can be shortened.
US07650672B2
In an apparatus on a spinning preparation machine, for example, a flat card, draw frame or the like, for monitoring at least one sliver, having two rotating rollers that form a roller nip through which at least one sliver passes, an optical monitoring arrangement (sensor) that monitors the presence of the sliver is provided in the vicinity of the rollers. To permit a reliable and trouble-free monitoring of sliver breakage in a structurally simple manner, the sensor arrangement is arranged in the region between the shared tangents to the peripheral surfaces of the rollers, the tangents being arranged perpendicularly to the running direction of the fiber, and the optical path of the sensor runs parallel to the axles of the rollers.
US07650667B2
A steam mop having a main body including a water pump and a boiler. Generation of steam is provided when the water pump is actuated by angular movement of the mop handle which changes the angle between the handle and mop head for operating a two way piston pump to pump water to the boiler. Steam is fed to a steam pad that may have a replaceable fabric pad fit snugly on the frame to distribute cleaning steam to the surface to be cleaned.
US07650662B2
A brush using water alone to clean up toilets, baths, kitchens, tableware, kitchen utensils or the like. Phosphate ingredients contained in the higher alcoholic type detergents and nonionic detergents currently in use do enhance the cleansing effect, but are nutritive substances to plankton and the cause of its abnormal propagation. Resulting pollution of rivers, lakes and marshes, in particular their coasts, has been a social problem to be solved as soon as possible. The present cleaning brush can remove ordinary dirt, stains or the like, without using such pollution-causing detergents.
US07650661B2
A mophead includes a holder having an attachment location for attaching flexible absorbent mop material to the holder, and an attachment member which is spaced from the mop material attachment location and which can directly engage a scrub element with the holder independently of the mop material. The attachment member is a, preferably elongate bar, clamp which, in use, presses the scrub element directly to the mophead to clamp it thereto.
US07650659B2
It is intended to provide a washing method for reliably cleaning water-soluble contaminations such as sweat without damaging fabrics.A frame body 18 is disposed horizontally in a casing. The frame body 18 is rotated by a drive motor 23 in the casing. The casing and the frame body 18 are filled with water, and then clothes are placed in the frame body 18. A plurality of protrusions 40 are formed in order that an inner periphery 39 of the frame body 18 has a wavy pattern. A height of the protruding parts is set to from 3.0 to 6.0% of the inner diameter of the frame body 18. A surfant contained in cleaning liquid permeates deep into the clothes.
US07650653B2
A self-contained, modular electrically-operated faucets is disclosed which has all of its components which are likely to need replacement over the life of the device contained in removable modules which may be quickly and easily removed and replaced without necessitating the removal of the device from its installed location. The modular electrically-operated faucet of the present invention is configurable to be either deck mountable or wall mountable, and to allow either a conventional faucet spout or a gooseneck spout to be mounted thereupon. Optionally, when the modules of the modular electrically-operated faucet of the present invention are accessed for removal and replacement, the flow of water through the device may be automatically deactivated by merely removing the housing of the modular electrically-operated faucet.
US07653947B2
An image forming system which is capable of enhancing security in an i-copy function. A server apparatus stores document data once having been printed in association with a sheet identifier recorded on a print sheet on which the document data has been printed. An image reader section reads the sheet identifier from the print sheet when a copy command is issued by the user authenticated based on an entered user identifier by a CPU of a MFP. A printer section reads out and prints the document data from the server apparatus. When the sheet identifier has not been read from the print sheet based on the copy command over a predetermined time period, the document data is inhibited from being printed by the printer section.
US07653942B2
An unauthorized access prevention system includes a countermeasure method determination unit determining a method of taking countermeasures to protect a destination against unauthorized access based on a rate indicating a probability that predetermined traffic is unauthorized access. The rate is determined by calculating a number of times that the countermeasures were taken and subtracting a number of times that countermeasures were suspended, and dividing the resultant number of times that countermeasures were taken without suspension by the number of times that countermeasures were taken, for the predetermined traffic. The system also includes a storage device storing the number of times that countermeasures were taken and the number of times that countermeasures were taken without suspension. A countermeasure execution control unit controls when to take the countermeasures in the determined method. The countermeasure method determination unit selects an appropriate method of taking countermeasures by comparing the rate to predetermined threshold values.
US07653939B2
An authentication key is presented to a data processing device by an enable key block (EKB). Even in a case where a memory device does not have an executing function for a mutual authentication processing, an establishment of the mutual authentication processing with a virtual memory device constructed in the data processing device is made as a condition for a data reproduction processing from the memory device or a data recording processing to the memory device. In an unfair data processing device, it is so constructed to present the authentication key by non-decodable enabling key block (EKB), so that only a fair data processing device is able to be authenticated with the virtual memory device and to utilize the contents data.
US07653934B1
A computer-implemented method for authorizing a user request from a user to perform an action with respect to one of at least one of the plurality of nodes and at least one of the plurality of packages of a cluster is disclosed. The user request is received from a host coupled to communicate with the cluster. The method includes consulting an authorization map to ascertain a role associated with the user. The authorization map is kept in a memory space in one of the plurality of nodes. The method further includes authorizing the user to perform the action if the role associated with the user includes a granted privilege that is higher than a privilege required to perform the user request.
US07653932B2
A subscriber login server is used for managing a subscriber login session. The login server is associated with a DHCP server for configuring a premise equipment device and operator-managed device. A subscriber login client at the premise equipment device securely communicates login username and password identifiers to the subscriber login server without using PPP technology. The login server retrieves matching identifiers from a RADIUS server and authorizes service with messages to the DHCP server and the CMTS.The login client can emulate a PPP login client so that a user's interface is similar to a PPPoE client. However, a layer-3 CMTS can be used instead of a layer-2 CMTS. In addition, subscriber authentication and accounting using RADIUS are preserved, positive network access control at the CMTS is maintained, and native IP traffic is routed or switched for maximum performance and QoS treatment.
US07653924B1
Systems and methods for carrying a serial digital video stream over an optical network such as an optical network employing SONET/SDH or G.709. For example, serial digital video data formatted in accordance with ANSI/SMPTE 259 M-1997 may be carried. Also, a common interface may be provided for both serial digital video streams and packetized digital video data such as DVB-ASI data.
US07653923B2
A method and system whereby conventional television advertisements (i.e., those delivered to viewers while they watch television programming) can be delivered in conjunction with and correlated with advertisements that are presented to viewers in the Interactive Program Guide (IPG). Moreover, the invention described herein provides for delivering highly targeted ads to viewers in both conventional programming avails and in the IPG, and for linking the targeted ads in these two media to provide for enhanced and highly effective advertising campaigns.
US07653921B2
Many media streams contain “objects” that repeat. Repeating objects in a media stream are defined as any section of non-negligible duration, i.e., a song, video, advertisement, jingle, etc., which would be considered to be a logical unit by a human listener or viewer. An “object controller” identifies such repeating objects as they occur, and provides an interactive user interface for allowing users to specify how individual repeating objects are to be handled either in real time, or upon subsequent occurrences of particular repeating objects. In general, the object controller includes a mechanism for identifying repeating objects, a mechanism for identifying temporal endpoints of those objects, a user interface for specifying actions to be taken when a particular object repeats within a media stream, and, in one embodiment, a buffer having sufficient length to allow for real-time deletion of objects from the media stream without obvious interruption in the str.
US07653914B2
This invention relates to handling of different service versions in a server that is connected to a communication network. The invention comprises means to load a desired version, two tables and additional data for handling different service versions. The first table contains service key and version information, and serialized service objects. The second table contains names of classes, version information and class files. The additional data is needed for loading the right class from among classes, with the same name, and mapping the right service object version to the right versions of classes.
US07653911B2
Compatibility between applications in a network node with a distributed architecture is maintained after application upgrades by associating version compatibility information with interprocess communications (IPC) message structures and then utilizing the version compatibility information to identify IPC message structures that are used for communications between applications. Once the version compatibility information is associated with the IPC message structures, applications are configured to use only those IPC message structures that are compatible with the currently running version.
US07653910B2
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for executing a handler in a multi-threaded process handling a number of threads in a manner that avoids deadlocks. A value equal to the number of threads executing in the data processing system is set. The value is decremented each time a lock count for a thread within the number of threads is zero. A thread within the number of threads is suspended if the thread requests a lock and has a lock count of zero. A procedure, such as a handler, is executed in response to all of the threads within the number of threads having no locks.
US07653905B1
The present invention provides an online messaging architecture configured to process incoming request messages and provide reply messages in an efficient manner. The invention reduces processing overhead within a mainframe computing environment were individual requests are treated as individual transactions by instead storing requests within a queue, spawning necessary processes according to the queue and processing multiple transactions in a pseudo batch manner.
US07653903B2
A system and method of modular image downloading (MINDS) from a network for configuring computers, or computer-based devices. The program images typically comprise a foundation image (operating system) and application module images. The system is configured as software which executes in response to a tree of actions defined in configuration data and not embedded within the executable of the MINDS program. The action tree can be controlled by the user interface, started, paused, terminated, stepped forward or backward, and so forth. The executable operates on the action tree and need not be re-compiled for each action tree change, the modules for the action trees are dynamically linked prior to execution. The action tree approach allows the user to readily change, add, or delete actions, or entire action trees from the system without the need of recoding or additional program testing.
US07653895B1
Various approaches for preparing a system for multi-thread processing of messages are disclosed. In one approach, respective portions of a message accessed by a plurality of threads are determined from a high-level language programming specification of the threads. A plurality of input elements are generated and respectively coupled to the plurality of threads. Each input element is configured to select from the message received by the input element the portion of the message accessed by the respective thread and provide each selected portion to the respective thread. A plurality of output elements are generated and configured with storage for data output by a respective thread. From a definition of an output message, a concentrator element is generated and is configured to read data from the output elements and assemble the data into an output message according to the definition of the output message.
US07653890B2
A Wafer Image Modeling and Prediction System (“WIMAPS”) is described that includes systems and methods that generate and/or apply models of resolution enhancement techniques (“RET”) and printing processes in integrated circuit (“IC”) fabrication. The WIMAPS provides efficient processes for use by designers in predicting the RET and wafer printing process so as to allow designers to filter predict printed silicon contours prior to application of RET and printing processes to the circuit design.
US07653888B2
A system and method for performing device-specific testing and acquiring parametric data on integrated circuits, for example ASICs, such that each chip is tested individually without excessive test time requirements, additional silicon, or special test equipment. The testing system includes a device test structure integrated into unused backfill space in an IC design which tests a set of dummy devices that are identical to a selected set of devices contained in the IC. The device test structures are selected from a library according to customer requirements and design requirements. The selected test structures are further prioritized and assigned to design elements within the design in order of priority. Placement algorithms use design, layout, and manufacturing requirements to place the selected test structures into the final layout of the design to be manufactured.
US07653870B1
A system and method of generating index information for electronic documents. The system includes a client and one or more information retrieval (IR) engines, such as a search engine, which are each in communication with each other via a network.
US07653868B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed for improving the maximum data rate of reduced-state Viterbi detectors with local feedback. The maximum data rate that may be achieved by the disclosed reduced state Viterbi detectors is improved by precomputing a number of candidate branch metrics and performing pipelined selection of an appropriate branch metric. A reduced state Viterbi detector is thus disclosed that precomputes branch metrics for speculative sequences of one or more channel symbols; selects one of said precomputed branch metrics based on at least one decision from at least one corresponding state using at least two pipeline registers; and selects a path having a best path metric for a given state.
US07653865B2
A symbol sequence in a received DS-CDMA signal is decoded in an efficient manner in order to reduce the processing needs in a receiver when, e.g., processing acquisition indicators (AI) in a UMTS system. The decoding comprises iterative calculation of a hard-decision vector, using a decision threshold having a value based on the probability of each ternary alphabet element of each symbol in the hard-decision vector.
US07653863B2
An array of non-volatile memory cells includes a row with N cells and M cells. In a partial-storage step, a datum is stored in a first portion of the N cells of the row. A second portion of the N cells of the row are in an “erase” state. A first error correction code associated with the datum is stored in the M cells along with a first enable bit or guard-cell which is indicative of whether the first error correction code is active. The number of M cells, adjacent to the N cells of the row, is defined on the basis of the number N of cells. In the event the datum stored in the first portion of the N cells of the row is subsequently updated or manipulated, a second error correction code associated with the updated or manipulated datum is determined and stored in the second portion of the N cells of the row along with a second guard-cell which is indicative of whether the second error correction code is active. At that point, the first guard-cell is modified to indicate that the first error correction code is not active.
US07653861B2
An access control apparatus includes a writer syndrome generator that generates a writer syndrome of writer mask data to mask the parity-added data, the writer syndrome being associated with a writer access ID used when a writer that requests writing of the write data in the memory accesses the memory; a write mask generator that generates the writer mask data based on the writer syndrome, the writer access ID, and a write address in the memory at which the writer writes the write data; a first XOR calculator that obtains first post-operation data by calculating an XOR between the parity-added data and the writer mask data; and a write address converter that converts the write address into another address determined by the writer access ID.
US07653855B2
A random number test circuit includes a counting unit to count number of repetitions of a certain-value bit in a random number sequence, the repetitions occurring in series, a detecting unit to detect a plurality of numbers corresponding to a kind of bits in the random number sequence, and a determining unit to determine whether the random number sequence is normal, based on the numbers.
US07653848B2
An on-chip trace engine stores trace data in on-chip trace arrays and routes the trace data to output pins. An external trace capture device captures the trace data. The on-chip trace engine streams the trace data through the debug output pins at a slower rate that can be supported by external trace capture device. If compression is insufficient for the required data rate reduction, the on-chip trace engine includes selectable data reduction mechanisms. Responsive to an overflow condition, meaning trace data is captured in on-chip trace arrays faster than it can be routed off chip, the on-chip trace engine enters an overflow mode in which one or more of the data reduction mechanisms are selected. The data reduction mechanisms may include, for example, a data width reduction component, a pattern match data elimination component, a priority source select component, an under-sampling component, or various combinations thereof.
US07653842B2
An automatic CRC format detection and selection device observes FCS errors during an interval, incrementing counts thereof. When a determination is made that an error count threshold has been met, the CRC format may be automatically changed in order to enable CRC format detection and switching without requiring a user to have knowledge of the format or how to accomplish its change.
US07653839B2
An image input/output apparatus reduces unnecessary fault management processing load and prevents a normal image input/output processing efficiency from decreasing in the way that an administrator selects an intrinsic fault that should be emphasized among individually-occurring detectable faults. To accomplish this, when a history representing a state of control is stored as log information in a first storage, a fault is detected, and an occurrence frequency of the detected fault is stored in a second storage in a way that associates the fault occurrence frequency with the fault. One or more thresholds of the fault occurrence frequency are enabled to be set, and it is judged whether the fault occurrence frequency is equal to or larger than the threshold. Based on a result of the judgment, a log management unit controls storage setting of the log information associated with the fault into the first storage.
US07653829B2
A method of data placement and control in a block-divided distributed disk array is provided. At first, data to store is divided into logical blocks, and each of the divided logical blocks is further divided into a plurality of data blocks. Then, a parity block is created through performing an XOR operation on the data blocks of each logical block in a unit of a strip, and the parity block is arranged at the first block of a strip unit. Then, parity blocks are arranged at a next block of a previous logical block's the last data block through a left/right shifting for uniformly arranging the parity blocks through out all disks in order to fill an empty block between the logical blocks.
US07653827B2
A power distribution system provides power source redundancy. The system includes a bank of loads and first and second groups of power sources. An interconnect arrangement includes a plurality of interconnects that connect each load to one or more sources of both the first and second groups of sources so as to be fully powered by sources of both the first and second groups of sources and such that if any one source or all sources of one of the groups of sources fails, all of the loads remain fully powered.
US07653818B2
A system and method for enhancing passwords, access codes, and personal identification munbers by making them pace, rhythm, or tempo sensitive. The password includes a sequence of characters and an associated timing element. To access a restricted device or funcion a user enters the correct character sequence according to the correct pace, rhythm, or tempo. The entered sequence and timing elementare compared with stored values and access is granted only if the entered and stored values match. In an alternative embodiment the stored timing element is set, and periodically altered, by a computer or program without consent from the user and visual, auditory, and/or tactile prompts indicate the correct timing element to the user during the authentication process. The meaning of the prompts are provided to the user in advance.
US07653808B2
A system abstraction layer enables selection from among at least two different processor abstraction layer components. By allowing the selection from a plurality of compressed components, better system adaptability may be achieved. For example, updates may be provided so that it is not necessary to update the entire basic input/output system each time a component of the processor abstraction layer needs to be updated. In addition, a variety of different platforms may be supported by one basic input/output system having a plurality of selectable processor abstraction layer component images.
US07653802B2
A computing environment maintains the integrity of data stored in system memory. The system has a memory management unit that maintains a plurality of real page numbers. The system also comprises an address bus in communication with the memory management unit. The address bus comprises a plurality of address lines, wherein a value of at least one address line is set by a real page number from the memory management unit. The system has an operating system that controls memory usage by controlling the real page numbers stored in said page table that is accessed by the memory management unit. At least one security feature such as data encryption is selectively applied to data stored in a page of said memory as enabled by a value of said address line set by said real page number.
US07653799B2
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing real memory. In response to a request for a page to be moved into real memory, a contiguous range of real memory is reserved for the page corresponding to a contiguous virtual memory range to form a reservation within a plurality of reservations for the real memory. This reservation enables efficient promotion of pages to a larger page size. The page only occupies a portion of the contiguous range of real memory for the reservation. In response to a need for real memory, a selected reservation is released within the plurality of reservations based on an age of the selected reservation within the plurality of reservations.
US07653797B1
A garbage collector can initialize a garbage collection cycle. The cycle can include a mark phase and a sweep phase. The mark phase can traverses a complete set of objects in a heap. The heap can be associated with a virtual application memory including a primary memory and a secondary memory. The virtual application memory can be managed by a virtual memory manager, which moves pages between the primary memory and the secondary memory. Information can be bidirectionally communicated between a garbage collector and the virtual memory manager. A default order in which the objects are evaluated during the mark phase can be altered to minimize paging activity. The altering of the order can be based at least in part upon information obtained from the virtual memory manager.
US07653796B2
A region management method for an information recording medium capable of maintaining data interchangeability among devices and preventing malfunction when one information recording medium shared among devices different in type or number of file systems that can be interpreted by devices is provided. A recording region of the information recording medium is divided into a plurality of regions, and region information such as position and size of each region is held in the information recording medium. Different file systems are constructed in individual data recording regions. In response to a command from an information processing apparatus, accessible regions by the information processing apparatus are changed over by, for example, referring to validity flag information that indicates a presently valid region.
US07653792B2
A disk array apparatus capable of effecting saving and operation of data through a simple construction. When a host computer sets “write inhibit” or “read/write inhibit” for an LDEV which is set on a first storage device, this setting is registered in an access attribute management table and is also reflected onto a migration management table. A migration control program moves the LDEV for which access limitation has been set to a lower-speed (lower-performance) second storage device or to an external storage device. When the access limitation is released, the moved LDEV is restored to the first storage device from the storage device to which the LDEV has been moved. By performing migration control in interlocking relation to control of access attributes, it is possible to obtain a simple data saving function and data management function.
US07653785B2
An application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) is configured to perform image processing tasks on a printer or other multi-function device. The ASIC includes a processor, a dedicated cache memory, a cache controller and additional Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) normally employed in image processing tasks. This additional SRAM may be dynamically allocated as a cache memory when not otherwise occupied.
US07653778B2
A non-volatile solid-state storage subsystem, such as a non-volatile memory device, maintains usage statistics reflective of the wear state, and thus the remaining useful life, of the subsystem's memory array. A host system reads the usage statistics information, or data derived therefrom, from the subsystem to evaluate the subsystem's remaining life expectancy. The host system may use this information for various purposes, such as to (a) display or report information regarding the remaining life of the subsystem; (b) adjust the frequency with which data is written to the subsystem; and/or (c) select the type(s) of data written to the subsystem.
US07653776B2
A system that selectively couples one or more IC chips to card slots. The system contains a Z-bar switch which includes: a select input; a first IC port coupled to a first IC pin; a second IC port coupled to a second IC pin; a first card slot port coupled to a first card slot pin; and a second card slot port coupled to a second card slot pin. If the select input receives a first control pattern, the Z-bar switch is configured to: couple the first IC port to the first card slot port; and to couple the second IC port to the second card slot port. If the select input receives a second control pattern, the Z-bar switch is configured to: couple the first IC port to the second card slot port; leave the second IC port floating; and to leave the first card slot port floating.
US07653773B2
In a dynamic mode, firmware sets a threshold of errors that may occur within a predetermined period of time. If the threshold is exceeded, the firmware queries the front-side bus performance counters to determine whether the front-side bus is operating at its maximum data rate. If the front-side bus is not running at the maximum data rate, then the firmware bumps the data rate settings for the endpoint that exceeds the threshold by one step. If the front-side bus is running at its maximum data rate, then the firmware queries all the endpoints to determine which endpoints are active. The firmware then determines whether there are any active endpoints that are lower priority than the complaining endpoint. The mechanism drops the lower priority endpoints by one step and raises the complaining endpoint by one step.
US07653771B2
A control docking unit configured to accept a portable processing unit and provide alternate control operation of the portable processing unit. The control docking unit can be configured to position a display on the portable processing unit to facilitate use of one or more controls provided on the control docking unit. The control docking unit can position the display of the portable processing unit in a fixed or variable position. The controls from the docking unit can be coupled to the portable processing unit using an electrical, mechanical, or electromechanical interface. The electrical interface can be a wired or wireless communication link. The controls on the control docking unit can be configured to be substantially in the same configuration as a control unit for a similar fixed device. The portable processing unit can be configured to provide additional functions, features, or enhanced operation when coupled to the control docking unit.
US07653761B2
Automatic download of personalized media content to a portable media device based on user preferences is disclosed. A media service can evaluate content on a user's media device as well as user action related thereto to infer the user's preferences, and can automatically aggregate and download content that is relevant to the user's tastes. The user can subscribe to, for example, playlists generated by the media service, another user's playlist(s), a simulated radio station, etc., and can receive content updates thereto at predefined intervals and/or upon release of the updates. In this manner, the user can periodically receive media content that is personalized to the user without requiring the user to explicitly request the content or synchronize to a PC.
US07653760B2
According to one embodiment, an information playback apparatus according to one embodiment includes a storage module configured to store a vendor table including a formal vendor ID of a self apparatus and one or more registered vendor IDs, and vendor commands respectively associated with the formal vendor ID and the registered vendor IDs, a connection module configured to connect a partner device so as to transfer video data, audio data, and vendor commands, a detection module configured to detect a vendor ID of the partner device, and a vendor ID control module configured to transmit either one of the formal vendor ID of the self apparatus and a temporary vendor ID of the self apparatus selected from the registered vendor IDs to the partner device based on the vendor ID of the partner device.
US07653756B2
A control method for controlling a recording/reproducing apparatus having plural storage units and an equipment to which the recording/reproducing apparatus is connected. The recording/reproducing apparatus has first and second storage units in which data and management data are stored. The equipment, to which is connected the recording/reproducing apparatus, has a third storage unit in which are stored the data and the management data. It is detected whether the equipment to be connected to the recording/reproducing apparatus has been connected to the recording/reproducing apparatus. If such connection is detected, the management data are read out from the first and second storage units. Based on the read-out management data and the management data stored in the third storage unit of the equipment, connected to the recording/reproducing apparatus, new management data, supervising the first to third storage units as one storage unit, is generated. The writing and readout for the plural storage units are controlled based on the generated new management data.
US07653754B2
A method for preventing deadlock in communication between a host software application and a network interface card (NIC), comprises writing a doorbell associated with at least one descriptor having a descriptor context to a buffer in the NIC, dropping at least one doorbell from the buffer if the buffer is full, thereby allowing a write of a new doorbell to the buffer, and recovering each dropped doorbell for further execution of descriptors associated with this doorbell. The descriptor execution is in order of posting by the application to the NIC. A system implementing the method comprises a doorbell drop mechanism and a doorbell recovery mechanism.
US07653753B2
A method and apparatus provide for content-based routing of packets in a publish-subscribe network. A packet is received via the network. A map specifying computed filter coverage in an attribute space is accessed. Content of the packet is inspected for a routing decision for the packet. The map is used for the routing decision for the packet. The packet is routed based upon the inspected content of the packet and the map. A router for content-based routing of packets in a publish-subscribe network, comprising modules for performing this method is provided. A network including a plurality of such routers is provided. A computer-readable medium including instructions for performing this method is provided.
US07653747B2
An apparatus and method is provided for resolving virtual network names using one or more name routers. A conventional Uniform Resource Locator (URL) naming scheme is extended by allowing any component to be mapped to an address. The resolution process occurs recursively through a plurality of name routers. Resolution can be contextual, such that the same virtual network name may be resolved differently depending on the identity of the client or other parameters.
US07653745B1
Methods and apparatuses for distributing network address translation. By having a gateway inform inside devices of global addresses, the gateway can avoid performing many functions of a traditional NAT box. Specifically, an inside device is informed of a global address shared by all devices on the inside device's network segment. Each device on that segment would be assigned a range of ports to distinguish messages from separate devices that use the same global address.
US07653744B2
Embodiments of the invention allow the convenient transmission of URLs or content corresponding to URLs from a WAP/i-mode-enabled mobile device to any other device across a network. In an embodiment, a URL corresponding to content accessed by WAP/i-mode-enabled mobile device is transmitted to an application server. The WAP/i-mode-enabled mobile device further transmits a destination address for the content to the application server. The application server then transmits the URL corresponding to the content to the destination address. The URL can then be used to render the corresponding content at the destination address.In another embodiment, a URL corresponding to content accessed by the WAP/i-mode-enabled mobile device is transmitted to an application server. The WAP/i-mode-enabled mobile device further transmits a destination address for the content to the application server. The application server then fetches the content corresponding to the URL and transmits the content to the destination device.
US07653737B2
A system and method for the communication of streaming data is disclosed. In an exemplary method of the present invention, a first set of data is received by an information handling system. A second set of data is received via a network wherein the second set of data is continuously streaming. During times when a sufficient amount of streaming data of the second set of data is available for communication, the second set of data is communicated to a user. Otherwise, the first set of data is communicated to the user. In one embodiment, the second set of data may include a video stream viewable by a user. In another embodiment of the present invention, the first data set and the second data set may be transmitted from a first source. In yet another embodiment, during the time that a first set of data is being communicated due to a presently insufficient amount of streaming data of the second set of data, the second set of data may be monitored such that when a sufficient amount of streaming data is available, the second set of data is communicated.
US07653733B2
A system, method, apparatus, means, and computer program code for facilitating sharing and using of information such as files, folders, or other stored elements is provided. According to some embodiments, a user may access or use an interface or window to establish one or more permissions regarding a file, folder or other stored element and provide such permissions to one or more other entities. In some embodiments, an entity may be or include an individual person, a group of people, a software application or device, etc. A permission established by a user may be or include allowing an entity to access, read, copy, modify, save, use, etc. a file, folder, or other stored element.
US07653731B2
Embodiments of present application treat Connection Information Files contained in an instance of an application, such as a workbook, as independent objects and multiple data objects, such as data summary tables, may link to one Connection Information File. Maintaining Connection Information Files as independent objects within an instance of an application provides the ability to modify a connection to an external data source and have that modification applied to all linked data objects without having to modify each data object individually. Additionally, a user may view a complete list of all Connection Information Files that exist within a workbook and easily add, delete, or modify those Connection Information Files.
US07653728B2
When an information processing device has been connected to this audio server via a network, an evaluation request means of this audio server requests this connected information processing device to notify evaluations for items of audio contents which that information processing device has downloaded in the past. And, when an evaluation for some item of audio contents has been received from an information processing device which has been requested to provide notification of evaluations for items of audio contents by the evaluation request notification means, a summarization means of this audio server summarizes a plurality of evaluations for that item of audio contents, using the evaluation obtained this time. And a summarized results notification means of this audio server notifies the result of summarization by said summarization means to the information processing device which provided this evaluation of that item of audio contents this time.
US07653721B1
A recording mechanism is disclosed for automatically capturing high level events on user interface (UI) components of a set of software. In one implementation, the recording mechanism registers with a UI component to receive notification when an event occurs on the UI component. When an event does occur, the recording mechanism receives notification thereof from the UI component. In one implementation, the notification includes some high level event-specific information. After the notification is received, the recording mechanism creates and stores a record of the event, which includes at least a portion of the event-specific information, as well as information indicating the UI component as the target of the event. The record may further include information indicating a component hierarchy in which the UI component is contained. Overall, the record contains all of the information needed to reproduce the event on the UI component of the software at a later time.
US07653715B2
A system for detecting and communicating the presence of one or more computing devices is presented. The invention also presents a method and system for aggregating presence information generated by multiple devices associated with a single user. A server acting as a presence agent on behalf of a first user receives and responds to a subscription request generated by a computing device operated by a second wishing to be permitted as a watcher of the first user. When the second user corresponds to access preferences of the first user, a notify message is sent to the second user's device that includes presence information indicative of an activity level and availability level associated with the first user. When the first user employs multiple computing devices, the server generates an aggregate presence document that is representative of the overall presence of the first user.
US07653712B1
An agent of a storage area network generates a first checksum value for a first set of zone configuration data used to at least initially configure the storage area network. At a later time, after a potential change to the first zone configuration data of the storage area network, the agent generates a checksum value based on current zone configuration data presently used to configure the zone in the storage area network. The agent then compares the first checksum value and the second checksum value to identify whether there has been a change to the first zone configuration data. That is, if the first checksum value does not equal the second checksum value, the agent flags that there has been a change to zone configuration data of the storage area network. Users can control behavior of zoning importation and activation depending on whether current zone configuration data has been changed.
US07653702B2
A method for automatically associating contextual input data with available multimedia resources includes capturing the contextual input data and processing the contextual input data and formulating a query based on processed contextual input data. The processed contextual input data is associated with the multimedia resources to generate association matches.
US07653694B2
A system and method is provided to enable an e-mail to display a Web-based form. A definition concerning an e-mail address may include form schema owned by a Web site. Alternatively, the definition may contain a link to a Web service that provides the form schema. An e-mail client may download the form schema from the Web service, preferably along with additional data such as information concerning previous e-mails sent to the e-mail address, a FAQ list concerning an e-mail distribution list if the e-mail address represents the e-mail distribution list, etc. The Web site owning the form schema may receive and process e-mail containing the form according to the metadata of the Web-based form.
US07653692B2
A method of sharing instant messaging transcripts can include establishing an instant messaging session. The method can also include receiving a user request to publish a transcript of the session to a Weblog and publishing the transcript to the Weblog.
US07653690B2
A method and an apparatus for communicating with electronic postcards include a server for processing electronic postcards. Input sites remote from the server are selected based upon exposure to significant numbers of business travelers and tourists and provided with input devices. A verified communication link is established between the input devices and the server. A sender generated postcard request received at one of the input devices including an addressee e-mail address (38), a sender message (36) and a scene selection (33) transmits an electronic postcard (30) to the addressee.
US07653689B1
A method and system of use of a Content Distribution Network (CDN), wherein server functionality and client functionality are unbundled. Client software, which governs the accesses and request of the information from the CDN (i.e., server) is provided by a “thin” client architecture. The thin client software is capable of running on an as needed basis, therefore not allocating significant portions of available memory, except when being accessed. The server functionality retains the bulk of the software functionality to manage locally stored content, process content requests, and forward the requested data to content requesters running the client software.
US07653685B2
The present invention provides several methods and apparatuses for transmitting multimedia data using streaming media protocols such as real-time transfer protocols (RTP) and real-time streaming protocols (RTSP) in a computer network environment. A request for RTP data is sent from the caching proxy server to the server. The request may be for one specific type of data or multiple unrelated types of data. The server responds to the request indicating its support for the requested data. The caching proxy server determines whether to proceed or terminate the data transmission process based on the response provided by the server. If it is determined to proceed with the data transmission process, the caching proxy informs the server to send the requested data. The server sends the requested data in a body of a RTP packet. The RTP packet uses a RTP Meta-Info payload format, which includes a body and a field header. The field header includes fields to identify the streaming media data, and the field body includes the requested streaming media data.
US07653682B2
A method and system performs a fencing technique in a host cluster storage environment. The fence program executes on each cluster member in the cluster, and the cluster is coupled to a storage system by a network. When a cluster member fails or cluster membership changes, the fence program is invoked and a host fencing API message is sent via the network to the storage system. The storage system in turn modifies export lists to restrict further access by the failed cluster node to otherwise fence the failed cluster node off from that storage system or from certain directories within that storage system.
US07653679B2
A message brokering mechanism for performing a recovery operation in a transaction processing system including first and second stages operable to exchange message requests and responses. The first stage may receive a message request from a message source and may check whether the message request is a special message request. This may be by way of checking if a recovery attribute of the message request is set. A normal message request may have a recovery attribute that is not set. If the message request is a special message request, it may be dispatched to the second stage. If the message request is a normal message request, it may be dispatched to the second stage if the normal message request is not a repeat normal message request.
US07653674B2
The present invention provides methods, apparatus, and article of manufacture for performing parallel operations on multiple signed elements which have been packed into a binary value, each element being associated with a different set of bits. A signs binary value is obtained which contains the sign bits for each element in the register. The signs binary value is then used to remove and/or restore sign bits to each element in single operations. This enables parallel operations to be performed efficiently on multiple signed elements loaded into a register, without incurring loss of data.
US07653668B1
A system for fault tolerant multi-stage data replication with relaxed coherency comprises one or more processors and memory coupled to the processors, where the memory stores program instructions executable by the processors to implement a data replication service. In response to an update request directed at a data object, in a first stage of replication, the data replication service is configured to update respective primary replicas at a plurality of primary replica sites for the data object, and to store metadata descriptors at each of the plurality of primary replica sites. The data replication service is configured to determine whether a notification of the update is to be sent to any other replica sites. In response to identifying such other replica sites, an update notification including contents of a metadata descriptor may be sent to the other replica sites in one or more additional replication stages.
US07653665B1
A system and method avoids anomalies in presence of data manipulation language (DML) plans maintaining dependent objects and snapshot isolation. An anomaly due to using a snapshot isolation level within the transaction is detected within a database transaction and the transaction is aborted based upon that detection. Involved in making the anomaly detection is determining whether a view of particular data accessed during the transaction under a snapshot isolation view to ensure read consistency differs from a view of the data under another isolation level, such as the read committed isolation level. Then a detection is made that an anomaly may occur if it is determined that the view of the data accessed during the transaction under the snapshot isolation differs from the view of the data under the other isolation level. Such anomaly avoidance prevents an indexed view being maintained nor a referential integrity constraint validated based on incorrect data.
US07653664B2
Described is a technology in which an anchor value is determined, for example to synchronize a destination database or data store with modifications made to a source database. The new anchor value is determined in a manner that excludes modifications corresponding to any uncommitted transactions. The new anchor value may be based on a counter value or a date and time value stored with each modification. The new anchor value may be determined by comparing a first set of committed modifications that do not include uncommitted modifications against a second set of modifications that includes committed modifications and uncommitted modifications. Alternatively, the new anchor value may be determined from the earliest start date and time among the modifications that are part of any uncommitted transactions. The anchor may be used (e.g., via queries) to enumerate modifications for synchronization, and also for detecting conflicts between the source and destination databases.
US07653662B2
It is judged whether the reference data is the latest and if not the latest, the data is updated to the latest in a short time. A program in which data creation procedure is pre-defined creates requested secondary data according to primary data. The primary data, the secondary data, and data update information including the primary data update time and the secondary data update time are stored in a storage device. When the relationship between data update information on the primary data and the secondary data used for creating the requested secondary data when generation of the secondary data is requested and the data update information on the requested secondary data does not satisfy a predetermined condition, a program for creating the requested secondary data is executed. Furthermore, the primary data and the secondary data are outputted to the output unit while correlating them to each other.
US07653660B2
A method, apparatus, and computer-readable media for retrieving records in a hierarchical set of the records having a plurality of hierarchical levels and a plurality of hierarchical depths, each of the records having a tag that is unique within the hierarchical set of the records, comprises identifying one of the records in the hierarchical set of the records; modifying the tag, thereby producing a key; indexing the hierarchical set of the records only once, thereby selecting one or more of the records within the hierarchical set of the records, wherein indexing the hierarchical set of the records only once comprises applying the key to the hierarchical set of the records; and retrieving the selected records.
US07653659B2
The present invention relates to the field of network computing, and in particular to method and system for designing a Web Portal comprising a hierarchical structure of portal pages and portlets for accessing Web contents accessible via the Portal. A typical larger enterprise's portal contains large numbers, e.g., thousands of pages and portlets. Due to the complexity of an enterprise portal, manual administration is inefficient as it is time-consuming, error-prone and thus expensive. In order to overcome these disadvantages, it is proposed that a Portal according to the invention performs some mining of the portlet markup and/or that of the portlet description in order to autonomously compute and propose an enhanced portal content structure. This helps to provide a user-friendly content structure that reflects well the relationships between portlets.
US07653658B2
A data file storage/management apparatus, having file storage means, stores and manages one or more data files, and the data file storage/management apparatus installs an electronic mail processing program therein, thereby operating as follows. Thus, the data file storage/management apparatus interprets the processing of the data file, which is described in a program-like manner, at least within the main sentence thereof, when receiving the electronic mail, and starts the processing of the data file designated or instructed; thereby enabling to instruct, easily, the processing on the data files, being various for users thereof, to the data file storage/management apparatus.
US07653644B2
The mapping data include a substituting element describing area, a repeat number describing area, and a repeat element describing area. In the substituting element describing area, it is described that the input data is set to which tag in the XML file. In the repeat number describing area, the repeat number specified in the repeat number specifying area is described. In the repeat element describing area, it is described that the tag name of the tag output repeatedly in the XML file. The hierarchy structure data generating system outputs the repeat tag to belong to the same rank as the tag of the repeat element describing area. On putting out the repeat tag, the hierarchy structure data generating system outputs it repeatedly the same number of times as the number of the value of the repeat number describing area.
US07653636B2
An improved XML query system represents an XML document as a stream of discrete ‘events,’ with each event representing a portion of the document as the document is being parsed. Expression-based event matching such as XPath can be performed against the event stream using a stack to keep only the relevant contexts in memory. Observers can be used to listen for matching events. Matching events can then be routed for processing by appropriate objects or components and returned to the event stream if necessary.This description is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention. Other features, aspects, and objects of the invention can be obtained from a review of the specification, the figures, and the claims.
US07653633B2
The present invention generally relates to log message processing such that events can be detected and alarms can be generated. For example, log messages are generated by a variety of network platforms (e.g., Windows servers, Linux servers, UNIX servers, databases, workstations, etc.). Often, relatively large numbers of logs are generated from these platforms in different formats. A log manager described herein collects such log data using various protocols (e.g., Syslog, SNMP, SMTP, etc.) to determine events. That is, the log manager may communicate with the network platforms using appropriate protocols to collect log messages therefrom. The log manager may then determine events (e.g., unauthorized access, logins, etc.) from the log data and transfer the events to an event manager. The event manager may analyze the events and determine whether alarms should be generated therefrom.
US07653626B2
Methods for detecting regularly appearing pattern without excessive memory. The method comprises providing a matrix, and each row of the matrix comprises a location index and a count value. The count value is associated with the location index for indicating the number of the predetermined value that appears at certain locations. After a symbol is received, a current location index representing a current location is translated. A comparing row is picked from the matrix. The matrix is arranged in a circular manner such that the first row is a preliminary comparing row. The count value of the first row is incremented when the current location index equals the location index of the comparing row and the received symbol equals the predetermined value. The received symbol is determined as a regularly appearing pattern according to the count values in the matrix.
US07653625B1
A method and apparatus is disclosed using the internet (or similar) to provide, publish and maintain a database for stolen items. The method and apparatus further disclose the utilization of this database as a backbone for an internet portal, providing for automated contact of interested parties, automated e-commerce for replacement of assets, and immediate distribution of published information. The preferred embodiment would provide a means for extracting the information from entered police reports to create an all encompassing database. The present invention provides a new mechanism for deterring the selling of stolen items, increasing the potential of recovering stolen or missing items, and simplifying the claim processing process.
US07653615B2
A database has a plurality of entries and a plurality of attributes common to each entry, where each entry corresponds to an individual. A query q is received from a querying entity query q and is passed to the database, and an answer a is received in response. An amount of noise e is generated and added to the answer a to result in an obscured answer o, and the obscured answer o is returned to the querying entity. Thus, a level of protection of privacy is provided to each individual represented within the database.
US07653609B2
A method for optimally selecting a subset of decisions from a first plurality of decisions related to management of a chaotic event. The first plurality of decisions related to the chaotic event is received. A heuristic algorithm is used to eliminate a first subset of decisions. The first subset of decisions is in the first plurality of decisions. A second plurality of decisions is formed. The second plurality of decisions comprises the first plurality of decisions less the first subset of decisions. A mathematical optimization algorithm is then used to select a second subset of decisions. The second subset of decisions is within the second plurality of decisions. The mathematical optimization algorithm takes as input at least one constraint and chaotic event information. The second subset of decisions is stored.
US07653608B2
A computer-implemented method for ranking a plurality of academic programs includes receiving a plurality of records corresponding to the plurality of academic programs, respectively, combining elements of the plurality of records to determine respective z-scores according to a predetermined metric, and ranking the plurality of academic programs according to the respective z-scores.
US07653606B2
Dynamically filtering and classifying messages, as good messages, bulk periodicals, or spam. A regular expression recognizer, and pre-trained neural networks. The neural networks distinguish “likely good” from “likely spam,” and also operate at a more discriminating level to distinguish among the three categories above. A dynamic whitelist and blacklist; sending addresses are collected when the number of their messages indicates the sender is good or a spammer. A dynamically selected set of regular expressions input to the neural networks.
US07653605B1
A computer-implemented method of behavior prediction includes selecting behavior examples having corresponding antecedent candidates, identifying source text descriptions describing the behavior examples, automatically extracting predictors as common themes across all statements and all behavior examples with a language-independent theme extraction process, flagging each behavior example to indicate a presence or absence of the corresponding extracted antecedents in each of the source text descriptions and creating a data array consisting of antecedent columns and behavior example rows, submitting the data array to a pattern classifier to extract patterns among the antecedent candidates and outcomes by training and validating the pattern classifier and predicting a new occurrence of a target behavior by entering a current state of the antecedents to the trained pattern classifier.
US07653604B2
An interaction system for enabling a user of information systems to interact with the information systems and a method of transmitting user queries from a speech, image or handwriting recognition system to the information systems. The interaction system is connectable to at least one recognition system and at least one information system and comprises at least one domain module for containing phrase setups constructed based on object classes, attribute classes and action classes that are common to all information systems of a given application domain and are provided to be tailored to a specific information system of the application domain by applying object, action and attribute types proper to the information system and specific object, action and attribute instantiations, obtained from the specific information system, in order to define a grammar essentially consisting in a set of term elements comprising specific object, attribute and action instantiations of those object, action and attribute types and a set of rules governing the use of these term elements in a set of valid user query phrases for interaction between the user and the specific information system through the recognition and interaction systems. The interaction system can also comprise at least one generic module, connectable to a recognition system, and/or at least one adapter module, connectable to an information system. The transmission method comprises the steps of defining the grammar and converting user queries into valid user query phrases according to the grammar and/or sets of term elements and rules of the grammar.
US07653601B2
A method of operating a cash dispensing automated banking machine includes causing through operation of a processor of a cash dispensing automated banking machine, a card reader of the machine to read data from a card which corresponds to an entity with which a customer operating the machine has an account. The method also includes providing through operation of the processor, at least one visual output through a display device on the automated banking machine, The visual output uniquely corresponds to the entity with which the customer has the account.
US07653593B2
Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for automatically compensating an individual's credit risk score for macroeconomic data. In particular, various embodiments provide systems and methods to determine a macroeconomic risk score. In addition, various embodiments provide systems and methods to determine an adjusted credit risk score for an individual based on the individual's credit risk score and a macroeconomic risk score that serves as a scale adjuster to keep overall delinquency and/or loss rates in line as economic factors change.
US07653586B2
Computer-implemented techniques via a computer network for allowing freight industry participants, including shippers, forwarders, carriers, and market makers to securely and conveniently trade in freight capacity, which is destined to be transported via a plurality of transportation modes, are disclosed. Trading is enhanced by providing user-appropriate forecast data and rating data to traders, while various data display restrictions are imposed to achieve security and to respect the confidentiality needs of the freight industry participants.
US07653579B2
A manually-assisted computer and communications apparatus is provided for periodically fixing a price of a currency or commodity. Successive rate samples of said currency/stock/commodity are received from a plurality of sources (80) over a period of time, recorded and filtered automatically (90) by reference to said historical record and predetermined validation criteria so as to categorize certain samples as valid or erroneous. The received & filtered samples are combined periodically (105-115) so as to derive a fixed rate, which is then released (120) to users. The filtering means distinguishes between rate samples of different contributors within the samples received from a given source, and also receives (OTR1) trading rates generated by an online trading system, in addition to rates quoted by other contributors. Trading rates are applied in said fixed rate in preference to quoted rates. Traders and clients contract (450, 455) to buy and sell currency at rates to be fixed by the apparatus at a future time.
US07653578B2
Portfolio accounting systems and methods are adapted to handle uncertainty in accounting information due to time delay in information issuance. Accounting information is represented by streams of sequenced simple transaction states, each individual state describing the state of an account or its changes as known at a certain point in time while the stream ties the consecutive states into a life cycle of the information improving over time. A first simple transaction state attribute corresponds to the traditional value date. A second attribute corresponds to a reporting date. A third attribute corresponds to the traditional account value or relative/absolute changes thereof.
US07653573B2
A messaging and alerting service is described. An implementation includes enrolling a customer in the messaging and alert service, storing a list of businesses selected by the customer, storing a customer contact hierarchy list, and contacting the customer according to the contact hierarchy list. The messaging and alerting service enables real-time, interactive alerts to be delivered to customers in the customer's preferred media. In addition, customers may respond to the alerts to provide important directions to a business.
US07653567B2
The present invention provides an easy to use system and method for assisting job seekers in locating job opportunities and applying for the same using an online connectivity protocol which is simple to use and highly efficient in terms of time consumption. The system identifies and extracts keywords from the job postings in an accessible job database to create a keyword targeted list that excludes common words and phrases. The keyword targeted list is then processed to form a keyword targeted prefix list which in turn is inserted into a search engine. Upon appropriate query by a potential job seeker, the search engine returns its results while giving prominent placement to one or more job postings sponsored by a recruiter. An interested job seeker clicks on the sponsored job posting is directed to the job details through a website mediated application programming interface.
US07653556B2
A computer implemented simulation and evaluation method simulates interventions to a patient by a user, and evaluates the interventions responsive to predetermined criteria and the interventions. The method includes defining a test area to evaluate the user to at least one of predetermined criteria and a user profile, selecting genetic information of the patient responsive to the test area, and generating a patient history responsive to the test area and the genetic information. The method also includes receiving at least one intervention input by the user, and evaluating the user responsive to the intervention and predetermined criteria.
US07653546B2
Provided is a system and method for creating program code via voice input. The method includes providing a client application configured to compare a voice input to a grammar specified in a document; mapping a plurality of commands specified in the grammar to programming language commands; and enhancing the mapped programming language commands to enable compiling. The enhancing can include creating programming code by inserting at least implicit parentheses, punctuation, and default variable values. The programming language commands can be associated with Java or another language. The document can be a VoiceXML file that can be altered to permit a number of different programming language. A voice programming system includes a receiver to receive voice commands; a voice programming processor configured to process the voice commands to create code; and an enhancement block configured to alter the code into compilable code. The enhancement block inserts implicit parentheses, punctuation and variables appropriate for a predetermined code.
US07653545B1
A method of developing an interactive system, including inputting application data representative of an application for the system, the application data including operations and parameters for the application, generating prompts on the basis of the application data, and generating grammar on the basis of the application data. The prompts and grammar are generated on the basis of a predetermined pattern or structure for the prompts and grammar. The grammar also includes predefined grammar. Grammatical inference is also executed to enhance the grammar. The grammatical inference method for developing the grammar may include processing rules of the grammar, creating additional rules representative of repeated phrases, and merging equivalent symbols of the grammar, wherein the rules define slots to represent data on which an interactive system executes operations and include symbols representing at least a phrase or term. The grammar is hierarchical and the rules include a reference count representing the number of other rules that reference the rule. Additional rules to be created during grammatical inference are determined on the basis of attribute constraints.
US07653542B2
An approach providing the efficient use of speech synthesis in rendering text content as audio in a communications network. The communications network can include a telephony network and a data network in support of, for example, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services. A speech synthesis system receives a text string from either a telephony network, or a data network. The speech synthesis system determines whether a rendered audio file of the text string is stored in a database and to render the text string to output the rendered audio file, if the rendered audio is determined not to exist. The rendered audio file is stored in the database for re-use according to a hash value generated by the speech synthesis system based on the text string.
US07653530B2
Codifying the “most prominent measurement points” of a document can be used to measure semantic distances given an area of study (e.g., white papers on some subject area). A semantic abstract is created for each document. The semantic abstract is a semantic measure of the subject or theme of the document providing a new and unique mechanism for characterizing content. The semantic abstract includes state vectors in the topological vector space, each state vector representing one lexeme or lexeme phrase about the document. The state vectors can be dominant phrase vectors in the topological vector space mapped from dominant phrases extracted from the document. The state vectors can also correspond to words in the document that are most significant to the document's meaning (the state vectors are called dominant vectors in this case). One semantic abstract can be directly compared with another semantic abstract, resulting in a numeric semantic distance between the semantic abstracts being compared.
US07653529B2
In response to a user activating a language switching mechanism to indicate a newly selected language, a language switch component sends a language key that corresponds to a first language sensitive element displayed in the user interface to a language resource manager. The language resource manager retrieves from a language resource bundle, which corresponds to the newly selected language, a second language sensitive element. The language switch component then replaces the first language sensitive element with the second language sensitive element. The replacement process is then repeated for all language sensitive elements in the user interface.
US07653520B2
The invention provides bounded model checking of a program with respect to a property of interest comprising unfolding the program for a number of steps to create a program formula; translating the property of interest into an automaton; encoding the transition system of the automaton into a Boolean formula creating a transition formula; conjoining the program formula with the transition formula to create a conjoined formula; and deciding the satisfiability of the conjoined formula.
US07653507B2
The present invention relates to an acceleration measuring device capable of acquiring the offset for correcting the output of a triaxial acceleration sensor. The invention is provided with an acceleration sensor for detecting the acceleration in a triaxial direction, a data acquisition portion for acquiring the triaxial output data, a data selecting portion for judging whether repeatedly acquired triaxial output data are appropriate to make a selection, a data accumulating portion for accumulating the thus selected triaxial output data, a reference point estimating portion estimating coordinate values of the reference point determined in the three-dimensional cartesian space by referring to the distribution of a predetermined number of accumulated triaxial output data in a three-dimensional cartesian space when each axial component is given as a coordinate value, and an offset correction/calculation portion for correcting the offset of the triaxial output data of the acceleration sensor.
US07653501B2
Provided are an apparatus and method for determining a diameter of a reflector antenna. The apparatus includes a setting unit for setting up electrical characteristic values of the reflector antenna upon receipt thereof from outside, a parameter input unit for receiving a frequency, an antenna diameter variable value, antenna efficiency, Edge Taper (ET), and an Edge Of Coverage (EOC) angle as parameters for each of multiple frequencies to be accommodated in the reflector antenna, a graph generator for generating, on one rectangular coordinate, a graph representing the relationship between an antenna diameter and EOC directivity with respect to the EOC angle based on the parameters for each frequency received through the parameter input unit, an antenna diameter determination unit for determining an antenna diameter that simultaneously meets the preset EOC directivities for the frequencies to be accommodated in the reflector antenna by using the graph generated by the graph generation unit, and a graph output unit for mapping and outputting the graph generated by the graph generation unit on one rectangular coordinate with an antenna diameter axis and an EOC directivity axis to thereby represent the antenna diameter determined by the antenna diameter determination unit on the graph.
US07653497B2
Thermodynamic properties of a natural gas stream can be determined in real time utilizing modeling algorithms in conjunction with one or more sensors for quantifying physical and chemical properties of the natural gas. Related techniques, apparatus, systems, and articles are also described.
US07653496B2
The present invention provides, inter alia, methods of analyzing mass spectral data. In some embodiments, the methods can be used for differential profiling of samples, such as comparing a sample comprising a compound and a sample comprising metabolites of the same compound. The methods can also be used to identify and isolate biomarkers. Systems for performing the methods, as well as computer-readable media for performing the methods, are also described.
US07653463B2
A remote transmitter, including: an input unit configured to receive programming inputs and function inputs, wherein the programming inputs identify a first function to be transmitted in a first range of the transmitter when a first input of the input unit is selected and a second function to be transmitted in a second range of the transmitter when a second input of the input unit is selected, wherein the function inputs select the first input and the second input; a processor configured to output a first signal along a first path and a second signal along a second path in response to the first and second function inputs, respectively, wherein the first signal corresponds to the first function and the second signal corresponds to the second function; and an output configured to transmit the first signal in the first range and the second signal in the second range, wherein the first range is smaller than the second range.
US07653462B2
A vehicle control unit includes interface software memory means storing an interface software program for connecting an application software program with an OS (operating system) in an internal ROM, a CPU (central processing unit) for performing computation for the application software program and the interface software program, a RAM (erasable memory) storing data such as the result of computation, an I/O unit for extending the control unit, and extending means for communicating memory data through a bus or a LAN. A single-chip micro-computer used in vehicle control permits an increase in input/output points or the addition of functionality, in which case an application software program can continue to be used simply by rewriting the interface software program, without further remanufacturing of the core unit.
US07653459B2
A variable velocity calibration and balancing system having a basis in a function block engine. It pertains to variable air volume systems and particularly to balancing systems as they relate to heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. Balancing may be addressed using functional blocks to represent actual control and connections in an HVAC application for a variable air volume application.
US07653458B2
A robot device, which autonomously performs actions, includes a moving unit that moves the robot device, and a target position acquiring unit that acquires position information of a target. A movement method judging unit receives an instruction for a movement from a user, and judges whether or not a destination can be designated by fixed position information. When it is judged that the destination can be designated by the fixed position information, control is performed by a position movement control unit. When it is judged that the destination cannot be designated by the fixed position information, control is performed by a target movement control unit, which acquires position information from the target position acquiring unit, to operate the moving unit.
US07653456B2
There is provided with a monitoring method of monitoring plural apparatuses each having a sensor, including: selecting two or more sample apparatuses out of the plural apparatuses; calculating averages and standard deviations of sensor values detected by the sample apparatuses for each sample apparatus; calculating a confidence interval of the averages and an average of the standard deviations; and calculating an average of sensor values detected by an arbitrary apparatus among the plural apparatuses as an object average and calculating a normal range of the sensor of the arbitrary apparatus from the object average, the confidence interval, and the average of the standard deviations.
US07653453B2
A method for uniquely identifying an assembly of at least two components, comprising the steps of: reading a first identifier associated with a first component; reading a second identifier associated with a second component; joining the first component to the second component with a joinder process; associating the first identifier and the second identifier with the joint, yielding a joint identification, the joint identification being recalled upon the reading of either the first identifier or the second identifier; associating the first identifier and the second identifier with the assembly, yielding an assembly identification, the assembly identification being recalled upon the reading of either the first identifier or the second identifier; storing in a machine-accessible memory the joint identification, the assembly identification, and all associations.
US07653446B2
An architecture for automatically configuring equipment. A piece of equipment connected externally to a user PC has one or more machine-resolvable codes (MRCs) associated therewith. The piece of equipment receives configuration information from a remote location disposed on the network in response to reading a select one of the one or more MRCs with a reader. Configuration information associated with the select one of the one or more MRCs is transmitted from the remote location to the piece of equipment via the user PC, and the piece of equipment is then configured according to the configuration information.
US07653443B2
Methods of controlling activation of electrical appliances can include reducing overlapping activation time of different electrical appliances located at a single customer location of an electrical service provider during at least one time interval during a day. Related systems, circuits, and computer program products are disclosed.
US07653438B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for renal neuromodulation using a pulsed electric field to effectuate electroporation or electrofusion. It is expected that renal neuromodulation (e.g., denervation) may, among other things, reduce expansion of an acute myocardial infarction, reduce or prevent the onset of morphological changes that are affiliated with congestive heart failure, and/or be efficacious in the treatment of end stage renal disease. Embodiments of the present invention are configured for percutaneous intravascular delivery of pulsed electric fields to achieve such neuromodulation.
US07653433B2
The present application involves a method and a system for using electrical stimulation and/or chemical stimulation to treat depression. More particularly, the method comprises surgically implanting an electrical stimulation lead and/or catheter that is in communication with a predetermined site which is coupled to a signal generator and/or infusion pump that release either an electrical signal and/or a pharmaceutical resulting in stimulation of the predetermined site thereby treating the mood and/or anxiety.
US07653423B2
Embodiments of the present invention can be used to enhance signals in a peer-to-peer radio system, such as a two-way radio system. In one embodiment, the invention includes receiving a communications signal on a channel from a remote radio at a radio using a plurality of antenna elements, such as an antenna array. The received communications signal includes a squelch code. The radio detects the squelch code, and enhances the received communications signal using the squelch code.
US07653420B2
A plurality of operation portions are arranged at a surface on a sub-display side of a cellular phone with a camera so that various kinds of setting, selection and control can be performed without opening the cellular phone in its folded state, and the cellular phone can achieve improved operability and convenience. Cellular phone includes a first display portion at a surface of a first body opposed to a second body in the folded state, and includes a second display portion, an image taking portion and a plurality of operation portions arranged at a rear surface of the first body remote from the first display portion.
US07653414B2
An authentication, authorization, and accounting module of a first distributed mobile architecture system is disclosed and includes a destination preference register. The destination preference register includes a preferred call path for calls to be routed outside of a distributed mobile architecture network that is accessible to the first distributed mobile architecture system. The preferred call path can be selected from a group comprising a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) call path, a mobile switching center (MSC) call path, and an integrated services digital network (ISDN) call path. Further, calls that are placed outside of the distributed mobile architecture network from the first distributed mobile architecture system can be established via the preferred call path. Additionally, calls that are routed outside of the distributed mobile architecture network from a mobile subscriber in communication with the first distributed mobile architecture system can be established via the preferred call path.
US07653409B2
To secure proper reception quality for the control signal of an EUDCH during a handover. A transmission power control unit 23 controls transmission power of a downlink control signal of an EUDCH based on at least one of the following information: the CQI in an HS-DPCCH transmitted from a mobile station 30 regarding HSDPA to the mobile station 30, information on the reflection timing of a control pointer of the EUDCH from the mobile station 30, and information on transmission power of the HS-DSCH regarding HSDPA to the mobile station 30. A transmission unit 12 transmits the downlink control signal of the EUDCH to the mobile station 30 with a controlled transmission power.
US07653408B1
A wireless network apparatus includes a receive circuit, a transmit circuit, and a processor. The receive circuit receives a first signal over a wireless link. The first signal represents packets of first data. The transmit circuit transmits a second signal over the wireless link at a power level indicated by a transmit power control signal. The second signal represents packets of second data. The processor determines a link quality of the wireless link based on the first signal. The processor selects one of a plurality of link quality thresholds based on the power level. The processor compares the link quality to the selected one of the plurality of link quality thresholds. The processor generates the transmit power control signal based on the comparison.
US07653402B2
A method and apparatus for changing settable email parameters in a system supporting email using a wireless device, the system including a wireless electronic device and a wireless network. Provided is a way of changing email settings on the wireless device, and storing those changes on both the device and, as needed or desired, on the wireless network. The wireless network and wireless device are adapted to wirelessly communicate with each other.
US07653400B2
A probabilistic prediction is made of the location of a wireless-enabled mobile station in a wireless local area network. The prediction includes calculating a vector representing movement of the mobile station through a space in which two or more access points of the network are located, and determining a region surrounding the vector in which the mobile station has at least a given probability to be located within a certain period of time.
US07653399B2
Wide area corrections are used substantially continuously. Local area corrections are used once or sparsely. For example, an initial position is determined with local area corrections. Wide area corrections are subsequently used. The initial position information is used in the wide area position determination to limit or avoid delay for convergence. Other sparse uses of local area corrections include verifying or updating positions based on substantially continuous use of wide area corrections.
US07653398B2
A method, apparatus and system for applying feature controls to features on a wireless device while the mobile is in a geographic area is provided. The wireless device receives instructions from a wireless network indicating which feature controls to apply. The wireless device determines that its position is within the geographic area and applies the feature controls.
US07653395B2
A computer implemented method is disclosed, for modeling a frequency assignment for a radio communications system, comprising a plurality of radio transmitters. The method comprises assigning a frequency to one of said plurality of radio transmitters based on a probability of said radio transmitter being assigned a predetermined frequency. Also disclosed are computer implemented methods and computer program products for determining frequency usage probabilities, frequency reuse, expected signal strengths, quality-of-service and station relationships in connection with cell, capacity and frequency planning procedures.
US07653393B2
Disclosed is a method and system for forming and transmitting to an MS a broadcast message for notifying information of neighbor BSs in a BWA communication system. The method includes scanning neighbor base stations adjacent to the serving base station, collecting information of the scanned neighbor base stations, comparing a size of the information of the scanned neighbor base stations with a size of a frame for carrying the information of the neighbor base stations constructing at least one broadcast message that includes the information of the neighbor base stations according to a result of the comparison, setting up fields of the constructed broadcast message according to information included in the constructed broadcast message and broadcasting the broadcast message including the setup fields.
US07653391B2
A mobile terminal in a mobile communication system in which a server performs routing control based on registration information sent from the plurality of mobile terminals, including; an exchanging unit configured to exchange, with another mobile terminal, link information showing a link set in the another mobile terminal, and operational information showing whether the another mobile terminal is operating as a registering terminal which sends the registration information to the server or the another mobile terminal is operating as a non-registering terminal which does not send the registration information to the server; and a judgment unit configured to make a judgment on whether the mobile terminal should operate as the registering terminal or the mobile terminal should operate as the non-registering terminal, based on the link information and the operational information which are received from the another mobile terminal.
US07653388B2
A mobile radio communications method that prevents a calling user from being billed for an expensive overseas call, which the user could make without knowing that the destination mobile terminal is currently roaming abroad. When a mobile terminal has moved from a first country to a second country, its home mobile switch is informed of the new terminal location. The home mobile switch consults this location information when a call request to the roaming mobile terminal is placed by another mobile terminal, so as to determine in which country the destination is. If it turns out to be in the second country, the home mobile switch so notifies the calling mobile terminal by sending an overseas destination notice to it. This notice warns the calling user that he/she is making eventually an international call, thus allowing him/her to reconsider whether to proceed with the call request or cancel it.
US07653387B2
Methods and apparatus for determining and maintaining user presence information include capturing user presence data with an application presence server. The application presence server can be configured to update user presence data as a user initiates or exits an application. Applications associated with user presence data are configured to query an application proxy client concerning user presence data of a selected user and, based on a returned user status, deliver, discard, or redirect a message intended for the user. User presence data is stored in a user presence repository and can be provided via Internet-based or other connections to applications executed on external networks. User activity status can be used to select or update user presence data. In some examples, an application server of an external network is configured to receive user presence data from the presence server.
US07653386B2
A wireless access point and multiple wireless terminals exchange utilization, status, mobility and reception characteristics. Each wireless terminal generates reception characteristics based on transmissions received from the wireless access point and from other devices in the network. In one operating mode, the characteristics gathered by the wireless devices are forwarded to the wireless access point, and, based on all received characteristics, the wireless access point selects its own transmission power for different types of the transmissions. The access point transmits to client devices at reduced power levels, however, periodic beacons and other selected non-beacon transmissions are transmitted at a high power level to facilitate association by other client devices. In another mode, all characteristics are exchanged between every wireless terminal and the access point so that each can independently or cooperatively make transmission power control decisions. The utilization, status, mobility, and reception characteristics include received signal strength, error rates, estimated battery life, availability of unlimited power, active versus sleep mode ratios, anticipated bandwidth utilization, coding schemes available, deterministic/non-deterministic requirements, encryption and security requirements, quality of service requirements, position, velocity, stationary status, etc. Gathering of such characteristics involves both retrieval of preset parameters from memory and generating parameters based on received transmissions (including test packets).
US07653384B2
A control unit of a remote service terminal, for which a contract for using services is still valid, compares data of a vehicle inspection certificate with data in a user database to detect if an owner of a vehicle has changed. When the owner has changed, the control unit notifies the change of data to a management center through a cellular communication unit. The management center retrieves a contractor database based on the notified content to confirm if the owner of the vehicle has changed. When the owner change is confirmed, processing is executed through the remote service terminal to inquire if the contract for using services is canceled or the name of the contractor is changed. The contract is cancelled or the name of the contractor is changed based on a response by the user.
US07653381B2
A method includes transmitting an object ID containing message from a mobile communication terminal via the network of the Global System for Mobile Communications through a mobile network operator equipment and by means of the Internet network to a server. At least one word is used as an object ID containing message transmitted from a mobile communication terminal. When searching for an object ID in the database the server compares the word with domain names. If the user of a mobile communication terminal finds a matching domain name, the server transmits a subscriber's phone number to him. Then, the mobile communication terminal initiates connection to that phone number by making a voice call to the subscriber's phone number. The method enables to expand functional capabilities, speed up search, decrease volumes of information transmitted, reduce load on telecommunications networks and their equipment.
US07653377B1
A wireless communications system providing interactive voice response is disclosed. The system is menu-driven, and can accept information and requests from customers. In response to one type of request, the system can provide the customer with information regarding one or more previous transactions. The system also includes provisions that permit customers to retrieve multiple previous transactions.
US07653375B2
A system for detecting hazardous agents is based on cellular telephone networks. The cellular telephones in public circulation have at least one detector for detecting at least one hazardous agent and broadcast alarm packets upon detecting the hazardous agent. A computer or computer network interconnected with telephones by the cellular telephone network processes the alarm packets and sets an alarm condition for the hazardous agent in a vicinity of the cellular telephone by calculations based upon alarm packets from other telephones with detectors for the hazardous agent in the vicinity. A map of the contaminated area is also created.
US07653374B2
An apparatus in one example has: a VOIP telecommunications network; a VOIP telecommunication device operatively coupled to the VOIP telecommunications network; and the VOIP telecommunication device having a detector that recognizes a predetermined pattern in a data stream from the VoIP telecommunication device, and a call processor that initiates a predetermined call in a cellular telecommunication network in response to recognition of the predetermined pattern.
US07653373B2
A communication terminal includes a communication interface configured to exchange data via a communication network, a memory, a first table stored in the memory and configured to store identifiers of communication terminals which are senders of received data, a second table stored in the memory and configured to store identifiers of communication terminals designated by a user, a user interface configured to receive an input of an identifier of a communication terminal with which a communication is to be initiated, and a processor configured to determine whether the identifier of the communication terminal input via the user interface is stored in the first table, determine whether the input identifier of the communication terminal is stored in the second table, and if a result of the determination is affirmative, instruct the communication network not to notify an identifier of its own terminal to the communication terminal.
US07653367B2
A squelch detector that differentially detects a presence of a communication signal on a communication channel. The squelch detector being coupled to outputs of a differential offset bias amplifier to receive differential offset biased signals and generate a differential direct current signal.
US07653364B2
An indication is received to relocate leakage in a transmission signal to be transmitted. A frequency change associated with relocating the leakage in the transmission signal is obtained. The leakage in the transmission signal is relocated based at least in part on the frequency change.
US07653360B2
A high-frequency composite component for selectively switching a GSM-system signal path and a DCS-system signal path for a signal transmitted to or received from an antenna terminal by a diplexer. Transmission-side input terminals and reception-side balanced output terminals to be switched by high-frequency switches are included in the GSM and the DCS systems. Matching elements include inductors and capacitors that are inserted between the reception-side balanced output terminals and the output side of surface acoustic wave filters.
US07653348B2
A shared satellite gateway can be configured to process at least first and second communications signals associated with respective at least first and second space-based components. The at least first and second communications signals are provided to/from the shared satellite gateway by respective at least first and second service links and respective at least first and second feeder links of the respective at least first and second space-based components.
US07653341B2
A system for collecting, evaluating and using usage activity includes one or more media devices and a network with a ratings service. A media device includes a logging service for logging usage activity when media content is accessed and played, shared, deleted and/or stored. When a connection to the network is present, the usage activity is transmitted to the ratings service. The ratings service evaluates the usage activity and prepares a usage report, which can be transmitted to one or more content providers and/or can be used to refine programming content and/or influence advertising decisions. A content provider can collect votes by sending a list of possible song choices to media devices and receiving vote data collected by logging services on the media devices. The vote data is evaluated and a vote report is prepared that can be used to refine programming content and/or to influence advertising decisions.
US07653332B2
An image forming apparatus includes: image detectors to detect conditions of images, respectively, formed on a transfer member; sensors to detect rotational displacements of latent image carriers, respectively; and a controller to perform at least phase adjustment control and image-to-image displacement control before performing image forming operations on image carriers, respectively. Image-to-image displacement control includes adjusting image forming timing on the image carriers based upon conditions of a detection image (including images transferred from the image carrier) detected by the image detectors, respectively. Speed-variation detection control includes detecting a condition of a speed-variation detection image (including an image transferred from each of image carriers) via the image detectors, and determining speed variation of the image carriers, respectively, per one revolution based upon outputs of the image detectors and the sensors. Phase adjustment control includes determining phase adjustments for the image carriers, respectively, based on the corresponding speed-variations.
US07653312B2
The present invention is a method of transmitting data of different bit rates in a simple manner and, if positive minimal multiples whose multiple operation values on the bit time lengths 1/Ai for a plurality of communication bit rates Ai become common are minimal multiples ai respectively, an optical line terminal constitutes a time division multiplex signal composed of a first data area having a bit rate Ai/ai and including frame synchronization information and a second data area in which packets addressed to each optical network unit of the bit rate Ai are time division multiplexed, and transmits the time division multiplex signal to a plurality of optical network units via a branching/multiplexing means.
US07653305B1
The present disclosure is directed to an optical transport system and device that conserves power, provides for efficient transport of photonic signals and is capable to accommodate a number of different nodes. The system and device are implemented with the major components at the nodes to provide easy maintenance. In a first aspect, the disclosure is directed to an optical transport system that provides for low power and efficient transport of photonic signals. The optical transport system can be implemented with a plurality of similar or identical network interface units that correspond with each node of the system. Also disclosed is an optical transport system architecture having an example architecture that includes a primary system and a secondary system, which is redundant to the primary system and is adapted to be operational when the primary system is inactive, or an example architecture that includes just a primary system.
US07653304B2
A digital camera equipped with a projector, includes a photographing device; a projector device that projects an optical image; a mode switching operation member that outputs a switching operation signal indicating a changeover to one of a photographing operation mode in which image data photographed by the photographing device are saved as a photographic image file in a recording medium and a projection operation mode in which a reproduced image is projected by the projector device; a top surface operation member disposed at an upper surface of a casing; and a projection control device that controls the projector device based upon an operation signal provided by the top surface operation member upon receiving a switching operation signal indicating a changeover to the projection operation mode from the mode switching operation member.
US07653302B2
Personal data services, such as a set of Web services, are enabled that allow a user to enter personal metadata information, e.g., about likely people and/or events to be targets of a camera capture event. Then, when a user's computing device acquires such metadata, e.g., via embedded Web services software, an intelligent user interface allows the user to enter whether any of such personal metadata information pertains to any personal data, such as a video, an audio file or an image, which is captured by the user's computing device. The personal data including the metadata information can be automatically uploaded via one or more wired and/or wireless networks to a device that hosts a personal data service, which stores the personal data and associated metadata, providing for effective means to access and manage a user's personal data store. The services of the invention also enable a system for identifying unknown or new metadata where existing metadata is not sufficient to describe a video, audio or image capture event. In addition, a gateway is provided that enables transfer of content from the Web services to other media service providers, such as a cable or television over Internet Protocol (“TVoIP”) video or other video on demand (“VOD”) service.
US07653295B2
A collapsible lens barrel includes a first holding frame (2) for holding a first lens group (L1), a second holding frame (5) for holding a second lens group (L2) that is disposed on an image plane side with respect to the first lens group (L1), an actuator (6) for moving the second holding frame 5 in an optical axis direction, and a tubular cam frame (17) including a plurality of cam grooves that are formed at substantially equal intervals around a circumferential direction for moving the first holding frame (2) in the optical axis direction. The actuator (6) is attached to a portion in the cam frame (17) where the cam grooves are not formed. The first lens group (L1) is moved using the cam grooves, and the second lens group (L2) is moved using the actuator (6), so that a faster zooming speed and a lower zooming noise can be achieved.
US07653279B1
A three-dimensional (3D) ordered polymer microstructure having a length, a width and a height and including a plurality of waveguides that can be formed utilizing a mask and collimated light. The plurality of waveguides includes a first waveguide having a first finite propagation distance extended along a first direction, a second waveguide having a second finite propagation distance extended along a second direction and a third waveguide having a third finite propagation distance extended along a third direction. Here, only one of the length, width and height of the 3D ordered polymer microstructure is limited by the first finite propagation distance of the first waveguide, the second finite propagation distance of the second waveguide and the third finite propagation distance of the third waveguide.
US07653264B2
A method determines alignment of images in high dimensional feature space. The method comprises registering a source image of a reference modality to a target image of a second modality with an algorithm based upon a measure of information affinity present in both of the source and target image to create a registered image. Next, a plurality of feature vector are extracted from the registered image for each of the source and target images and attributes of the joint distribution of feature vector are captured using an entropic graph spanning the features. Edge lengths are between proximal feature vectors are extracted from the entropic graph and a similarity measure of one of an α-divergence estimate or an α-affinity estimate is constructed based upon these edge lengths to quantify whether the source and target image are sufficiently registered.
US07653248B1
Image pixel intensity data is transformed to a holographic representation of the image. A subset of the holographic representation is modeled. Model parameters constitute a compressed image representation. A two-dimensional Fourier transform can be applied to obtain the holographic image. Modeling includes applying an analysis portion of an adaptive analysis/synthesis prediction methodology to a subset of the holographic representation. Linear prediction can be the adaptive analysis/synthesis prediction methodology. Prior to modeling, one-dimensional Fourier transform can be performed on the holographic representation and the linear prediction is one-dimensional. Model parameters are preferably quantized. Embodiments include determining error between the model and the model's input data. There the compressed image representation the error, which also can be quantized. The subset of the holographic representation can be less than all the representation. The subset can be a plurality of complete rows; preferably substantially symmetric about 0 Hz.
US07653243B2
A method for 3D volume segmentation in digitized medical images includes providing a digitized medical image defined on an N-dimensional lattice, obtaining an oriented closed 2-dimensional contour on one or more 2-dimensional slices from said image, defining face weights w from said image intensities by forming a dual lattice of said image lattice, minimizing ∑ i w i z i summed over all faces subject to the constraint Bz=r wherein vector z is an indicator vector indicating whether a face is present in a minimum-weight surface, vector r is an indicator vector of said 2-D contour, and wherein B is an edge-face incidence matrix, and segmenting said 3-D image into distinct regions separated by the minimum-weight surface indicated by said vector z.
US07653241B2
A signal detection system of the invention comprises: a target signal feature quantity calculation section which derives a feature quantity series from a target signal; a stored signal feature quantity calculation section which derives a feature quantity series from a stored signal; a target signal histogram calculation section which searches for a histogram of feature quantities in a target signal feature quantity series; a stored signal histogram series calculation section which obtains a histogram series in regard to a stored signal feature quantity series, by calculating a histogram of feature quantities; a stored signal histogram grouping section which groups histogram series, for which a similarity level satisfies a criteria; a stored signal histogram group selection section which selects groups which include an area to be output from a histogram group; a stored signal collation section which performs collation with respect to histograms of a histogram group, and obtains a similarity value; and a collation result output section which outputs the area collated by the similarity value, as a detection result.
US07653240B1
Color filter array demosaicing as is useful in digital cameras, still and video, using a single sensor includes blending of directional and non-directional interpolations. Directional interpolation uses edge detection with lowpass filtering with neighboring pixels for erroneous detection correction.
US07653232B2
The present invention relates to systems and methods for medical imaging. Digital images are processed to provide phase images of a region of interest to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of various conditions. A preferred embodiment of the invention provides improved mammography screening for cancerous or precancerous conditions.
US07653229B2
Some configurations of method for reconstructing a volumetric image of an object include obtaining a tomosynthesis projection dataset of an object. The method also includes utilizing the tomosynthesis projection dataset and additional information about the object to minimize a selected energy function or functions to satisfy a selected set of constraints. Alternatively, constraints are applied to a reconstructed volumetric image in order to obtain an updated volumetric image. A 3D volume representative of the imaged object is thereby obtained in which each voxel is reconstructed and a correspondence indicated to a single one of the component material classes.
US07653228B2
A method for selective imaging of body structures includes acquiring first image data set by a first tomography method, acquiring a second image data set by a second tomography method which has a resolution which is higher than that of the first method, the image data of the first and the second image data set coinciding at least partly in space, reconstructing an image from the first image data set, and selecting the image data to be reconstructed from the first image data set using the second image data set. In order to achieve a higher imaging quality while using a low-resolution tomography method, image reconstruction of the image data selected from the first image data set at least one image region to be imaged is selected from the second image data set, and subsequently the image reconstruction is calculated from the image data of the first image data set which are situated in the selected image region.
US07653226B2
A system and corresponding method for flexible generation of digitally reconstructed radiograph (DRR) images on a graphics processing unit (GPU) are provided, the system including a processor, an imaging adapter in signal communication with the processor for receiving volumetric data, an integration unit in signal communication with the processor for integrating the volumetric data into incremental line integrals, and a modeling unit in signal communication with the processor for modeling composite line integrals from the incremental line integrals; and the corresponding method including receiving three-dimensional (3D) volumetric data into a graphics pipeline, integrating the 3D volumetric data into incremental line integrals along a plurality of viewing rays, modeling composite line integrals from the incremental line integrals, and adding the incremental line integrals for each composite line integral to form pixels of the DRR image.
US07653218B1
A method for extracting a linear feature from remotely sensed imagery, including selecting by user interface anchor points for the linear feature, the anchor points being identified with a geographic location; using image-based logic to automatically calculate a vector set associated with the anchor points, the vector set comprising a path associated with the linear feature; automatically attributing a material type to the path; automatically attributing a geometry to the path; selecting by user interface anchor points for a successive linear feature; using image-based logic to calculate a successive vector set associated with the anchor points for the successive linear feature, the successive vector set comprising a successive path; using a geometric relationship between the vector set and the successive vector set to automatically adjust the vector set to create an adjusted vector set, the adjusted vector set correcting the path associated with the first linear feature.
US07653216B2
A polyhedron recognition system that is not easily affected by the camera position and camera range when the shape of a staircase or other polyhedron is recognized from an image obtained by photography, and that can also recognize the shape with good accuracy. In the system, predetermined regions (staircase candidate regions) within the image input from two CCD cameras are selected, and a range image is obtained stereoscopically with the two cameras, while also a candidate region upon the range image obtained based on the selected region is set, and the shape of the staircase or other polyhedron is recognized based on the set range image within the candidate region.
US07653215B2
A system and method of automatically controlling exterior vehicle lights includes an image sensor and a controller to generate control signals. The control signals are derived based on information obtained from the image sensor as well as other detected parameters pertaining to the detected light source(s), the vehicle having the inventive control system, and the ambient environment. The control circuit may simply turn certain exterior lights on or off, or change the brightness, aim, focus, etc. to produce various beam patterns that maximize the illuminated area in front of the vehicle without causing excessive glare in the eyes of other drivers.
US07653213B2
A method of tracking an expected location of a head in a computerized headtracking environment having a delayed processing requirement for locating a current head position, the method comprising the step of: utilizing previously tracked positions to estimate a likely future tracked position; outputting the likely future tracked position as the expected location of the head. Kalman filtering of the previously tracked positions can be utilized in estimating the likely future tracked position.
US07653207B2
The invention is directed to a spreading head harness for headphones or headsets and to headphones or headsets having a spreading head harness of this kind. In order to provide a spreading head harness for headphones or headsets which automatically spreads when opening or widening and remains spread during use and in which the partial harnesses are automatically brought together again after use, it is suggested to use partial harnesses and/or connection members of which the end areas twist around the longitudinal axis relative to the spring regions, the end areas are bent relative to the curvature, and a mechanical tension is generated in the partial harness when mounted.
US07653205B2
In order to switch between different hearing programs to adjust to a momentary acoustic scene, a method for adjusting a hearing device, in which one of several possible hearing programs can be selected in order to adjust to a momentary acoustic scene, the method comprising the steps of detecting a desired hearing program change, changing parameters (b1, . . . , bm) of a transfer function provided between a microphone (M1) and a receiver of the hearing device in order to adapt it to the detected hearing program change, adjusting the parameters (b1, . . . , bm) to be changed from a momentary value to a desired value in such a manner that a smooth transition is perceived by the hearing device user while changing from a momentary hearing program to the desired hearing program, whereas each of the smooth transition is individually adjustable.
US07653204B2
In an audio processing device, a method and system for improved CODEC with polyringer are provided. An audio CODEC may comprise an audio ADC, an audio DAC, and a sidetone generator. Data from an external microphone may be processed by an audio ADC and may be sent to a processor that may be adapted to perform digital signal processing operations. The audio DAC may receive from the processor digital audio and polyphonic ringer data and may process the digital audio and polyphonic ringer data through separate digital filters and digital interpolators. The audio DAC may add the processed digital audio and polyphonic ringer data before analog conversion. The audio DAC may perform analog conversion by utilizing a delta-sigma modulator, a current-based DAC, and a switched-capacitor filter. The converted data may be filtered with an RC filter and may be utilized to drive an external speaker or earpiece.
US07653195B2
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for disposing of calls. The apparatus includes a call initiation module, a transfer module, and a presentation module. The call initiation module initiates a plurality of calls. The transfer module transfer a plurality of calls to at least one agent. The presentation module simultaneously presents a plurality of transferred calls to an agent for disposition.
US07653193B2
An apparatus and method is provided for managing and controlling connections to conference bridges for proposed conference call participants to access a scheduled conference call. A first call is made to a conference bridge. Next, an attempt is made to contact the proposed conference call participant for the conference call via a telephone call, an SMS message, or both. If contacted, the proposed conference call participant has options such as a) connecting to the conference call, b) not connecting to the conference call, or c) recording the conference call. If the proposed conference call participant cannot be contacted or is unavailable, then the conference call can be recorded for listening at a later time.
US07653188B2
A system and method are provided for detecting extension attacks made to a communication enterprise, and taking appropriate remedial action to prevent ongoing attacks and future attacks. One or more attributes of a suspect call are analyzed, and a risk is associated with each analyzed attribute. An overall risk or assessment is then made of the analyzed attributes, attack attributes are logged, and one or more remedial actions may be triggered as a result of the analyzed call attributes. The remedial actions may include recording the call, notifying an administrator of a suspect call, or isolating the communication enterprise from the attack by terminating the call or shutting down selected communication endpoints to prevent calls being made to those extensions. Rules may be applied to the analyzed attributes in order to trigger the appropriate remedial action. The call attributes analyzed may include call destination, call direction, call type, time of day of the call, call duration, whether a call source is spoofed, call volume from a particular call source, and hash values created for a suspect media stream.
US07653182B2
The application server includes means for commanding a voice resource server to set up a dialogue with a user for the user to agree or refuse to supply personal data, for example location data, to a service provider.
US07653178B2
A method for generating an X-ray includes the steps of: flattening an electron beam with a circular cross section by means of Lorentz force to form a flat electron beam with a flat cross section under the condition so that an intensity of the flat electron beam per unit area can be set higher than an intensity of said electron beam per unit area; and irradiating the flat electron beam onto a target, thereby generating an X-ray.
US07653177B2
A method and a measurement system are disclosed for the noninvasive determination of properties of an object to be examined and to the use of a contrast medium for X-ray phase-contrast measurement. in at least one embodiment of the invention, a mixture (suspension) consisting of a base liquid and a multiplicity of particles contained therein is used, the refractive index of the base liquid being different to the refractive index of the particles.
US07653173B2
One aspect relates to deriving at least one first X-ray fluorescence visualization, image, or provided information substantially within an at least some matter of an at least a portion of an at least one individual at least partially as a result of directing an at least one first applied high energy photon and/or particle having an at least one first input energy towards the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the at least one individual. The aspect comprises deriving at least one second X-ray fluorescence visualization, image, or provided information substantially within the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the at least one individual at least partially as a result of directing an at least one second applied high energy photon and/or particle having an at least one second input energy toward the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the at least one individual. The aspect comprises deriving an at least one combined X-ray fluorescence visualization, combined image, or combined provided information at least partially by combining the at least one first X-ray fluorescence visualization, image, or provided information with the at least one second X-ray fluorescence visualization, image, or provided information.
US07653161B2
A method of optimizing a communication system for receiving and processing an input communication signal includes selecting a first noise margin m to be applied against an external noise present on the input communication signal. The method further includes selecting a second noise margin mi to be applied against an internal noise introduced on the communications signal by the communication system. The second noise margin is a predetermined function of the first noise margin. The method also includes calculating a virtual noise to signal ratio that is a combination of an external noise to signal ratio NSRe, an internal noise to signal ratio NSRi, the first noise margin and the second noise margin. The method further includes adjusting one or more system parameters so as to maintain the virtual noise to signal ratio at a predetermined margin above a required noise to signal ratio.
US07653157B2
A method and apparatus for coordinating the time at which a mobile station performs searches for alternative systems to which a hard handoff will occur. The mobile station receives a command which instructs the mobile station as to when to tune to alternative frequencies in order to search for indicates of the presence of an alternative system. In another system which includes the present invention, predetermined times are defined with respect to a reference point in time that is common to both the origination base station and a mobile station. The mobile station tunes to alternative frequencies to perform searches only during these predetermined times. In addition, the mobile station coordinates the transmission of reports, which indicate the results of searches for alternative systems such that these reports are only transmitted from the mobile station when the mobile station is tuned to the origination frequency.
US07653153B2
A QAM receiver for constellations having at least 16 symbols converts its received QAM signal into outputs including indications of the received symbols. A channel frequency response estimator responsive to outputs of the converter derives indications of estimates of effects of a link to the receiver on the phase and amplitude of the received signals. A processor responsive to outputs of the converter and the estimator (1) equalises the phases of the converter outputs, (2) scales the amplitude estimates by amounts determined by the amplitude associated with the separation of boundaries between symbols in the constellation, and (3) combines the phase equalised converter outputs and the scaled amplitude estimates to derive likely bit values of the received symbols.
US07653141B2
Methods and apparatus for transmitting and receiving symbols in a communication system having a plurality of frequency bands are provided. A first symbol is transmitted on a first tone using a first constellation mapping and a second symbol is transmitted on a second tone using a second constellation mapping different from the first constellation mapping. The first symbol is retransmitted on the second tone using the second constellation mapping and the second symbol is retransmitted on the first tone using the first constellation mapping. The first and second symbols are detected from a combination of the received transmitted and retransmitted first and second signals.
US07653138B2
A technique for improving multiple-channel multi-tone transmissions is disclosed. According to one particular embodiment, a method for transmitting data over at least two bonded channels is provided, wherein each of the at least two bonded channels comprises a plurality of tones. The method may comprise: transmitting a first symbol stream over a first tone in a first bonded channel and over a second tone in a second bonded channel, wherein the first tone is bonded to the second tone, and the transmissions over the first tone and the second tone are substantially in parallel; transmitting a second symbol stream over a third tone in the first bonded channel; and transmitting a third symbol stream over a fourth tone in the second bonded channel, wherein the third tone is bonded to the fourth tone, and the transmissions of the second symbol stream and the third symbol stream are substantially in parallel.
US07653136B2
A decoding method of detecting a transmission error region and recovering correctly decoded data and a decoding apparatus using the same. The decoding method includes comparing encoding status information with decoding status information by receiving encoded data and the encoding status information of at least one synchronization point set in every predetermined period to detect a transmission error and to obtain the decoding status information of a corresponding synchronization point while decoding the encoded data, and continuing to decode the received data if the encoding status information of the at least one synchronization point is the same as the decoding status information of the corresponding synchronization point, and recovering previously decoded data before a previous synchronization point by detecting a transmission error region between the corresponding synchronization point and the previous synchronization point if the encoding status information is different from the decoding status information. It is possible to detect an error for each synchronization point and recover data positioned in a region having no error.
US07653131B2
Identification of segments based upon scoreboards and logos.
US07653129B2
The present invention discloses a system and method for adaptive adjustment of bit budget that favors the allocation of bits to intra coding frames (I frames). Namely, an encoder is able to dynamically adjust the bit budget for each picture type in an image sequence, thereby effecting proper usage of the available transmission bandwidth and improving the picture quality. In one embodiment, the present invention will allocate more encoding bandwidth to a current Intra coding frame when the average quantization level of inter coding frames (e.g., P and B frames) of a previous group of pictures is relatively high.
US07653127B2
Bit-Edge Zero Forcing Equalizer. A novel solution is presented by which a BE-ZFE (Bit-Edge Zero Forcing Equalizer) is employed to drive an error term within a data signal to an essentially zero value. This new BE-ZFE looks at values of data that occur at the bit edges of a data signal and drives the associated error term to zero. The new BE-ZFE is appropriately implemented within communication systems that are phase (or jitter) noise limited. Some examples of such communication systems include high-speed serial links one type of which serviced using a SERDES (Serializer/De-serializer) where data that is originally in a parallel format is serialized into a serial data stream and then subsequently de-serialized back into a parallel data stream.
US07653125B2
A method determines tap coefficients of a phase interpolation finite impulse response (FIR) filter with respect to a digital-signal phase-locked loop processing apparatus including an A/D converter receiving a reproduced signal serving as digital data and sampling the received reproduced signal at a frequency higher than a data rate frequency and a PLL portion performing phase locking of the reproduced signal by filtering the sampled reproduced signal obtained by the A/D converter using the phase interpolation FIR filter and outputting a data sequence of the phase-locked reproduced signal. The method includes providing an adaptive equalization FIR filter at the data rate frequency at a stage subsequent to the PLL portion and determining the tap coefficients of the phase interpolation FIR filter using, as estimated values, FIR filter tap coefficients of the adaptive equalization FIR filter, which are converged so as to achieve a minimum mean square error.
US07653122B2
A power controlled sub-band assignment and power allocation among users in a multiband UWB system aims to reduce power consumption without compromising performance. The overall transmit power is minimized under the practical constraints, including packet error rate, transmission rate, and FCC regulations. To insure the system feasibility in variable channel conditions, an optimization scheme manages the assignment of UWB devices to respective channels subject to their suitability to the requested users' transmission rates. An inexpensive suboptimal approach reduces the complexity of the optimization procedure and achieves a comparable performance to those of the complex full search optimization routine. The suboptimal scheme obtains the feasible solutions adaptively when the channels assignment, initially calculated under the optimization criteria, is not feasible for the user's rate requirement.
US07653121B2
A disclosed power level measuring device includes a power calculator for calculating power values based on correlation values between a received signal and known signals, for each of sampling times within a predetermined period; a time divider for switching connection of input signals, responding to time slots allocated to each of plural cells; an accumulator connected to the time divider, for accumulating the power values; a detector for detecting at least one sampling time whose accumulated value is greater than a threshold; a memory connected to the time divider, for storing the power values; and an outputting unit for outputting a measured power level, based on the stored power value corresponding to the detected sampling time.
US07653103B2
A pulse oscillating type solid laser unit that has a laser unit body whose exciting source is a laser diode that emits light in a principal energy absorbing spectrum of a solid laser activated media, and characterized by that prior to radiating laser light outside the laser unit body as a calibrating operation of a pulse laser output value, specified several varieties of rectangle pulse current values are conducted to a laser diode inside the pulse oscillating type solid laser unit so as to pulse-oscillate the laser unit body, a mean laser output value in each rectangle pulse current value is measured by the use of a laser output measuring instrument arranged inside the laser unit body so as to obtain a mean laser output value data, and in case that the laser output light is radiated outside the laser unit body, a pulse current value linear-predicted based on an obtained mean output value data is conducted to the laser diode so as to obtain a desired pulse laser output value.
US07653101B2
A semiconductor laser light emitting circuit includes a semiconductor laser diode emitting a laser light by modulating a current supplied thereto, a light intensity detection circuit that detects the laser light and generates a voltage, and a voltage-current conversion circuit converting a voltage into a current supplied to the laser diode. A S/H capacitance is provided to store electric charge and output a voltage to the voltage/current conversion circuit. A first operational amplifier is provided to output a first current charging the S/H capacitance. A rapidly charging circuit is provided to charge the S/H capacitance with a second current. The rapidly charging circuit terminates charging when the voltage is equal to or more than a second reference voltage.
US07653090B2
A method and system for providing video on demand, the method includes: (i) sending, by a resource manager, authorized media stream identification information to a modulation and radio frequency transmitter; (ii) receiving, by a radio frequency transmitter, at least one media stream encapsulated within addressable packets; wherein the at least one media stream is associated with corresponding received identification information; and (iii) determining, by the modulation and radio frequency transmitter, whether to modulate and transmit the received media stream in response to relationship between the authorized media stream identification information and between the receives identification information.
US07653074B2
A method and apparatus for virtual private networks (VPNs) is described. A computer implemented method comprises determining a set of endpoints for a generic routing encapsulation (GRE) tunnel, determining a key (the key corresponding to a VPN), dynamically establishing the GRE tunnel with the set of endpoints and the key, and processing a set of GRE traffic for the VPN.
US07653064B2
A method of modifying a data message during transmission through a data communications network, the data communications network being arranged to deliver messages under control of a network operator and including a first store-and-forward network node. The first store-and-forward network node is arranged to store data messages and forward the same to a recipient in dependence on status data corresponding to a terminal associated therewith. The method further includes receiving a message at a second store-and-forward node, wherein the second store-and-forward node is different from the first store-and-forward network node, arranging for the message to be modified before being forwarded from the second store-and-forward node, and transmitting the message to the first store-and-forward network node for forwarding to the recipient.
US07653062B2
A packet forwarding apparatus which quickly selects a plurality of control information entries to be applied according to header information of an input packet and concurrently performs various the header processing functions. The packet forwarding apparatus comprises a flow retrieval unit which compares header information of the input packet with plural sets of flow identification conditions and concurrently outputs various flow identifiers appropriate to the input packet, various header processing units corresponding to the flow identifiers, and a packet forwarding control unit for controlling forwarding of input packets according to control information outputted from at least one of the header processing units. While each of the header processing units has an information table containing plural information entries, reads a single information entry from the information table according to the flow identifier outputted from the flow retrieval unit, and executes a prescribed arithmetic operation.
US07653051B2
An arrangement for coupling a SCP (Signaling Control Point) and Signaling Transfer Point (STP) nodes of a SS7 network is disclosed. The arrangement includes an aggregated signaling gateway arrangement (ASGA), which includes at least a first signaling gateway and a second signaling gateway. The first signaling gateway is coupled between the SCP and a first STP node of the SS7 network. The second signaling gateway is coupled between the SCP and a second STP node of the SS7 network, the first signaling gateway and the second gateway being associated with a single SS7 point code.
US07653045B2
A media over packet networking appliance provides a network interface, a voice transducer, and at least one integrated circuit assembly coupling the voice transducer to the network interface. The at least one integrated circuit assembly provides media over packet transmissions and holds bits defining reconstruction of a packet stream having a primary stage and a secondary stage. The secondary stage has one or more of linear predictive coding parameters, long term prediction lags, parity check, and adaptive and fixed codebook gains. The packet stream has an instance of single packet loss, and the reconstruction includes receiving a packet sequence represented by P(n)P(n−1)′, [Lost Packet], P(n+2)P(n+1)′, and P(n+3)P(n+2)′, obtaining as information from the secondary stage one or more of the linear predictive coding parameters, long term prediction lags, parity check, and adaptive and fixed codebook gains, and performing an excitation reconstruction utilizing said packet sequence thus received.
US07653042B2
Delay-sensitive burst scheduling in a network is carried out through communications between source and destination nodes. A distributed scheduler at each destination node selects timeslots for burst arrivals from requesting source nodes, irrespective of timeslot selections made by distributed schedulers at other nodes.
US07653037B2
A system and method are provided for distributing wireless network access parameters in a multi-mode communications user terminal (UT). The method includes: establishing a link between a UT and a first communications network (i.e., a cellular network); accessing a parameters server via the first network; downloading access parameters for a wireless, second communications network (i.e., a Wireless Local Area Network); and, using the downloaded access parameters to establish a wireless link between the UT and the second communications network. The downloaded access parameters may include information such as a security key, Service Set IDentifier (SSID), traffic channel allocation, and optimization parameters including transmit power, quality of service (QoS) settings, and operational mode. Alternately, the database may cross-reference UT ID to parameters such as QoS, IP address, gateway information, subnet mask, Domain Name Server (DNS) information, or geographical location.
US07653025B1
A method of scheduling a shared channel of a wireless packet communication system, and more particularly, to a shared scheduler of a wireless packet communication. The method includes determining priorities of provided services for target terminals of cellular phones and ratios of carrier signal to interference from multiple target terminals; and based on the determined priorities, transmitting packet data to each the target terminal of cellular phones.
US07653020B2
A ultra wideband (UWB) wireless network may include a plurality of UWB wireless devices communicating over a plurality of UWB frequency bins extending over a UWB frequency range. At least one of the UWB wireless devices may be for determining a respective actual signal level associated with each UWB frequency bin, and generating a do-not-use UWB frequency bin list by comparing each actual signal level with at least one interference threshold. Thus, the UWB wireless devices can avoid using frequency bins experiencing excessive interference to thereby provide more reliable UWB communications.
US07653014B2
Provided are a method, system, and program for configuring a transmission mode between devices. A connection is established with a link partner at a common transmission speed. A duplex mode is set to a first duplex mode. A transmission error rate is monitored with the link partner and the duplex mode is changed to a second duplex mode in response to detecting that the transmission error rate exceeds a threshold.
US07653012B2
Methods to and devices capable of transmitting data in a centralized network are disclosed. A central coordinator receives data from a source device to be relayed to at least one destination device. The central coordinator acknowledges reception of the data from the source device and transmits data to at least one destination device. The central coordinator then waits for an acknowledgement of data reception from each destination device to which the data was sent.
US07653008B2
A system, method and media for a service oriented architecture, including in one embodiment, a method for configuring a service proxy, comprising configuring a transformation between a reception protocol and a transmission protocol, configuring a potential message processing path capable of processing a message that has been received with the reception protocol, providing the message for transmission to the transmission protocol, wherein the potential message processing path includes a message processing node capable of processing the message, and wherein the message processing node implements an interface and/or a protocol that is compatible with the service proxy. Other features, aspects and objects of the invention can be obtained from a review of the specification, the figures and the claims.
US07653006B1
Network traffic capture/replay systems, devices, apparatus, computer program code products and methods can include (1) extracting from the network traffic and scaling a plurality of sessions, (2) enabling asymmetrical scaling, wherein a client is cloned to generate a desired traffic load, (3) enabling complex scaling, wherein a captured packet may contain control sessions that control dependent sessions, wherein for each control session that is scaled, an additional stream session is scaled, (4) enabling traffic shaping, wherein the traffic shaping comprises parsing, categorizing and associating protocols associated with a packet capture file, and (5) enabling port mapping, wherein the port mapping comprises, prior to loading a packet capture file for replay, assigning source ports to each session.
US07652993B2
A method for transmitting data streams from a transmitter to a plurality of receivers over a shared channel that includes a transmitter simultaneously transmitting a plurality of the data streams to the plurality of receivers of the shared channel. The method includes jointly adapting bit rates of the respective data streams being transmitted in accordance with the available bandwidth, a general target time, and a quality measure.
US07652989B2
In the adaptive connection admission control method of the present invention, a corresponding ingress edge node performs connection admission control for a new connection within the amount of bandwidth initially allocated to each of paths between the ingress and egress edge nodes. The amount of remaining bandwidth allocated to a specific path Pr is compared with an amount of bandwidth required for a call requesting new connection setup input to the corresponding ingress edge node. The amount of additional bandwidth to be requested from the bandwidth broker is predicted when the amount of the remaining bandwidth does not satisfy the amount of bandwidth required for the connection setup requesting call. The ingress edge node requests additional bandwidth from the bandwidth broker on the basis of the predicted amount of the additional bandwidth, changing bandwidth information of the corresponding path Pr, and performing connection admission control.
US07652986B2
Virtually-concatenated data traffic is routed in a network comprising a plurality of nodes, the plurality of nodes including one or more nodes that are differential delay enabled and one or more nodes that are not differential delay enabled. For a given traffic demand to be routed from a source node to a destination node in the network, at least one route is determined for routing the demand between an intermediate node that is differential delay enabled and one of the source node and the destination node that is not differential delay enabled. Also, a set of routes is determined for routing the demand between the intermediate node that is differential delay enabled and at least one other node of the network, that may or may not be differential delay enabled, with each of the routes in the set corresponding to a member of a virtually-concatenated group. The given traffic demand is routed from the source node to the destination node, utilizing the at least one route and the set of routes.
US07652983B1
The present invention is directed to methods for signaling that enable bandwidth reservation, path restoration, path normalization, and path removal in a mesh network that supports shared mesh restoration.
US07652982B1
The principles of the invention allow a network device, such as a router, to maintain a high level of services during a failure without substantially utilizing redundant hardware components. During execution, the network device stores a subset of state information associated with applications executing on the network device. In the event of a failure, the network device reconstructs data structures associated with at least one of the applications based on the stored subset of state information. Next, the network device restarts at least one of the applications to resolve the failure. While restarting, the network device may continue to receive and forward information, such as packets, and, therefore, may continue to provide a high level of access to client devices previously connected to the network device. Thus, because the network device need not transfer control to a redundant hardware component, the network device may provide high availability without utilizing redundant hardware components, thereby potentially reducing the cost of high-availability routers.
US07652981B2
Symbols converted by a serial-to-parallel converting part (12) from serial to parallel form are subjected to inverse Fourier transform processing in an inverse Fourier transform part (13) as sub-carrier signal components of a frequency interval equal to the symbol rate, then the levels of the resulting time domain signal components are compared with a permissible peak level Cth in a peak component detecting part (22) to detect peak components, and the peak components are transformed by a Fourier transform part (23) to frequency domain components, which are subtracted by subtractors (240 to 24N−1) from the corresponding sub-carrier signal components to thereby reduce the peak power.
US07652978B2
The present invention relates to a transmitter in an OFDM system for improving the PAPR, and a method thereof. According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, channel encoding is performed in order to correct a data transmission error of a radio channel, a predetermined bit of the channel encoded data is bit-inverted by using a mask bit or a mask bit sequence, and a PAPR of the signal is reduced. Accordingly, reduction of transmission efficiency which has been generated in block coding and DSI methods is not generated when the signal is transmitted because an additional bit is not required.
US07652975B2
A method for verifying interoperability of an implementation of a communication standard includes monitoring a symbol comprising a set of subcarrier symbols in a communication stream, in which some of the subcarrier symbols of the symbol are generated from pilot symbols, transmitted on subcarriers in accordance with the standard. For a given implementation and a given symbol, it is known which subcarriers will be pilot symbols, and what their pilot symbol values will be. A communication stream, generated by an implementation that is interoperable with the standard, will contain expected pilot information. Using the implementation to be verified, a communication stream is generated, containing pilot information. The generated pilot information is compared with the expected pilot information, and interoperability is determined based on the result of the comparing.
US07652967B2
An optical disc is based on the following the distance of the light transmission layer from a light incidence plane to the first recording layer is a minimum of 550 μm. The distance between the first and the third recording layer is a maximum of 72 μm. The distance between the second and the third recording layer is a minimum of 15 μm. The distance between the first and the second recording layer is about 31 to 40 μm. The reflectivities of the first and the second recording layer with respect to the first laser beam are 18% or more, and the ratio between the reflectivities is about 1.15 or less. The areal recording density of the third recording layer is three times or more as high as the areal recording density of the first and the second recording layer.
