US08408375B2
A clutch assembly includes a plurality of reaction plates separated by one or more separator springs to maintain a distance between the reaction plates when the clutch is not activated.
US08408369B2
A bimetallic brake rotor includes a rotor body composed of a first material and a pair of cheek inserts serving as the rotor cheeks, being composed of a second material less dense than the first material. Each of the cheek inserts has a first sequence of slots and teeth, and a disc component of the rotor body has a second sequence of slots and teeth on each side thereof which mesh with the first sequence such that a radial edge interface is provided at each adjoining tooth and slot which transfers braking heat and mechanical loading from the cheek inserts to the rotor body.
US08408367B2
The invention relates to a drum brake having an electromechanical actuating device. The invention proposes to convert a rotating drive movement of the actuating device by use of a gearwheel and two toothed racks. The toothed racks mesh with the gearwheel on opposite sides thereof and are driven in opposite directions by the gearwheel into translational movements for pressing attached brake shoes against a brake drum. The toothed racks are configured in such a way that the two toothed racks have a common line of action, with resulting symmetrical actuating forces. According to one embodiment of the invention, the lines of action of the toothed racks run tangentially with respect to the gearwheel.
US08408366B2
The bottom surface of a seal groove provided in a cylinder bore has a first slant portion and a second slant portion. A transition point between the first slant portion and the second slant portion is located closer to the opening of the cylinder bore than the center in the cylinder bore axial direction of the seal groove. A gap is formed between the outer peripheral surface of a piston seal member and the bottom surface of the seal groove, and the surface pressure applied to the bottom surface of the seal groove from the piston seal member is higher at the cylinder-bottom-side end of the piston seal member than at the cylinder-opening-side end thereof. Thus, it is possible to suppress the movement of the piston toward the cylinder bore bottom due to thermal expansion of the piston seal member.
US08408365B2
A locking device for preventing the rotation and/or the axial movement of a pin includes a coil spring wound around at least a portion of the pin and having one end rigidly connected to a support structure. In its undeformed condition, the spring has an internal diameter smaller than the diameter of the pin, whereby in its resting condition the spring is tightened around the pin to prevent a rotation thereof at least in a direction or an axial movement in any direction. The device includes shape memory means for causing the unwinding of the turns of the spring for the purpose of temporarily releasing the pin.
US08408363B2
The PTO assembly includes an engine driven input shaft, an output shaft, a transmission, a disconnect unit for selectively coupling and uncoupling the input shaft from the transmission and a clutch for coupling an uncoupling the transmission from the output shaft. A lubrication system includes a shaft lube circuit for lubricating the input shaft, a pump, and a lube control valve for controlling communication of lubricant from the pump to the lube circuit. The lube control valve is operatively coupled to the disconnect unit so that when the disconnect unit is engaged the lube control valve blocks communication from the pump to the lube circuit, and when the disconnect unit is disengaged the lube control valve communicates the pump to the lube circuit. The lubrication system also includes a transmission lube circuit for lubrication the transmission. The control valve communicates lubricant to the transmission lube circuit when the disconnect unit is engaged and disengaged.
US08408354B2
An all terrain vehicle includes a steering shaft coupled to a handle; a power steering device including an input shaft coupled to the steering shaft, and an output shaft driven to rotate together with the input shaft, the power steering device being positioned between right and left front wheels in a rightward and leftward direction; a link unit for coupling the output shaft to each of the right and left front wheels, the link unit receiving a rotation of the output shaft and changing a direction of the front wheels; and a stopper disposed to face the output shaft with a clearance between the stopper and at least a left portion and a right portion of an end portion of the output shaft.
US08408352B2
An electronic control unit monitors pressure conditions present at the input to the steering system and other vehicle data signals and then provides override control of a hydro-mechanical flow control device. An electro-hydraulic valve is connected to the supply side of the hydro-mechanical flow control device and reacts to the electronic monitoring of pressure and other vehicle data to alter the counter-balancing forces within the hydro-mechanical flow control device. This causes a by-pass diversion of steering fluid to the source by the hydro-mechanical flow control device and thereby relieves backpressure on the pump when relatively little steering assist is required to be provided by the steering system. The control of steering fluid diversion at such times results in a significant reduction in parasitic losses within the steering system and improves the operating and fuel efficiency of the vehicle.
US08408348B2
A snowmobile having improved drive stability of the vehicle body during steering includes a pair of left and right skis on a front side of the vehicle body, a steering shaft disposed on a front of a saddle type seat for steering the skis, an engine mounted in a cowling that covers the front side of the vehicle body, and a crawler disposed on a rear side of the vehicle body for driving the snowmobile. The engine is mounted by inclining a cylinder axis thereof forward, and the steering shaft is disposed on the front of a cylinder head of the engine.
US08408335B2
A turbine for use in a downhole drill string including an elongated casing defining an interior and a plurality of motor units in the interior. Each motor unit has a rotor and a stator. A torque transmission couplings connects each of the plurality of motor units to the drill string. The torque transmission couplings having flexible linkages. As a result, the power section has tight tolerances for the clearance at the tips of the rotors because the motor units are relatively stiff. The flexing normally obtained by bending the rotor shaft is accomplished and absorbed in the flexible linkages.
US08408334B1
A tubular handling apparatus has a main rotating structural member pivotally movable between a first position and a second position, an arm interconnected to the main rotating structural member, and a gripper mechanism affixed to an end of the arm opposite the main rotating structural member. The gripper mechanism has a stab frame, a first gripper translatably attached to a side of the stab frame, and a second gripper translatably attached to the side of the stab frame below the first gripper. A connection bar is connected to the first and second grippers so as to translate the grippers for a substantially identical distance. A translating mechanism translates the grippers along the side of the stab frame.
US08408333B2
A technique provides a drilling system and method in which a drilling assembly is delivered downhole on coiled tubing. The drilling assembly comprises a drill bit and a motor to rotate the drill bit for drilling of a borehole. A steerable system is used to steer the drill bit, thereby enabling formation of deviated boreholes.
US08408331B2
A downhole tool includes a downlinking system deployed in a downhole tool body having an internal through bore. The downlinking system includes a differential pressure transducer configured to measured a pressure difference between drilling fluid in the internal through bore and drilling fluid external to the tool (in the borehole annulus). The differential transducer is electrically connected with an electronic controller (deployed substantially anywhere in the drill string) that is configured to receive and decode pressure waveforms.
US08408330B2
Systems and methods cancel or compensate for an echo or noise in borehole communication. The systems and methods provide a downhole tool configured to provide borehole communication via mud pulse telemetry. The downhole tool pulses drilling fluid to generate a first pressure pulse and a second pressure pulse. The first pressure pulse moves upwardly with respect to the downhole component and is encoded with data associated a downhole measurement. A sensor is electrically connected to and in communication with the downhole tool. The first sensor is adapted to detect a characteristic of the second pressure pulse in the drilling mud. A ideal pressure pulse or a correction pressure pulse is generated by a downhole tool or a mud pulse modulator to reduce or cancel noise of the second pressure pulse.
US08408326B2
A hydraulic control apparatus for a foldable farm implement has a first hydraulic control system is used to control weight transfer to a plurality of ground engaging tools mounted to stationary and wing frame sections of the farm implement. A second hydraulic system is used to fold and unfold the wing sections for placing the implement in a compact position for transport and storage. A hydraulic control is provided that interfaces with both hydraulic systems to control sequencing of the functions provided by the first and second hydraulic systems.
US08408324B2
A residue clearing apparatus for a shank of an agricultural implement includes a spoked wheel adapted for attachment to the implement such that the spoked wheel rotates about a wheel axis oriented substantially horizontal and perpendicular to an operating travel direction of the implement and forward of the shank. A drive is operative to rotate the spoked wheel. The spoked wheel is oriented such that ends of spokes of the spoked wheel pass above the ground forward of the shank, and such that the ends of the spokes of the spoked wheel pass adjacent to a front face of the shank. The spokes may be resiliently or pivotally mounted to the wheel.
US08408323B2
A fire suppression composition includes starch, a pseudo-plastic, high yield, suspending agent, paraffin or olefin, and a neutralizer.
US08408322B2
A fire suppression system for producing an inert gas mixture having a minimal amount of carbon monoxide, particulates, or smoke. The inert gas mixture may be generated by combusting a gas generant. The gas generant may be a composition that includes hexa(ammine)-cobalt(III)-nitrate. The fire suppression system also includes a heat management system to reduce a temperature of the inert gas mixture. In one embodiment, the system includes multiple gas generators and is configured to ignite the respective gas generant of each gas generator in a predetermined, time based sequential order. For example, the gas generant of each gas generator may be ignited in a sequential order at specified time intervals. Methods of extinguishing fires are also disclosed.
US08408320B2
A therapeutic extension horseshoe is formed in a substantially u-shape from a resilient, flexile moldable material. A pliable, metal rod-like reinforcer is shaped to include an anterior segment from which opposing side segments continuously extend to caudal ends separated as an open heel. Ungulate and contact surfaces are formed to include an extension to one of said opposing side segments, which extension acts as an additional load bearing surface portion to facilitate a modification of a posture of a horse shod therewith. At least one wear insert is arranged in the extended load bearing surface portion to minimize surface wear to the moldable material. Depending on its orientation, the therapeutic extension horseshoe may be used to provide a lateral extension or a medial extension.
US08408319B2
A swellable packer including a first retainer, a second retainer, a swellable element, a piston, and a piston lock. The second retainer is spaced axially apart from the first retainer. The swellable element is at least partially disposed between and fixed to the first and second retainers. The piston is fixed to the second retainer and configured to move the second retainer from a first position in which the swellable element is unstrained, to a second position in which the swellable element is strained. The piston lock is configured to releasably fix the second retainer in the second position.
US08408317B2
A downhole hydraulically powered tool (10) moves an expander (36) in a well to radially expand a downhole tubular. The tool includes a plurality of fluid-powered pistons (16, 20) for axially stroking the expander relative to a tool mandrel (12), and one or more slips (52) for axially securing the tool in the well. The tool mandrel is rotatably secured to the tubular to rotate with the tubular, thereby rotating a bit (60) at the lower end of the tubular. The expander is moved axially downward in response to axial movement of the pistons to radially expand the tubular after at least a portion of the well is drilled with the bit and while the slips secure the tool in the well.
US08408293B2
A novel method reduces methane slack when operating a biogas fermenter. When starting up a freshly charged fermenter, the methane portion of the produced biogas is initially so low and the portions of carbon dioxide and nitrogen are so high that the biogas cannot be directly used in a combined heat and power plant. Conventionally, the biogas generated during the startup phase has a small portion of methane that is discharged directly into the atmosphere or is flared off if the methane fraction is larger. The initially produced methane is consequently not used and becomes methane slack. To reduce methane slack, the biogas with the low methane fraction is fed to a gas treatment unit in which non-methane components of the gas mixture are partially separated, and the remaining gas mixture with a higher methane content is returned to the biogas fermenter until the methane fraction is sufficiently high.
US08408288B2
A system for conducting earth borehole operations comprising a first support; a mast attached to the first support, a top drive carried by the mast and longitudinally movable therealong, a second support, a skid carried by the second support, a CT injector carried by the skid, the skid being movable from the first support to the second support and a reel of CT for supplying CT to the CT injector.
US08408287B2
A jumper providing electrical communication between two components of a producing well of an oil field. The jumper has two tubings for insertion in two components each with an anchor adapted to be rigidly mounted in its associated component. Each tubing has a centering device, consisting of a pair of rings surrounding the tubing and an array of bowed springs bridging between the rings and biased to bow outwardly into engagement with the bore of the associated component. One of the two rings is electrically and mechanically connected to the tubing, whereas the other ring is free to be displaced longitudinally of the tubing so that the outer diameter of the array of bowed el springs may expand or contract, as needed. Each bowed spring in the array is provided with supplemental electrical contacts to insure a path of electrical conductivity between the connected ring and the associated component through the bowed springs.
US08408281B2
A pulsed-jet active flowfield control actuation system enhances the rate of heat transfer and heat removal in a heat exchanger for better management of thermal loads. The pulsed jet actuators impart an unsteady component of velocity to the working fluid of the heat exchanger. This design increases the convective heat transfer, and avoids increases in heat exchanger volume and weight for a given performance value.
US08408277B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for producing rotatable sputtering targets by means of continuous casting. Target material is deposited around a cylindrical target holder (14) by means of a movable mold (30) surrounding the target holder. The mold (30) is fed with molten metal while it is translated along the target holder to progressively form the layer of molten metal on the outer surface of the target holder.
US08408275B2
A modular track system for hanging a curtain, the track system consisting of modules or sections with attachments and accessories designed to adjust to varying environments and specifications. Track shape and length are adjusted by specifying various combinations of the specialized components created as part of the system. Complementing the track system is a curtain with integrated loop fasteners which allows the curtain to be attached and removed without removing the track. The system further preferably includes a side support for use in attached the track to a fixed support in the environment, and a guiderail on the side of the track on one or more track sections, the track and curtain all being coordinated to form an efficient and improved curtain hanging system.
US08408273B2
The bead breaking unit for tire changing machines includes an arm having a first extremity associated turnable with a support structure and a second extremity having a bead breaking tool, the arm being suitable for oscillating between an away position, wherein the bead breaking tool is positioned substantially at a distance from the support structure, and a work position, wherein the bead breaking tool is positioned substantially close to the support structure, at least an actuator device having a mobile element associated sliding with the arm, at least a drive element for driving the arm, associated with the mobile element and suitable for operating during the movement of the mobile element from an extracted position to a retracted position to move the arm towards the work position and an apparatus of temporary coupling between the mobile element and the arm, suitable for operating during the movement of the mobile element from the retracted position to the extracted position to move the arm from the work position to the away position.
US08408265B2
A tape dispenser of the present invention includes an integrally-formed main body. The main body has a rack and two semi-crusts. The semi-crusts are pivotably connected to the rack, so that the semi-crusts can be closed for a tape roll to be received therein. Or, the semi-crusts can be opened for placing or replacing the tape roll. The rack has a front plate and a top plate. The front plate, the top plate, and the semi-crusts are rectangularly arranged. Thus, structure strength of the tape dispenser is increased.
US08408258B2
A stump cutting assembly mounted to a stump cutting wheel. Stump cutting assembly is a stump cutting tooth interconnected to the wheel by a holder or block that is fixed to wheel by welding or other equivalent process, an optional debris deflector and a fastener that interconnects tooth and deflector to holder. As wheel rotates about its axis of rotation, the tooth cuts away at wood or other debris in which it comes into contact through the side to side and/or longitudinal movement of a stump grinder unit.
US08408246B2
A fuel cartridge with a deformable inner fuel container connectable to a fuel cell is disclosed. The pressure in the inner fuel container is controlled.
US08408243B2
A valve device includes: a valve member that controls flow of a fluid, and a body that has a valve insertion hole in which the valve member is inserted, and whose inner surface is cylindrically formed, and into which the fluid flows, and a lead-in passage that has an opening in the inner surface of the valve insertion hole, and that causes the fluid to flow into the valve insertion hole. A line representing the direction of extension of the lead-in passage is tilted from a line normal to the inner surface of the valve insertion hole at a position of the opening of the lead-in passage, in a view in the axis direction of the valve insertion hole.
US08408242B2
Improvements in an Overflow Shutoff Valve (OSV) that is designed to automatically shutoff water flow when water flows above a rated amount. It is a self-cleaning design with automatic resetting function. The valve consists of an outer body with an inlet and outlet port with an internally installed rubber Venturi tube assembly, fixed flange, moving flange, coil spring and surge flow suppressing orifice. The lower pressure causes the rubber tube to be squeezed by the water pressure, and then automatically shuts off the valve. When the supply water pressure drops below 5 psi the Overflow Shutoff Valve automatically resets and opens to normal position. A flow suppressor orifice prevents any surge flow or start up flow which could cause premature shutoff of the valve. The Overflow shutoff valve can be installed in-line or in a Y body shutoff valve for easy service.
US08408237B2
A control valve comprising a plurality of interchangeable valve body modules, each module having a main valve cavity and a plurality of separate cross valve communication ports communicating; and at least one interchangeable gasket disposed between adjacent modules and configured to individually communicate the main valve cavity and the communication ports between adjacent valve body modules, wherein the gasket is further configured to selectively communicate between the main valve cavity and a selected one of the cross valve communication ports. In one embodiment, each valve body module further includes a passage communicating with the main valve cavity. In this case, the gasket may be configured to selectively communicate between the passage and the selected one of the cross valve communication ports, thereby selectively communicating between the main valve cavity and the selected one of the cross valve communication ports through the passage by selective orientation of the gasket.
US08408234B2
A process liquid supply system includes a pure water supply source connected to a process vessel through a supply pipe; a chemical liquid tank that stores a chemical liquid and supplies the chemical liquid stored therein to the supply pipe; and a compressed gas supply source connected to the chemical liquid tank through a compressed gas supply pipe. A pressure adjusting part is disposed on the compressed gas supply pipe at a position between the compressed gas supply source and the chemical liquid tank. The pressure adjusting part is controlled so that the pressure of the compressed gas supplied from the compressed gas supply source to the chemical liquid tank is gradually or stepwise increased after the supply of the chemical liquid from the chemical liquid tank to the supply pipe is started so that the concentration of the processing liquid remains at desired level.
US08408213B2
The device relates to methods and devices for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
US08408208B2
The dispenser has a body (1), with a mouthpiece cover (2). Opening of the cover urges a junction member (3) towards a source (4) of a medicament to be released as a dose by pressing a spout (5) of the source inwards of the source. The source is supported by a cap (11) clipped to the end of a source-enclosing barrel (12) with intern al splines (10). The barrel is welded (15) to the main to part (16) of the body at a position determined by the extension of the source towards the distal end (17) of the barrel when the cover is open, the welding position being determined by a plug (18) simulating the cap and its bush.
US08408198B2
A solar collector system including solar elements connected to form an array for intercepting the sun's radiation, a compression element that is positioned substantially perpendicular to the array, and pairs of cables that run from opposite sides of the array to the compression element to mutually stabilize each portion of the array to which the pair of cables connects. A support structure is provided for securing the array to a fixed structure. A tracking system further provides the system with two degrees of freedom for tracking the array with the sun's movement.
US08408195B2
A string stop for use with an archery bow comprises a body portion configured for attachment to the archery bow and a bumper attached to the body portion. The bumper is configured to contact a bowstring of the archery bow. The bumper defines an internal cavity configured to optionally receive an insert member. In some embodiments, an insert member is positioned in the cavity. The insert member can have different properties than the bumper.
US08408183B2
A carburetor assembly includes a carburetor, a fuel supply valve, a valve member and a normally open switch. The fuel supply valve is coupled to the carburetor housing and is fluidly connected to the carburetor. The fuel supply valve includes a lever pivotable between first and second positions. The valve member is configured to move in response to the lever such that fuel is allowed to flow to the carburetor when the lever is in the first position and fuel is not allowed to flow to the carburetor when the lever is in the second position. The normally open switch is adjacent the fuel supply valve and includes a switch actuator. The lever is configured to engage and release the switch actuator to move the switch actuator between a non-actuated position and an actuated position respectively when the lever moves between the first and second positions.
US08408182B2
When an automobile is traveling on a road surface with a low friction coefficient upon a shift of an engine to idle operation in the process of stopping the automobile from traveling, a target engine speed of the engine is reduced by a value equivalent to a reduction in a drive request value for any auxiliary at a time point corresponding to start of reduction of the drive request value.
US08408177B2
The invention relates to a control method for an internal combustion engine system, capable of preventing an internal combustion engine in a state after being automatically stopped, from falling into an unrestartable state. Upon satisfaction of a given automatic stop condition, the engine 10 being running is automatically stopped (Step 11). A value of current IEBAT flowing out of a starter battery 520 is compared with a given current value IEBAT—TH, in an automatically stopped state of the engine 10 (Step S30) to diagnosis a discharging status of the starter battery 520. If a result of the diagnosis indicates that the value of current IEBAT flowing out of the starter battery 520 is greater than the given current value IEBAT—TH, it is determined that a post-attached load is detected, and the engine 10 is restarted irrespective of the satisfaction or non-satisfaction of a given restart condition.
US08408173B2
An electro-hydraulic variable valve lift apparatus may include a valve unit housing of which a guide protrude portion is formed therein, a main piston which is slidably disposed in the valve unit housing and defines a valve adjusting oil chamber with the valve unit housing, a main spring which is disposed within the valve adjusting oil chamber and elastically supports the main piston on the guide protrude portion, a dependent piston which is slidably disposed within the valve unit housing, is guided along the guide protrude portion, reciprocates according to reciprocation of the main piston, and opens a valve, and a main oil supply portion which selectively supplies hydraulic pressure to the valve adjusting oil chamber.
US08408158B2
A coating/developing device includes a processing block having a plurality of coating unit blocks stacked and a developing unit block stacked on the coating unit blocks. Each of the unit blocks is provided with a liquid processing unit for coating a liquid chemical on a substrate, a heating unit for heating the substrate, a cooling unit for cooling the substrate and a transfer unit for transferring the substrate between the units. The liquid processing unit is provided with a coating unit for coating a resist liquid on the substrate, a first bottom antireflection coating (BARC) forming unit for coating a liquid chemical for a BARC on the substrate before the resist liquid is coated thereon, and a second BARC forming unit for coating a liquid chemical for the BARC on the substrate after the resist liquid is coated thereon.
US08408156B2
A passenger reminder system for reminding a driver-caregiver, upon exiting a vehicle, that a passenger remains in the vehicle. Embodiments of the passenger reminder system generally comprise one or more straps or other barriers used to connect a driver's seat belt to the interior of the driver side front door. When the driver's door is open, the strap of the passenger reminder system extends from the seat belt to the interior of the driver's door, impeding the driver-caregiver from exiting the car. This hindrance reminds the driver-caregiver that another passenger is onboard and prompts the removal of the passenger.
US08408155B2
A marine vessel comprising:a command module;first and second buoyant tubular foils; andfirst and second struts for connecting the first and second buoyant tubular foils to the command module, respectively;wherein the first and second buoyant tubular foils provide substantially all of the buoyancy required for the marine vessel; andwherein the marine vessel further comprises first and second engines enclosed within the first and second buoyant tubular foils, respectively, and first and second propulsion units connected to the first and second engines, respectively, for moving the marine vessel through the water.
US08408146B2
A table may be sized and configured to nest with an adjacent table to reduce a height of a plurality of stacked tables in a nested configuration. The table may include a molded plastic table top that has a receiving portion disposed proximate an outer perimeter of the table top. The receiving portion is sized and configured to receive an engaging portion of an adjacent, nested table. The table may also include a frame with a first load bearing surface sized and configured to contact a generally planar upper surface of another adjacent, nested table. The table may further include an engaging portion sized and configured to be disposed in a receiving portion of the adjacent, nested table. The nested tables are preferably substantially identical and aligned in the stacked configuration.
US08408144B2
An energy storage car for a locomotive includes a hydraulic energy storage system designed to capture and reuse energy normally lost in dynamic braking. The energy storage car is preferably configured to provide functions sufficient to replace one of multiple locomotives used to pull a freight train. Braking and other methods for improved efficiency of such trains are provided.
US08408143B2
On-board model railroad speaker enclosure designs are presented that allow maximum sized speakers, improve impedance matching of sound to the outside of the locomotive, and isolate back and front speaker waves while maintaining the standard horizontal drive-train in model train locomotives.
US08408139B2
A projectile (1) is optionally used as a fragmentation projectile or as a projectile that utilizes a pressure wave effect created when the explosive charge (3) explodes. The projectile (1) contains an ejection charge (12), and an explosive charge (3) arranged in a jacket (4) that can be moved axially with respect to a fragmentation casing (5). The ejection charge (12) allows the explosive charge (3) and surrounding jacket (4) to be pushed at least so far out of the projectile casing (2) that, in the event of explosion, the explosive charge does not act on the fragmentation casing (5). In order to ensure that the jacket (4) of the explosive charge (3) does not develop any fragmentation effect, or develops only a small fragmentation effect, when the explosive charge (3) is ignited, a molded part composed of plastic or a light alloy is used as the jacket (4).
US08408138B2
In order to prevent slipping of the liner on an explosive charge in a missile, the invention provides that at least one flaring or cam is fixed in the liner which, when deformed inwards, can hook itself on the explosive charge.
US08408131B1
An initiator assembly that includes a header body, at least one seal member, an insulating spacer, a frame member, an initiator and at least one terminal. The header body has at least one first terminal aperture formed therethrough. The seal member is received in the first terminal aperture. The insulating spacer is received over the header body. The frame member overlies the insulating spacer and defines an interior aperture. The initiator is received in the interior aperture and is abutted against the insulating spacer on a side opposite the header body. The initiator has an exploding foil initiator and includes a plurality of initiator contacts. The terminal is received through the insulating spacer and the at least one seal. The terminal is disposed outwardly of the interior aperture and is electrically coupled to an associated one of the initiator contacts.
US08408122B2
An auto alignment pad printer for transferring print to an associated object includes a frame, a fixture for supporting the associated object and a cliché operably mounted to the frame. The cliché includes at least one etched region and is adapted to receive ink in the etched region. An ink cup is configured to deposit ink into the etched region. A pad applicator includes a pad support having at least one pad thereon. The pad is adapted to move into and out of contact with the etched region to receive ink from the etched region and to contact an object to transfer the received ink to the object. A pad applicator alignment assembly includes a first set of cooperating projections and receivers mounted to the pad applicator and to the cliché and/or the frame near to the cliché, and a second set of cooperating projections and receivers mounted to the pad applicator and to the fixture for supporting the object. The first set of cooperating projections and receivers are configured to position the pad for precise movement into contact with the cliché to receive ink from the cliché. The second set of cooperating projections and receivers are configured to position the pad for precise movement into contact with the object to transfer the received ink to the associated object.
US08408118B2
Apparatuses, methods and systems for liquid flow control and beverage preparation are disclosed. The apparatuses, methods and systems of the present invention include liquid flow control and beverage preparation capsules, pods, cartridges, pouches, systems, and modules for controlling and directing flow streams of liquid through a beverage preparation process. The apparatuses, methods and systems of the present invention may be used in combination with or included as an integral assembly of any apparatus, method or system for liquid dispension.
US08408115B2
The systems and methods described herein provide military personnel with a swift and accurate means to return fire at a detected shooter. In particular, the systems and methods described herein relate to an indicator for a weapon sight. In some embodiments, the indicator is electromechanical. In some embodiments, the indicator is configured to be moveable such that when the weapon sight is aligned with the indicator, the weapon points in the direction of the detected shooter. In some embodiments, the indicator is attached to the weapon itself, while in other embodiments, the indicator is attached to the weapon mount. The weapon may be located on a ground vehicle, aircraft, or may be portable. In some embodiments, the system includes a processor configured to receive a shooter's location, determine the position of the indicator based on the received shooter location, and control the indicator to move into the determined position. In some embodiments, the system may provide the location of more than one shooter to military personnel and the location of the second shooter may be provided in the form of an aural or visual signal.
US08408114B1
A ballistic shield for protection against up to 7.62×63 mm AP rounds (NIJ Level IV). The ballistic shield is multiple layered and includes polymer foam, ceramic tiles, and a support structure fabricated from ballistic resistant fabric. Individual layers are bonded with adhesives and preferably wrapped with fabric. Under the fabric cover of the exterior surface of the shield is a polymer foam layer that exhibits excellent blast impact resistance and blast attenuation properties as well as a hard ceramic or the like layer. The foam layer is preferably made from liquid crystal or semi-crystalline polymer to enhance fire resistance and provide enhanced ductility. According to a preferred embodiment, the man-portable ballistic shield of the present invention also incorporates a compact video system for viewing the front side of the ballistic shield thereby allowing for the elimination of the transparent view port weakness of current state of the art ballistic shields.
US08408111B2
A punch tool assembly includes an adjustment subassembly coupled to a canister sidewall of the assembly. The adjustment subassembly includes a punch head, which engages a punch holder, or body, of the punch tool, at a threaded interface, so that rotation of the punch head moves the punch body/holder along a central longitudinal axis of the punch tool assembly. The adjustment subassembly further includes a locking member, which is biased with respect to the punch head, in a first position, where the locking member is engaged with a locking feature of an engagement sidewall of the subassembly, to lock the punch head and prevent rotation thereof. The locking member may be released, to unlock the punch head, by applying a force to an externally accessible actuation interface of a release member of the subassembly, for example, to rotate the actuation interface about the central longitudinal axis.
US08408105B2
A portable apparatus for configuring a wheel associated with a track is provided. The apparatus is in a fixed position with respect to a rail associated with the track when in operation. The apparatus includes a tool configured to engage the wheel, a position system for positioning the cutting tool in at least two axis, and a computer control. The computer control is coupled to control the positioning system. The positioning system is controlled so that the wheel is configured in accordance with a profile.
US08408098B2
A ratchet device includes a body having a compartment extending along a first axis. A ratchet member is rotatably received in the compartment about the first axis. The body includes first and second sides each having a receptacle in communication with the compartment. A ratchet block is received in each receptacle. A control member is received in a groove in a top side of the body. The groove is in communication with the compartment via an opening. The control member is movable between three positions along an axis perpendicular to but spaced from the first axis to disengage a toothed portion of either of the ratchet blocks from teeth on the ratchet member so as to control the driving direction of the ratchet device.
US08408095B2
A foot-pedaling device with bidirectional pedaling for constantly driving a loading wheel train in the same direction, wherein the pedaling direction is selected by the riding pedaler according to the operating status of his/her muscles and joints, or through the different driving directional input, to provide different-speed-change- ratio output.
US08408094B2
A quick release device includes a crank having a first hole defined in one end thereof, the crank having a sixth hole opened on one lateral thereof, a fixing sleeve positioned in the first hole of the crank, a third hole opened at one end of the fixing sleeve, a fourth hole opened on the outside periphery of the fixing sleeve therethrough and corresponding to the sixth hole, the fourth hole communicating with the third hole, a quick release assembly partially received in the sixth hole, the quick release assembly having a second engaging rod, a fixing member and a rotating button, the second engaging rod received in the sixth hole, the fixing member connected to the crank and sleeved on the second engaging rod. When the user wants to release the pedal from the crank, the user just rotates the rotating button counterclockwise.
US08408090B2
An actuator mounting, in particular, a clutch or brake mounting for a vehicle, includes a mounting housing (3) with an attachment shell (2) for attaching the mounting to a handlebar or a similar steering element, a hand lever (8) supported to rotate on the mounting housing (3), and a mechanical or hydraulic force transmission device arranged on the mounting housing (3). The actuator mounting includes a carrier plate (9) supported on the rotational bearing (7) in common with the hand lever (8) as an intermediate transmission element with multiple functions. The carrier plate (9) has contact points (16, 32, 34) for applying force to or tensioning the hand lever (8), the force transmission device, and the mounting housing stop (35).
US08408087B2
The present invention provides a screw device enabling insulation of sounds occurring from the inside of the screw device when circulating rolling elements.The screw device includes: a screw shaft 1 having a spiral rolling-element rolling groove 1a on an outer circumferential surface; a nut body 2 having a spiral loaded rolling-element rolling groove 2a on an inner circumferential surface to oppose the rolling-element rolling groove 1a of the screw shaft 1 and having therein a rolling-element returning passage 6 to return rolling elements 3 rolling in a loaded rolling-element rolling passage 10 formed between the loaded rolling-element rolling groove 2a and the rolling-element rolling groove 1a of the screw shaft 1; a circulation member 9 attached to an end face of the nut body 2 and provided with a direction changing passage 5 to connect the loaded rolling-element rolling passage 10 and the rolling-element returning passage 6; and a sound insulating member 11 attached to the nut body 2 to which the circulation member 9 is attached and formed to have an inner circumferential surface coming into contact with the screw shaft and to cover the circulation member 9.
US08408086B2
An automated shift control device suppresses overload of the shift motor and reduces the time from beginning to completion of a gear shifting operation. A transmission has a plurality of pairs of speed change gears and a gear selecting mechanism. A shift motor drives the gear selecting mechanism. A shift power transmission mechanism transmits power from the shift motor to the gear selecting mechanism. A torque limiter has a third reduction gear and a third shaft forming a part of the shift power transmission mechanism. The torque limiter transmits power from the shift motor as torque. When the transmitted torque is not more than a predetermined limit torque, the third reduction gear co-rotates with the third shaft. When the transmitted torque exceeds the predetermined limit torque, the third reduction gear rotates relative to the third shaft to limit the transmitted torque to the predetermined limit torque or less.
US08408079B2
A pipette with a pipette housing, in which are arranged an accommodation for the fastening portion of a syringe cylinder of a syringe, a plunger accommodation in an accommodation body for a syringe plunger of the syringe, fastening devices for reversibly fixing the fastening portion and the syringe plunger in the accommodations, and plunger setting devices for shifting the accommodation body in the pipette housing, with a pull-up member for removing the accommodation body from the accommodation, and an actuation member for drawing the accommodation body near to the accommodation.
US08408058B2
A method of estimating the transverse grip of a pair of tires intended to equip a two-wheeled vehicle by comparative analysis against another pair of tires. The tires are mounted on the vehicle in pairs, the vehicle is run in a circle of set radius until it attains the maximum speed with grip, and the mean speed and/or the mean cornering angle of the vehicle under steady state conditions and/or the mean lap time is/are determined.
US08408055B2
Methods for monitoring and detecting undesired exotherms which may occur in an exhaust aftertreatment system coupled to a lean burning combustion engine are described. In one particular approach, an undesired exotherm may be indicated based on an expected oxygen depletion along a length of an exhaust aftertreatment system in the direction of exhaust gas flow of exhaust gas. For example, during DPF regeneration, a certain amount of oxygen is expected to be utilized for removing soot. If less oxygen is actually found in the exhaust downstream of the exhaust system, then an undesired exotherm may be present, as unintended reductant may be present in the exhaust and reacting exothermically with oxygen. Various mitigation actions may then be initiated in response to the indication of an undesired exotherm.
US08408043B2
A method for measuring an amount of a determined gas, particularly oxygen, in a sealed container of a liquid, such as a carbonated beverage, in which a gas mixture is dissolved, involves piercing the sealed container, releasing the gas mixture contained in the pierced container, measuring an amount of the determined gas in the released gas mixture, determining, based on the measuring, an initial amount of the determined gas in the sealed container, and injecting an anti-foam agent into the pierced container before and/or during the gas releasing step.
US08408034B2
A hot bulge forming die apparatus forms a preheated tubular material 10a into a tubular material 10d. The hot bulge forming die apparatus includes a lower die 21B having a cavity surface 211B and an upper die 31B having a cavity surface 311B. An elongated hole 215 is formed in a circumferential edge portion 215 of the lower die 21B so as to extend outwards, and a projection 315 is formed on a circumferential edge portion 314 of the upper die 31B so as to fit in the elongated hole 215. When the dies are clamped together, the projection 315 formed on the circumferential edge portion 314 of the upper die 31B fits in the elongated hole 215 formed in the circumferential edge portion 214 of the lower die 21B.
US08408032B2
A regulation device (7) for a rolling stand (2) has a force regulator (8) and a position regulator (9) mounted underneath the force regulator. During operation of the regulation device, a rolling force target value (F*) and a rolling force actual value (F) are supplied to the force regulator (8). A regulating distance correcting value (ds1*) is determined by the force regulator (8) from the rolling force target value (F*) and the rolling force actual value (F). The regulating distance correcting value (ds1*), an excentricity compensation value (ds2*), and a regulating distance actual value (s) of a regulating element (6) are supplied to the position regulator (9). A correcting quantity (dq) is determined by the position regulator (9) from the values (ds1*, ds2*, s) supplied thereto and is delivered to the regulating element (6). The regulating distance of the regulating element (6) is changed according to the correcting quantity (dq).
US08408024B2
There may be a case where, by simply coupling the first compressor (expander compressor unit) and the second compressor with an oil-equalizing pipe, the first compressor is not lubricated sufficiently, thereby decreasing reliability. The volumetric capacity (V1) of the first available oil space (130) of the first compressor (101) is set larger than the volumetric capacity (V2) of the second available oil space (140) of the second compressor (102). With this configuration, even if the oil level (S1) of the first oil sump (13) decreases in transition to a state of steady operation, it is possible to maintain a sufficient amount of oil in the first compressor (101), and thus high reliability as a fluid machine can be achieved.
US08408019B2
This invention relates to an air conditioning device which regulates the temperature of an airflow exhausted from the space in a cooling/heating air conditioning object (such as inside of a room or vehicle) to the external through an external heat exchanger disposed externally for heat exchanging so as to allow the exhausted airflow to even the temperature of the fluid flowing through the heat exchanger by means of the temperature differentiation of the two fluids, thereby enhancing the efficiency of the air conditioning device while reducing the energy consumption of the air conditioning device.
US08408011B2
A gas turbine engine case having a working fluid flow, includes inner and outer case portions defining an annular duct for directing the working fluid flow, and a plurality of struts positioned within the annular duct and extending between the inner and outer case portions. The struts are welded to the inner and outer case portions with a first weld along a peripheral line of the respective struts and with second weld, of fillet type, in selected locations for additionally connecting a portion of each strut to the respective inner and outer case portions.
US08407998B2
A waste heat recovery system for use with an engine. The waste heat recovery system receives heat input from both an exhaust gas recovery system and exhaust gas streams. The system includes a first loop and a second loop. The first loop is configured to receive heat from both the exhaust gas recovery system and the exhaust system as necessary. The second loop receives heat from the first loop and the exhaust gas recovery system. The second loop converts the heat energy into electrical energy through the use of a turbine.
US08407997B2
The invention relates to a multistep turbocharger arrangement (1) for an internal combustion engine with a high-pressure step (2), with a low-pressure step (3) which can be brought into operative connection to the high-pressure step (2) over a fluid passage system (4) which can be opened and closed, and with a control unit (5) for controlling the operative connection between the high-pressure step (2) and the low-pressure step (3), wherein the control unit (5) and the fluid passage system (4) are integrated in an engine exhaust manifold (6) which is disposed between the high-pressure step (2) and the low-pressure step (3).
US08407995B2
A torque shock or vibrations caused by the rotary inertia of a hydrostatic continuously variable transmission is reduced to improve ride quality of a vehicle when excessive torque occurs in a torque transmission path between a crankshaft and a drive wheel. A motorcycle includes a hydrostatic continuously variable transmission rotatably driven by torque of a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine. A rear wheel is rotatably driven by torque from the transmission. A torque damper absorbs excessive torque occurring in a torque transmission path from the crankshaft to the rear wheel. The torque dampers include an input side torque damper disposed in an input side torque transmission path between the crank shaft and the transmission and an output side torque damper disposed in an output side torque transmission path between the transmission and the rear wheel.
US08407976B2
A grass catcher mounting device is provided for a reel mower cutting unit, including a pair of outwardly extending pivot rods on the left and right sides of the grass catcher, and a pair of slots in the side panels of the reel mower cutting unit receiving the pivot rods such that the grass catcher can pitch with respect to the reel mower cutting unit. The mounting device also includes a forwardly extending center support on which the grass catcher rests and which supports most of the weight of the grass catcher. The center support allows the grass catcher to pitch, roll and steer or yaw.
US08407975B2
A cotton air harvester header assembly for attachment to the front lifting mechanism of a conventional self propelled cotton harvester's chassis, for movement through a field of cotton plants in equally spaced rows. Air harvesters use air flow (wind, vacuum, atmospheric pressure) to harvest cotton. The enormous amount of plant material moving thru harvester's row units, create a self cleaning environment using cotton plants as a cleaning method to continually push unwanted material past harvester's self cleaning extractor units. Air harvesters do not require spindles, doffers, brushes, rotating drums or cutter blades, and the elimination of thousands of parts, allows harvester's row units to be grouped closer together than spindle or stripper harvesters, resulting in a more versatile cotton harvester which can be configured to harvest wide row or narrow row cotton, and be mounted on a tractor or used as a single walk behind air harvester row unit.
US08407968B2
A deployment flap can be used with inflatable airbag to reduce the risk of the airbag getting caught between the instrument panel of a vehicle and an out of position occupant. The manner in which the airbag and deployment flap are folded prior to deployment alters their deployment characteristics, such as trajectory.
US08407960B2
An article of flashing for a deck includes a channel with a back leg, a first side leg, and a second side leg and further includes an attachment flange fixedly connected to the channel where the channel is adapted to receive decking. A deck flashing system includes a deck with a surface and at least one edge, decking forming the surface of the deck, and flashing extending along the at least one edge, the flashing having a channel adapted to receive the decking. A method of trimming a deck includes erecting deck framing, installing decking on the framing, and installing flashing on at least one edge or the entire perimeter of the deck.
US08407959B2
A reinforced shrinkage compensating concrete slab has a major outer and inner faces defining a slab thickness and a centroid portion surrounded by a peripheral portion having outer peripheral edges defining a bulkhead length and width. A first plurality of reinforcing bars is embedded within the concrete slab on a plane which is substantially parallel to the major outer and inner faces. The first reinforcing bars extend in a first array having a first dimension defining a first on-centers-each-way orientation. A second plurality of reinforcing bars is embedded within the peripheral portion of the concrete slab in a second array which is a substantially intersecting and coplanar construction in relation to the first reinforcing bars. The second plurality of reinforcing bars are restricted to the peripheral portion and aligned with the expansive and shrinkage forces on a second dimension defining a second on-centers-each-way orientation so that the expansive and shrinkage forces are restrained.
US08407951B2
A modular synthetic floor tile comprising: (a) an upper contact surface; (b) a plurality of openings formed in the upper contact surface, each of the openings having a geometry defined by structural members configured to intersect with one another at various intersection points to form at least one acute angle as measured between imaginary axes extending through the intersection points, the structural members having a smooth, planar top surface forming the contact surface, and a face oriented transverse to the top surface; (c) a transition surface extending between the top surface and the face of the structural members configured to provide a blunt edge between the top surface and the face, and to reduce abrasiveness of the floor tile; and (d) means for coupling the floor tile to at least one other floor tile.
US08407944B2
A conferencing assembly, the assembly comprising a support, at least one table top member forming a substantially flat top surface, the at least one top member supported by the support with the flat surface substantially horizontal, the at least one top member including at least first and second substantially straight edge sections where the second edge section forms an angle with respect to the first edge section of less than substantially sixty degrees and at least first and second display screens positioned adjacent and substantially parallel to the first and second edge sections, respectively, each of the first and second display screens facing across at least a portion of the top surface of the top member.
US08407941B2
A driving device for driving two door panels to synchronously move has a rail rod, an endless cord and multiple clamping assemblies. The endless cord is parallel to the rail rod and is mounted at a position at inner sides of the door panels. The clamping assemblies are securely connected to the cord, are moveable relative to the rail rod and clamp the door panels. Each clamping assembly has a front clamping panel and a rear clamping panel. The front clamping panel is mounted on an outer side of a corresponding one of the door panels. The rear clamping panel is mounted on the inner side of the corresponding door panel and is connected securely to the front clamping panel and the cord. Accordingly, the conjunction positions between clamping assemblies and a cord are hidden by the inner sides of the door panels.
US08407937B2
A door operator for selectively opening and closing a side hinge door. The door operator may include a motor with a drive shaft, an operator arm assembly, a door position sensor, and a controller. The operator arm assembly may include an output shaft operatively coupled to the drive shaft, an operator arm, and a clutch assembly mounted to the output shaft. The door position sensor, which may be electro-magnetic, signals the controller when the door is not closed. If the door has been manually pushed open, the controller signals the motor to rotate the drive shaft in the closing direction. In automatic mode, the output shaft and the operator arm are operatively engaged, but manual force to open the door overcomes static friction between the operator arm and friction discs in the clutch assembly, operatively disengaging the operator arm and output shaft until the manual force is removed.
US08407936B1
A flower belt comprises a belt member and a plurality of belt attachments. The belt member comprises a durable, flexible elongated body with an adjustable securing means designed to securely affix around a tree trunk. The belt member further comprises a hook attachment means which enables the securing and removably receiving the plurality of belt attachments. The hook attachment comprises hooks outwardly disposed for suspending the belt attachments.
US08407933B2
In an above-ground termite station for detecting and controlling termites above ground in an operating configuration of the termite station, a container of the termite station defines an interior space and is at least in part configured for abutting against and being mounted on an above-ground mounting surface. The container is configurable between a closed configuration and an open configuration in which the interior space of the container is accessible while the container is mounted on the mounting surface. A cartridge is sized and configured for insertion in and removal from the interior space of the container and is generally an aggregation member, a bait matrix separate from the aggregation member, and a holder at least in part holding the aggregation member and bait matrix in assembly with the holder for positioning of the cartridge relative to the interior space of the container as a single unit.
US08407927B2
Described is a locking stop mechanism for a riflescope that includes at least one rotatable reticle adjustment dial mounted on a scope body. It includes a stop member on the adjustment dial at a preselected position and a lock member on the scope body. The lock member is positioned to engage the stop member upon rotation of the adjustment dial to a preselected setting. The lock member is configured to prevent rotation of the adjustment dial in either direction when engaged with the stop member while allowing free rotation in at least one direction when the lock member is manually displaced and when the stop member is not engaged with the lock member at the preselected setting.
US08407922B1
The present device is an ammunition clip for holding rounds for a firearm having a magazine receiver. The clip includes a first channel for holding the rounds with the rim of each round protruding out. A cover is fixable with an open side of the first channel and holds the rims of each round slidably therein. A second channel is fixed adjacent to the first channel and holds the rounds with the rim of each round protruding outwards. A flange of the cover is adapted to retain rounds in the second channel when the cover is positioned over the first channel. With the first channel empty of rounds, the cover may be removed and slid over the rounds in the second channel. The cover is then lifted away from the second channel and fixed over the open side of the first channel to fill the first channel with more rounds.
US08407914B2
A device for refreshing fabrics by reducing malodors and/or wrinkles without requiring that the fabrics to be put through an entire standard laundry process. The device comprises an extractable drawer which is pulled out of the device to allow for loading of a fabric into a receiving region. The extractable drawer can then be closed transporting the fabric into the interior of the device. A fabric treatment composition is sprayed or otherwise dispensed onto the fabrics when the device is operated. The device comprises an air flow path and a heating element which allows for the fabrics to be treated during use and comprises a passive heat management system within the shell to minimize formation of hot spots and direct air flow away from the side walls. The extractable drawer of the present invention can be positioned to extract laterally or vertically out of the shell of the device.
US08407913B2
A conditioner infuser cartridge for use with a dryer attachment having an attachment end for engagement with a hair dryer barrel, an opposite air outlet end and a perforated portion between the ends having at least one air intake, the cartridge configured for engagement near the attachment end and including a conditioner element constructed and arranged for retaining a supply of vaporizable conditioner and a support frame receiving the conditioner element and securing same in the attachment.
US08407912B2
The technology relates to spray dried plasma and methods of making the same. The method includes providing plasma to a spray drying apparatus, spray drying the plasma, at the spray drying apparatus, to form physiologically active plasma powder, the spray drying apparatus configured utilizing one or more parameters, and storing the physiologically active plasma powder.
US08407910B2
A gauge (1) for rig-related measurements of a rowing boat involves a graduated slider (2) which is slidable longitudinally within a tube (3) that is parallel-mounted via pivoted links (6) on a bar (4). A head (9) of the slider (2) carries a laser (10) and is used with the bar (4) located in a seat-runner 21 to sight its beam B on the swivel-pin (24) or the face-of-work (27) of an oarlock (23). A reading of the slider-graduations is made and then again after the slider (2) has been extended with the head (9) turned down to bring the beam (B) onto the heel (25) of a rowing shoe (26) fixed in the boat. Difference between the readings gives the work-to-heel distance. Measurement of the distance-through-the-work is made from the swivel-pin (24) or face-of-work (27), to either the front end of the runners (21) or the front of the seat (22) when pushed fully forward. In an alternative gauge, the sighting device is a gun-sight mounted on a graduated slider (32) which slides on a mounting plate (37) that has feet (38) for engagement in a seat-runner (21) of the boat.
US08407909B2
A tape measure carrier for use in taking internal measurements includes a side wall and a base extending from the sidewall. The sidewall is of sufficient thickness so a tape measure chip will snugly slide down over the top of the sidewall to seat the tape measure on or close to the base. A base shelf is formed at the forward end of the base. A clear window piece is mounted to the base or sidewall so as to extend spaced over and parallel to the base shelf to form a channel therebetween. The channel is located and sized to allow free horizontal passage of the tape measure tape through the channel. A cross hair on the window piece is positioned to provide a known pre-determined distance between the cross hair and the rearmost end of the carrier.
US08407906B2
A portable device for measuring deflection of a surface, comprising an elongate frame having a first end and a second end and a first datum surface, a first removable reference assembly adjacent the first end, a second removable reference adjacent the second end, a deflection gauge attached to the elongate frame between the first removable reference assembly and the second removable reference assembly, and wherein the deflection gauge engages and measures a deflection of the surface relative to the first removable reference assembly and the second removable reference assembly.
US08407901B2
A drive apparatus for a reciprocating tool includes a plunger and a wobble plate interface operatively connected to a drive shaft assembly. The wobble plate interface includes a lower portion having an effective lower pivot connection, and an upper pivot connection to a rear portion of the plunger. The wobble plate interface is configured to reciprocate the plunger generally in its lengthwise direction during alternating cutting and return strokes. The distances between the upper and lower pivot connections of both the rocker and wobble plate interface together with the distance between the upper pivot connections thereof to the plunger define a four bar mechanism that produces a path of movement of an attached cutting blade that is effective to apply a progressive non-linear cutting force to a work piece during the cutting stroke.
US08407895B2
Described herein are methods for forming a clip for mounting panels to a support frame. The clip has a common support area and a pair of extending panel holder elements extending in opposite directions from the common support area, where one of the extending panel holder elements extends further from the common support area than the other.
US08407879B1
In a method for assembling a dispenser/applicator, a closure/applicator is assembled over an applicator body. The applicator body contains a body of personal care product. A seal is applied over the closure/applicator. A cap is assembled over the closure/applicator. The closure/applicator may be installed with a plurality of pins protruding through apertures in the closure/applicator. The pins may guide an end of an elevator screw into a complementary boss of the closure/applicator.
US08407870B2
Provided is a method for manufacturing a high-quality piezoelectric vibrator in which reliable air-tightness of the inside of the cavity is maintained, and stable conduction between the piezoelectric vibrating reed and the outer electrodes is secured. The manufacturing method includes a penetration hole forming step of forming a plurality of penetration holes 30 on a base substrate wafer 40; a core portion insertion step of inserting core portions 7 of a rivet member 9 into the penetration holes from one side of the wafer; a melting step of bringing the rear surface of the base portion 8 of the rivet member into contact with the wafer to close the opening end on the one side of the penetration holes, heating the wafer while pressing the other side of the wafer so as to melt a surface portion on the other side of the wafer to produce a liquid base substrate material 41, and causing the material to flow into gaps between the inner circumferential walls of the penetration holes and the rivet member from the other side of the penetration holes so as to close the gaps; a curing step of cooling and curing the material poured into the gaps; and a polishing step of removing the base portion and polishing the wafer and the rivet member so that the base substrate wafer and the core portion are planarized.
US08407868B2
The present invention discloses a method for manufacturing an eyelet for a tarpaulin, the eyelet having upper and lower eyelet bodies each provided with a plurality of fixing protrusions formed in a shape of concentric circles on one surface thereof in such a manner that the plurality of fixing protrusions formed on the upper eyelet body confront to the plurality of fixing protrusions formed on the lower eyelet body, the method comprising the following steps of: a step of positioning the upper and lower eyelet bodies by using a conveying means in such a manner as to place the tarpaulin there between; a step of punching a given position on the tarpaulin fabric by means of a punching machine with an integrally-formed ultrasonic horn; a step of conveying the upper and lower eyelet bodies to a position of the ultrasonic horn and fusing the upper and lower eyelet bodies to the tarpaulin through the compression of the ultrasonic horn; a step of fusing a protruded part extending upwardly from the circumference of a through-hole of the lower eyelet body by compression in the ultrasonic-fusing step to form an inner circumferential edge part; and a step of passing a rope through the through-hole of the eyelet mounted on the tarpaulin.
US08407866B2
A foldable attachment clip assembly including a receiving body portion having a hollow interior and a slotted opening extending along the length which receives and retains a crossbar of a stirrup connection portion. The crossbar of the stirrup connection portion is adapted for press-fit insertion through the relatively narrow width slotted opening which opens into a wider diameter retention pocket at the interior of the receiving body portion. Following attachment, the receiving body portion and the stirrup connection portion can rotate relative to one another about an axis defined generally by the crossbar within the retention pocket. Upon application of a tensioning force, the clip is substantially straightened and the receiving body pulls tight against the crossbar in a secure relation.
US08407864B2
Systems and methods are operable to secure a coiled portion of an electrical cord, a cable, or a rope. An exemplary embodiment has a coil securing portion with an interior surface, a collapsing portion joined with the coil securing portion, and a means for securing the coil retainer in a collapsed position. The coil securing portion and the collapsing portion cooperatively define a substantially tubular interior region and an opening, wherein the interior region is configured to receive a coil portion inserted through the opening when the coil retainer is in an open position. The coiled portion is frictionally secured by the interior surface of the coil securing portion when the coil retainer is secured in the collapsed position.
US08407859B1
A riser hinge (10) is disclosed which includes a mounting flange assembly (12) pivotally coupled to a strap assembly (15). The cylindrical portion (52) includes an upper strap bearing (54) and a lower strap bearing (55) which are each mounted partially within the cylindrical portion. The strap cylinder portion has a space (82) which includes an enlarged portion (83) flanked by narrowed portions (84) at stop ledges (85). The upper strap bearing and lower strap bearing each have a vertically oriented, elongated, locking tongue or flange (87) with a narrowed portion (88) extending to an enlarged portion or stop (89), which enables them to be removably mounted within the space.
US08407851B2
A vacuum cleaner comprises a hair collection assembly having a hair collection element adapted to collection hair from a surface to be cleaned. The hair collection element is configured to collect hair on the surface to be cleaned substantially only when the cleaning head is moved in a first direction and substantially not when the cleaning head is moved in a second direction.
US08407850B2
The invention relates to a vacuum suction and cleaning apparatus comprising a nozzle (38), ventilation means (40), a clean water tank (20), an air-water separator (50), a recovery tank (4) for soiled liquid and/or dirt, a handle (5) for manipulation with one hand, a heating means (19) using a ceramic for electrical and thermal insulation.It is wherein the separator (50) comprises a brush (2) driven in rotation, that prolongs the ventilation means (40), rotating with a turbine (11) or nozzle (51) serving as support, and that the apparatus (100) comprises an air evacuation hose (6) incorporated in the handle (5) prolonging a by-pass, and that the recovery tank (4) is located under the separator (50).
US08407840B2
An embodiment of a self-releasing cable lift system may include a latch coupled to a winch and operable to lift an object, such as a gangway, into a secured position before self-releasing after the object is locked into place. Such a latch may be biased to an open position when setting free, but biased to a closed position when acted upon by an outside surface. Thus, the latch includes a first biasing surface that is operable to bias the latch to the closed position when the latch is moved into contact with a latch receptacle in a first direction. Further, the latch includes a second biasing surface that is operable to bias the latch to a closed position when it is moved into contact with a sleeve, in a second direction. In this manner, the latch may engage a gangway, when lowered, but then self-release when the gangway has been raised.
US08407832B2
An infant support structure with a collapsible frame is disclosed. In one embodiment, the infant support structure includes a frame with a coupling or lock mechanism that is configured to maintain the collapsible frame in a deployed or use configuration.
US08407821B2
An intelligent flushing system uses odor sensors and cameras to monitor interior conditions of a plumbing product and detect wastes. Recognition of need to activate a flush mechanism is determined by a control unit in accordance with conditions and wastes detected through processed sensor data and camera captured images. Water conservation is achieved by performing diagnostic and preinstalled flush procedures with controlled flush volumes. Flush performance assessment results and related data are stored in a database for statistical analysis and fine-tuning computation for continuous operation betterment. An apparatus with control methods coordinate data and signal processing, flush activation, data storage and communication. All processed information may be transported between various individually operable intelligent flushing systems, information systems of the user, supplier and others via network connection.
US08407813B2
A pair of protective pants, such as firefighter's pants or rescue provider's pants, has an upper portion, which when covers a lower region of a wearer's torso, and two leg portions, each of which when worn covers one of the wearer's legs. Each leg portion has an upper region, which extends downwardly from the upper portion, and a lower region, which extends upwardly from a lower end of such leg portion toward the upper region and which terminates not higher than where such leg portion when worn covers the wearer's knee. The pair of protective pants, at the lower region of each leg portion but not elsewhere, has an outer layer of puncture-resistant material.
US08413255B2
A DRM method and DRM-enabled mobile device are provided, in which determinations are made as to whether a playback request is input for replaying a media file, and, if so, whether the media file is a rights-protected media file on the basis of a file format of the media file. If the media file is a rights-protected media file, at least one sample playback part of the rights-protected media file is verified and replayed; otherwise, the entire rights-protected media file is replayed.
US08413247B2
Endpoints in an enterprise security environment are configured to adaptively switch from their normal data collection mode to a long-term, detailed data collection mode where advanced analyses are applied to the collected detailed data. Such adaptive data collection and analysis is triggered upon the receipt of a security assessment of a particular type, where a security assessment is defined as a tentative assignment by an endpoint of broader contextual meaning to information (i.e., data in some context) that is collected about an object of interest. A specialized endpoint is coupled to the security assessment channel and performs as a centralized audit point by subscribing to all security assessments, logging the security assessments, and also logging the local actions taken by endpoints in response to detected security incidents in the environment. The specialized endpoint is arranged to perform various analyses and processes on historical security assessments.
US08413246B2
Concepts and technologies are described herein for evaluating shellcode findings. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, shellcode findings can be evaluated to determine if the shellcode findings are legitimate, or if the shellcode findings are false positive shellcode findings. Legitimate shellcode findings can be determined based not simply upon patterns associated with the suspected shellcode itself, but also based upon a pattern of bit-level entropy in the memory around the suspected shellcode. Mathematical models of the memory can be generated and analyzed to determine if the shellcode finding is legitimate.
US08413242B2
After an initialization process (S10), the access controller of the external storage device performs authentication using a password (S20, S30). If authentication is successful, the successfully authenticated state is saved, and the host computer is notified that the HD storage portion is accessible (S40). Subsequently, it is decided whether SOF packets are being periodically sent from the host computer (S50), and if periodic sending has been interrupted (S50: NO), the connection to the host computer will be deemed lost, and the saved authenticated state will be deleted (S60).
US08413240B2
Information processing device, information processing method, and computer readable recording medium
An example of a device comprises a storage which stores data which is input from outside and to which tracking information is added, a section which detects a first reading event of first data from the storage to which the tracking information is added, a section which detects, after the first reading event, a first writing event to part of character string data to the storage, a section which detects, after the first writing event, a second reading event of second data from the storage to which the tracking information is added, a section which detects, after the second reading event, a second writing event to part of the character string data to the storage, and a section which adds, when the first reading/writing event, second reading/writing event are detected, the tracking information to data to be written to the storage by the first and second writing event.
US08413239B2
System and methods for injecting content into a response for improving client-side security. The system includes a content injection service external to network edges of at least one system. The content injection service receives a request from a client within the at least one system and identifies or anticipates a potential threat associated with the response. The content injection service is configured to determine an appropriate counter for the identified or anticipated potential threat and in response injects content into the response according to the potential or anticipated threat identified.
US08413235B1
A security module on a client monitors file creations at the client and reports heritage data describing the monitored file creations to a security server. A file categorization module at the security server receives file heritage data reports from a plurality of clients. The heritage data reports identify parent files that created executable child files at the clients. The file categorization module filters the heritage data to identify and prioritize parent files that are not categorized. The file categorization module analyzes the uncategorized files in priority order to categorize the files as “expected executable file creators” or “executable file creators of interest.” The file categorization module reports the file categorization data to the security modules of the clients. The security modules use the file categorization data to identify malware at the clients.
US08413232B2
Disclosed are a terminal and a method for controlling thereof that load a user authorization function in a terminal such as a remote controller that remotely controls an external display apparatus such as a TV, etc. and allow only users who accept user authorization to use the display apparatus.
US08413219B2
A computer-implemented system and method for verifying access to a network account are provided. A first user communication portal is associated with a user network account. A request to access the user network account is received from a second user communication portal. Security criteria related to the second user communication portal is determined. Access to the user network account is enabled upon receipt of a communication associated with the first user communication portal when the security criteria is of a predetermined value.
US08413218B1
A system, method, and computer-usable medium are disclosed for masking the identity of a human agent by transforming a live video transmission into a persona video transmission. A request is received from a user for a videoconference with a human agent. A persona is selected and associated with a human agent. The videoconference is then conducted, using data associated with the persona to transform the live video transmission of the human agent into a persona video transmission, which is correlated to the live video transmission.
US08413211B2
A storage medium on which is recorded a program for causing an information processing device. The program executes, an access right management information obtainment process for obtaining access right management information, a violation detection process for obtaining a policy from a policy storing unit for storing the policy set for the resource or the access to the resource, for checking whether or not the access right management information complies with the policy, and for detecting access right management information, a policy compliance level calculation process for calculating a risk score in accordance with a degree of risk of the violation, and for calculating a level of compliance with the policy.
US08413208B2
A computer readable medium stores a data management program that manages data, provides the data to a client connected over a network, and is capable of performing communications in accordance with a plurality of types of protocols, the data management program causing a computer to execute a process for the data management, the process comprising managing an access right to the data; managing basic policy information concerning a protocol used for providing the data to the client; managing protocol information that sets, for each protocol, data capable of using the protocol as a protocol used for providing the data; analyzing an environment of the client when a data request from the client is received; and determining a protocol used for providing the requested data according to the analyzed client environment, the access right, the basic policy information and the protocol information.
US08413204B2
A method of interacting with home automation systems via a set-top box device is disclosed and includes receiving data at a set-top box device from one of a plurality of home automation systems communicating with the set-top box device. The data indicating that a triggering event has been detected at the home automation system. The method also includes sending an alert to a display device coupled to the set-top box device indicating that the triggering event has occurred.
US08413202B2
According to one embodiment, a content reception apparatus includes a communication module and a communication controller. The communication module is configured to communicate with a content transmission and reception control apparatus. The communication controller is configured to communicate with the content transmission and reception control apparatus by the communication module, to receive content transmittable time information of a content transmission apparatus managed by the content transmission and reception control apparatus, to request content managed by the content transmission apparatus based on the content transmittable time information, and to receive the content.
US08413193B2
An interactive television program guide system with digital storage is provided. The program guide gives users the ability to store information associated with recorded programs in a directory in the digital storage device thereby providing easy access to program information. The program guide may also provide a global media library for indicating the programs stored on removable storage media used with the program guide. The guide may also allow the user to manage and maintain a user media library to do the same. Non-time-sensitive data associated with recorded programs may be stored in a way that allows the user to interact with the data on playback as if the program were being originally aired. The program guide also allows the user to define “super-programs” for playback of a sequence of stored programs or program segments.
US08413171B2
The present invention provides a unified layer for Plug and Play (PnP) components and power management components while relieving device drivers from system-level complexities associated with implementing PnP and/or power management functionality. The layer operates at a level between low-level device drivers and more complex operating system tasks. The subject invention simplifies designing device drivers having proper power management support by creating an infrastructure that allows a device driver to operate within a driver framework or model and without having to process Plug-and-Play or Power Management I/O Request Packets (IRPs) directly.
US08413169B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed for time-based event processing using punctuation events. A particular method includes receiving a first event object comprising a first validity start time and a first validity end time, where the first validity end time is initially undefined. A punctuation object is received after the first event object. The punctuation event object has a punctuation timestamp indicating a time subsequent to the first validity start time. The punctuation event object indicates that event objects to be received at the computer system after the punctuation event object have validity start times later than the time indicated by the punctuation timestamp. The method includes setting the first validity end time to a value later than or equal to the time indicated by the punctuation timestamp.
US08413168B2
An apparatus for providing an event scheme for a context model may include a processor and a memory storing executable instructions that in response to execution by the processor cause the apparatus to at least perform operations including defining an event scheme comprising at least two phases and providing the event scheme for use in a topologically independent context model. One of the at least two phases defined may enable provision of a notification from a consumer application to a data provider and the other of the at least two phases may enable provision of a notification from the data provider to the consumer application. The context model may be configured to provide access by consumer applications to property information of data providers via the context model.
US08413165B2
A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to a maintenance order business object.
US08413164B1
A system and method for performing diagnostics on a computer system having a plurality of physical hardware devices includes associating a logical device with a physical hardware device of the computer system. The logical device is provided with a programmatic interface that abstractly reproduces a functionality of the physical hardware device associated with the logical device and insulates the logical device from device-specific particulars needed to communicate with the physical hardware device. The logical device is associated with a translator that is capable of communicating with the physical hardware device associated with the logical device using the device-specific particulars needed to communicate with that physical hardware device.
US08413157B2
A mechanism for varying stress on a software application while processing real user workloads is disclosed. A method of embodiments of the invention includes configuring application resources for a recovery configuration whose service levels are satisfactory. The application resources are associated with the software application. The method further includes configuring the application resources for stress configurations to affect service levels, and transitioning the application resources from the recovery configuration to a stress configuration for a time duration, while the application resources of the stress configuration are transitioned back to the recovery configuration. The method further includes determining a next stress configuration and a time duration combination to vary stress such that user service levels are unobtrusively affected by limiting the time duration in inverse relation to an uncertainty in predicting the service level impact of the stress configuration.
US08413154B2
A method includes receiving a process request, identifying a current state of a device in which the process request is to be executed, calculating a power consumption associated with an execution of the process request, and assigning an urgency for the process request, where the urgency corresponds to a time-variant parameter to indicate a measure of necessity for the execution of the process request. The method further includes determining whether the execution of the process request can be delayed to a future time or not based on the current state, the power consumption, and the urgency, and causing the execution of the process request, or causing a delay of the execution of the process request to the future time, based on a result of the determining.
US08413153B2
Apparatus and methods are provided for utilizing a plurality of processing units. A method comprises selecting a pending job from a plurality of unassigned jobs based on a plurality of assigned jobs for the plurality of processing units and assigning the pending job to a first processing unit. Each assigned job is associated with a respective processing unit, wherein the pending job is associated with a first segment of information that corresponds to a second segment of information for a first assigned job. The method further comprises obtaining the second segment of information that corresponds to the first segment of information from the respective processing unit associated with the first assigned job, resulting in an obtained segment of information and performing, by the first processing unit, the pending job based at least in part on the obtained segment of information.
US08413144B1
Various systems and methods can provide application-aware high availability of virtual machines. For example, one method involves receiving information indicating a state of an application executing in a virtual machine. The information is received by a computing device implementing a virtual machine monitoring agent that is monitoring the virtual machine. In response to receiving the information, the method determines whether the virtual machine should be restarted, based at least in part on the state of the application executing in the virtual machine. The method then generates information indicating whether the virtual machine should be restarted, in response to making the determination.
US08413139B2
Applications executing on computer systems may execute in a virtual environment, such as a web application executing in a web browser. An application may access the actual computing environment (such as the filesystem), but this accessing may be complicated; e.g., the computing environment may be deployed across many computers and devices, and may be synchronized for offline access via a local cache. A computing environment component may service the complex computing environment (e.g., by managing the cache and retrieving remotely stored data objects) and expose it as a well-organized set of data objects. A virtual environment interface (e.g., a web browser plug-in) may allow applications hosted in the virtual environment to access the computing environment through the computing environment component. Programmatic interfaces may also be implemented to permit such accessing via familiar programming languages and techniques, such as JavaScript libraries exposed to web applications in the web browser.
US08413133B2
A software update management apparatus includes a migration pattern table generation unit for reading a pre-migration environment table and a post-migration environment table and judging a migration content between before and after the update, for each function of a target disk node, and for reading a migration pattern determination table and determining a migration pattern to be applied to the target disk node based on the migration content and the migration pattern determination table. The software update management apparatus also has an update unit for reading the post-migration environment table, issuing an instruction to the target disk node according to the migration pattern determined by the migration pattern table generation unit, and updating software which executes each function of the target disk node.
US08413121B2
According to one embodiment, a method for storing trace events in a database table includes reading a group of parameters from the table. The group of parameters includes parameters indicative of the maximum number of records, the most recently added record, and the total number of records in the table. The method further includes receiving a trace event. The method also includes storing the trace event as a record in the table based on the group of parameters. The method further includes updating the group of parameters before receiving the next trace event.
US08413119B2
An efficient, logical and expressive type system supports the combination of refinement types and type membership expressions, as well as a top type that encompasses all valid values as members. Various embodiments verify the validity of subtyping relationships by translating to first-order logic, and invoking a general-purpose theorem prover with the first-order logic as input. In contrast to treating formulas as types, types are translated into formulas of standard first-order logic. Moreover, to represent data structures of the programming language as first-order logic, universal and existential quantifiers of first-order logic, and function symbols in terms, are exploited. Data intensive applications can be generated, verified, and deployed with greater speed and scale.
US08413118B2
A system and method for creating and using configuration diagrams for configuring distributed systems. The methods described herein may be used for various types of operations in configuring distributed systems, including creating programs, managing programs in the distributed system, deploying programs to various distributed devices, configuring remote execution or inter-operation of distributed programs, and executing distributed applications. Embodiments of the invention utilize graphical iconic-based techniques for performing the above operations. The configuration diagram may include device icons which represent devices and program icons which represent programs. Device icons and program icons may be associated with each other to accomplish various program creation and deployment operations. Device icons and program icons may also interact with graphical program nodes or icons. Context sensitive device connections and/or program connections are displayed. An asynchronous data flow node may be used to facilitate asynchronous data flow between two graphical programs. The distributed system may also support distributed graphical debugging.
US08413115B1
In accordance with certain embodiments of the present disclosure, specifying integration points of a system-of-systems includes identifying an integration point that associates interfaces of system components. The integration point is characterized according to the identification to generate a set of attributes describing the interfaces. The integration point is specified according to the set of attributes.
US08413111B2
In various embodiments, a data-driven model is provided for an application detection engine for the detection and identification of network-based applications. In one embodiment, information can be input into an application detection database. The information may include a hostname, ports, transport protocol (TCP/UDP), higher layer protocol (SOCKS, HTTP, SMTP, FTP, etc), or the like. The information may be associated with a given application. The information may be used to create rule sets or custom program logic used by one or more various application detection engines for determining whether network traffic has been initiated by a given application. The information may be dynamically loaded and updated at the application detection engine.
US08413108B2
A system and method for facilitating analysis of a software project. Intrinsic measures, activity-based measures, or dynamic measures associated with the project are received, including measures associated with physical program units and logical program units of the project. Mappings between physical program units and logical program units are generated. An architectural diagram including logical program units is received, and may include additional mappings of the logical program units. The mappings are used to roll up measures from physical project units to logical project units, and from logical project units to other logical project units. An overlay diagram is generated, including the rolled up measures. The overlay diagram includes the architectural diagram and a representation of rolled up measures associated with each logical project unit on the diagram. The representations employ a graphic format that facilitates a user determining risk areas of the software project. A user may view effects of project changes prior to checking them into source control.
US08413101B2
In an embodiment, a method includes retrieving a layout of an integrated circuit design from a non-transitory computer readable medium, identifying a silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) structure in the layout, identifying a current injection site in the layout, and determining if a distance between the identified current injection site and the identified SCR structure is less than a first threshold. A violation is flagged if the determined distance is less than the first threshold.
US08413091B2
A mechanism is provided for simplifying a netlist before computational resources are exceeded. For each of a set of suspected equivalences in a proof graph of a netlist, a determination is made as to whether equivalence holds for at least one of an equivalence or an equivalence class by identifying whether the equivalence or equivalence class is either affecting or non-affecting. Responsive to the equivalence or equivalence class being affecting, a proof dependency is recorded as an edge in a proof graph. For each node in the proof graph, a determination is made as to whether the node has a falsified dependency. Responsive to the node failing to have a falsified dependency, identification is made that all dependencies are satisfied and that the equivalences represented by the node in the proof graph are sequential equivalences. The netlist is then simplified by consuming the sequential equivalences.
US08413088B1
A method and apparatus for producing a verification of digital circuits are provided. In an exemplary embodiment on the invention, a plurality of verification scopes of an integrated circuit design as defined as part of a verification plan. A plurality of verification runs are executed within two or more verification scopes defined by the verification plan. At least two verification runs are selected to merge verification results together. Like named scenarios are merged together for each verification scope to generate merged verification results that are then stored into a merge database. A verification report is generated for the integrated circuit design from the merged verification results. A merge point may be specified so like named subtrees and subgroups may be merged across different verification scopes of selected verification runs. The merge point may combine check and coverage results obtained during simulation with check and coverage results obtained during formal verification.
US08413087B1
Disclosed is an improved approach for managing, tracking, and querying hierarchical data in layouts. According to some aspects, hierarchical grids are employed utilizing a scheme that organizes physical objects into a set of gradually refined grids that avoids the need to maintain duplicates while enhancing the desirable characteristics of existing schemes, including fast query times, fast data structure initialization and reduced memory footprint. Each grid-cell may be further partitioned into sub-containers to more efficiently provide space pruning during query operations. According to one approach, structures maintained to track existence of objects in a descendent hierarchy.
US08413085B2
Methods and systems are provided to reduce the complexity of sequential digital circuitry including cells of unknown function by grouping and defining like instance of combinational circuitry cells. The system groups together cells that feed into the same combination of one or more state cells. The groups of cells are then replaced by clouds which are defined in the netlist for the sequential digital circuitry to produce a simpler representation of the circuitry for analysis purposes and to aid in determining the function of those cells for which the function is unknown.
US08413076B2
An information processing apparatus having a touch-sensitive panel and processing a gesture input performed via the touch-sensitive panel accepts an instruction from a user for transitioning from a first processing state to a second processing state; sets a number of gesture-input-based operations in accordance with the instruction accepted; and executes corresponding processing as a gesture input in the second processing state with regard to gesture inputs of the number of operations set. The information processing apparatus executes corresponding processing as a gesture input in the first processing state with regard to a gesture input after the gesture inputs of the number of operations have been performed.
US08413062B1
A computer implemented method and system for accessing interface design elements via a wireframe mock-up. The method comprises accessing element information describing one or more design elements, determining a location for one or more element links to be placed on a wireframe mock-up, populating the wireframe mock-up with the one or more element links, and providing the populated wireframe mock-up as an interface to access one or more design elements contained within the design element repository. The location is determined from the element information and the element link is placed in the determined location.
US08413052B2
Methods and systems for presenting application modules on a graphical display page are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, content to be displayed on a graphical display page is determined. Then, content features which describe the content that is to be displayed on the graphical display page, and user features which describe characteristics of users are determined. For each application in the plurality of application modules, the probability that specific users will select the application module when displayed on the graphical display page with the determined content is determined based on the content features and the user features. For each application module in the plurality of application modules, an overall score is determined based on the determined probability that the user will select the application module and a commercial value to be paid by a publisher of the application module when it is selected. The recommended application modules are determined to be those application modules in the plurality of application modules which have the highest overall score and which satisfy a set of constraints. Representations of the recommended application modules are displayed on the graphical display page.
US08413049B2
An improved handheld electronic device and associated method enable the phonetic inputting of text using a reduced keyboard and transformation algorithm. The handheld electronic device and method advantageously enable the inputting of languages such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and the like without limitation. The transformation algorithm subjects each of a number of linguistic element permutations to an algorithm such as the Maximum Matching Algorithm or other algorithm to generate a string of words. The transformation algorithm then selects one string of words as a default textual output based on at least one of its minimal number of words and its relatively high attributed frequency value.
US08413048B1
A computer system and method for processing a digital image into reflow content is presented. A computer system includes a processor and a memory. The computer system is configured to process a digital image by first obtaining the digital image, wherein the digital image includes at least some content suitable for conversion into reflow content. The computer system identifies any headers or footers that exist within the digital image. The computer system then processes the digital image into reflow content, excluding any content within an identified header or footer. Headers and/or footers are identified according to one or more aspects indicative of a header/footer, such as separating white space, a separator line, sequences indicative of page numbering, and the like.
US08413041B2
Provided are an apparatus and a method for verifying the validity of an XML document when an XML application operates in an embedded device having a relatively low-performance processor and a small memory so as to prevent errors in the XML application due to wrong information. An XML parser using an external XML validator includes an XML receiver, an external XML validator caller, and a DOM/SAX tree generator. The external XML validator includes a schema/DTD receiver, an XML validator, and an XML validity result transmitter.
US08413035B2
A power control apparatus is provided that includes a calculation unit, a detection unit, a storage unit, a selection unit and an execution unit. The detection unit detects whether a required spare capacity is short, based on the required spare capacity, the spare power, and the total spare power capacity. The storage unit stores power control operation items. The selection unit selects power control operation items if the required spare capacity is short. The execution unit executes application operation of one or more the power control operation items until the required spare capacity becomes available, and executes waiting operation of one or more power control operation items executing the application operation if the required spare capacity is available.
US08413029B2
Methods and structure described herein provide for adjusting an error correction capability of an LDPC error correction code. For example, the system of one embodiment includes a decoder adapted to decode data that has been encoded with a LDPC error correction code. The system also includes a detector communicatively coupled to the decoder and adapted to estimate bit values in the data prior to decoding by the decoder. The detector is further adapted to change bit values based on bit value estimations to reduce the error correction capability of the LDPC error correction code. The reduction in error correction capability is adjustable such that sector failure rates of storage devices may be incrementally analyzed.
US08413028B2
Schemes for creating a surplus of decoding iterations in a decoder are described. The surplus can be used to augment the decoding of signal blocks. The option of using an idle decoder to decode blocks marked as unproductive for decoding is also described.
US08413021B2
Techniques for generating soft values for parity bits in a convolutional decoding process are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises, for each of at least one iteration in at least one soft-input soft-output decoder, calculating intermediate probability values for each possible transition between a first plurality of candidate decoder states at a first time and a second plurality of candidate decoder states at a second time. Two or more partial sums are then computed from the intermediate probability values, wherein the partial sums correspond to possible combinations of two or more systematic bits, two or more parity bits, or at least one systematic bit and at least one parity bit. Soft values, such as log-likelihood values, are then estimated for each of at least one systematic bit and at least one parity bit of the received communications data corresponding to the interval between the first and second times, based on the partial sums.
US08413011B2
A 1-bit error correction method is provided. In the method, a variable node at which an error has occurred is detected based on a number of unsatisfied check nodes that do not satisfy a parity condition among check nodes connected to each of variable nodes and an error in a bit corresponding to the detected variable node is corrected.
US08413009B2
Processing a sequence of data frames in an error correction code (ECC) decoder is disclosed. Processing includes receiving a first data frame in the sequence of data frames, storing the first data frame, initiating processing of the first data frame through the ECC decoder, receiving a second data frame from the input sequence of data frames, storing the second data frame, and initiating processing of the second data frame through the ECC decoder before the first data frame is finished being processed through the ECC decoder.
US08413003B2
A device (110) receives consecutive negative acknowledgments (NACKs) (540), measures a downlink channel quality (530) associated with the device (110), and triggers autonomous retransmission (430) when power is limited in the device (110), when the device (110) is using a minimum usable enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transport format combination (ETFC), and when one of a number of consecutive NACKs (540) is greater than a predefined number or the measured downlink channel quality (530) is less than a predefined threshold.
US08412990B2
Some embodiments provide a method of dynamically tracking data values in a configurable integrated circuit (IC). The method, during a run time of the configurable IC, receives a request for a data value and dynamically configures the configurable IC to monitor the data value. In some embodiments, the method, in dynamically configuring the configurable IC, dynamically configures a debug network of the configurable IC. In some such embodiments, the method, in dynamically configuring the configurable IC, further dynamically configures a set of configurable routing circuits of the configurable IC. In some embodiments the configuration is performed while the IC is implementing a user design circuit.
US08412988B2
A circuit for detecting a fault injection in an integrated circuit including: at least one logic block for performing a logic function of said integrated circuit; an isolation block coupled to receive a signal to be processed and an isolation enable signal indicating a functional phase and a detection phase of the logic block, the isolation block applying, during the functional phase, the signal to be processed to at least one input of the logic block, and during the detection phase, a constant value to the input of the logic block; and a detection block adapted to monitor, during the detection phase, the state of the output signal of the logic block, and to generate an alert signal in case of any change in the state of the output signal.
US08412983B2
A memory test circuit includes a counter circuit that outputs a set signal that is set to the first set value or the second set value alternately in a cycle of the clock signal, an OR circuit that calculates a logical sum of the set signal and the input signal each time when the set signal is output from the counter circuit and outputs a control signal indicating the logical sum of the set signal and the input signal, and a test pattern generation circuit that generates the test pattern for causing the memory to operate in each first cycle if a set value of the control signal is the first set value, or generates the test pattern for causing the memory to operate in each second cycle if the set value of the control signal is the second set value.
US08412973B1
A method and apparatus for providing an interface between a communications device and a medium carrying an approximately periodic waveform are presented. The method includes providing a first signal in response to detecting a predetermined characteristic of the approximately periodic waveform using switching circuitry that draws a first amount of power drawn from the medium, and in response to the first signal, detecting the predetermined characteristic of the approximately periodic waveform using detecting circuitry that draws a second amount of power drawn from the medium, where the detecting circuitry detects the predetermined characteristic with greater accuracy in time than the switching circuitry detects the predetermined characteristic, and the second amount of power drawn from the medium is greater than the first amount of power.
US08412967B2
A method for power saving in an integrated circuit device may include defining an off-switchable analog circuit island including an internal clock generating circuit, and at power-on of the integrated circuit device, supplying to clocked digital circuits of the integrated circuit device an auxiliary clock from the external controller. The auxiliary clock has a frequency determined by the external controller and being lower than the root clock signal. The method includes supplying external reset commands to the integrated circuit device until an active functioning condition of the integrated circuit device is asserted, and interrupting the supply of the auxiliary clock and enabling supply of the root clock signal to the clocked digital circuits when the active functioning condition of the integrated circuit device is asserted.
US08412963B2
A power supply and data signal transmission method used in an induction type power supply system consisting of a power supply module and a power-receiving module for transmission of electrical energy and data signal is disclosed. The microprocessor of the power supply module scans the resonant point of the power supply coil to send a segment of energy for recognition of a feedback signal from the power-receiving module and then starts providing power supply after receipt of the feedback signal, and then runs further signal modulation, transmission, data decoding and other follow-up steps, achieving transmission of electrical energy and data signal wirelessly.
US08412956B2
An electronic unit includes a processor (P), an input-output device (18) and a cryptographic device (14). The unit is directly connected by two-way data transmission (20) set up between the input-output device and the cryptographic device, the electronic unit being integrated in a microcircuit card.
US08412955B1
The disclosure provides a method and a framework for secure data management, in which the method comprises: enabling, by an enterprise server, a user to download an enterprise application from the enterprise server using a computing device. User authentication credentials are provided by the enterprise server to a user when the user registers with the enterprise server. A unique client ID is assigned for the enterprise application downloaded by the computing device by the enterprise server. Keys for data encryption or decryption are generated by the enterprise server, for different services provided by the enterprise server based on a combination of the unique client ID, a user ID and/or a computing device ID.
US08412953B2
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for annotation driven integrity program verification. The method includes distributing verification calls configured to verify a function across call paths leading to the function in source code, generating a binary from the source code having placeholders associated with the verification calls, and filling each placeholder in the binary with verification data or reference checksums. Alternatively, the method includes receiving source code having a verification call, replacing the verification call with one or more equivalent verification calls distributed over a call path, replacing each verification call with a checksum function generating placeholders while compiling, generating a binary based on the placeholders, and filling each placeholder in the binary with reference checksums. The system includes a processor and a module controlling the processor to perform the methods. The computer-readable storage medium includes instructions for controlling a computer to perform the methods.
US08412941B2
Techniques utilizing common encryption approaches for data from multiple parties enable those parties to discover information that is held in common by the parties without disclosing to any party information that is not held in common by the parties. Encrypted information for each party can be compared to determine which encrypted values match, and those encrypted values can be returned to any of the parties such that a party can determine which corresponding data the parties have in common without having access to any other data of any other parties.
US08412936B2
Systems, methods, and/or techniques (“tools”) for binding content licenses to portable storage devices are described. In connection with binding the content licenses to the portable storage devices (“stores”), a host may perform authentication protocols that include generating a nonce, sending the nonce to a store, and receiving a session key from the store, with the session key being generated using the nonce. The store may perform authentication protocols that include receiving the nonce from the host, generating a random session key based on the nonce, and sending the session key to the host.
US08412925B2
The impact of device configuration changes on operational issues and policy compliance in a computer network can be discerned from a visual data presentation that jointly shows representations of changes, issues, and policy compliance in a common view for a group of network devices. Configuration information is collected from devices in the computer network and processed to determine whether a change has occurred in a configuration of any of the devices, whether any operational issues exist for each of the devices, and whether any of the devices are not in compliance with any applicable operational policies. A display device displays the visual data presentation to allow an operator to see trends and relationships between device configuration changes and operational issues and incidents of policy non-compliance. The visual data presentation can be depicted as a graphical timeline view, a network topology view, or a table view of the information.
US08412924B2
An offline setup recording device used in an electronic apparatus is illustrated. When the electronic apparatus is power on, the total energy storage unit is charged by a power supply through the unidirectional conduction unit, such that a total voltage is stored therein. When the electronic apparatus is power off, a user operates the automatically recovering switch to be conducted, such that the state energy storage unit is charged by the total energy storage through the automatically recovering switch, and a storage voltage signal is stored therein. When the electronic apparatus is power on again, the reading unit receives the power, reads out the storage voltage signal, and outputs a read voltage signal accordingly.
US08412919B2
A method for controlling a multi-port Network Interface Card (NIC) is provided. In a computer using the multi-port NIC with a plurality of NIC ports, a plurality of control options is set into a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup menu, so that a user individually controls the NIC ports. Furthermore, due to the characteristic that after a reference code process in the BIOS restarts a system, the set of hardware becomes effective, an action of controlling the NIC ports is set before a reference code process restarts the system.
US08412915B2
The present invention concerns configuration of a new category of integrated circuitry for adaptive or reconfigurable computing. The preferred adaptive computing engine (ACE) IC includes a plurality of heterogeneous computational elements coupled to an interconnection network. The plurality of heterogeneous computational elements include corresponding computational elements having fixed and differing architectures, such as fixed architectures for different functions such as memory, addition, multiplication, complex multiplication, subtraction, configuration, reconfiguration, control, input, output, and field programmability. In response to configuration information, the interconnection network is operative to configure and reconfigure the plurality of heterogeneous computational elements for a plurality of different functional modes, including linear algorithmic operations, non-linear algorithmic operations, finite state machine operations, controller operations, memory operations, and bit-level manipulations. The preferred system embodiment includes an ACE integrated circuit coupled with the configuration information needed to provide an operating mode. Preferred methodologies include various means to generate and provide configuration information for various operating modes.
US08412914B2
A method for aggregating a program loop in a Macroscalar architecture includes identifying one or more instructions of the program loop having a branch instruction that causes the program loop to branch dependent upon a predicate condition after a memory write operation. The method also includes modifying at least one of the one or more instructions to cause a processor executing the one or more instructions to branch after the memory write operation executed as a vector block for iterations prior to and including an iteration during which the predicate condition is satisfied.
US08412904B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed for managing concurrent storage requests. A multiple storage request receiver module is configured to recognize at least two storage requests from clients for data in storage devices of a storage device set. The at least two concurrent storage requests address a common portion of data. A sequencer module is configured to determine a first storage request and a second storage request from the concurrent storage requests by way of selection criteria. The sequencer module is configured to ensure completion of the first storage request prior to executing the second storage request by receiving an acknowledgment from each of the storage devices of the storage device set that received portions of the first storage request. The portions may be sent to the storage devices to execute the first storage request.
US08412902B2
In a signal processor including storage sections, a start address for starting output of data from an external memory, is input from an external controller to the start address input section. The signal output section outputs a start signal based on a download start instruction from the external controller, and outputs an end signal when download is completed. The output instruction section outputs, based on the start signal, to the external memory a data output instruction of download data for a designated storage section, starting from the start address, and stops output of the data output instruction based on the end signal. The write instruction section outputs a write instruction to the storage sections that allows data writing only to the designated storage section, and the download data is written to the designated storage section when the start signal is input to the output instruction section.
US08412901B2
A computer implemented method for automatically managing copies of source data volumes is provided. A copy management agent receives a message that target volume copies of source volumes are available. The copy management agent accesses the target volume copies of the source volumes. The copy management agent analyzes metadata for the target volume copies. The copy management agent determines whether any of the target volume copies is a boot volume copy based on the analyzed metadata. In response to a determination that one of the target volume copies is a boot volume copy, the copy management agent directs a provisioning agent to provision a new host for the target volume copies. The copy management agent directs the storage subsystem to present the target volume copies to a storage area network port associated with the new host. Then, the new host is booted using the boot volume copy.
US08412899B2
A method of assigning a storage node from a storage grid to a server is presented. The storage grid includes multiple storage nodes capable of backing up a policy stored on the server. The method includes receiving an assignment request which requests assignment of one of the multiple storage nodes of the storage grid to the server to backup the policy stored on the server. The method also includes performing a storage node assignment operation in an automated manner in response to the assignment request, the storage node assignment operation providing an assignment result identifying a storage node assigned to backup the policy stored on the server, the assignment result being based on an assessment of storage space requirements of the policy and available storage space resources of the storage grid. The method further includes notifying the server of the assignment result to effectuate backing up of the policy stored on the server by the storage node.
US08412898B2
The invention relates in particular to a method for automatically backing up digital data preserved in memory in a computer installation to a remote backup system accessible through the computer installation via a data transmission network. This method comprises the steps consisting in: extracting and analysing (202) information regarding the operation of the computer installation and determining (204) parameters of a data backup application for saving data to the backup system, as a function of the result of this analysis, analysing (206) the digital data preserved in memory and classing (208) the digital data analysed into a plurality of classes of different priorities, executing (210) the backup application on at least part of the digital data, as a function of the parameters and classes of priorities determined.
US08412892B2
Access to various types of resources is controlled efficiently, thereby enhancing the throughput. A storage system includes: a disk device for providing a volume for storing data to a host system; a channel adapter for writing data from the host system to the disk device via a cache memory; a disk adapter for transferring data to and from the disk device; and at least one processor package including a plurality of processors for controlling the channel adapter and the disk adapter; wherein any one of the processor packages includes a processor for incorporatively transferring related types of ownership based on specific control information for managing the plurality of types of ownership for each of the plurality of types of resources.
US08412890B2
A scalable, performance-based, volume allocation technique that can be applied in large storage controller collections is disclosed. A global resource tree of multiple nodes representing interconnected components of a storage system in a plurality of component layers is analyzed to yield gap values for each node (e.g., a bottom-up estimation). The gap value for each node is an estimate of the amount in GB of the new workload that can be allocated in the subtree of that node without exceeding the performance and space bounds at any of the nodes in that subtree. The gap values of the global resource tree are further analyzed to generate an ordered allocation list of the volumes of the storage system (e.g., a top-down selection). The volumes may be applied to a storage workload in the order of the allocation list and the gap values and list are updated.
US08412886B2
In such a configuration that a port unit is provided which takes a form being shared among threads and has a plurality of entries for holding access requests, and the access requests for a cache shared by a plurality of threads being executed at the same time are controlled using the port unit, the access request issued from each tread is registered on a port section of the port unit which is assigned to the tread, thereby controlling the port unit to be divided for use in accordance with the thread configuration. In selecting the access request, the access requests are selected for each thread based on the specified priority control from among the access requests issued from the threads held in the port unit, thereafter a final access request is selected in accordance with a thread selection signal from among those selected access requests. In accordance with such a configuration, the cache access processing can be carried out while reducing the amount of resources of the port unit and assuring effective use of such resources.
US08412884B1
It is provided a storage system for storing data requested by a host computer to be written, the storage system comprising: at least one processor, a cache memory and a cache controller. The cache memory includes a first memory which can be accessed by way of either access that can specify an access range by a line or access that continuously performs a read and a write. The cache controller includes a second memory which has a higher flexibility than the first memory in specifying an access range. The cache controller determines an address of an access destination upon reception of a request for an access to the cache memory from the at least one processor, and switches a request for an access to a specific address into an access to a corresponding address in the second memory.
US08412867B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit of the invention comprises a plurality of cores, and an interconnecting network including adaptors connected to each of the cores and a plurality of routers connecting the adaptors to communicate therebetween. The adaptors keep delivery information indicating a delivery condition of a request signal received from the cores and control delivery of the request signal received from the cores in accordance with the delivery information.
US08412861B2
An apparatus and method for automatically switching the operation mode of a Universal Serial Bus (USB) switching circuit in a portable terminal are provided. If an external device is connected to a USB interface unit, a signal is detected from the USB interface unit. The type of external device is identified by the detected signal. If the identified external device is a USB communication device, a communication mode is activated and a signal path is established between an internal module and the USB communication device during the communication mode. A determination is made as to whether an internal event occurs in the portable terminal and an external event occurs in the USB communication device, during the communication mode. The mode of the USB switching circuit is switched to a sleep mode if the internal and external events have not occurred.
US08412856B2
An input/output (I/O) method, system, and computer program product are disclosed. An incoming I/O request is received from an application running on a processor. A tree structure including processor-executable instructions defines one or more layers of processing associated with the I/O request. The instructions divide the data in the I/O request into one or more chunks at each of the one or more layers of processing. Each instruction has an associated data dependency to one or more corresponding instructions in a previous layer. The instructions are sorted into an order of processing by determining a location of each chunk and data dependencies between chunks of different layers of processing. One or more instructions are inserted into a schedule that depends at least partly on the order of processing. The I/O request is serviced by executing the instructions according to the schedule with the processor according to the order of processing.
US08412853B2
A two pin communication interface bus and control circuits are used with circuit boards, integrated circuits, or embedded cores within integrated circuits. One pin carries data bi-directionally and address and instruction information from a controller to a selected port. The other pin carries a clock signal from the controller to a target port or ports in or on the desired circuit or circuits. The bus may be used for serial access to circuits where the availability of pins on ICs or terminals on cores is minimal. The bus is used for communication, such as serial communication related to the functional operation of an IC or core design, or serial communication related to test, emulation, debug, and/or trace operations of an IC or core design.
US08412851B2
Satellite communications system for providing global, high quality movement of very large data files
A system for providing communication services between geographically disbursed source and destination terminals includes at least one airborne or spaceborne wireless communication device, such as a satellite. The wireless communication device is configured to store and forward large data files of at least an aggregated 10 gigabytes. The wireless communication device includes a wireless transceiver for communicating with the source and destination terminals over at least one high bandwidth channel. A mass data storage device stores the large data files for a predetermined period of time that is greater than approximately two minutes. At least one processor is coupled among the mass data storage and wireless transceiver. The processor is configured to control receipt of a large data file from the source terminal and to transmit it to the destination terminal as the wireless communication device nears the destination terminal.
US08412847B2
Network addresses (e.g., IP addresses) are considered candidates for association with organizational entities (organizations or various subgroups thereof), based on some evidence of a relationship between them. The candidate addresses are scored based on one or more factors that indicate a probability that the candidate address actually belongs to the organizational entity. The candidate addresses with sufficient scores are stored as actual associations between the candidate address and the organizational entity.
US08412840B2
A method and system for transmitting a continuous live performance to a media client via a data network for rendering to a user. The method comprises acquiring the continuous live performance as a live stream of digital data and, on receiving a request from the media client to transmit the live performance, repackaging said stream of digital data into a media format compatible with the media client commencing at a current point in said live stream of digital data and transmitting said repackaged digital data to said media client via the data network. The media format comprises a data file having a virtually endless length.
US08412838B1
Systems and methods are described for analyzing the content of resource requests. A tokenizer parses the resource request and derives a key therefrom. A database associates values of the key with categories of service. An association engine uses the key to obtain one or more matching entries from the database, and derive therefrom the desired category of service for the resource request. A cookie engine derives cookie information from a cookie located in the resource request. A session engine derives session information from a session identifier located in a handshake message associated with the resource request. The desired category of service, the cookie information, and the session information are each useful for allocating a resource to the resource request.
US08412836B2
A computing device provides an application that uses multiple protocol stacks to communicate with a server. The server requires messages from each of the protocol stacks to include a credential for a user of the computing device. The credential is a set of information that includes identification and proof of identities that is used to gain access to a resource. However, the user is not prompted for the credential more than once. In some embodiments, this is accomplished by storing the credential at the computing device for retrieval by the protocol stacks when the application uses the protocol stacks to communicate with the server.
US08412828B2
A media resource management method, a media resource management device, a media resource management equipment, and a media resource management system are provided. The media resource management method includes the following steps. First, algorithm complexities of media resources are obtained according to a type of a service, in which the algorithm complexities are algorithm complexities of media resources required by the service. Next, an algorithm complexity of the service is determined according to the algorithm complexities of the media resources required by the service. Then, a capability of processing the service is determined according to the algorithm complexity of the service, and then the media resources are allocated. In the technical solution, through obtaining algorithm complexities of media resources according to a type of a service, determining an algorithm complexity of the service according to the algorithm complexities of media resources required by the service, and determining a capability of processing the service according to the algorithm complexity of the service, and then allocating the media resources, the utilization efficiency of media resources is improved.
US08412824B1
A computer-implemented method for dynamically managing the migration of a single instance of data between storage devices is described. A request to access a single instance of data stored in a storage device is received. A copy of the single instance of data is retrieved from the storage device. A determination is made as to whether a frequency of requests to access the single instance of data satisfies a threshold. The single instance of data is duplicated if the frequency of requests satisfies the threshold. The duplicated single instance of data is stored.
US08412814B2
A system and method for managing the delivery of targeted content. When a user desires to opt-out of receiving targeted content, the user registers with a do-not-target (DNT) registry and is issued a DNT cookie. The DNT cookie is a domain cookie that is stored on a user network access device. A provider of targeted content may look for the DNT cookie stored on the user's network access device. When the DNT cookie is not found, then the provider may deliver targeted content to the user. When the DNT cookie is found, then the provider may not deliver targeted content to the user. A Web site may offer the user an “override” cookie that allows that Web site to provide targeted content, or selected targeted content, even when the user has a DNT cookie. Alternatively, a DNT header can be added to a Web page request that indicates that the user does not want to receive targeted content. The DNT header may be overridden by an override cookie.
US08412813B2
In general, techniques are described that facilitate the reuse of software assets within an enterprise. A system, for example, is described that includes a repository to store artifacts, and an asset source to generate a software asset based on the artifacts. The system further includes an asset management system to receive the software asset from the asset source and store the software asset within an asset library. The system may further include a model having one or more elements, and an asset retrieval module to selectively retrieve a subset of the software assets from the asset library based on input from a user identifying one or more of the elements. The system may also include a subsystem that allows users to customize asset governance processes and tailor system behavior through an event-driven mechanism.
US08412811B1
Network IP sharing techniques are described. An ip address can be assigned that is only valid for a specified time, so that the same IP address can be used for multiple different units, but each IP address is valid only for certain time periods. Another technique describes using the network to continually provide a time indication.
US08412808B2
In a service-based remote support delivery system, service engineers supported by an analysis server receive incident reports from both personal computers and from unmanned servers within an enterprise. The incidents arise both from user-created reports of problems, from event annunciators that monitor hardware and software to report events as they occur, and from the periodic gathering of configuration data. These incident reports are combined with host information and contact information and are transmitted to the analysis server as the central site for processing. All incidents in large enterprises are first collected and stored on an SPOP node. Both proactive and reactive system monitoring is thus combined into a uniform system.
US08412807B2
The invention is a method and apparatus for facilitating facilitates load balancing in a server farm. In accordance with various aspects of the invention, all of the information about each server necessary for a load balancing program to define and execute a load balancing algorithm is stored at a predetermined URL for each server. The load balancer can query the predefined URL, which returns the necessary information. The load balancer then dynamically configures the load balancing algorithm in accordance with the returned information.
US08412806B2
A method and system for setting a time on a network appliance. The method may include attempting to establish a secure connection with a backend server using a certificate issued for a network appliance, and determining that an attempt to establish a secure connection has failed. The method may further include soliciting a response from one or more predefined servers, extracting time data from one or more responses received from the predefined server, and updating the time on the network appliance using the time data extracted from the received responses.
US08412805B2
Techniques are disclosed for synchronizing service data between a data store and a device using the service data. These synchronization techniques may be used with a synchronization method and device that adaptively adjust synchronization parameters, such as the synchronization interval and quantity of synchronized data, on a per-end-user basis in response to actual end-user behavior. In particular, heavy users of service data are rewarded with improved synchronization parameters, such as a combination of shorter synchronization intervals and increased synchronization data quantities, which provides closer to “direct access” performance. Light users of service, on the other hand, are assigned lower cost synchronization parameters, such as longer synchronization intervals and/or decreased synchronization data quantities.
US08412804B2
A technique for providing information relative to an entity's location to an entity in a communication network. A request for information is generated by a first entity wherein the request contains a location of the first entity. The request is then forwarded to a second entity which illustratively is a trusted source in the communication network. The second entity receives the request and identifies the requested information using the location information contained in the request. A notification containing the identified information is then generated by the second entity and forwarded to the first entity. The first entity receives the notification and processes it accordingly.
US08412792B2
A network file transfer and caching system is presented. The system provides multiple access utilities to select and transfer files to other users. The system is of particular use where the size of the files precludes transfer by other means such as e-mail attachments. The system is uniquely integrated into the operating systems by providing right click context menu file selection and process initiation. New utilities enable improved workflow by providing download information without the need to wait for completion of the network transfer process. Network transfer processes may progress in the background without user oversight or intervention. Files are cached and securely available to selected receivers of the files. The caching process may be managed by selected parameters related to number of downloads and time limits for availability of downloads.
US08412788B2
To perform thread-based message prioritization, metadata may be extracted from a received electronic message. Based on the extracted message metadata and accumulated metadata extracted from previously received messages, a message thread to which the received electronic message belongs may be identified. Based on a set of thread priority assessment criteria, a priority level for the message thread may be determined. At least part of the message thread may be processed according to the priority level. The processing may be altering a notification behavior of an electronic messaging client for electronic messages of the message thread. Thread priority assessment may be based on user-configurable criteria that may be set via a graphical user interface. Message thread identification may also be based on user-configurable criteria that may be set via a graphical user interface.
US08412786B2
A message system comprises a communication interface and a processing system. The communication interface is configured to receive a message object addressed to a user. The processing system is configured to store a copy of the message object, process the message object based on user decomposition instructions to generate a decomposed message object, select a delivery mechanism for the decomposed message object based on user delivery instructions, and direct the communication interface to transfer the decomposed message object for delivery to the user according to the delivery mechanism. The communication interface configured to transfer the decomposed message object for delivery to the user according to the delivery mechanism.
US08412774B2
A method and system for multicasting video signals over a network. A standard definition (SD) picture-in-picture (PIP) multicast video signal is encoded from a video signal. A common network address is assigned to the SD PIP multicast video signal for both SD PIP video content and high definition (HD) video content.
US08412767B2
Standard content created for use on non-mobile platforms, such as personal computers, is made available and useful to mobile devices. A request for content from a mobile device is sent to a mobile server using the DNS or a redirect from a standard content server. The mobile server obtains the standard content and normalizes it for use on the mobile device. The normalized content is sent to the requesting mobile device.
US08412765B2
A communication device and method is disclosed for indicating a connection to a network and transmitting a living notification having a term of validity to the network when the device is connected with the network. The disclosed device includes an obtaining unit obtaining a first information representing a device status of the communication device, a determining unit determining a term of validity based on the first information obtained, and a first transmission unit transmitting a living notification having the term of validity determined to the network.
US08412764B1
Mechanisms and techniques operating in a content distribution network in a peering relationship with a second content distribution network. The system maintains a first client list identifying a first set of client devices associated with a first content distribution network. The system also obtains a second client list identifying a second set of client devices associated with a second content distribution network. The system applies a client list filtering technique to the first client list and the second client list to produce a preferred client list associated with the second content distribution network. The preferred client list potentially identifies at least one preferred client device for which the second content distribution network preferably processes client requests. The system then operates a content routing technique to direct a client request associated with a client device to a content distribution network having a preferred client list that identifies the client device associated with the client request as a preferred client device.
US08412745B1
A data structure embodied on a computer-readable medium in conformance with a database schema for accessing and managing data related to a plurality of watchlists in a relational database system in a high demand environment, wherein the database schema comprising a watchlist table, a watchlist entry table for storing high-level information, and a plurality of detail tables for storing detailed information associated with a watchlist.
US08412743B2
A system for information item categorization in which each non-leaf node in a hierarchical organization of nodes represents a category, and each leaf node represents an information item. A number P is associated with each node. For non-leaf nodes, the associated number P is selected from a subset of relatively prime elements chosen from an appropriate Unique Factorization Domain (UFD), such as a set of relatively prime numbers which are a subset of the familiar set of integers. For leaf nodes, P is set to 1. A number M is also associated with each node. For each root node, M is set to the value of P for that node. For each non-root node, M is set to the product of the M's of all parent nodes of the node and the P of that node.
US08412737B2
A retrieval device, from semi-structured data formed by item elements and value elements, creates aggregated structure information from the semi-structured data by aggregating the plurality of child item elements having the same name and directly connected to parent item elements having the same name, into one child item element. The device receives a retrieval request with an output condition and a constraint condition specified on the aggregate structure information. The device determines whether or not a plurality of query are created according to the retrieval request by checking a branch point at the common item elements between the output condition and the constraint condition in the aggregated structured information. And the device outputs a re-aggregate structure information corresponded to the query showing the branch point which is not expressed in the aggregate structure information to the display device.
US08412729B2
This application describes a system and associated methods for enabling users of video editing, compositing, motion graphics, and other applications to easily store and retrieve presets, have presets modified for compatibility with other applications, share presets with each other, and search for shared presets. The users may utilize different applications that store presets according to different application-specific schemas. The system can automatically translate or conform presets from one application-specific schema to a neutral schema and from the neutral schema to another application-specific schema. This allows a user of one application to share his or her presets with users of different applications. Among other things, this cross-application sharing of presets allows the system implementor to create one user community (e.g., of users of different applications), rather than several individual ones (e.g., an individual user community for each different application). Other features of the system and associated methods are also described.
US08412726B2
The related links recommendation technique described herein employs combined collaborative filtering to recommend related web pages to users. The technique creates multiple collaborative filters which are combined in order to create a combined collaborative filter to recommend web pages similar to a given web page to a user. One query-based collaborative filter is created by using query search clicks (e.g., user input device selection actions on search results returned in response to a search query). Another user-behavior-based collaborative filter is created by using query search clicks and user clicks while browsing websites (e.g., user input device selection actions while a user is browsing websites). Lastly, another content-based collaborative filter based on similar content of web pages is created by finding web pages with similar content.
US08412721B2
A query controller accesses a cache comprising information related to data that is newly added to a database, responsive to detecting a data extraction application is ready to query the database for at least one data extraction rule. The information is added to the cache for each new data event received by a data processing application, prior to the data processing application adding the data parsed from each new data event to the database. The query controller evaluates each data extraction rule against the information in the cache to determine whether the information is relevant to at least one data extraction rule. The query controller sends a separate query by the data extraction application to the database only for any particular data extraction rules to which the information is relevant, such that the query controller reduces the number of queries sent for each query period to only queries based on data extraction rules that need to be reevaluated based on the information updated about data that is newly added to the database.
US08412715B2
An information processing apparatus for performing dialogue processing. The apparatus acquires text data described in a natural language and stores a plurality of examples each including an example statement and frame information described using a frame format and corresponding to the example statement. A similarity between the text data and the example statement is calculated. An example is selected corresponding to an example statement whose similarity to the text data is the highest from among the plurality of examples in accordance with the calculated similarity. Text data is converted into the frame format in accordance with the frame information corresponding to the example selected by the example selection. Dialogue processing is performed in accordance with the text data converted into the frame format.
US08412713B2
A database system uses indexes to improve performance. The system can use one or more of the following: differentiated subfields for index clustering; set function calculations to reduce the amount of I/O; and/or using an inferred index in a circular table.
US08412703B2
An information retrieval system for scientific literature provides a summary document for reviewing the results of a query that provides both a text-based summary and an image-based summary, the latter represented by a figure from the document that has a highest ranking indicating its centrality to the concept of the document. A ranking of figures may be done by an analysis of figure-associated text either by supervised machine learning or comparison of text similarities.
US08412698B1
A computerized search filtering method includes receiving on a client system a query from a querier; receiving a selection for a filter record from the querier, the filter record including a set of filter elements; retrieving the filter record from a filter-record database; transferring the query and the filter record to a search filter; adding at least one of the filter elements to the query to generate an amended-query; performing a document-corpus search to identify a set of documents relevant to the amended-query; identifying a subset of the documents that include at least one of the filter elements; and displaying on a display of the client system a set of search results for the subset of the documents.
US08412665B2
User behavior modeling can include determining temporal- or time-based actions performed by various users. From the mined temporal-based user actions, future actions can be predicted. Certain implementations include providing information and/or services based on the predicted future actions. Some implementations, include providing relevant information, services, and/or goods regarding the predicted future action.
US08412664B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for detection of cheating on a cognitive test. In one aspect, a method includes receiving first information concerning a person, the first information specifying the person's responses, and lack thereof, for items of a cognitive test administered to the person, wherein the cognitive test includes multiple item-recall trials used to assess cognitive impairment; analyzing the first information using a classification algorithm trained on second information concerning a group of people to whom the cognitive test has been administered, the classification algorithm generated in accordance with a first part and a second part, the first part distinguishing between cheaters and non-cheaters, and the second part distinguishing between impaired cheaters and non-impaired cheaters; and identifying, based on the analyzing, the person as a cheater requiring a verification test to confirm an initial result of the cognitive test.
US08412657B2
Aggregate scoring is used to help classify digital content such as content uploaded to multi-user websites (e.g., social networking websites). In one embodiment, specific categories are used that relate to a social implication of content. For example, text, images, audio or other data formats can provide communication perceived to fall into categories such as violent, abusive, rights management, pornographic or other types of communication. The categories are used to provide a raw score to items in various groupings of a site's content. Where items are related to other items such as by organizational, social, legal, data-driven, design methods, or by other principles or definitions, the related items' raw scores are aggregated to achieve a score for a particular grouping of items that reflects, at least in part, scores from two or more of the related items.
US08412655B2
There is provided a method of generating a pulmonary index value of a patient, which includes receiving two or more measured patient parameters, wherein at least one of the measured parameters originates from a pulmonary sensor; and computing the pulmonary index value based on the two or more measured patient parameters.
US08412653B2
The present disclosure includes a system and method for learning (or discovering and extracting) business knowledge from a collection of source code. The collection of source code is abstracted to generate an abstracted data stream, which is then transformed to an Extensible Markup Language (XML) format. The transformed data in XML format can be further converted to target formats or processed to satisfy different needs such as software system documentation, migration, impact analysis and security analysis. The disclosure also includes an implementation and operation for a pattern abstraction engine configured to receive an input data stream and format it for abstraction into a standard format using a pattern matching mechanism. The disclosure also includes an implementation and operation for a contextual pattern decoder engine configured to extract knowledge attributes and contextual taxonomy from classified blocks of an input data stream.
US08412649B2
A continuous dynamical system is converted to a Markov decision process (MDP) with discrete states. A predetermined number of continuous states of the continuous system is selected, wherein each continuous state corresponds to one discrete state of the MDP. Delaunay triangulation is applied to the continuous states to produce a set of triangles, wherein vertices of each triangle represent the continuous states. For each discrete state, a next discrete state y=ƒ(x, a) is determined, wherein x represents the continuous state corresponding to the discrete state, a is a control action, and ƒ is a non-linear transition function for the continuous. A particular triangle containing the next discrete state y is identified, and the next discrete state y is expressed as probabilities of transitioning to the discrete states corresponding to the continuous states x represented by the vertices of the particular triangle.
US08412643B2
An apparatus, system, and method for quantifying, aggregating and bundling green incentives based on green construction enables applying at least a portion of the credits/incentives to financial transactions. Quantification includes estimating and/or monitoring usage of utilities, comparing the usage to a predetermined baseline value, and valuating an effectual energy savings that includes actual savings plus incentive values. Quantification relies on a database, which may include credits, deductions, and other green incentives data that contribute to the effectual savings. The effectual savings may be applied to early repayment of a mortgage loan, improved terms for the loan, investment in securities, and/or other trading. The method standardizes values of green incentives in energy units and/or monetary units. The method aids in qualifying the building projects based on a concrete estimation of the effectual energy savings. The method forms a bridge between green or sustainable/renewable technologies and the financial institutions and markets.
US08412640B2
At each of a plurality of transit readers of a transit system, for each of a plurality of riders, where each rider seeks to conduct an access transaction with the transit system for access into the transit facility by using a payment device issued by an issuer in a payment system, data is read from the payment device. The data includes an encryption code that uniquely corresponds to the payment device and was created by the issuer using one or more encryption keys and a predetermined algorithm. A check will be performed, remotely and/or locally, of one or more lists of other encryption codes to determine if the encryption code is on the list. On the basis of whether the encryption code is on the list, the rider is permitted access to the facility of the transit system. The payment device need not be changed for the rider's fare. Decryption of the encryption code read from the payment device is not required to complete the access transaction.
US08412638B2
A method that comprises obtaining a currently received signature from a device; obtaining a candidate identifier associated with the device; consulting a database to obtain a set of previously received signatures associated with the candidate identifier; and validating the currently received signature based on a comparison of the currently received signature to the set of previously received signatures associated with the candidate identifier. Also, a method that comprises obtaining a currently received signature from a device; decrypting the currently received signature to obtain a candidate identifier; and a candidate scrambling code; consulting a database to obtain a set of previously received scrambling codes associated with the candidate identifier; and validating the currently received signature based on a comparison of the candidate scrambling code to the set of previously received scrambling codes associated with the candidate identifier.
US08412635B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for facilitating online storage of files (e.g., audio tracks, video, etc.) for playback/access or sale/exchange by the owners of the files without violating copyrights that copyright holders have in the files. For example, by providing a playback service that does not store additional versions of an audio file when the file is transmitted to, and immediately played on, a user device without buffering, the present invention avoids violating copyright laws by not making copies of the file. Numerous other aspects are disclosed.
US08412625B2
The platform executes secure payment transactions between customers and registered merchants by using remote terminals. When the user authorizes his/her payment data (e.g. using a credit card) to be permanently stored in the central system, it is possible to extend payment functionality to other remote devices (e.g. a mobile phone, a cable-TV, a touch-tone telephone . . . etc). By remotely placing the payment functionality on the central system, payment data are never managed by the merchant or by the user. The system comprises a central computer information system and a number of remote terminals used for executing payment requests. When receiving a payment request, the platform recognizes the user, retrieves from its database his method of payment, the merchant account number and conducts the real payment transaction interacting with external financial institutions.
US08412623B2
The present invention relates particularly to a method and system for consolidating a plurality of a consumer's payment and non-payment source accounts into a consolidated platform with a customer identification or available proxy account numbers that can be assigned to source accounts. The source accounts can be, for example, credit card accounts, ATM accounts, debit card accounts, demand deposit accounts, stored-value accounts, merchant-loyalty card accounts, membership accounts, and identification card numbers. The consumer can access and modify any of the source accounts and manage funds across the source accounts by accessing the consolidated platform with a single access device or mode.
US08412616B2
Systems and methods for providing trading using an eVWAP price in an illiquid market are provided. In an illiquid market there may be little or no actual trades. During a trading period, the eVWAP price is therefore determined from not only trades, but also unmatched bids and offers. The eVWAP price is determined when new information becomes available or at a specified time interval. The final eVWAP price is determined when the sampling period ends. Once the final eVWAP price is determined, the value of the final eVWAP price is published for use as a price to settle a contract.
US08412602B2
A method, computer readable medium and system for sponsored printing of images with promotional material includes identifying at least one of one or more promotional materials for at least one of a one or more images based on at least one criteria. The identified promotional material and the image are provided in a combined format for printing on a media.
US08412592B2
A system and method for locating a product and associated information within a region utilizing a mobile application. Information such as location, cost, and productivity information with respect to the rendering device(s) can be stored in a database associated with a customer accessible unit. A mobile interface configured with a web browser can communicate with the database in order to locate an optimal product based on preferred criteria. A mobile application may include a progressive disclosure menu that provides quick access to productive print solutions and appropriate resources and contacts. The mobile interface can utilize the Global Positioning System to compare the current location to the closest location of optimal rendering device that meet the applied criterion.
US08412583B2
A method of producing a product composed of a set of components generally consisting of providing certain raw materials suitable to produce such components; providing a CNC machine operable upon suitable programming to produce the components from the raw materials; providing programming for the machine suitable for forming the components from the raw materials; soliciting the sale of the components to a prospective customer intended for assembly by the customer in producing the product; producing the components from the raw materials, utilizing the machine suitably programmed upon the sale of the components to the customer; and delivering the components to the customer for assembly thereof by the customer to produce the product composed of the components.
US08412571B2
Systems and methods are provided for selling one or more advertisements and displaying the one or more advertisements a fixed placement for a set duration of time on a web page within an Internet website in combination with displaying advertisements from the same advertiser in contextually relevant locations within the website.
US08412563B2
A method and system for analyzing and optimizing the distribution of work from a plurality of queues includes storing historical data in a database. The historical data may include sets of different types of data items, each of the data items having an associated monetary value. The method further includes assigning a relative score to each of the data items within the sets and calculating a cumulative monetary value for each relative score, the cumulative monetary value being the summation of the monetary values for all items having relative scores up to and including the relative score. The method further includes determining the maximum cumulative monetary value calculated and its corresponding relative score. In one embodiment, the corresponding relative score is then used to determine which items to work in a set of queues that has not yet been worked.
US08412560B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for optimizing prices of items using current offers. Numerous current offers to sell an item are determined from a subset of sellers in an electronic marketplace. Each one of the subset of sellers is associated with a respective reputational score that meets a minimum threshold. A competitive price is generated for the item based at least in part on an average marketplace price determined from the current offers.
US08412552B2
A trust look-up protocol is described that allows a meta-trusted third party, or trust directory, to mediate between parties of potential business collaborations and trusted third parties that are counted on to authorize or otherwise validate the business collaborations. The trust directory receives a trust request for a collaboration from one or more parties, and, based on the request, determines a specialty of a trusted third party that is suited to the request and the collaboration. The trust directory then obtains interface information for the trusted third party for forwarding to the requesting party. In this way, the trusted third party may make a determination as to whether the requesting party should proceed in the business collaboration. Afterwards, the trust directory may monitor communications that take place as part of the collaboration, for use in evaluating future requests and collaborations.
US08412532B2
A method, computer program product, and system are provided for performing a voice command on a client device. The method can include translating, using a first speech recognizer located on the client device, an audio stream of a voice command to a first machine-readable voice command and generating a first query result using the first machine-readable voice command to query a client database. In addition, the audio stream can be transmitted to a remote server device that translates the audio stream to a second machine-readable voice command using a second speech recognizer. Further, the method can include receiving a second query result from the remote server device, where the second query result is generated by the remote server device using the second machine-readable voice command and displaying the first query result and the second query result on the client device.
US08412529B2
An approach is provided for enhancing verbal communication sessions. A verbal component of a communication session is converted into textual information. The converted textual information is scanned for a text string to trigger an application. The application is invoked to provide supplemental information about the textual information or to perform an action in response to the textual information for or on behalf of a party of the communication session. The supplemental information or a confirmation of the action is transmitted to the party.
US08412528B2
The present invention relates to computer-generated text-to-speech conversion. It relates in particular to a method and system for updating a Concatenative Text-To-Speech (CTTS) system with a speech database from a base version to a new version. The present invention performs an application-specific re-organization of a synthesizer's speech database by means of certain decision tree modifications. By that reorganization, certain synthesis units are made available for the new application, which are not available in prior art without a new speech session. This allows the creation of application-specific synthesizers with improved output speech quality for arbitrary domains and applications at very low cost.
US08412526B2
A method for estimating high-order Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients, the method comprising initializing any of N−L high-order coefficients (HOC) of an MFCC vector of length N having L low-order coefficients (LOC) to a predetermined value, thereby forming a candidate MFCC vector, synthesizing a speech signal frame from the candidate MFCC vector and a pitch value, and computing an N-dimensional MFCC vector from the synthesized frame, thereby producing an output MFCC vector.
US08412521B2
A system is provided for training an acoustic model for use in speech recognition. In particular, such a system may be used to perform training based on a spoken audio stream and a non-literal transcript of the spoken audio stream. Such a system may identify text in the non-literal transcript which represents concepts having multiple spoken forms. The system may attempt to identify the actual spoken form in the audio stream which produced the corresponding text in the non-literal transcript, and thereby produce a revised transcript which more accurately represents the spoken audio stream. The revised, and more accurate, transcript may be used to train the acoustic model using discriminative training techniques, thereby producing a better acoustic model than that which would be produced using conventional techniques, which perform training based directly on the original non-literal transcript.
US08412518B2
A representation of an audio signal having a first frame, a second frame following the first frame, and a third frame following the second frame, is derived by estimating first warp information for the first and the second frame and second warp information for the second frame and the third frame, the warp information describing a pitch information of the audio signal. First spectral coefficients for the first and the second frame are derived using the first warp information and a first weighted representation of the first and the second frame, the first weighted representation derived by applying a first window function to the first and the second frames, wherein the first window function depends on the first warp information. Second spectral coefficients for the second and the third frame are derived using the second warp information and a second weighted representation of the second and the third frame, the second weighted representation derived by applying a second window function to the second and the third frames, wherein the second window function depends on the second warp information. The representation of the audio signal is generated including the first and the second spectral coefficients.
US08412502B2
The invention relates to a method of performing an oilfield operation of an oilfield having at least one wellsite, each wellsite having a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation for extracting fluid from an underground reservoir therein. The method includes determining a time-step for simulating the reservoir, the reservoir being represented as a plurality of gridded cells and being modeled as a multi-phase system using a plurality of partial differential equations, calculating a plurality of Courant-Friedrichs-Lewy (CFL) conditions of the reservoir model corresponding to the time-step, the plurality of CFL conditions comprising a temperature CFL condition, a composition CFL condition, and a saturation CFL condition, simulating a first cell of the plurality of gridded cells with an Implicit Pressure, Explicit Saturations (IMPES) system, and simulating a second cell of the plurality of gridded cells with a Fully Implicit Method (FIM) system.
US08412501B2
A production simulator (2), for simulating a mature hydrocarbon field, providing quantity produced (Qφktb ) per phase, per well, per layer (or group of layers) and per time as a function of production parameters (PP), wherein the production simulator (2) matches history data (HD) of the mature hydrocarbon field and verifies a Vapnik condition.
US08412500B2
A hydraulic fracture design model that simulates the complex physical process of fracture propagation in the earth driven by the injected fluid through a wellbore. An objective in the model is to adhere with the laws of physics governing the surface deformation of the created fracture subjected to the fluid pressure, the fluid flow in the gap formed by the opposing fracture surfaces, the propagation of the fracture front, the transport of the proppant in the fracture carried by the fluid, and the leakoff of the fracturing fluid into the permeable rock. The models used in accordance with methods of the invention are typically based on the assumptions and the mathematical equations for the conventional 2D or P3D models, and further take into account the network of jointed fracture segments. For each fracture segment, the mathematical equations governing the fracture deformation and fluid flow apply. For each time step, the model predicts the incremental growth of the branch tips and the pressure and flow rate distribution in the system by solving the governing equations and satisfying the boundary conditions at the fracture tips, wellbore and connected branch joints. An iterative technique is used to obtain the solution of this highly nonlinear and complex problem.
US08412494B2
An apparatus receives input of sample sets, each including a set of values of design parameters and a set of values of objective functions; calculates objective function approximating equations; and selects, as initial candidates for an optimal design parameter set, some sets of values of design parameters corresponding to non-dominated solutions. The apparatus calculates one or more interpolating design parameter sets interpolating between two adjacent components in the candidates; and approximates values of the objective functions for each interpolating design parameter set. The apparatus selects an optimal interpolating design parameter set corresponding to a non-dominated solution in the cost evaluation for a pair of objective functions; and integrates it into the candidates. The apparatus repeats processes on the new candidates while determining the parameter distance between components of the new candidates. Finally obtained new candidates are output as final optimal design parameter sets and information relating to it is displayed.
US08412493B2
A method of generating a multi-dimensional model comprises receiving data defining multiple resource types, receiving metadata defining a hierarchical organization for one or more resource types, a hierarchical resource type for a respective resource type defining multiple levels of aggregation, and composite resource types for one or more groups of resource types, a composite resource type defining a composition of resource types, and generating the multi-dimensional model from the received data and received metadata, the generating comprising creating a multi-dimensional function for each resource type and for each composite resource type.
US08412488B2
The invention comprises systems and methods for estimating the rate of change in temperature inside a structure. At least one thermostat located is inside the structure and is used to control an climate control system in the structure. At least one remote processor is in communication with said thermostat and at least one database stores data reported by the thermostat. At least one processor compares the outside temperature at least one location and at least one point in time to information reported to the remote processor from the thermostat. The processor uses the relationship between the inside temperature and the outside temperature to determine whether the climate control system is “on” or “off”.
US08412475B1
A synchronized pseudorandom sequence injector is provided for injecting a plurality of pseudorandom signals at selected locations in a power system having a plurality of locations forming a transmission and distribution grid. A synchronization pulse generator generates an accurate reference clocking signal. A pseudorandom clocking and sequence generator receives the clocking signal and generates a string of pseudorandom sequences. A binary drive control creates a tri-state voltage output from a logic level output of the pseudorandom clocking and sequence generator. A signal conditioning interface processes the voltage output to attenuate any protection related carrier signals from a pseudorandom signal injection point at a selected location.
US08412473B2
According to various embodiments disclosed herein, battery power may be conserved by reducing the number of transmissions made by a liquid level monitoring system. The efficiency of a liquid level monitoring system may also be improved by reducing or avoiding fuel outages and unnecessary replenishment. Certain embodiments may be configured according to a schedule for making measurements. The measurement may then be compared against one or more thresholds to determine whether to transmit the measurements. A variety of thresholds may be specified and utilized to determine when it is appropriate to transmit the measurements. Further, various embodiments may be configured to detect a change in a monitored condition. Upon the detection of a change in the monitored condition, a measurement may be made and compared to an established threshold for a tank.
US08412462B1
A computer implemented method may be used to receive a sequence of binary codes representative of a biopolymeric data sequence and process the sequence of binary codes using instructions that are at least implicitly defined relative to at least one controlled sequence and representative of a biological event affecting one or more aspects of a biopolymeric molecule. A machine readable medium may contain a set of such instructions. The machine readable medium may be part of a genomics data processing system.
US08412461B2
Methods, computer systems, and computer program products for antibody engineering. A variant set for an antibody of interest is constructed by identifying, using a plurality of rules, a plurality of positions in the antibody of interest and, for each respective position in the plurality of positions, substitutions for the respective position. The plurality of positions and the substitutions for each respective position in the plurality of position collectively define an antibody sequence space. A variant set comprising a plurality of variants of the antibody is selected. A property of all or a portion of the variants in the variant set is measured. A sequence-activity relationship is modeled between (i) one or more substitutions at one or more positions of the antibody of interest represented by the variant set and (ii) the property measured for all or the portion of the variants in the variant set. The variant set is redefined to comprise variants that include substitutions in the plurality of positions that are selected based on a function of the sequence-activity relationship.
US08412455B2
In a voice-controlled navigation device and method, a voice command is received, and divided into voice segments Vi (i=1˜n) by comparing with one or more keywords. A voice segment Vi (i=1˜n) is obtained in sequence to be compared with tree nodes in a search tree of place names. A weight value of each tree node is computed according to a comparison, to select one or more tree nodes whose weight values are greater than a predetermined value. Routes formed by all the selected tree nodes are obtained to select a route whose total weight value is the greatest. A navigation to a destination is given by indicating the selected route on an electronic map according to place names represented by the tree nodes of the selected route.
US08412453B2
A navigation device includes a base unit 10 which is mounted to a body of a vehicle, a front panel unit 14 which is detachably mounted to and connected to the base unit 10, the front panel unit having a navigation function of displaying map data on a front panel and displaying a location of the vehicle on the map data, and an authentication unit 30 which performs authentication to confirm that the base unit 10 and the front panel unit 14 have been connected to each other and, when confirmed, permits operation of an electrical control unit of the vehicle. The navigation device can be used as an antitheft device.
US08412449B2
An autonomous controller for a vehicle. The controller has a processor configured to receive position signals from position sensors and to generate operation control signals defining an updated travel path for the vehicle. The controller has a programmable interface providing communication among the position sensors, the operation control mechanisms, and the processor. The controller is configured to normalize inputs to the processor from the position sensors and to generate compatible operation control signals applied as the inputs to the operation control mechanisms. The processor and the programmable interface define a self-contained unit configurable for operation with a variety of different remote sensors and different remote operation control mechanisms.
US08412446B2
A travel history collection system includes a terminal side device and a center side device capable of communicating with the terminal device. The terminal device includes the following components. A vehicle information acquisition part acquires a travel history of a vehicle. A short-range wireless communication means and a wide-range wireless communication means are used to transmit the acquired travel history to a center device. A travel history transmission part transmits the travel history to the center device via the short-range wireless communication means when the travel history can be transmitted via the short-range wireless communication means, and via the wide-range wireless communication means when the travel history cannot be transmitted via the short-range wireless communication means. The center device receives the travel history from the terminal device via the wide-range wireless communication antenna and the road side unit so as to reduce the load on wide-range wireless communication, and to accurately collect a travel history from each terminal device at real time. Thus, latest travel histories can be collected efficiently.
US08412443B2
Methods and systems are provided for controlling engine shutdown in a vehicle. One example method includes, after discontinuation of combustion and during engine spin down, reducing cylinder air charge while maintaining intake manifold pressure above a threshold value.
US08412434B2
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for the calculation of aircraft braking friction and other relating landing parameters, including but not limited to aircraft braking action, aircraft takeoff distance, aircraft landing distance, runway surface conditions and runway surface friction based on the data collected by and available in the aircraft Flight Data Recorder (FDR) or other flight data management system, for example, the Quick Access Recorder (QAR), to provide all involved personnel in the ground operations of an airport and airline operations, including but not limited to aircraft pilots, airline operation officers and airline managers as well as airport operators, managers and maintenance crews, with the most accurate and most recent information on the true aircraft landing performance parameters to help better and more accurate safety and economical decision making.
US08412433B2
A motion control device for a vehicle includes a vehicle speed obtaining device, a curvature obtaining device for obtaining a bending grade of a curve existing ahead of the vehicle, a position obtaining device for obtaining a relative position between the vehicle and the curve, a determination device for determining an appropriate vehicle speed for the vehicle passing through the curve based on the bending grade, a speed reduction control device for executing a speed reduction control for reducing the vehicle speed based on the vehicle speed and the relative position so that the vehicle passes through the curve at the appropriate vehicle speed, and a gradient obtaining device for obtain a gradient of the road on the curve existing in a traveling direction of the vehicle, wherein the determination device determines the appropriate vehicle speed based on the gradient of the road in addition to the bending grade.
US08412427B2
When the change speed is instructed, without changing value of a suppressing vibration flag set to value 1 as initial value, a fast fill as the preparation of a brake to be engaged when the change speed is executed and low pressure standby of hydraulic pressure to set the brake in a half-engaged state. Then the suppressing vibration flag is set to value 0 when a predetermined time passed since the change speed is instructed, a sum of a drive torque required for driving and a suppressing vibration torque, which is in the same direction as suppressing rotational fluctuation of a drive shaft, is output from a motor when the suppressing vibration flag is set to value 1.
US08412423B2
An alarm apparatus for an automatic transmission may include a transmission control unit (TCU) controlling the automatic transmission of a vehicle, an accelerator pedal unit, a driving unit driving the accelerator pedal unit to perform a predetermined operation, and a control unit interworking with the TCU and controlling the driving unit such that the accelerator pedal unit performs the predetermined operation at a predetermined time before a speed change time, when the speed change time calculated and outputted by the TCU may be inputted to the control unit.
US08412421B2
A method for managing haul routes in work environments comprises receiving performance criteria associated with a haul route and establishing a target total effective grade for at least one machine associated with the haul route based on the performance criteria. The method also includes collecting performance data associated with the at least one machine. A drive axle torque of the at least one machine is determined and an actual total effective grade associated with the at least one machine is estimated. The at least one machine is identified as an underperforming machine if the actual total effective grade for the at least one machine exceeds the target total effective grade. An average total effective grade for the at least one machine is determined as a function of the actual total effective grade. A haul route deficiency is identified if the average total effective grade exceeds a threshold level.
US08412415B2
An impact detection arrangement for a motor vehicle has at least one pressure body in a side door region of the motor vehicle. The at least one pressure body is connected to a pressure sensor via a connecting line. Additionally, the at least one pressure body is provided in an impact region that is relevant to a fixed pole side crash test, and is adapted to this region.
US08412414B2
To provide a coaxial two-wheeled vehicle capable of performing a turning movement with stability and its control method. A coaxial two-wheeled vehicle in accordance with the present invention includes drive means to drive two coaxially-arranged wheels, turning reference-input input means to input a turning reference input, and control means to control the drive means according to a turning gain based on a turning reference-input input by the turning reference-input input means to thereby perform a turning movement. The control means preferably brings the turning gain to substantially zero when the coaxial two-wheeled vehicle is in a backward traveling state with a backward speed greater than or equal to a first speed, and sets the turning gain to a value greater than zero when a vehicle speed is substantially zero.
US08412411B2
An electronic control module for a vehicle. The electronic control module includes a housing, a temperature sensor positioned in the housing, and a controller positioned in the housing and coupled to the temperature sensor. The controller includes a processor, a memory, and a plurality of switches. The controller performs a first function related to a comfort level of an occupant of the vehicle at a first level of functionality. The controller also detects a temperature in the housing, and modifies the first function when the detected temperature exceeds a temperature threshold. The modification of the first function reduces a quantity of heat generated by the controller.
US08412410B2
An embodiment of a feedback control method and unit of a servo controlled system which acts on the environment surrounding a user for adjusting at least one feature of the environment which affects the psychophysical state of the user; the control unit has: a memory device in which there is stored a desired optimal value or a range of desired optimal values of a psychophysical feedback parameter of the user correlated with the perception that the user has of the feature of the environment adjusted by the servo controlled system; an estimation device for cyclically estimating a real value of the psychophysical feedback parameter of the user by means of at least one measurement performed directly on the user; and a driving device for cyclically driving the servo controlled system for seeking the optimal desired value of the psychophysical feedback parameter.
US08412409B2
Disclosed is an integrated circuit arrangement for safety-critical applications, such as for regulating and controlling tasks in an electronic brake system for motor vehicles. The arrangement includes several electronic, cooperating functional groups (25, 25′), with electric lines (30) provided to interconnect the functional groups (25, 25′). The functional groups consist of a first type and a second type, with the functional groups of the first type having at least the functional group redundant microprocessor system (1) or the functional group input/output devices (19). The functional groups of the second type have at least the functional groups actuator drivers (11, 15, 24, 35) and safety circuits (5, 5′, 7, 7′). The functional groups of the first type and the second type are grouped on a joint chip or chip support member (23). The arrangement can be used in electronic brake systems for motor vehicles, in electronic control systems for governing the driving dynamics of motor vehicles, or for controlling electronically controlled parking brakes, or for controlling vehicle restraint systems.
US08412405B2
A vehicle diagnosis system includes an electronic control unit, which executes a diagnosing process for determining whether any abnormality is present in a vehicle based on signals from vehicle devices. When any abnormality is detected, the electronic control unit stores in an EEPROM a diagnosis result indicative of the abnormality when a storage permission flag in the EEPROM is in the on-state. The storage permission flag is turned on from the off-state when receiving a storage permission command from an external unit. Thus, the storage of the diagnosis result into the EEPROM may be permitted at the time of transmitting the storage permission command externally to the ECU.
US08412402B2
A vehicle state tracker tracks the state of a vehicle during a diagnostic test sequence to eliminate redundant steps between diagnostic procedures. The vehicle state tracker maintains a list of preconditions required for each diagnostic procedure, reads a current vehicle state from a memory register and verifies the current setting of the vehicle state corresponding to a specific precondition. If the precondition is required and the current setting is not valid, the state tracker further formats a test preparation step corresponding to the precondition for display to instruct a vehicle technician to satisfy the precondition. Otherwise, if the precondition is not required and the corresponding setting is valid, the state tracker formats an instruction to reverse the corresponding vehicle condition. The state tracker additionally receives feedback indicating when a precondition has been satisfied or the corresponding vehicle condition has been reversed, and updates the vehicle state in memory.
US08412401B2
Exemplary embodiments of off-board tools (OBTS) may be used in vehicle inspection maintenance programs are provided. The OBT may include a processor, vehicle communication circuitry for linking to a vehicle diagnostic system, host interface circuitry for communicating with a host computer, and voltage determination circuitry for measuring a voltage through the vehicle diagnostic system. The OBT may include logic for storing a communications protocol used to link with a vehicle diagnostic system that is preferably used for re-establishing dropped communications links. In addition, the OBT may contain logic for testing at least one component of a starting and/or charging system of a vehicle. Still other embodiments may include logic for sending unsolicited messages to a host computer. Additional embodiments may include logic for determining the minimum number of messages that must be received by an OBT.
US08412397B2
A vehicle includes an engine, a first motor, and a second motor, each configured to generate a torque. A gearbox is configured to receive the generated torque. An oncoming clutch is configured to engage during a transition from a present operating mode to a target operating mode. A controller is configured to identify a speed profile associated with a transition to the target operating mode. The speed profile defines a calibrated profile time that represents an amount of time to synchronize the oncoming clutch during the transition from the present operating mode to the target operating mode. The controller is configured to adjust the calibrated profile time in real time to define an adjusted profile time and control the engagement of the oncoming clutch during the transition from the present operating mode to the target operating mode based at least in part on the adjusted profile time.
US08412394B2
A railroad signal message system is provided. The system includes: an input circuit to receive railroad data from a railroad signaling device, an aspect converter operatively coupled to the input circuit to convert the railroad data into a machine-readable message that includes an indication of the railroad signaling device, and a message translator operatively coupled to the aspect converter to translate the message into a human-perceivable message.
US08412392B2
Methods and systems are provided for presenting operating information for an aircraft in a vertical profile displayed on a display device associated with the aircraft. The vertical profile graphically depicts at least a portion of a flight plan for the aircraft, wherein the portion of the flight plan comprises a plurality of reference points. The method comprises calculating, for each reference point of the plurality of reference points, a predicted value of a first operating parameter for the aircraft at the respective reference point based at least in part on current status information for the aircraft, resulting in predicted values for the first operating parameter, and displaying the predicted values for the first operating parameter in the vertical profile.
US08412386B2
An adaptive relaying control system and method is disclosed for adapting coordination of protective measures provided to an electric-energy distribution system as a function of at least an ambient weather condition. A weather sensor senses the ambient weather condition within a region adjacent to at least a portion of the electric-energy distribution system. A control unit is operatively coupled to the weather sensor to receive a weather signal indicative of the ambient weather condition and determine whether a storm condition exists based at least in part on the weather signal. The control unit establishes a suitable control philosophy for adapting coordination of the protective measures provided to the electric-energy distribution system based at least in part on whether the storm condition exists.
US08412385B2
Communicating a power control feedback signal from a system is disclosed. In some embodiments, upon determining how to control input power which may be based at least in part, for example, on an in situ measurement of an operating condition in an operating environment, an appropriate symbol is constructed based upon the determination and is transmitted on a single line. In some embodiments, the single line corresponds to the reference voltage of an associated power supply.
US08412379B2
A robot system having a manual guide device connected to the robot in wireless data communication with a portable terminal for use in programming the robot.
US08412377B2
A robot obstacle detection system including a robot housing which navigates with respect to a surface and a sensor subsystem aimed at the surface for detecting the surface. The sensor subsystem includes an emitter which emits a signal having a field of emission and a photon detector having a field of view which intersects the field of emission at a region. The subsystem detects the presence of an object proximate the mobile robot and determines a value of a signal corresponding to the object. It compares the value to a predetermined value, moves the mobile robot in response to the comparison, and updates the predetermined value upon the occurrence of an event.
US08412372B2
A computerized method includes sorting mail that comprises a multiple pass mail sort operation, wherein the multiple pass mail sort operation for a mail piece comprises performing a first pass of the multiple pass mail sort operation, wherein performing the first pass comprises capturing data to identify a feature of the mail piece. The multiple pass mail sort operation also includes generating a first fingerprint for the mail piece between performing the first pass and performing a second pass of the multiple pass mail sort operation. The multiple pass mail sort operation also includes performing the second pass of the multiple pass mail sort operation. Performing the second pass includes determining a final sorting of the mail piece.
US08412362B2
The present invention is a system for electronically controlling the movement of a pin assembly used in a valve gate mechanism of an injection molding machine. The system of the present invention includes at least one valve which is part of an injection molding machine, as well as a graphical user interface which is operable for controlling the injection molding machine and the valve. Additionally, the present invention also includes controlling the injection molding machine electronically for improving the control over the opening and closing of the valves.
US08412348B2
An expandable intravascular medical device is provided. The medical device comprises an expandable tubular body that includes an integrated resilient support structure that forms a plurality of electrically conductive regions to which the lead(s) is coupled. The tubular body further includes at least one electrically insulative element disposed between the conductive regions. In one embodiment, the support structure is skeletal in nature, e.g., it can be formed of a mesh, braid, or coil. The conductive regions can be variously formed by the support structure. For example, the support structure may comprise electrically conductive sub-structures that form the conductive regions. In this case, the sub-structures may be mechanically linked together by the insulative element(s), or they can be directly linked together, and the insulative element(s) can take the form of insulative layer(s) disposed on one or more of the conductive sub-structures. As another example, the support structure can have a conductive core and insulative material disposed over portions of the conductive core. In this case, the exposed core portions form the conductive regions, and the unexposed core portions form the insulative element(s).
US08412339B2
The present invention is an improved hermetic package for implantation in the human body. The implantable device comprises an electrically non-conductive substrate; a plurality of electrically conductive vias through said electrically non-conductive substrate; a flip-chip circuit attached to said electrically non-conductive substrate using conductive bumps and electrically connected to a first subset of said plurality of electrically conductive vias, wherein said flip-chip circuit contains one or more stacks or a folded stack; a wire bonded circuit attached to said electrically non-conductive substrate and electrically connected to a second subset of said electrically conductive vias; and a cover bonded to said electrically non-conductive substrate, said cover, said electrically non-conductive substrate and said electrically conductive vias forming a hermetic package.
US08412337B2
The invention comprises systems and methods for treating nociceptive pain including at least one force-regulatable device in mechanical, electrical, or chemical communication with at least one brain area identified as processing nociceptive pain signals. The force-regulatable device acts to alter the nociceptive pain signals in a brain area to alleviate nociceptive pain.
US08412331B2
A device and method is provided for electrically stimulating the diaphragm to control breathing while inhibiting respiratory drive. A stimulation phase is identified. The stimulation phase is a period of time within the breathing cycle in which stimulation will inhibit respiratory drive. The respiratory drive inhibition may be used in a number of applications including but not limited to: improving or remodeling the heart in heart failure patients, treating apnea, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), and hypertension.
US08412328B2
Systems and techniques for applying an electromagnetic field to bodily tissue include a self-contained and portable electromagnetic field generating device disposed over a surface of bodily tissue such that the radiated electromagnetic fields impinge upon the bodily tissue. The device includes an electromagnetic field generator, which is coupled to an antenna that is arranged to radiate the electromagnetic field. A power source is coupled to the generator to provide power for the device and an activator is used to initiate radiation of the electromagnetic field. Methods of inducing electrical current in bodily tissues and treating disorders, such as pain-related disorders, are also disclosed.
US08412326B2
A pacemaker initiates and times a monitoring interval in response to an event such as a therapy delivery to a patient. The monitoring interval is specified to include a duration of an anticipated acute response to the event, such as vagal surge. One or more physiological parameters indicative of the acute response are detected during the monitoring interval for analyzing therapeutic effect of the event. In various embodiments, one or more pacing parameters are adjusted for a response interval specified to include the duration of the anticipated acute response to allow for the analysis and maximization of the therapeutic effect. In various embodiments, the event includes a session of pacing therapy delivered according to an intermittent cardiac stress augmentation pacing protocol, and the therapeutic effect is analyzed to adjust that protocol.
US08412325B2
Embodiments of the invention are related to medical devices and methods for delivery high-energy anti-tachycardia therapy to a subject, amongst other things. In an embodiment, the invention includes a medical device including a controller module configured to administer a plurality of electrical pulses to a patient in response to a detected tachycardia, the electrical pulses comprising an amplitude of greater than 3 Volts and less than 40 Volts, the controller configured to modulate the amplitude of the electrical pulses. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method of treating a tachyarrhythmia including administering a first series of electrical pulses to a patient with an implantable medical device, the electrical pulses including an amplitude of greater than 8 Volts and less than 40 Volts, the first series of electrical pulses having an interval of less than about 600 ms in between individual pulses. Other embodiments are also included herein.
US08412324B2
A method and device for treating myocardial ischemia are described in which the stress experienced by a myocardial region identified as vulnerable to becoming ischemic is varied with pre-excitation pacing. In an unloading mode, pacing is applied in proximity to the vulnerable region to reduce stress and the metabolic demand of the region. In a loading mode, pacing is applied to a region remote from the vulnerable region in order to produce a conditioning effect.
US08412323B2
A computer method, employable during an at-rest period of a pacemaker patient, for controlling the operation of the pacemaker so as maximally to support the patient's hemodynamic behavior in a context involving inhibiting fluid overload. The method involves (a) collecting simultaneously occurring ECG and heart-sound information, (b) processing the collected information to obtain at least S3 data, and in certain instances also EMAT and/or % LVST data, (c) utilizing such obtained data, and during the at-rest period, applying (a) pacing rate, (b) pacing intensity, (c) atrio-ventricular delay, and (d) inter-ventricular delay control to the pacemaker. Processing involves (a) calculating from the obtained data an actual, real-time, acoustic cardiographic therapy (AC) value which is to be employed in relation to controlling pacemaker activity, and (b) comparing the actual AC value to a pre-established, related, rest-period-associated, reference AC value to detect differences therebetween, with the utilizing and applying steps being implemented so as to minimize such differences.
US08412318B2
The invention comprises a method and apparatus for treatment of a body part. More particularly, a method and apparatus for heat treatment of tissue using a catheter inserted into a body part is described along with means for positioning the catheter and means for positioning a set of electrodes relative to a tissue sample for treatment. Still more particularly, radio frequency energy at about 400 to 500 kilohertz is used to provide heat for the tissue treatment.
US08412310B2
A locking syringe with an integrated bias member, for delivering medical fluids at high pressure, can include a housing, a shaft, a piston, a cap assembly, a bias member, and a locking member. A distal end of the housing can interface with a patient delivery apparatus. A piston can be connected to the distal end of the shaft and can include a peripheral sealing surface that can slidably engage the inside surface of the housing to form a movable seal. The cap assembly at the proximal end of the housing can engage the shaft. A base cap can secure the piston within the housing. The bias member can have a distal end coupled to the piston and a proximal end restrained, such as to help pressurize the internal cavity. The user-actuatable locking member can user-selectively engage and inhibit unwanted movement of the shaft.
US08412304B2
A method of adhering a protective layer applied to a substrate region of an implantable medical device (IMD) to form a covered substrate region. The method includes obtaining the IMD, depositing an intermediate layer on a portion of the substrate region of the IMD such that the intermediate layer binds to the portion of the substrate region to create a modified substrate region, and depositing the protective layer after depositing the intermediate layer onto the intermediate layer and adhering the protective layer to the intermediate layer. In an embodiment of the present invention, this method enhances the sealing characteristics of the protective layer by, for example, reducing the likelihood of delamination of the protective layer from the IMD relative to IMDs prepared by certain other methods.
US08412302B2
In some preferred embodiments, without limitation, the present invention comprises an implantable, intracranial neural interface node which is an integrated and minimally invasive platform system and supports cross-modal neural interfaces to the cerebrum and other associated structures in the central nervous system. The neural interfaces comprise electrical and chemical interfaces for neural recording, electrical stimulation, chemical delivery, chemical sensing, chemical sampling, cell delivery, genetic material delivery and/or other functions of interest.
US08412294B2
A method for monitoring bladder function in an animal having a bladder, the method including positioning of a light emitter and a light detector on the animal's skin adjacent to the animal's bladder, emitting light at the bladder with the emitter while detecting light with the detector, and collecting data representative of detected light during bladder activity, to provide an indication of bladder function. Also provided are light shield apparatus and filter apparatus for near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) bladder monitoring.
US08412283B2
The present invention provides a system and method for handing over a ringing status session with a color ring back tone, and when the ringing status session with the color ring back tone is handed over, a handover process includes: after an SCC AS receives a handover request, if the SCC AS judges that a session to be handed over is the ringing status session and a forking occurs so that there are a color ring back tone session and a normal media negotiation session, then associating the handover request with the color ring back tone session and the normal media negotiation session; and the SCC AS assisting to complete a handover to the normal media negotiation session and a handover to the color ring back tone session. The present invention completes not only updating to the normal media resource but also updating to the color ring back tone media.
US08412280B2
Electronic apparatus which may include a main body portion having a back surface and a keyboard located at a part of the main body portion other than the main body portion back surface, a display portion having a back surface and a display screen on a display surface opposite the display portion back surface, and a coupling portion that rotatably couples the main body portion and the display portion. In a closed state, the main body portion back surface and the display portion back surface may face each other and the electronic apparatus may be operable as a portable apparatus in which all of the display surface having the display screen except for a relatively small perimeter portion thereof may be usable as a display in at least a direction corresponding to the width thereof. In an open state, the electronic apparatus may be operable as a personal computer.
US08412279B2
A handheld electronic communication device includes a body including an input device and a display assembly including a display. The display assembly is connected to the body and moveable relative to the body, between a first position in which a first portion of the display is covered by the body and a second portion of the display is exposed, and a second position in which the display assembly is displaced such that the first portion of the display and the second portion of the display are exposed and the display assembly is generally flush with the body.
US08412272B2
Systems, apparatus, methods, and manufactures for conserving power in a communications system such as a communications service cell site or cell site. The methods include adjusting the RF coverage of the cell site antenna, selective control of the RF output transmit power, selective control of the communications bit rate, transfer of communications to other cell sites, adjustment of indicators such that mobile devices transfer communications to other cell sites, and reallocation of logical slots between radios in the cell site. In some examples, the cell site employs a power controller. The power controller may utilize a switching circuit to produce two different voltages from a single battery string during a commercial power failure with improved conversion efficiencies. In another example, a power controller may manage multiple rectifiers so that the rectifiers operate more efficiently, such as with approximately equal runtime and with regular testing.
US08412269B1
A system for providing additional functionality to a mobile device is described. The system includes a mobile enhancing device that is capable of being in electronic communication with the mobile device, the enhancing device comprising a keyboard functionality, display screen functionality, and pointing device functionality. The system may be designed such that the mobile device is a smartphone, mobile phone or a USB flash drive that includes an operating system.
US08412266B2
An image data obtaining unit (102) obtains image data picked up by an image-pickup device. An identification information obtaining unit (101) obtains identification information of a device that is wirelessly communicated when the image data is obtained. An image data memory unit (104) stores, in association with each other, the obtained image data and the identification information obtained when the image data is obtained. The identification information obtaining unit (101) obtains the identification information of the device wirelessly communicated at a predetermined timing after the image data memory unit (104) stores the image data and the identification information in association with each other. A searching unit (106) searches image data associated with the obtained identification information among pieces of the image data stored in the image data memory unit (104). A display control unit (107) displays the searched image data on a display unit.
US08412264B2
A mobile communication device and a method for transceiving data and voice thereof are proposed. The mobile communication device includes a receiver, a first antenna module, and a second antenna module. The receiver is used to output voice. The first antenna module is disposed in the mobile communication device at a first side close to the receiver, and is used to transceive data of a first wireless communication system or a second wireless communication system. The second antenna module is disposed at a second side opposite to the first side, and is used to transceive voice of the first wireless communication system. A first distance between the first antenna module and the receiver is less than a second distance between the second antenna module and the receiver.
US08412263B2
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a first radio is operated in a first coexistence mode between the first radio and a second radio. The first radio monitors a first signal received from a third radio to determine if the third radio is active. In the event the third radio is active, the first radio switches to a second coexistence mode between the first radio and the third radio, and the first radio then operates in the second coexistence mode.
US08412261B2
The present invention is directed to reducing leakage of a transmitting signal to a receiving unit in a wireless communication system with a transmitting unit and the receiving unit sharing an antenna. A coupling apparatus for dividing a radio frequency (RF) transmitting signal and an RF receiving signal in a transceiver with a transmitting unit and a receiving unit sharing an antenna, includes: a four-port circuit having port 1, port 2, port 3, and port 4, a through path being formed between the port 1 and the port 2, a first signal input to the port 1 being coupled to the port 4, a second signal input to the port 2 being coupled to the port 3, and an isolation path being formed between the port 1 and the port 4 and between the port 2 and the port 3; and an attenuator attenuating and outputting a signal output from the port 3 of the four-port circuit, and the RF transmitting signal is input to the port 1 of the four-port circuit, the RF receiving signal is input to the port 2 of the four-port circuit, and outputs of the attenuator and the port 4 of the four-port circuit are provided the receiving unit. Leakage of a transmitting signal of a transmitting unit to a receiving unit in a communication system sharing an antenna can be isolated. Furthermore, an isolation effect of a leakage signal of a transmitting unit to a receiving unit can be maximized while adaptively changing an attenuation value of a variable attenuator.
US08412260B2
There is provided a system and method for multi-user detection by a plurality of base stations situated at different geographical locations through base station cooperation. An exemplary method comprises exchanging detected data iteratively while performing separate detection and decoding of received data streams.
US08412250B2
Methods and systems for slow associated control channel signaling are disclosed. An example method for securing communications in a mobile network disclosed herein comprises transmitting a first variant of a message of a first type on a first slow associated control channel (SACCH) before ciphering is started on the first SACCH, and after ciphering is started on the first SACCH, transmitting a second variant of the message of the first type on the first SACCH, and subsequently transmitting the second variant of the message of the first type on the first SACCH, wherein the subsequently transmitted second variant of the message of the first type is the next transmitted message of the first type on the first SACCH.
US08412249B2
The present invention provides a method involving at least one base station and at least one mobile unit. The method includes determining, based on an interference mitigation pattern, a plurality of transmission powers associated with a corresponding plurality of subcarriers available to said at least one base station. The method also includes determining a plurality of priority metrics associated with the plurality of subcarriers and the at least one mobile unit, and assigning at least one of the plurality of subcarriers to the at least one mobile unit based on the plurality of priority metrics and the interference mitigation pattern.
US08412240B2
SMS-C's and associated methods are disclosed that attempt to deliver SMS messages over a broadband data network as opposed to a voice network. An SMS-C described herein stores session information for a mobile device that has established a data session over the broadband data network. When the SMS-C receives a Mobile Terminated (MT) SMS message destined for the mobile device, the SMS-C stores the SMS message for delivery. The SMS-C then identifies a routing address for the mobile device over the broadband data network based on the stored session information, and forwards the SMS message to the mobile device directly over the broadband data network based on the routing address.
US08412238B1
A system, method, and computer readable medium for providing information to a mobile device based on an event comprising detecting an occurrence of the event, determining if the event is a specific event and if the event occurred at or near a geographical location and sending an alert of the event to at least one mobile device if the event is the specific event, if the event occurs at or near the geographical location, and if the at least one mobile device is located at or near the geographical location.
US08412225B1
A method for preventing the occurrence of overload conditions in a multi-carrier communication system such as, but not limited to, enhancements to 1xEV-DV by controlling the amount of voice and data users having access to the communication system in order to provide enhanced QoS and load balancing. The method includes converting one of carriers in the multi-carrier voice/data system to a voice-only carrier when loading exceeds a given threshold related to QoS and outage criteria.
US08412221B2
A method for interference mitigation for femtocell base stations of a WiMAX network, wherein the femtocell base station is located within the transmission range of at least one macrocell base station and/or at least one other femtocell base station, is characterized in that the femtocell base station performs downlink measurements to detect neighboring macrocell and/or femtocell base stations and reports results of the downlink measurements to at least one higher layer network controller, wherein the network controller allocates transmission parameters to the WiMAX femtocell base stations on the basis of at least the reported measurement results and the current resource occupation in the network.
US08412218B2
A method, user equipment, network equipment and a system for initiating a wireless connection and subsequent communication over a shared physical resource in a wireless communication system between user equipment and network equipment comprising: processing a UE-derived temporary identifier; determining a set of channels that the user equipment will monitor; implicitly or explicitly communicating this channel set; communicating the temporary identifier as an identifier to the network equipment; communicating a downlink message on a channel belonging to the determined channel set conveying the temporary identifier and a description of a scheduled resource on a shared channel, the scheduled resource comprising a resource allocated to the user equipment by the network equipment; and communicating data on the scheduled resource in response to the downlink message.
US08412217B2
A method, user equipment, network equipment and a system for initiating a wireless connection and subsequent communication over a shared physical resource in a wireless communication system between user equipment and network equipment comprising: processing a UE-derived temporary identifier; determining a set of channels that the user equipment will monitor; implicitly or explicitly communicating this channel set; communicating the temporary identifier as an identifier to the network equipment; communicating a downlink message on a channel belonging to the determined channel set conveying the temporary identifier and a description of a scheduled resource on a shared channel, the scheduled resource comprising a resource allocated to the user equipment by the network equipment; and communicating data on the scheduled resource in response to the downlink message.
US08412213B2
A method, user equipment, network equipment and a system for initiating a wireless connection and subsequent communication over a shared physical resource in a wireless communication system between user equipment and network equipment comprising: processing a UE-derived temporary identifier; determining a set of channels that the user equipment will monitor; implicitly or explicitly communicating this channel set; communicating the temporary identifier as an identifier to the network equipment; communicating a downlink message on a channel belonging to the determined channel set conveying the temporary identifier and a description of a scheduled resource on a shared channel, the scheduled resource comprising a resource allocated to the user equipment by the network equipment; and communicating data on the scheduled resource in response to the downlink message.
US08412212B2
A method, user equipment, network equipment and a system for initiating a wireless connection and subsequent communication over a shared physical resource in a wireless communication system between user equipment and network equipment comprising: processing a UE-derived temporary identifier; determining a set of channels that the user equipment will monitor; implicitly or explicitly communicating this channel set; communicating the temporary identifier as an identifier to the network equipment; communicating a downlink message on a channel belonging to the determined channel set conveying the temporary identifier and a description of a scheduled resource on a shared channel, the scheduled resource comprising a resource allocated to the user equipment by the network equipment; and communicating data on the scheduled resource in response to the downlink message.
US08412203B2
A system and method are disclosed. The system includes a wireless headset. The wireless headset includes a network receiver to receive beacon signals from wireless access points. A beacon table contains data extracted from the received beacon signals. A wireless network selector selects a wireless access point based on the data in the beacon table. The system further includes a voice agent application coupled to the wireless headset and a special-purpose application coupled to the voice agent application.
US08412200B2
A handover method of a mobile station in a wireless mobile communication system and a system therefore are provided. The mobile station transmits a handover indication message to a serving base station, receives a ranging response message that comprises authentication information required for the mobile station to authenticate a target base station, receives fast ranging resources and transmits a ranging response acknowledgement (ACK) message, which comprises authentication information required for the target base station to authenticate the mobile station, to the target base station after receiving the fast ranging resources. Accordingly, a handover break time is minimized.
US08412192B2
Apparatus, and an associated method, for an IMS (IP multimedia subsystem) mobile network to transfer an IMEI or IMEISV to an equipment ID register. A SIP, or other IP-based, message including the IMEI or IMEISV of a user equipment is converted by a protocol converter embodied at an application server into a MAP or DIAMETER message. A forwarder forwards on the MAP or DIAMETER message to EIR.
US08412185B2
An approach is provided for switching devices using near field communication by transferring services. A first device executes an online service. The first device initiates communication to a second device over a near field communication link during the execution of the online service to coordinate the transfer of information relating to the online service. The first device initiates the transfer of information relating to the online service to the second device for execution of the online service by the second device based on the communication.
US08412183B1
Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to generating reliable data for indoor navigation. More specifically, aspects relate to identifying a route for a person to follow in order to record data such wireless network access location or other beacon signal information and signal strengths for an indoor space. In one example, the pre-defined route may be generated based on a map of the indoor space, a set of predefined walking strategies, an average walking speed, a time limit, and an optimization goal. For example, if a person is able walk at some average speed for a set period of time, a route may be identified which provides a given density of data points (the optimization goal) within the indoor space. The collected data may then used to build a wireless network model of the indoor space for navigation.
US08412181B2
In a mobile station (UE) according to the present invention, an AS function is configured to notify, when detecting a failure in a radio link established with the radio base station is detected or when discovering a cell subject to a location registration by a cell selection process, a NAS function of the detection or the discovery; and the NAS function is configured to transmit, in response to the notification, a location registration request signal to a mobile switching center (MME).
US08412180B2
Method for generating a signal train which can be played back on a tester for testing a mobile radio
The invention relates to a method for generating a signal train which can be played back on a tester for testing a mobile radio. First, a given command sequence is analyzed in respect of a signal train generated therefrom by the tester. The signal train which results from the command sequence is checked by comparing it with a standard-compliant signal train. Discrepancies between the standard-compliant signal train and the signal train resulting from the command sequence are detected and the necessary changes to the command sequence to generate a standard-compliant signal train are ascertained. In line with the necessary changes detected, commands or command sequence sections are supplemented and/or replaced. In this way, a command sequence which can be played back is generated and output.
US08412171B2
Telecommunication networks and methods are disclosed for providing a group session service for a plurality of participants. An application server in the telecommunication network receives a plurality of real-time media streams from the participants of the group session, and identifies voice media in the individual media streams. The voice media represents the spoken voice of the participants, and includes talking intervals separated by idle intervals (i.e., pauses in the spoken voice). The application server inputs the talking intervals as audio media elements into an audio media queue in the order received, and also outputs the audio media elements from the audio media queue in the order in which the audio media elements were inputted (i.e., in a first-in-first-out (FIFO) fashion) to generate a collective media stream for the group session. The collected audio stream is then provided to the participants of the group session.
US08412168B2
A method of receiving a broadcast on a broadcast terminal. The method includes displaying the received broadcast on a display of the broadcast terminal, and providing location information about a specific place or location shown on the currently displayed broadcast to a user of the broadcast terminal.
US08412165B1
A user may access a website via a mobile channel using a mobile device. As the user is logged into the website, the user may call or otherwise contact a representative via another communications channel with the mobile device or another user device, such as a phone or a user computing device or another mobile device. An emulator engine may determine the type of mobile device that the user is using to access the website via the mobile channel. An emulator for the mobile device that has been determined may be retrieved from an emulator library and provided to the representative computing device. The representative may view the same user interface on the representative computing device that the user sees on the mobile device.
US08412164B2
Systems and methods for providing user-selectable data when a user is on hold are provided. A communications system can automatically detect when a user is placed on hold. Additionally, a user can indicate when he/she has been placed on hold. After it has been determined that a user is placed on hold, the system can select adaptive information according to predetermined selection criteria and present that adaptive information to the user. A system can also generate contextual data which is related to the content of a current communication and use that contextual data (in addition to any predetermined selection criteria) to select adaptive information that is relevant to a user's communications. Contextual data can be generated before a user is placed on hold by analyzing a communications signal in order to identify keywords that are based on the content of that communication.
US08412156B2
A system and a method for managing automatic log in to Internet target resources are disclosed. The system comprises a mobile phone with a storing device to store private identities and a computer with a client browser and a browser plug-in. The browser plug-in is configured to, upon receiving information containing a login form from a target resource being accessed: request a user identifier; and send an identity request to an identification server. Furthermore, the identification server is configured to obtain a phone number associated to the user identifier and send an identity message to the phone. The phone is provided with a client application which looks up the private identities associated to the target resource and sends the selected private identity to the identification server and then to the client browser to log in to the target resource using the selected private identity.
US08412143B2
An improved passive double balanced mixer with reduced capacitor voltage mismatch is described. A passive double balanced mixer includes two sets of mixer circuits, each comprised of switches. Each switch is separately divided into a first portion and a second portion of unequal number of fingers. A first and second LO AC coupling capacitors associated with a given switch are coupled at one end to an LO signal. The outputs of the first LO AC coupling capacitors are coupled to the first portion of the first switch and the second portion of the second switch, respectively, while the outputs of the second LO AC coupling capacitors are coupled to the second portion of the first switch and the first portion of the second switch, respectively. In one embodiment, the unequal number of fingers is defined by an n−1 and an n+1 number of fingers, respectively. In an alternate embodiment, the mixer is an ADB mixer with a transconductance amplifier and two sets of mixer circuits as above.
US08412138B2
A multi-signal connector includes a first tuner, a first demodulator, a first radio frequency signal pin, a first ground signal pin and digital signal pins, and the first radio frequency signal pin transmits a first radio frequency signal. The first tuner receives the first radio frequency signal and outputs a first digital signal. The first demodulator receives the first digital signal and outputs an MPEG signal via the digital signal pins. The ground signal pin is disposed between the first radio frequency signal pin and the digital signal pins for reducing the interference and noise between the first radio frequency signal and the MPEG signal. A digital signal processing system is also disclosed.
US08412122B2
An apparatus and method for antenna matching according to a position and an angle of a portable terminal is provided. Operations of the portable terminal include, when at least one of a position and an angle of the portable terminal is changed, determining an optimal Tunable Matching Network (TMN) set value corresponding to the position and the angle, and performing antenna matching according to the optimal TMN set value.
US08412110B2
An apparatus and method for determining radiated performance of multiple antennas in a wireless system on the basis of capacity degradation comprising calculating a plurality of normalized IID channel matrices based on a plurality of complex gain patterns; calculating a plurality of colored channel matrices based on the plurality of normalized IID channel matrices; calculating a first channel capacity corresponding to the plurality of normalized IID channel matrices; calculating a second channel capacity corresponding to the plurality of colored channel matrices; and calculating a capacity degradation based on the first channel capacity and the second channel capacity.
US08412102B2
A method and apparatus for provisioning a communication device is disclosed. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller element that establishes wireless communication with a base unit operating according to a short-range cordless phone communication protocol, and receives from the base unit provisioning information that enables a communication device to establish wireless communications with an access point operating according to a wireless fidelity (WiFi) communications protocol. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US08412093B2
A satellite receiver for receiving at least a target satellite signal includes a channel selection filter and a controller. The channel selection filter is provided with a plurality of channel selection settings conforming to characteristics of a plurality of satellite signals corresponding to different satellite systems, wherein each of the channel selection settings is to receive at least one of the satellite signals. The controller controls the channel selection filter to enable a target channel selection setting selected from the channel selection settings to thereby receive at least the target satellite signal.
US08412091B2
An image erasing apparatus includes a recording medium height sensor sensing the height of recording mediums stacked on a discharge tray, a discharge tray lifting and lowering mechanism lifting and lowering the discharge tray, a shifting mechanism shifting and discharging the recording mediums, and a controller controlling a discharging operation so that the height of recording mediums on the discharge tray is equal to a desired height on the basis of the output of the recording medium height sensor.
US08412085B2
According to an aspect of the invention, a fixing device includes a laser beam irradiation unit and a conveying unit. The laser beam irradiation unit includes a plurality of laser beam sources and emits a plurality of laser beams to a surface of a recording medium. The conveying unit conveys the recording medium and/or the laser beam irradiation unit so that irradiated regions irradiated with the laser beams are moved in a given direction. When the plurality of laser beams is emitted to a toner image to fix the toner image, the plurality of laser beams satisfies conditions (A) and (B). The condition (A) is that the plurality of laser beams has substantially the same beam power and substantially the same width. The condition (B) is that the plurality of laser beams is independently emitted to the toner image.
US08412078B2
A development agent supply device includes a casing having an opening, a first development agent storage section, and a second development agent storage section, a development agent holding member housed in the casing such that a development agent holding surface thereof faces a developer-supplied device via the opening, a first electric-field transfer board that transfers development agent with a traveling-wave electric field along a down-facing development agent transfer surface in a predetermined direction from the first development agent storage section to the opening and faces the development agent holding surface at a downstream end in the predetermined direction, and a development agent retrieving unit that agitates development agent stored in the second development agent storage section and inadequately-charged development agent falling from the development agent transfer surface and conveys the development agent to the first development agent storage section.
US08412077B2
The developing device includes: a developing container for storing a developer; first and second conveying passages that are formed in the developing container and sectioned by a partition; first and second conveying members disposed inside the first and second conveying passages, respectively, to agitate and circulatively convey the developer through the first and second conveying passages in opposite directions; a developing roller that supplies the developer in the second developer conveying passage to a photoreceptor drum; first and second communication paths that connect between the first and second conveying passages at both ends of the partition; and, a developer flow regulator that regulates the flow of developer moving from the first conveying passage to the second conveying passage, in accordance with the height of the developer surface of the developer.
US08412070B2
An electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum; a cartridge including a developing roller for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the electrophotographic photosensitive drum, the cartridge containing a developer for effecting development and including a force receiving portion, wherein the cartridge is mounted to a main assembly of the electrophotographic image forming apparatus; and an urging member for urging the cartridge; wherein by mounting the cartridge, the force receiving portion receives a force from the urging member to urge the developing roller to the electrophotographic photosensitive drum.
US08412069B2
A charging unit is provided, the charging unit including: a charging member; and a charging member clean-up member having an elastic layer, the elastic layer containing a silicon oil, wherein a silicone concentration in analyzing the charging member by an x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy satisfies following condition: about 1 atm %≦(difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the silicone concentration in Si2p detected by the x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy above the charging member)≦about 3 atm %.
US08412068B2
A cooling device is disclosed. The cooling device includes a cooling section which is moveably provided with respect to an image forming device body between a first location and a second location, the second location being different from the first location, and which cools surroundings with a cooling medium to be supplied; a cooling medium supply section which is provided at the image forming device body and which cools the cooling medium to supply the cooled cooling medium to the cooling section; and a connecting member which connects the cooling section and the cooling medium supply section to circulate the cooling medium between the cooling section and the cooling medium supply section, wherein the connecting member includes a flexible member and is supported by a guiding member which guides an operation of tracking the connecting member in conjunction with movement of the cooling section.
US08412065B2
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, a developing roller, a toner supply roller, and a charging member. The toner supply roller supplies single-component non-magnetic toner to the developing roller for developing a latent image formed on the photosensitive drum. In a toner cleaning mode, the toner supply roller removes the toner from the developing roller. To this effect, the charging member charges up the toner held on the developing roller. A bias circuit and a controller are further provided, wherein the bias circuit applies bias voltages to the developing roller, supply roller, and charging member, and the controller controls the bias circuit to produce the bias voltages such that a potential difference between the charging member and the supply roller is greater than a potential difference between the developing roller and the supply roller in the toner cleaning mode.
US08412054B2
An optical receiver includes a first interferometer having a plurality of arms. The optical receiver further includes first tunable optical filters connected in series with the arms of the first interferometer, where each first tunable optical filter is tuned to filter a region of overlap in the optical frequency spectrum between adjacent optical channels.
US08412053B2
The present disclosure relates to a light modulating communication device comprising a housing comprising at least one inner chamber, and an opening, at least one quantum dot positioned inside the at least one inner chamber, a high-energy emitting source positioned within the at least one inner chamber, a modulator positioned proximal to the opening of the housing, and optionally, at least one reflector positioned within the at least one inner chamber. The present disclosure also relates to a method comprising providing at least one quantum dot, contacting the at least one quantum dot with high-energy particles such that light is produced from the at least one quantum dot, and modulating the light produced from the at least one quantum dot.
US08412049B2
A portable data probe includes a portable housing, an optical transceiver circuit and a wireless communication circuit. The optical transceiver circuit is disposed substantially within the portable housing, but is also configured to be in optical communication with an exterior of the portable housing. The optical transceiver circuit is operable to convert between electrical signals and corresponding optical signals. The wireless communication circuit is also disposed substantially within the housing, and is operably coupled to the optical transceiver circuit. The wireless communication circuit is operable to communicate wireless signals to a remote wireless circuit.
US08412048B2
A method and apparatus are present for managing a transmission of photons. The number of parameters for transmitting the photons as a beam in a liquid are identified using a number of characteristics of the liquid to form a number of selected parameters. The photons are transmitted in the liquid as the beam to a target using the number of selected parameters to form the transmission of the photons.
US08412047B2
The polarization multiplexed light transmitter takes out a part of a polarization multiplexed light to be transmitted as a monitor light; makes orthogonal polarization components contained in the monitor light to interfere with each other, to generate a polarization interfering light; converts the polarization interfering light into an electric signal; measures the power of an alternate current component contained in the electric signal after eliminating a direct current component thereof; and feedback controls delay amount varying sections so that an inter-polarized channel delay time judged based on a change in the measured power reaches a predetermined value. Thus, the delay time between the orthogonal polarization components in the polarization multiplexed light can be varied flexibly at a high speed with a simple configuration, and thus, it becomes possible to suppress transmission characteristics degradation of the polarization multiplexed light due to a change in system state.
US08412044B2
A passive optical network system and method in which at least part of the data is optically transmitted through a single optical fiber using a wavelength division multiplexing technique, with a plurality of signals being carried through the fiber in each direction, a different wavelength being used for each of the multiplexed upstream and downstream signals. The system may be retrofitted into existing telecommunications system to provide a multi-fold increase in the available bandwidth of long-distance optical fiber transmission.
US08412041B2
A subscriber premises side optical network unit, and an optical transmission system having the same, is provided that monitors whether or not a communication condition is established with a center side optical line termination and halts signals to be outputted to external nodes when the communication condition is not established. In an optical network unit (ONU), a signal output control means monitors whether or not the communication condition with an OLT is established and when it determines that the communication condition is not established, outputs an output halting request to loopback setting sections to control to assume a loopback state. Thereby, it becomes possible to halt the output of the signals from an interface module to a switch.
US08412038B2
An optical transmission device includes a wavelength multiplexing/demultiplexing unit, a plurality of transponders, an optical switch unit and a controller. The controller includes a table in which a plurality of items at least including priority order, a transmission label, a receiving label and a receiving label expected value correspond to the respective transponders. And the controller rewrites the transmission label of the transponder corresponding to the client device of the lower priority order than the priority order of the client device connected to the transponder of the irregular input, upon the optical signal provided by the wavelength multiplexing/demultiplexing unit to one of the transponders being irregular, and controls the label-changed transponder for which the transmission label has been rewritten so that the label-changed transponder provides the wavelength multiplexing/demultiplexing unit with the optical signal including the rewritten transmission label.
US08412034B2
A camera system includes a camera body, an interchangeable lens, and an accessory to be mounted between the camera body and the interchangeable lens, wherein the accessory includes a signal processing unit configured to process a signal input into the accessory, a storage unit configured to store information used for performing the signal processing, and a blocking unit configured to prevent direct communication from the camera body to the interchangeable lens when the information stored in the storage unit is rewritten via the camera body.
US08412021B2
A video playback user interface includes display of tags or other information outside of a video play area. Tags can be visually associated with items in the video by using connectors such as lines, arrows, etc. that bridge between a tag and an item. Tag and other information can be included with a video file or associated with a video file and stored as a separate file or other data structure. Users can add text or other annotations for viewing at a later time or by other users. A snapshot of a video frame during playback can be obtained and sent to an email address, web site, storage device, or other destination. The snapshot includes a video frame or portion of a frame along with added information such as tags, annotations, etc.
US08412010B2
An optical concentrator having a concentrating element for collecting input light, a redirecting element for receiving the light and also for redirecting the light, and a waveguide including a plurality of incremental portions enabling collection and concentration of the light onto a receiver. Other systems replace the receiver by a light source so the optics can provide illumination.
US08412005B2
A Mach-Zehnder interferometer type optical modulator includes first and third optical waveguides; input and output optical couplers; and a phase shifting section disposed between the input and output optical couplers. The phase shifting section includes first and second optical waveguide structures each including an n-type semiconductor section, a core layer and a cladding layer. The cladding layer of the first optical waveguide structure includes a first section disposed on the core layer, and second and third sections disposed on the first section. The second and third sections are juxtaposed to each other in a direction that intersects a waveguiding direction. The first and second sections are composed of a p-type semiconductor, and the third section is composed of an undoped semiconductor.
US08412001B2
In an image processing device, a transfer unit enlarges or reduces the image data at the transfer magnification by performing an enlarging or reducing process on the image data once, when the transfer magnification is equal to or smaller than an upper limit or equal to or greater than a lower limit. The transfer unit also repeats, by a plurality of times, a process of performing an enlarging or reducing process on an image data stored in a first region of a storage unit at a divided-transfer magnification equal to or smaller than the upper limit or equal to or greater than the lower limit and then storing the image data in a second region of the storage unit, when the transfer magnification is above the upper limit or below the lower limit.
US08411987B2
A method of enhancing a contrast and an apparatus for enhancing a contrast are provided. The method of enhancing the contrast includes: dividing an image into a plurality of blocks and calculating an average luminance value of each block; interpolating a peripheral luminance value for each input pixel of the image by using the average luminance value; and enhancing the contrast of the input pixel by using the interpolated peripheral luminance value of the input pixel and a unique luminance value of the input pixel.
US08411985B2
A first exemplary aspect of the present invention is an image processing device that executes image processing including first image processing and second image processing by using a pipeline mechanism, the image processing device including: a first processing unit that executes the first image processing on an input image data, generates history information recording specifics of processing executed in the first image processing, and outputs the history information to the first processing unit; and a second processing unit that executes the second image processing on the image data obtained in the first image processing according to the output history information.
US08411983B2
A method and apparatus for enhancing an input image to produce a contrast enhanced output image is disclosed. The method involves producing a contrast value for each pixel in the input image, the contrast value being proportional to an intensity gradient between each respective pixel and at least one pixel adjacent the respective pixel. The method also involves selecting pixels in the input image having respective contrast values that meet a first criterion, thereby forming a selected plurality of pixels and producing a frequency distribution of intensity values of the selected plurality of pixels. The method further involves selecting at least one range of intensity values in the frequency distribution that meet a second criterion, thereby producing a selected range of intensity values for enhancement. The method also involves producing the contrast enhanced output image by at least one of (i) expanding pixel intensity values in the input image that fall within the selected range of intensity values; and (ii) compressing pixel intensity values in the input image that fall outside the selected range of intensity values.
US08411973B2
A processing method for image file includes the following steps. An image file of an image is obtained, in which the image file includes a bit stream and an Exchangeable Image File (EXIF) data. A band indicator and a minimum coded unit (MCU) indicator are read according to an expanded range. A referential DC coefficient is obtained according to a hybrid direct current (DC) coefficient corresponding to a first MCU covered by the expanded range. A sub-clip of the MCU covered by the corresponding expanded range in the bit stream is decoded according to the read band indicator, the MCU indicator and the referential DC coefficient, so as to obtain at least one MCU.
US08411958B2
A method and device is provided for recognizing characters in a handwritten input representing an input character string. A character sub-string preceding an unrecognized character in the input character string is determined. Handwriting recognition is used to provide one or more candidate characters for the unrecognized character. One of the one or more candidate characters is then selected. The candidate character selected, is the one which is most likely to be a correct recognition of the unrecognized character based on the determined character sub-string.
US08411956B2
A system and method for associating optical character recognition text data with source images are provided. In one embodiment, an association module of a computing system is configured to receive text data from an OCR engine; associate the text data with a source image; and output associated optical character recognition data including the source image, the text data associated with the source image, and a plurality of referrers. Each referrer of the plurality of referrers may indicate a different image reference. The plurality of referrers are configured to cause the viewer application to output the text data associated with the source image to each instance of the source image that is rendered as part of the fixed-layout document in accordance with the multiple image references.
US08411952B2
A method for segmenting at least a pair of regions of an image, such method comprising: obtaining data of the image; computing watersheds of the image from intensity gradients of such image data; extracting a watershed region adjacency graph from the computed watersheds, such graph comprising a plurality of nodes corresponding to the watersheds and node interconnecting edges; assigning weights to the interconnecting edges; identifying each of the pair of regions in the image; identifying the nodes corresponding to the pair of identified regions in the adjacency graph; applying constrained graph-partitioning in the adjacency graph using the edge-weights to label unmarked nodes corresponding to each one of the pair of regions; and extrapolating the obtained label nodes on the graph to the image to segment each one of the pair of regions of the image.
US08411950B2
According to one embodiment there is provided a method of selecting a plurality of M atlases from among a larger group of N candidate atlases to form a multi-atlas data set to be used for computer automated segmentation of novel image data sets to mark objects of interest therein. A set of candidate atlases is used containing a reference image data set and segmentation data. Each of the candidate atlases is segmented against the others in a leave-one-out strategy, in which the candidate atlases are used as training data for each other. For each candidate atlas in turn, the following is carried out: registering; segmenting; computing an overlap; computing a value of the similarity measure for each of the registrations; and obtaining a set of regression parameters by performing a regression with the similarity measure being the independent variable and the overlap being the dependent variable.
US08411949B2
The image processing apparatus includes: a storage section including a region to be used when rasterization processing is performed with respect to intermediate language form data created by a band based on page description language form data; a plurality of operation sections; and a control section to perform the rasterization processing with respect to the intermediate language form data by using the operation sections. The control section generates a plurality of segmented regions by dividing the band constituting each pieces of the intermediate language form data into a plurality of pieces based on the number of the operation sections, and assigns a segmented region for executing the rasterization processing among the segmented regions to each of the operation sections.
US08411941B2
A data division unit divides N components of N-dimensional vector signals to upper bit signals and lower bit signals. A vertex data read-out unit obtains output signals of a unit solid or unit hypersolid corresponding to a combination of the upper bit signals of the N components from a plurality of multi-dimensional LUT units used to divisionally store output signals corresponding to vertices of unit solids or unit hypersolids that configure a lookup table in eight-vertex units. An interpolation computing unit makes interpolation computations of output signals for N-dimensional vector signals based on the obtained output signals and the lower bit signals of the N components.
US08411935B2
A machine-learning engine is disclosed that is configured to recognize and learn behaviors, as well as to identify and distinguish between normal and abnormal behavior within a scene, by analyzing movements and/or activities (or absence of such) over time. The machine-learning engine may be configured to evaluate a sequence of primitive events and associated kinematic data generated for an object depicted in a sequence of video frames and a related vector representation. The vector representation is generated from a primitive event symbol stream and a phase space symbol stream, and the streams describe actions of the objects depicted in the sequence of video frames.
US08411923B2
In a tomographical image reconstruction method and apparatus to generate an image of an examination subject from a number of digital projection data acquired at different projection angles, a first analytical filter kernel (formed by a first analytical function) is determined for a filtered back projection in the spatial frequency range, this first analytical filter kernel approximating, at least in a range of the spatial frequency, a discrete filter kernel iteratively determined for a model. Back projection is implemented with a second analytical filter kernel calculated from the analytical filter kernel and formed by a second analytical function.
US08411913B2
A method for partial fingerprint recognition, the method comprising the steps of extracting features including ridge orientations, valley images, minutiae, and pores from at least two fingerprint fragments, aligning the fingerprint fragments, matching the pores and minutiae on the fingerprint fragments after applying estimated alignment transformation, calculating a final matching score based on a pore matching score and a minutiae matching score, identifying a person based on a result of the final matching score.
US08411907B2
A modification method and system. The method includes performing a computer processor of a computing system, a facial recognition process of an individual associated with a device. The computer processor retrieves from a detection device, eyewear detection data indicating that the individual is correctly wearing eyewear and tint detection data indicating that the eyewear comprises tinted lenses. In response, the computer processor analyzes results of the facial recognition process, the eyewear detection data, and the tint detection data. The computer processor modifies functions associated with the first device in response to results of the analysis.
US08411905B2
A method for generating a supplementary index raster file based on a plurality of primary index raster files that are associated with an area of interest (AOI) uses a computer coupled to a remote sensing device via a network, wherein the computer includes an input device, a display, and a memory. The method includes generating the plurality of primary index raster files including at least two independent vegetation index (VI) raster files and a soil brightness index (SBI) raster file, wherein each primary index raster file includes a plurality of pixel values. The method also includes combining the at least two VI raster files to generate a classified soil brightness (CSB) raster file, classifying each pixel value of the CSB raster file into one of a plurality of classes, storing the CSB raster file into the memory, and displaying the CSB raster file.
US08411901B2
The present invention provides a method and system for calculating image recognition rate, which automatically calculates the recognition rate according to recognizing result obtained from an embedded image processing system whose images are provided by an image controlling apparatus. The image controlling apparatus provides an image frame each time according to a control signal issued by the embedded image processing system. The embedded image processing system receives the image frame and recognizes the same. After a plurality of image frames are recognized, it is capable of calculating the recognition rate according to the recognizing result of the embedded image processing system and the recognition rate is capable of being utilized to be a basis for optimizing the parameters used in recognizing logic of the embedded image processing system.
US08411868B2
Various embodiments are directed to systems and techniques for shared security associations. In one or more embodiments, a key distribution server provides shared security associations for clients and servers by assigning a group key to a particular client according to a time-based group key assignment schedule. The key distribution server may comprise a recursive codebook including multiple entries corresponding to group key assignments to be selected by the key distribution server with respect to time intervals. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08411867B2
A method and system for secure and scalable key management for cryptographic processing of data is described herein. In the method, a General Purpose Cryptographic Engine (GPE) receives key material via a secure channel from a key server and stores the received Key encryption keys (KEKs) and/or plain text keys in a secure key cache. When a request is received from a host to cryptographically process a block of data, the requesting entity is authenticated using an authentication tag included in the request. The GPE retrieves a plaintext key or generate a plaintext using a KEK if the authentication is successful, cryptographically processes the data using the plaintext key and transmits the processed data. The system includes a key server that securely provides encrypted keys and/or key handles to a host and key encryption keys and/or plaintext keys to the GPE.
US08411866B2
In one embodiment, a Home Agent receives a Mobile IP registration request from a group member, where the group member is a Mobile Node. The Home Agent generates a mobility binding for the group member that associates the group member with a care-of address, wherein the group member is a member of one or more groups. The Home Agent generates a Mobile IP registration reply, where the Mobile IP registration reply identifies one or more key servers. Each of the one or more key servers serves at least one of the one or more groups and is adapted for distributing group cryptography material to members of each group that is served by the corresponding key server. The Home Agent sends the Mobile IP registration reply to the group member, thereby enabling the group member to obtain cryptography material for at least one of the one or more groups from at least one of the one or more key servers to enable the group member to use the cryptography group material to securely communicate with other group members.
US08411865B2
A key management method for broadcast encryption in a tree topology network which includes a plurality of nodes is provided. The method includes forming a plurality of first node groups each of which includes a node at a second layer and nodes, which belong to the node at the second layer, at a first layer in the tree topology network; forming a plurality of second node groups each of which includes a node at a third layer, at least one node which belongs to the node at the third layer, and at least one node which belongs to the node at the third layer and which forms one of the first node groups, in the tree topology; assigning a plurality of first keys which are shared by subsets of the nodes of the first node groups at the first layer, to each of the first node groups, respectively; assigning a plurality of second keys which are shared by subsets of the nodes of the second node groups at the second layer, to each of the second node groups, respectively; and transmitting an update key which is encrypted using at least one key of either the plurality of first keys or the plurality of second keys.
US08411860B2
A base station of a wireless communication system includes: a base station side data generation portion generating a number of sets of scramble data which are different from each other while the number of sets of the scramble data is the same as or more than the number obtained by multiplying the number of the sub-channels used in said overall wireless communication system by the number of the subcarriers; a base station side storage portion which stores the scramble data; a base station side upper layer control portion which outputs both transmission data for a terminal at other end of a communication and information of sub-channels; a base station side lower layer control portion which, based on the information of the sub-channels, controls the base station side storage portion to output scramble data corresponding to the sub-channels; a base station side scramble portion which conducts a multiplication operation between the transmission data output from the base station side upper layer control portion and the scramble data output from the base station side storage portion based on a control by the base station side lower layer control portion.
US08411859B2
A method for determining the entropy of a noise source providing a bit flow, a method and a device for generating a bit flow, including parallelizing the bit flow to obtain first words over a first number of bits, applying to the successive words a compression function, and evaluating a second number of bits over which the compression function provides its results, the second number representing the number of useful bits in the first words.
US08411851B2
Presented is a method for determining the maximum number of key selection vectors (KSVs) supported by an HDCP source. The method includes transmitting a number of KSVs to the HDCP source, determining whether the HDCP source has entered a failure mode in response to the transmitted number of KSVs, increasing or decreasing the number of KSVs in response to the HDCP source not entering or entering the failure mode, transmitting the increased or decreased number of KSVs to the HDCP source, determining whether the HDCP source has entered the failure mode in response to the transmitted increased or decreased number of KSVs, and repeating the increasing, decreasing, and determining steps until the difference between a lowest number of transmitted KSVs resulting in the HDCP source entering the failure mode and a highest number of transmitted KSVs resulting in the HDCP source not entering the failure mode is one.
US08411848B2
In a telephone interface circuit, a first NPN transistor switch-controls a connection between a speech circuit and a pair of subscriber lines. A second PNP transistor controls an on/off state of the first transistor. A positive feedback circuit connects a collector terminal of the first transistor to a base terminal of the second transistor. An internal power source supplies current for driving the second transistor. The first transistor operates in a saturated region when a voltage that is in a range of standard voltages delivered over a pair of subscriber lines for normal operating conditions of a subscriber line device that is not being subjected to an over-voltage or an over-current event is applied in between the pair of the subscriber lines. The first transistor operates in an unsaturated region when an overvoltage exceeding said range of standard voltages is applied in between the pair of the subscriber lines.
US08411844B1
A method for controlling and correcting abandonment rate in an automated contact center that uses a predictive dialing method for determining a number of calls to generate for dialing. When abandonment rate is close to zero, the method determines a mean agent occupancy that is used by the predictive dialing method. Empirical data is collected on agent occupancy while the predictive dialing method uses the mean agent occupancy to determine a number of calls to generate. The method determines a target abandonment rate and a target agent occupancy, wherein a proportion of the agent occupancy empirical data having an agent occupancy equal to or higher than the target agent occupancy is within a predetermined range of the target abandonment rate. The target agent occupancy is used to adjust the mean agent occupancy used by the predictive dialing method.
US08411837B2
A method is provided for operating a directory assistance system is provided that includes the arrangement for storing a plurality of directory listings including listings relating to identification of Voice over IP devices. The directory assistance system is configured to receive a directory request for one of said directory listings from a variety of callers employing landline. The directory assistance system retrieves the requested information and generates a call completion record for providing information responsive to said directory request. The call completion record includes information relating to a Voice over IP device in a case wherein the requested information relates to a Voice over IP device. The call completion record includes information relating to a mobile phone device in a case wherein the requested information relates to a mobile phone device. The call completion record includes information relating to a landline device in a case wherein the requested information relates to a landline device.
US08411835B2
Methods and apparatus to manage conference calls are described. An example method of managing a conference call includes maintaining a record of participants of the conference call; enabling a first one of the participants to request an adjustment of a volume of a current speaker; and in response to a request from the first participant, adjusting an amplification setting associated with the current speaker in a preference file associated with the first participant.
US08411834B2
Device-to-device call disposition is provided. When a call is received at a first telecommunications device, a determination may be made as to whether a second device has been designated to receive a notification of the inbound call and to allow for call disposition at the second device. At the second device, the user may be notified of the incoming call at the first device, and the user may be provided with a number of options for disposing of the incoming call. While the user is positioned at a location having a wireline or wireless communications device associated with the location, and the user receives a call on his/her personal wireless device, a call to the personal wireless device may be automatically routed to the wireline or wireless device associated with the user's location (e.g., home or office).
US08411833B2
A VoIP-enabled communications system monitors abuse criteria for web initiated telephone calls. A hyperlink in user interface code allows a web-based user to initiate a telephone call to a target telephone number associated with the hyperlink, particularly to merchants of goods and services. If the user clicks on the hyperlink, the target telephone number will be provided to the communications application to facilitate making a telephone call. However, before the call is connected, the user enter a telephone number where the system will call back to bridge the call, and abuse criteria relative to the web-based user's telephone number are evaluated. If the abuse criteria are met, then the call is not connected. For example, one abuse criterion counts the number of times that calls back to the user go unanswered. Another abuse criterion counts the number of times that the target telephone number has been called. If abuse criteria are met, then a voice connection is precluded. Multiple levels of restrictions can be imposed on either the web-based user's telephone number or the target telephone number for repeated violations of the abuse criteria.
US08411829B2
A system, method and device for managing messages. A caller dialing a particular line has a message managing device operatively connected to the line, that records a copy of the message to be recorded on the line, such as on a conventional answering machine. The MMD includes ring detection circuitry to detect an incoming call. The copy of the message recorded on the line can be communicated to the appropriate user by correlating the incoming call data with a contact list or other preferences selected by a user. The user/recipient of the message can also be manually selected by the caller. The MMD can also implement a virtual phone application for creating a plurality of distinct, unique rings for one line, based upon the caller information.
US08411819B2
A method for use in a treatment planning process or in a treatment process includes determining a type of critical organ for healthy tissue, and accumulating dose for the healthy tissue based on the type of critical organ.A method for use in a treatment planning process or in a treatment process includes determining a type of critical organ for healthy tissue, and determining a constraint for the healthy tissue, wherein the constraint is determined based on different movement trajectories and the type of critical organ.
US08411816B2
There is described a radiological image capturing apparatus, which makes it possible to obtain a good X ray image in which contrast of the peripheral portions are emphasized by employing the Talbot interferometer method and the Talbot-Lau interferometer method. The apparatus is provided with an X-ray tube, a multi-slit member, a first diffraction grating, a second diffraction grating and an X-ray detector. The second diffraction grating contacts the X-ray detector. A distance L between the multi-slit element and the first diffraction grating is set to be not less than 0.5 m, a distance Z1 between the first diffraction grating and the second diffraction grating is set to be not less than 0.05 m, and a slit interval distance d0 of the multi-slit element is set to be not less than 2 μm. With the settings, the abovementioned good X-ray image can be obtained by using the Talbot-Lau interferometer system.
US08411812B2
A delay locked loop operates over a wide range of frequencies and has high accuracy, small silicon area usage, low power consumption and a short lock time. The DLL combines an analog domain and a digital domain. The digital domain is responsible for initial lock and operational point stability and is frozen after the lock is reached. The analog domain is responsible for normal operation after lock is reached and provides high accuracy using smaller silicon area and low power.
US08411799B1
A receiver having an intermediate frequency error correction circuit includes a mixer having a source input, a local oscillator input, and an IF output, an adjustable frequency local oscillator having an output coupled to the local oscillator input of the mixer, an IF filter having an input coupled to the IF output of the mixer and an IF filtered output, where the IF filter has an IF filter frequency response, and control circuitry coupled to the local oscillator such that the frequency of the local oscillator can be varied to at least: partially correct an IF frequency error.
US08411798B2
Disclosed is a method of controlling a receiver. A group identifier or modulation and coding scheme is sent in a physical layer header. This group identifier or modulation and coding scheme, or both, determine whether the corresponding physical layer frame should be fully demodulated and decoded. If it is not necessary to fully demodulate and decode the physical layer frame, the receiver may disable its demodulator, decoder, or both. This results in a power savings. A hub device sends the group identifier or modulation and coding scheme in the physical layer header. This allows receivers that are not addressed by the group identifier, or modulation and coding scheme, to disable at least a portion of their circuitry. Disabling at least a portion of circuitry saves power consumption and dissipation. The hub device may also send control messages to tell the receiver which group identifiers, or modulation and coding schemes, they should respond to.
US08411788B2
Digital transmitters having improved characteristics are described. In one design of a digital transmitter, a first circuit block receives inphase and quadrature signals, performs conversion from Cartesian to polar coordinates, and generates magnitude and phase signals. A second circuit block (which may include a delta-sigma modulator or a digital filter) generates an envelope signal based on the magnitude signal. A third circuit block generates a phase modulated signal based on the phase signal. The third circuit block may include a phase modulating phase locked loop (PLL), a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), a saturating buffer, and so on. A fourth circuit block (which may include one or more exclusive-OR gates or an amplifier with multiple gain states) generates a digitally modulated signal based on the envelope signal and the phase modulated signal. A fifth circuit block (which may include a class D amplifier and/or a power amplifier) amplifies the digitally modulated signal and generates an RF output signal.
US08411786B1
One or more communications parameters associated with a multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) signal transmitted by a transmitter are identified. The one or more communications parameters include one or more of (i) a number of receive antennas via which the MIMO signal is received, (ii) a number of spatial streams in the MIMO signal, and (iii) a signal to noise ratio (SNR) corresponding to the MIMO signal. A particular data detection technique of a plurality of data detection techniques employed by a receiver is selected in accordance with at least one of the one or more communications parameters.
US08411783B2
A method of identifying a precoding matrix corresponding to a wireless network channel comprises the steps of identifying a capacity metric that includes an identity matrix, approximating the capacity metric using an approximation metric that ignores the identity matrix, using the approximation metric to search over all matrices in a matrix codebook in order to identify a particular precoding matrix that increases a capacity of the wireless network channel, and transmitting across the wireless network channel a matrix index that corresponds to the particular precoding matrix. Additional techniques for identifying precoding matrices are also described herein, as is a method of approximating a capacity of a wireless network channel in a wireless network.
US08411780B2
Estimating the ratio of traffic channel power to pilot power in a MIMO wireless communication system
Methods and apparatus for processing a received multi-stream (MIMO) signal, and in particular for estimating a per-code traffic-channel-to-pilot power ratio for the MIMO signal are disclosed. An exemplary method includes the calculation of an average symbol amplitude or average symbol power level from a plurality of de-spread traffic channel symbols received in a first transmission slot and the estimation of a corresponding pilot symbol amplitude or pilot symbol power level, based on an estimated propagation channel response and at least one of a plurality of precoding vectors used to generate the MIMO signal. A per-code traffic-channel-to-pilot power ratio for the first transmission slot is computed by dividing the average symbol amplitude or average symbol power level by the corresponding pilot symbol amplitude or pilot symbol power level.
US08411774B2
A multicarrier communication device using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols can vary the number of subcarriers being used on multicarrier communication within a network, based on a predetermined criterion and capability information. The capability information can include a data file, which indicates portions of an electromagnetic spectrum for which regulatory body licenses are currently obtained for a network cell. Alternatively, the capability information can include capability information about the wireless devices in communication with the multicarrier communication device, where the capability information for each wireless device includes device power limitations, device bandwidth width limitations, or which subcarriers a wireless device is capable of using.
US08411767B2
The present invention relates to improved multiple access communications. In one form, the invention relates to an improved signal processing method and apparatus for an iterative method of determining the reception of a signal in a multi user packet based wireless OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) communication system. In other forms the present invention provides recursive filtering for joint iterative decoding in a variety of systems and functions such as linear multiple access channel decoders, iterative equalization, iterative joint channel estimation and detection/decoding, iterative space-time processing, iterative multi user interference cancellation and iterative demodulation. In one particular form the present invention provides an iterative decoding circuit for a wireless multiuser communications receiver comprising a first signal processing means for receiving at least one received signal, said first signal processing means comprising at least two linear iterative filters such that the first linear iterative filter provides an estimate of a selected received signal to an estimated signal output and a second linear iterative filter provides estimates of at least one other received signal, delayed by one iteration cycle, to an input of said first linear iterative filter, a second signal processing means for receiving the estimated signal output of the first linear iterative filter and providing a further received signal estimate to the input of the first signal processing means in a succeeding iteration cycle of the decoding circuit.
US08411765B2
Techniques, apparatus and systems for providing radio frequency wireless communications based on time reversal of the channel impulse response of an RF pulse in a transmission channel between an RF transmitter and an RF receiver to enhance reception and detection of an RF pulse at the RF receiver against various effects that can adversely affect and complicate the reception and detection of the RF pulse at the RF receiver.
US08411761B2
Sub-channel acquisition in a digital television receiver designed to receive mobile/handheld signals
When a change in sub-channel selection is made after a mobile/handheld (M/H) Frame is begun, an M/H receiver is for some time unable to correct byte errors by transverse Reed-Solomon (TRS) decoding of turbo decoding results. Despite this, later stages of the M/H receiver are supplied data that cyclic-redundancy-check (CRC) decoding of Internet protocol (IP) packets does not find to be in error. Some of the IP packets comprise Service Map Table (SMT)-mobile/handheld (MH) data used to update SMT determining how the M/H receiver is operated. SMT-MH data that have not been subjected to TRS byte-error correction are kept from updating the SMT until those SMT-MH data are verified by later SMT-MH data subjected to TRS byte-error correction. Transmitting total number of Groups (TNOG) information for the currently received M/H Frame in all its sub-frames speeds up acquisition of Fast Information Channel updates by the M/H receiver.
US08411760B2
Presented herein are systems, methods, and apparatus for displaying pictures. In one embodiment, there is presented a decoder system for decoding video data. The decoder system comprises a port and a transport processor. The port receives packets carrying encoded video data from a plurality of video streams. The transport processor adds a header to encoded video data from at least one of the packets. The header identifies a particular one of the plurality of video streams, wherein the at least one packet is from the particular one of the plurality of video stream.
US08411755B2
Waiting-for-transmission fragments that cannot be transmitted by a transmission unit due to the interruption of transmission by the transmission unit are stored. In accordance with the waiting-for-transmission fragments, a fragment to be transmitted prior to a first fragment including an intra-coded frame is eliminated from the waiting-for-transmission fragments. The transmission unit is controlled so that the first fragment is transmitted at the resumption of transmission.
US08411751B2
A method includes projecting motion vectors describing a transformation from a previous video frame to a future video frame onto a plane between the previous video frame and the future video frame, detecting potential artifacts at the plane based on an intersection of a cover region and an uncover region on the plane, and analyzing a dissimilarity between a trial video frame and both the previous video frame and the future video frame. The trial video frame is generated between the previous video frame and the future video frame based on a frame rate conversion ratio derived from a source frame rate and a desired frame rate. The method also includes estimating reliability of the projected motion vectors based on the potential artifact detection and the dissimilarity analysis.
US08411749B1
A system (and a method) are disclosed for intelligently fetch one or multiple reference blocks from memory for each block to be motion compensated or motion estimated within a video processing system. The system includes a reference block configuration evaluation unit and a motion compensation memory fetching unit. The reference block configuration evaluation unit analyzes the reference block configuration of the block being motion compensated with a plurality of reference block configurations of its neighboring blocks. In response to a reference block configuration evaluation result, the reference block configuration evaluation unit decides the configuration of reference blocks to be fetched from a memory. The motion vector memory fetching unit fetches the number of reference blocks for motion compensation accordingly.
US08411748B2
In one embodiment, the method includes selecting a list 0 motion vector of the co-located block in a first reference picture as the motion vector if the co-located block has the list 0 motion vector and a list 1 motion vector. The first reference picture is a type of reference picture permitted to be located temporally before or after the current picture. The method further includes selecting the list 1 motion vector of the co-located block in the first reference picture if the co-located block only has the list 1 motion vector, and deriving at least one motion vector of the bi-predictive block based on the selected motion vector. The deriving includes deriving a first temporal distance from a difference between the current picture and the first reference picture, deriving a second temporal distance from a difference between the first reference picture and a second reference picture, and scaling the selected motion vector based on the first and second temporal distances. The second reference picture is pointed to by the selected motion vector.
US08411745B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus of encoding/decoding by using a bit precision. In accordance to an aspect of the present invention, it is possible to encoding and decoding an image or a video by using a bit precision. Accordingly, compression efficiency can be improved and the decoding complexity can be reduced by encoding/decoding video data by use of the bit precision.
US08411741B2
Occurrence of mosquito noise of a macro block that contains even a small plain region is suppressed. One macro block is subdivided into sub blocks each of which is composed of four pixels×four lines. The average value of luminance levels of each sub block is calculated. The absolute values of the difference values between the luminance levels and the average value are obtained for each sub block. The minimum value of the average difference values of the 16 sub blocks of one macro block is selected and decided as an activity of the macro block. Corresponding to the decided activity, a quantizer scale of the macro block is decided. With the decided quantizer scale, the macro block is quantized. According to this method, since the size of each sub block is smaller than the size of a conventional sub block of eight pixels×eight lines, the average difference value of each sub block is more emphasized. Since the minimum value of the average difference values is designated as an activity of the macro block, an activity of a macro block that contains even a small plain portion can be more suppressed. As a result, a quantizer value of a macro block that contains an edge can be decreased. Thus, mosquito noise of a macro block that contains an edge portion of a picture can be suppressed.
US08411736B2
The invention relates to a method of processing a multimedia data stream coded according to a plurality of hierarchical levels and transmitted over a communication network with loss, the hierarchy levels being ordered so that a so-called higher hierarchy level is coded in a way that is dependent on at least one so-called lower hierarchy level, at least one portion of multimedia data of a lower hierarchy level having suffered losses, the method comprising a step (515) of error concealment in said at least one portion of data having suffered losses, characterized in that it comprises a processing step applied to the error concealment in said at least one portion of data of the lower hierarchy level and involving data of at least one higher hierarchy level dependent on the lower hierarchy level.
US08411727B2
A method and a device for feeding back and receiving downlink channel information are disclosed, whereby spectrum utilization ratio of downlink channel information feedback is enhanced. According to the present invention, a wireless terminal superposes an uplink user information sequence with spectrum-spread downlink channel information before transmission. A network side de-spreads a received signal before estimating the downlink channel information, and then detects the user information sequence after subtracting the estimated downlink channel information from the received signal. An orthogonal code can be employed to spread the spectrum of the downlink channel information. The wireless terminal and base station use a plurality of antennas for transmission and reception.
US08411723B2
There is provided an electric heater support plate which is not likely to be softened or deformed during firing at a high temperature, even if a material to be fired contains an alkaline component or an Si component as a volatile component. A passage 2 for the material to be fired surrounded by a ceiling refractory 11, wall refractories 12 and a floor refractory 13 is provided with an electric heater 3 heating from above and an electric heater 5 heating from below. This electric heater 3 has at least its heating part 31 mounted and supported on a fire-resistant support plate 4, and this support plate 4 in this invention has a two-layer structure in which an insulating ceramic support plate 41 is laminated on an SiC-based ceramic plate 42. The two-layer structure support plates 4 are supported by refractories 14 installed in a furnace and are arranged in parallel in a plurality of rows in a longitudinal direction of the furnace, and the electric heater 3 mounted on the support plates is so constructed as to generate heat by an electric power supplied from an energizing terminal 32 exposed to the outside of a furnace wall.
US08411722B2
A vertical cavity surface emitting laser includes a cavity formed by a pair of reflectors on a substrate and an active region interposed in the cavity. In the vertical cavity surface emitting laser, at least one of the reflectors that form the cavity has a refractive index periodic structure produced by arranging a first medium and a second medium so as to make the refractive index change periodically in in-plane directions of the substrate and the cross sectional area of the first medium in the in-plane directions changes in the direction of the thickness of the first medium. The vertical cavity surface emitting laser has reflectors having a wide reflection band.
US08411718B2
The present invention provides a nitride semiconductor light-emitting device capable of preventing shortening of the device lifetime due to increase in the driving voltage of the device and internal heat generation, and also providing uniform laser characteristics, even if the device has a ridge stripe structure. On a GaN substrate 1, an n-type GaN layer 2, an n-type AlGaN layer 3, an active layer 4, a p-type AlGan layer 5 and a p-type GaN layer 6 are laminated sequentially. On the p-type GaN layer 6, an insulating film 7 and a transparent electrode 8 are formed. A portion of the transparent electrode 8 is formed in contact with the p-type GaN layer 6. A ridge stripe portion D to form a waveguide is configured of a transparent film 9. A region, where the transparent electrode 8 and the p-type GaN layer 6 are in contact with each other, serves as a stripe-shaped current injection region.
US08411716B2
A circuit assembly controlling an optical system to generate optical pulses is provided. The optical system includes a seed light source optically coupled to an amplitude modulator. The circuit assembly includes a control circuit which generates a pulsed seed drive signal for driving the seed laser source, as well as logic signals defining successions of ON and OFF states and having a predetermined relative timing relationship. One or more of the logic signals is delayed by a corresponding programmable delay line to adjust the relative timing relationship between the logic signals. A logic gating module combines the logic signals according to one or more logical rule, thereby providing a modulator drive signal. Using this circuit assembly, the optical system outputs an optical pulse at each ON state of the modulator drive signal synchronized with the passage of one of the seed optical pulses through the amplitude modulator.
US08411714B2
A wavelength conversion laser light source includes an element temperature switching section that switches a temperature of the wavelength conversion element according to a harmonic wave output value as set in an output setting device, and the element temperature switching section for switching a temperature of a wavelength conversion element according to a harmonic wave output level as set in the output setting device. The element temperature switch section includes an element temperature holding section that holds the wavelength conversion element at the temperature as switched by the element temperature switching section.
US08411711B2
A semiconductor laser comprises an electrically isolated active section and at least one noise reducing section and operates on a ground state transition of a quantum dot array having inhomogeneous broadening greater than 10 nm. The laser preferably emits more than 10 optical modes such that a total relative intensity noise of each optical mode is less than 0.2% in the 0.001 GHz to 10 GHz range. The spectral power density is preferably higher than 2 mW/nm. An optical transmission system and a method of operating a quantum dot laser with low relative intensity noise of each optical mode are also disclosed.
US08411705B2
An adaptive clock recovery (ACR) system has a first closed-loop control processor (e.g., a first proportional-integral (PI) processor) that processes an input phase signal indicative of jittery packet arrival times to generate a mean phase reference. The input phase signal is compared to the mean phase reference to generate delay-offset values that are indicative of the delay-floor corresponding to the packet arrival times. The mean phase reference and the delay-offset values are used to generate offset-compensated phase values corresponding to the delay-floor. The ACR system also has a second closed-loop control processor (e.g., a second PI processor) that smoothes the offset-compensated phase values to generate an output phase signal that can be used to generate a relatively phase stable recovered clock signal, even during periods of varying network load that adversely affect the uniformity of the packet arrival times.
US08411704B2
A contribution system where the national services are not duplicated in the single stream. This single stream is transmitted in a mode not implementing burst transmission. Advantageously, the single stream is not protected by an FEC error correcting code, as present in the radio broadcast standard, for example DVB-H. Synchronization is provided by the insertion by the concentrator of synchronization packets comprising three synchronization stamps. A first stamp serves to synchronize the deconcentrators with each other and with the concentrator. A second stamp generates a first synchronization signal allowing synchronous generation of the period of the burst transmission mode necessary for generating the regional signal. The third stamp serves to generate a second synchronization signal for generating so-called “MIP” synchronization packets for synchronizing the various modulators.
US08411700B2
Methods, devices, and systems for automatically controlling the establishment and/or termination of inter-client Data Link Protocol (DLP) communication channels. More specifically, methods, devices, and systems are provided for establishing an inter-client DLP communication channel on demand for communication sessions and terminating the same upon completion of such communication sessions.
US08411695B1
A multi-interface bus allows for different bus standards to be implemented over the same set of physical bus lines. More particularly, in one implementation, the system includes a first circuit board, a second circuit board, and a bus connecting the first and second circuit boards. The second circuit board is configured to communicate with the first circuit board using either a synchronous or an asynchronous bus protocol determined based on a bus protocol used by the first circuit board.
US08411691B2
A new architecture provides network-based mobility in cellular networks that is built on Internet Protocol (IP)/Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) technologies, such as Virtual Private Local Area Network (LAN) Service (VPLS), the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) and BGP MPLS Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). The architecture consists of several building blocks that provide functionality for different aspects of cellular network mobility. One building block is network-based macro mobility in IP/MPLS networks. The macro mobility techniques described herein are built on extensions to a routing protocol such as BGP. Another building block relates to transferring subscriber context between network devices while preserving the IP address of the subscriber. The techniques described herein provide a subscriber context transfer mechanism for mobile subscriber management that is built on extensions to a routing protocol such as BGP. Another building block of the mobility architecture is network-based micro mobility based on VPLS.
US08411686B2
A CA plug-in file is divided into file blocks and file pieces in turn, and the file pieces are encapsulated into service data packets and data units in turn; a frame header is encapsulated in a multiplexing frame after the value of a “plug-in update identification” field configured in the multiplexing frame header is set to be valid, and the data unit is encapsulated in a data segment of the multiplexing sub-frame; and the encapsulated multiplexing frame is modulated to an electromagnetic wave of a physical channel sent to the air.
US08411677B1
An adapter for decoding information packet of a layered information transfer protocol received over a link is disclosed. The information packet is arranged in one or more predetermined layered protocol format and includes a payload data. The adapter includes a receive filter bank configured to process a portion of the information packet and assemble the payload data in a predetermined interconnect format. An adapter for encoding a payload data and destination information for the payload data received over an interconnect is also disclosed. The payload data is arranged in one or more predetermined interconnect format. The adapter includes a send filter bank configured to process a portion of the payload data and assemble the payload data with the destination information in a predetermined layered protocol format.
US08411676B2
A reconfigurable compute engine interconnect fabric includes a reconfigurable interconnect layer (24, FIG. 2) between an application layer (22) and a physical layer (26) which identifies the input and output pins for the engine and their functions.
US08411672B2
For purposes of servicing emergency calls, such as 911 calls, a telephone number is associated with each edge router port used to provide IP service to a customer premise location. A telephone number is associated with the edge router port and the corresponding customer location. The telephone number and location information are stored in a database used for providing emergency calling party location information. When a switch used for routing IP calls detects a telephone call to an emergency call center it determines the edge router port from which the call was placed and the telephone number associated with the port for emergency call purposes. The call is then forwarded to the emergency call service center with the determined telephone number being supplied as the calling party number. Performing a lookup operation using the supplied telephone number the emergency service operator determines the location from which the call was placed.
US08411668B1
A method and apparatus for enabling providers of PSTN toll free services to stagger simultaneous transmission of call setup signaling messages into an IP based teleconference bridge, supported by a VoIP network, by suspending a subset of calls and placing them on hold while placing other calls to be connected to the conference bridge are disclosed. The PSTN network can stagger calls by limiting the number of call setup signaling messages to be sent to the VoIP network within a predefined period of time interval and spread all the calls over multiple of such predefined periods. Prerecorded announcements or music can be played while the calls that have been placed on hold are in queue.
US08411664B2
A method (500) for a user terminal (120, 130) in a cellular system (100). The user terminal (120, 130) applies (505) a timing advance to transmissions to a controlling node (140). The user terminal (120, 130) requests (510) communication with the controlling node (140) by a special message (MSG 1), in response to which the user terminal (120, 130) receives (515) a message (MSG 2) which includes an updated value for the timing advance. The user terminal (120, 130) compares (520) the updated value with the value of the timing advance that the user terminal had prior to the reception of said response message. If the difference (Δ) between the prior value and the updated value is greater than a first predetermined threshold (T1) or below a second predetermined threshold (T2), the user terminal (120, 130) ignores (525) the response message (MSG 2) and renews its request for communication.
US08411662B1
The invention includes additional uses for the SSID of the IEEE 802.11 beacon to include reliable and secure capability encoding. The SSID in the system can be controlled by applications and transmitted with periodic broadcasting or point to point communication, so interoperable communication of application or user preferences/capabilities/membership can be transmitted and quickly determined by peers.
US08411658B2
Disclosed is a technique for achieving reduction in processing load caused when a mobile terminal having two or more interfaces registers flow control information with a network and reduction in traffic of signaling for the registration. According to this technique, a mobile terminal (MN100) has two or more interfaces (IF1 and IF2), registers, with a home agent (HA200), binding information between care-of addresses (CoA1 and CoA2) assigned to each interface and a home address (HoA0) of the MN, and further acquires home addresses (HoA1 and HoA2) exclusively for each interface and to be set for the interface and registers, with the HA, binding information between the HoA exclusively for each interface and a CoA corresponding to the HoA. For a flow desired to be sent and received by using only a specific interface, the HoA and CoA exclusively for the interface are used.
US08411657B2
Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed to directly connect a node of a Radio Access Network (RAN) with an Internet Protocol (IP) network. The node is provided with an interface to a broadband local loop network. Access to the local loop network or last mile enables the node to communicate directly with an IP network, including an IP Multimedia System (IMS) core. The node need not access a packet-switched core network via a controller. Embodiments include a Node B with an IP interface in a UMTS system and a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) with an IP interface in a GSM system.
US08411656B2
A femtocell wireless signaling/data mesh network for multi-user, multi-mode baseband signaling methods, timing/frequency synchronization, and receiver architectures is disclosed. The femtocell wireless signaling/data mesh network includes a plurality of femtocells connected by a plurality of wireless links. A first femtocell of the plurality of femtocells directly communicates with a second femtocell of the plurality of femtocells via a wireless link between the first femtocell and the second femtocell.
US08411653B2
There is provided a receiving apparatus including a radio receiving section that receives a first radio signal transmitted according to a first communication system and a second radio signal transmitted according to a second communication system, a first detection section that detects the first radio signal among radio signals received by the radio receiving section, a second detection section that detects the second radio signal among radio signals received by the radio receiving section using a predetermined correlation threshold, and a threshold control section that temporarily changes the correlation threshold of the second detection section when the first radio signal is detected by the first detection section.
US08411646B2
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate scheduling uplink transmissions. For instance, a time sharing scheme can be utilized such that differing mobile devices can be scheduled to transmit during differing time slots; however, it is also contemplated that a static scheme can be employed. Pursuant to an illustration, an interference budget can be combined with a time varying weighting factor associated with a base station; the weighting factor can be predefined and/or adaptively adjusted (e.g., based upon a load balancing mechanism). Moreover, the weighted interference budget can be leveraged for selecting mobile devices for uplink transmission (e.g., based at least in part upon path loss ratios of the mobile devices). Further, disparate interference budgets can be utilized by differing channels of a sector at a particular time. Also, for example, a base station can assign a loading factor to be utilized by wireless terminal(s) for generating channel quality report(s).
US08411632B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program for protecting transmissions are provided. A wireless communication apparatus receives a physical layer convergence protocol header of a transmission on a frequency band and determines from header information included in the header, whether or not there are further transmissions associated with the transmission and after the transmission on the frequency band. In response to determining on the basis of the header information that there will be at least one other transmission after the transmission on the frequency band, channel access of the wireless communication apparatus is suspended on the frequency band for a determined time period after the transmission, the determined time period including a transmission time interval of the at least one other transmission.
US08411631B2
In some embodiments, multiple wireless communication devices that are each transmitting an acknowledgement to the same wide-channel transmission will transmit their acknowledgements simultaneously over different ones of the narrow channels that make up the wide channel, thereby permitting older devices that can't decode the wide channels to determine when the acknowledgement are transmitted.
US08411625B2
According to one general aspect, a method comprising establishing a connection with at least one mobile station (MS). The method further comprising, in one embodiment, allocating communication resources, in resource blocks, to the MS. In various embodiments, the method also comprising selecting a size of a burst length field based in part upon a bandwidth and a number of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols used to communicate with the MS. In another example embodiment, the method also comprising selecting a size of a burst length field based in part upon a bandwidth and scheduling time duration (which can be based upon sub-frame, multiple sub-frame or frame duration) used to communicate with the MS. In one embodiment, the method may also include transmitting, to the MS, a message that includes the burst length field. In some embodiments, the burst length field may indicate to the MS the number of resource blocks allocated to the MS for purposes of communication.
US08411623B2
A wireless communication method for performing wireless communication between a first and second communication apparatus. The method includes: allocating a first subchannel in a first frequency region of a wireless frame to the second communication apparatus when the second communication apparatus performs a first communication, and allocating a second subchannel in a second frequency region of the wireless frame to the second communication apparatus when the second communication apparatus performs a second communication, by the first communication apparatus; and changing physical subchannels within the first frequency region and performing transmission when the first subchannel is allocated to the second communication apparatus, and changing physical subchannels within the second frequency region and performing transmission when the second subchannel is allocated to the second communication apparatus, by the second communication apparatus.
US08411618B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, more particularly, to a method of transmitting and receiving frame in a wireless communication system.A method for transmitting a frame of a base station in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of transmitting a first region of the frame to a mobile station by using a first traffic to pilot ratio (hereinafter referred to as “TPR”); and transmitting a second region of the frame to the mobile station by using a second TPR, wherein the second TPR is different from the first TPR.
US08411611B2
A method of setting a packet transmission path in a wireless communication network and a network apparatus using the same are provided. A method of setting a packet transmission path includes setting N−1 routing regions including at least one node between a source node and a destination node based on a predetermined N number of hops, N denoting an integer greater than or equal to two, and determining a node in each of the routing regions as a relay node based on a channel gain.
US08411609B2
A terminal receives a map scheduling interval that is set to be greater than a multicast and broadcast service map transmission cycle by a base station from the base station, and receives a multicast and broadcast service map from the base station according to the received map scheduling interval.
US08411598B2
In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving through a telephony user interface from a user at the telephony user interface an indication of a first direction of a sound source along a first axis with respect to the user and a second direction of the sound source along a second axis with respect to the user. The first axis is substantially perpendicular to the second axis. The method further involves communicating the indication of the first direction and the second direction to enable audio communication of sound originating at the sound source to the user as if coming from the first direction and the second direction with respect to the user.
US08411593B2
A space switch includes a buffer having a plurality of serial inputs, a plurality of de-serializers, each coupled to a respective input, a plurality n of buffers and a media access controller having inputs coupled to the plurality of de-serializers, data outputs coupled to the buffers, and two control outputs coupled to respective buffers for buffering input data at a clock rate one-nth that of the input data and a switch fabric connected to the buffers for matching buffer data throughput with switch data throughput. Preferably the buffer is a bifurcate buffer. This space switch described ensures matching of buffer and switch fabric throughput.
US08411591B2
Network topology codes are computed and used as keys to retrieve topology-specific information for isomorphic networks.
US08411589B2
The invention makes it possible to manage the wireless resources of each network even if network separation, disappearance, and recreation are repeated. The invention includes a management apparatus (104) which communicates with an AP (101) in the first network. The management apparatus (104) includes a reception unit which receives a message (M502) from some (111) of the communication apparatuses when some (111, 112) of a plurality of communication apparatuses form the second network, a management unit which manages information for forming the second network, and information on a network with which some (111, 112) of the communication apparatuses that have belonged to the second network should associate, and a transmission unit which transmits messages (M503, M505) containing the information for forming the second network to some (111, 112) of the communication apparatuses when the message (M502) is received.
US08411585B2
There are disclosed a network interference evaluating method, a dynamic channel assignment method and apparatus used in wireless networks. The dynamic channel assignment method used in a wireless network, comprising steps of: calculating each pair of visual delayed time for each pair of basic service sets based on received signal strength indicators, traffic information and rate information, and evaluating an overall network interference under a current channel allocation based on the calculated visual delayed time; constructing an undirected graph so that each basic service set is located at a vertex, and each connection line between each pair of basic service sets has a weight obtained from the pair of visual delayed time for this pair of basic service sets; coloring the undirected graph to get a new channel allocation approach and an optimized minimal overall network interference under this new channel allocation approach; comparing a difference between the evaluated overall network interference under the current channel allocation and the optimized minimal overall network interference with a predetermined threshold; and changing channel allocation for the basic service sets according to the new channel allocation approach if the difference is larger than the predetermined threshold.
US08411583B2
A method of generating a data block for performing a polling procedure in a wireless communication system, a method of transmitting data and a method of performing a polling procedure are disclosed. A protocol layer performs the polling procedure for requesting a receiving side to transmit status report if there are no data to be transmitted to the receiving side in both a transmission buffer and a retransmission buffer. When determining whether there are no data to be transmitted to the receiving side in the retransmission buffer, it is preferable that a data block for which retransmission request information is not received from the receiving side is excluded.
US08411580B2
A method of maintaining cached Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) terminal capability information at an end user terminal of a telecommunication system, for one or more other end user terminals. The method comprises predefining one or more signalling message properties for signalling messages to be received from peer terminals, and recording the properties at said end user terminal, examining incoming signalling messages received from peer terminals to determine whether or not they possess a predefined property, and if an incoming signalling message does possess a predefined property, reacting by refreshing the cached capability information for the sending terminal.
US08411566B2
A method and an apparatus for distributing bandwidth, on one or more first ports having a maximum bandwidth, the bandwidth usage being monitored and compared to a percentage of the maximum bandwidth. If the bandwidth usage at the first port(s) exceeds the percentage, a bandwidth of data received on the first port(s) and forwarded to a local user on one or more second port(s) being reduced so as to reduce the bandwidth of the data at the first port(s).
US08411559B2
A double ring network system configured with two or more transmission stations each including a pair of bi-directionally communicative communication ports, including any adjacent two transmission stations as terminal stations, and any transmission station as a base, as mutually connected in a ring form by communication ports through a transmission line, for intercommunications between transmission stations, in which the transmission stations are each adapted to determine whether or not frame signals are received from adjacent transmission stations, transmit route identifying frame signals for identification of routes to adjacent transmission stations, when having failed in reception, and set own station as a terminal station substituting for a current terminal station, when having received no responses to the route identifying frames from adjacent transmission stations, so they are kept from arriving at ring-like connected subsequent transmission stations.
US08411557B2
A mobile station apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive control information; a selecting unit configured to randomly select a sequence from a plurality of sequences contained in one group of a plurality of groups, into which a predetermined number of sequences generated from a plurality of base sequences are grouped and which are respectively associated with different amounts of data or reception qualities; and a transmitting unit for transmitting the selected sequence. The predetermined number of sequences are grouped by partitioning the predetermined number of sequences, in which sequences generated from the same base sequence and having different cyclic shifts are arranged in an increasing order of the cyclic shifts. A position at which the predetermined number of sequences are partitioned is determined based on the control information, and a number of sequences contained in each of the plurality of groups varies in accordance with the control information.
US08411555B2
The present invention relates to cellular system and especially to handover between cells on different frequency carriers in an OFDM system or between cells in 2 systems adopting different radio access technologies (RAT), at least one of them being OFDM technology. A problem is the intra-cell interference impact on the quality a connected mode terminal measures in the own cell and in neighbor cells. This is a problem for cells based on OFDM technology, because intra-cell interference has no impact as compared to the inter-cell interference on the quality provided by the cell to a connected mode terminal, whereas in UTRA the intra-cell and inter-cell interference have the same impact on the quality provided. The solution to the problem is based on the insight that for cells that are located on the same site, the eNode B possess information on the power transmitted on the respective frequency carrier, and can adjust the quality as reported from the terminal on co-located OFDM cells. The adjusted quality measure enables an improved evaluation of the quality of co-located cells, for a potential handover. The invention also relates to embodiments on a 2-step handover, wherein handover to inter-frequency, or inter-RAT cell on another site is made as a handover to co-located inter-frequency/inter-RAT cell and a handover to an intra-frequency cell located at the other site.
US08411553B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for testing mobile terminals in an OFDMA system, in which all or part of available downlink radio resources in a cell are transmitted. A processing unit in a test apparatus splits the resources used for transmission into contiguous unities in the frequency domain such that one or more of said unities comprise resources allocated to one or more mobile terminals under test, and at least one of said unities comprise resources allocated to virtual users.
US08411549B2
A circuit for preventing destruction of a semiconductor laser element of an optical disc device comprises a light-emission-directing circuit part for outputting a light-emission-directing signal for directing the semiconductor laser element to emit light; a voltage-monitoring circuit part for monitoring a light-emitting voltage and, when a judgment is made that the light-emitting voltage is normal, outputting a light-emission-permitting signal for permitting the semiconductor laser element to emit light, the light-emitting voltage being supplied from a power source for the semiconductor laser element to an optical-output-controlling circuit part in order to cause the semiconductor laser element to emit light; and a light-emission-permitting circuit part for using the optical-output-controlling circuit part to cause the semiconductor laser element to emit light only when the light-emission-directing signal and the light-emission-permitting signal are inputted.
US08411545B2
A recording apparatus includes a rotation driving portion that rotates and drives an optical disc master; and a recording portion that performs an information recording on the optical disc master, by performing a laser beam irradiation on the optical disc master, based on a recording waveform which has a land pulse of a first power, a recording waveform portion having a recording pulse of a second power higher than the first power, and a cooling pulse which has a third power lower than the first power and is inserted between the land pulse and the recording waveform portion.
US08411544B2
An instantaneous jitter information detection section detects, based on first and second digital values indicating different polarities relative to a predetermined reference value, an instantaneous gradient value corresponding to a difference value between the first and second digital values, and an instantaneous deviation value corresponding to a difference value between an intermediate value between the first and second digital values and the reference value. An information conversion section converts, based on an inversely proportional conversion table, the instantaneous gradient value to an inversely proportional value. An arithmetic section detects an instantaneous variance value by multiplying the instantaneous deviation value and the inversely proportional value together, and squaring a value obtained by the multiplication, and detects an integrated value by accumulating the instantaneous variance value. A standard deviation detection section detects a square root of a mean value of the integrated value as the absolute jitter value.
US08411536B1
A waveguide that includes a first cladding layer, the first cladding layer having an index of refraction, n3; a gradient index layer positioned adjacent the first cladding layer; an assist layer positioned adjacent the gradient index layer, the assist layer having an index of refraction, n2; a core layer positioned adjacent the assist layer, the core layer having an index of refraction, n1; and a second cladding layer, the second cladding layer having an index of refraction, n4, wherein n1 is greater than n2, n3, and n4; and n2 is greater than n3 and n4.
US08411535B1
The present invention generally relates to electrically connecting a laser diode to a slider and head assembly of a TAR head in a HDD. The laser diode is coupled to a sub-mount. The laser diode and the sub-mount are coupled to the top surface of the slider and/or the head assembly. Either the slider, the head assembly or both have bond pads exposed through their respective top surfaces to provide an electrical connection to both the laser diode and the sub-mount. Both the laser diode and the sub-mount have electrodes thereon that are perpendicular to the bond pads and are in contact with the bond pads. Conductive bonding material is used to not only bond the laser diode and the sub-mount to the bond pads, but also to electrically connect the bond pads to the electrodes.
US08411534B2
A data storage device comprises: a light waveguide element; a protective element; and a plurality of data storage elements interposed between the light waveguide element and the protective element. The light waveguide element irradiates light at a critical angle or more on the data storage elements. Each of the data storage elements comprises a transparent ferromagnetic element, which has been magnetized, disposed therein, and the magnetized transparent ferromagnetic element is movable by a magnetic field. When the magnetized transparent ferromagnetic element is moved close to the light waveguide element to allow light from the light guiding element to pass the data storage element, a first data is recorded, and when the magnetized transparent ferromagnetic element is moved away from the light waveguide element to prohibit light from the light guiding element to pass the data storage element, a second data is recorded.
US08411516B2
The present invention relates to a memory cell having a reduced circuit area, which comprises a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, and a fourth transistor. The first transistor is coupled to a readline and controlled by a wordline. The second transistor is coupled between the first transistor and a low-voltage power supply. The third transistor is coupled to the second transistor and controlled by a bitline. The third transistor controls turn-on and cutoff of the second transistor. Besides, the fourth transistor is coupled to the third transistor and a writeline, and is controlled by the wordline. Thereby, according to the present invention, four transistors form a memory cell, and the objective of saving circuit area can be achieved.
US08411515B2
Semiconductor memory including a reference amplifier and a high-speed start-up circuit having four FETs. The reference amplifier supplies the reference voltage to a sense amplifier via a reference voltage supply line. The high-speed startup circuit has four FETs. The first FET is turned on to apply a first voltage onto a first line when the enable signal indicates deactivation. The second FET is turned on to apply ground potential onto the first line when the voltage on the reference voltage supply line is higher than a gate threshold voltage value. The third FET is turned on to generate the first voltage when the enable signal indicates activation. The fourth FET is turned off when the first line is at ground potential and is turned on to supply the first voltage from the third FET onto the reference voltage supply line when the first voltage is applied onto the first line.
US08411507B2
Shifts in the apparent charge stored on a floating gate (or other charge storing element) of a non-volatile memory cell can occur because of the coupling of an electric field based on the charge stored in adjacent floating gates (or other adjacent charge storing elements). To compensate for this coupling, the read or programming process for a given memory cell can take into account the programmed state of an adjacent memory cell. To determine whether compensation is needed, a process can be performed that includes sensing information about the programmed state of an adjacent memory cell (e.g., on an adjacent bit line or other location).
US08411504B2
A method and a circuit for controlling the access to at least one resource of an electronic circuit, in which a test of the value of a counter over at least one bit conditions the access to the resource, the counter being automatically reset after a time period independent from whether the circuit is powered or not.
US08411501B2
Provided is a method of programming a non-volatile memory device. The method includes applying a first programming pulse to a corresponding wordline of the non-volatile memory device, applying a second programming pulse to the wordline, wherein a voltage of the second programming pulse is different from that of the first programming pulse, and applying voltages to each bitline connected to the wordline, the voltages applied to each of the bitlines are different from each other according to a plurality of bit values to be programmed to corresponding memory cells in response to the first programming pulse or the second programming pulse.
US08411498B2
Perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) devices, methods of fabricating a perpendicular MTJ device, electronic devices including a perpendicular MTJ device and methods of fabricating the electronic device are provided, the perpendicular MTJ devices include a pinned layer, a tunneling layer and a free layer. At least one of the pinned layer and the free layer includes a multi-layered structure including an amorphous perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) material.
US08411497B2
A method and system for providing a magnetic memory are described. The method and system include providing magnetic storage cells, bit lines coupled with the magnetic storage cells, preset lines, and word lines coupled with the magnetic storage cells. Each magnetic storage cell includes magnetic element(s). The bit lines drive write current(s) through selected storage cell(s) of the magnetic storage cells to write to the selected storage cell(s). The preset lines drive preset current(s) in proximity to but not through the selected storage cell(s). The preset current(s) generate magnetic field(s) to orient the magnetic element(s) of the selected storage cell(s) in a direction. The word lines enable the selected storage cell(s) for writing. Either the bit lines reside between the preset lines and the storage cells or the preset lines reside between the storage cells and on a storage cell side of the bit lines.
US08411495B2
A spin-transfer torque memory apparatus and self-reference read schemes are described. One method of self-reference reading a spin-transfer torque memory unit includes applying a first read current through a magnetic tunnel junction data cell and forming a first bit line read voltage, the magnetic tunnel junction data cell having a first resistance state and storing the first bit line read voltage in a first voltage storage device. Then applying a low resistance state polarized write current through the magnetic tunnel junction data cell, forming a low second resistance state magnetic tunnel junction data cell. A second read current is applied through the low second resistance state magnetic tunnel junction data cell to forming a second bit line read voltage. The second bit line read voltage is stored in a second voltage storage device. The method also includes comparing the first bit line read voltage with the second bit line read voltage to determine whether the first resistance state of the magnetic tunnel junction data cell was a high resistance state or low resistance state.
US08411494B2
One embodiment of a magnetic random access memory includes a transistor formed on a substrate and having a gate width, a plurality of magnetoresistive elements disposed above the transistor and jointly electrically coupled to the transistor at their first terminals, a plurality of parallel conductive lines formed above magnetoresistive elements and independently electrically coupled to their second terminals. A magnetoresistive element includes, a pinned layer having a fixed magnetization direction, a free layer having a reversible magnetization direction, a tunnel barrier layer disposed between the free and pinned layers, and an element width that is substantially smaller than the gate width. The magnetization directions of the pinned and free layers are directed substantially perpendicular to the substrate. The magnetization direction of the free layer is reversed by a joint effect of a bias magnetic field and a spin-polarized current applied to the magnetoresistive element. Other embodiments are described and shown.
US08411484B2
A method of writing into a semiconductor memory device, which includes a resistance memory element 14 which memorizes a high resistance state and a low resistance state and switches between the high resistance state and the low resistance state by an application of a voltage; a transistor 12 including a drain terminal connected to one terminal of the resistance memory element 14 and a source terminal connected to a reference voltage; and a transistor 16 including a source terminal connected to the other terminal of the resistance memory element 14. When a write voltage is applied to the resistance memory element 14 via the transistor 16 to switch the resistance memory element 14 from the low resistance state to the high resistance state, a voltage to be applied to the resistance memory element 14 is controlled at a value which is not less than a reset voltage of the resistance memory element 14 and less than a set voltage of the resistance memory element 14 by controlling a voltage to be applied to a gate terminal of the transistor 16 so as to be set at a value which is not less than a total of the reset voltage and a threshold voltage of the transistor 16 and is less than a total of the set voltage and the threshold voltage of the transistor 16.
US08411483B2
A one time programming (OTP) memory array is divided into a user section and a test section. The cells in the user section and in the test section are configured to form a checkerboard pattern, that is, having repeats of one user cell and one test cell in both column and row directions. Programming the test section and various additional tests are performed to both the user and test sections and other circuitry of the memory array while the user section is not programmed. Even though the OTP user section is not programmed or tested, the provided tests in accordance with embodiments of the invention can provide a very high probability that the OTP memory including the user section is of high quality, i.e., the OTP cells in the user section can be programmed and function appropriately.
US08411464B2
A portable electronic device includes a base, a cove, a first plate, a second plate, a first post, a second post, and an adjusting mechanism. The first plate is secured to the cover. A guiding slot and a receiving hole are defined in the first plate. The second plate is secured to the base. A receiving slot and a pin hole are defined in the second plate. The first post passes through the pin hole and the receiving hole. The second post passes through the receiving slot and is slidably received in the guiding slot. One end of the adjusting mechanism is rotatably connected to the first and second plates by the first post, and the other end of the adjusting mechanism is slidably connected to the first and second plates by the second post.
US08411460B2
A printed circuit board includes a power layer, a ground layer, a signal layer, and a backboard. The backboard is arranged below the signal layer opposite to the ground layer. A number of vias are formed from the backboard through the signal layer, and then connected to the ground layer.
US08411449B2
An electronic device includes a housing, a capacitive touch button, a PCB and a connection mechanism. The capacitive touch button is secured in the housing and includes a number of button bodies. The PCB is secured in the housing. The connection mechanism includes a circuit board and a connection element. The circuit board is secured in the housing and includes a number of sensor electrodes and a number of electrical protrusions, which are all arranged corresponding to the number of button bodies of the capacitive touch button. The sensor electrodes are connected to the capacitive touch button and the electrical protrusions. The connection element includes a first end and a second end. The first end is fixed on the PCB. The second end resists against the electrical protrusions for electrically connecting the capacitive touch button and the controller of the PCB.
US08411447B2
A power amplifier chassis for an n+1 redundant power amplifier system. The power amplifier chassis includes an embedded controller and a power amplifier. The embedded controller operates the power amplifier chassis in a master controller mode or a slave controller mode. When operated in the master controller mode, the embedded controller monitors operating parameters associated with the power amplifier chassis, and can transfer control of the power amplifier system when the embedded controller senses that the monitored operating parameters indicate a failure or impending failure of the power amplifier chassis. When operated in the slave controller mode, the embedded controller receives control instructions from the master controller power amplifier module, and is enabled to reconfigure the power amplifier chassis from the slave controller mode to the master controller mode in response to a failure or imminent failure indication of a first power amplifier chassis operated in master controller mode.
US08411443B2
A heat-dissipating assembly includes a first heat-dissipating body and a second heat-dissipating body adhered to two sides of the memory. The bottom edge of the first heat-dissipating body has a first supporting piece and first engaging pieces comprising a first stopping section and a first insertion section. The bottom edge of the second heat-dissipating body has a second supporting piece and second engaging pieces comprising a second stopping section and a second insertion section. The second insertion section extends toward the first insertion section. The first insertion section is slidingly disposed inside the second stopping section. The second insertion is slidingly disposed inside the first stopping section. The first stopping section abuts against the second stopping section, so that the first engaging piece and the second engaging piece are slidingly engaged with each other.
US08411439B1
A data center cooling system is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of computer racks arranged in a plurality of substantially parallel rows, cooling units associated with the computer racks and arranged in substantially parallel rows to cool air warmed by the cooling racks, and cooling fluid supply and return conduits that are divided by isolation valves into a plurality of cooling sub-loops, wherein adjacent cooling units in a common row are supplied from different sub-loops, and individual sub-loops serve cooling units in multiple rows, so as to provide water-side diversity across the cooling system.
US08411438B2
A heat sink (1) for power module is capable of mounting a power device (101) on at least a surface of the heat sink. The heat sink includes a refrigerant passage (1d) in which cooling medium that dissipates heat generated by the power device (101) flows and a corrugated fin body (1a) arranged in the refrigerant passage (1d). The corrugated fin body (1a) has crests (21b) and troughs (21c) that extend in the flow direction of the cooling medium, and side walls (21a) each of which connects the corresponding one of the crests (21b) with the adjacent one of the troughs (21c). Each adjacent pair of the side walls (21a) and the corresponding one of the crests (21b) or the corresponding one of the troughs (21c) arranged between the adjacent side walls (21a) form a fin (21). Each of the side walls (21a) has a louver (31) that operates to, at least, rotate the cooling medium flowing in the associated fin (21). The heat sink (1) thus has a further improved heat dissipating performance.
US08411416B2
A surface mount electronic component includes an element, an anode terminal, a cathode terminal, and an outer package body. The element has a configuration including an anode, and a cathode formed on a part of the surface of the anode via a dielectric substance. An anode terminal is electrically connected to the anode, and a cathode terminal is electrically connected to the cathode. The outer package body covers an element laminated body such that a part of the anode terminal and a part of the cathode terminal are exposed. The outer package body is made of a norbornene resin. Thus, an electronic component having high reliability can be achieved.
US08411402B2
An arrangement for cooling a high voltage converter including a major loop with a pump for making a coolant liquid to pass power semiconductor devices of the converter and a heat exchanger for lowering the temperature of the coolant liquid before passing the power semiconductor devices again. An extra loop is connected to the major loop. The extra loop has a cooling apparatus containing a volume of a cooling medium and adapted to cool the medium to a temperature substantially lower than the temperature of the coolant liquid after having passed the heat exchanger in the major loop. A control unit is adapted to divert at least a part of the coolant liquid to flow through the extra loop when the need of cooling the power semiconductor devices of the converter is extremely high.
US08411394B2
The present invention is to be capable of suppressing magnetic white noises as far as possible. A resonant magneto-resistance effect element includes a first magnetic layer whose magnetization direction is substantially parallel to a film plane, a second magnetic film whose magnetization direction is substantially perpendicular to the film plane, and a non-magnetic layer which is provided between the first and second layers.
US08411393B2
An electrical lap guide having a first layer, the first layer including a material having a first resistivity, the first layer having first and second contact regions for electrically connecting the electrical lap guide to electrical leads; a second layer, the second layer including a material having a second resistivity, wherein the electrical lapping guide has a lapping axis and a layered axis, the layered axis being perpendicular to the lapping axis, the electrical lapping guide has an air bearing plane, the air bearing plane being perpendicular to the lapping axis, the second layer is disposed adjacent to a portion of the first layer in the direction of the layered axis, and the first layer extends farther in the lapping axis than does the second layer.
US08411390B2
A structure for providing two write assist components for perpendicular thin film heads writing to high coercivity media is disclosed. The two components provided by the present invention include a media writing assist component and a head switching assist component. The structure includes an auxiliary half coil surrounding the pole tip at the ABS, and includes conductive elements running parallel to the pole layer which are connected to the auxiliary half coil. Integrated heat sinks located at either the ABS or at a recessed position are provided. The conductive elements can prove either symmetric or asymmetric current feed geometries, which allow differential or common mode current flow to the half coil.
US08411378B2
A zoom lens includes a negative first lens unit G1 and a positive second lens unit G2. The second lens unit G2 includes first and second cemented lens components that are arranged adjacent to each other. The first and second cemented lens components are each made up of a plurality of lens elements having different refractive indices and different Abbe constants. The image side surface of the first cemented lens component and the object side surface of the second cemented lens component are both concave surfaces.
US08411377B2
An optical lens assembly for image photographing, in order from an object side to an image side comprising: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens element with positive refractive power; a third lens element with positive refractive power having a convex image-side surface; a plastic fourth lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface, both object-side and image-side surfaces being aspheric, and having at least one inflection point. Additionally, the optical lens assembly for photographing image has an image sensor on the image plane for imaging a photographed object and satisfies specific conditions. Thereby, this invention has a high resolving power and can shorten the total length of the lens assembly for using in camera and mobile phone camera with well photographing abilities.
US08411368B2
Provided is a zoom lens system including a compact focusing lens unit and having a suppressed change in image magnification at the time of movement of the focusing lens unit. The zoom lens system of the present invention includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit G1 having negative optical power, a second lens unit G2 having positive optical power, a third lens unit G3 having positive optical power, and a fourth lens unit G4 having negative optical power. The fourth lens unit G4 moves to the image side along an optical axis at the time of focusing from an infinity in-focus condition to a close-point in-focus condition.
US08411364B2
A security document including a substrate of transparent polymeric material, and opacifying layers provided on opposing sides of the substrate, the opacifying layers acting to guide light propagating within the substrate, wherein the substrate is formed with at least one micro-prism for diverting light propagating within or entering the substrate.
US08411358B2
An arbitrary entire region of a specimen, or a plurality of individual regions, is simultaneously stimulated without a time lag, or a strong stimulus is applied to an arbitrary region of a specimen. The invention provides a microscope apparatus including a first stimulation optical system having a galvanometer mirror that scans a specimen with first stimulus light, which applies an optical stimulus to a specimen, on the specimen; a second stimulation optical system which has a plurality of two-dimensionally arrayed movable mirrors and which switches the angle of each movable mirror so that second stimulus light, which applies an optical stimulus to the specimen, can be selectively deflected towards the specimen; and a dichroic mirror that combines a light path of the first stimulation optical system and a light path of the second stimulation optical system.
US08411357B2
A motor-operated microscope system has a motor-operated microscope section including an illumination optical system, an electric stage, an image forming optical system having an objective lens and an image forming lens, and an image pickup device; a housing; a control device having a screen display and an arithmetic processing section; and software displaying an operating condition setting screen of the motor-operated microscope section on the screen display and controlling an operation of the motor-operated microscope section in accordance with a set condition. The operating condition setting screen has, on one screen, a setting section for an exposure condition with the image pickup means; a setting section for a focusing condition with the objective lenses; an objective interchange setting section; a setting section for wavelength and luminance of illumination light; a setting section for an image pickup range; a display section for a picked-up image; and an operation commanding section for the motor-operated microscope section.
US08411356B2
A projection objective has an object surface and an image surface. The projection objective includes a plurality of optical elements arranged along an optical axis and configured so that during operation the projection objective images a pattern arranged in the object surface onto the image surface. The optical elements include a concave mirror a first deflecting mirror and a second deflecting mirror. The first deflecting mirror is tilted relative to the optical axis by a first tilt angle, t1, about a first tilt axis so that during operation the first deflecting mirror deflects light at a wavelength λ from the object surface towards the concave mirror or deflects light at λ from the concave mirror towards the image surface. The second deflecting mirror is tilted relative to the optical axis by a second tilt angle, t2, about a second tilt axis. For a pattern including a grating having a line width of 45 nm and a pitch, p, the projection objective images the pattern to the image surface such that for a first orientation of the pattern and a second orientation of the pattern a difference, ΔHV, between the imaged line width is 1.2 nm or less for 100 nm
US08411350B2
The embodiments of the present invention provides an optical demodulator, which includes a first reflective mirror, a second reflective mirror, a third reflective mirror, and an optical splitter. The optical splitter is configured to: split input light for the first time; split for the second time a first path of light reflected back by the first reflective mirror, where two paths of light obtained by splitting the first path of light are emitted to the first reflective mirror and the third reflective mirror respectively, split for the second time a second path of light reflected back by the second reflective mirror, where two paths of light obtained by splitting the second path of light are emitted to the first reflective mirror and the third reflective mirror respectively.
US08411349B2
An optical modulator includes an optical modulation substrate, an electrical length adjusting substrate, a package containing the substrates, and a plurality of input ports for inputting high frequency electrical signals. The optical modulation substrate includes a substrate body made of an electro-optic material, a ground electrode and a plurality of signal electrodes provided on the substrate body, optical waveguides propagating lights interacting with the signal electrodes, respectively, and electrode input ports inputting the high frequency electrical signals into the signal electrodes, respectively. The signal electrode includes an interacting part, an input end part provided between the electrode input port and interacting part, and a terminal part. The electrical length adjusting substrate includes conductive lines connected to the input ports for inputting the high frequency electrical signals, respectively. The conductive lines have electrical lengths different from each other for adjusting the phase differences among the ports.
US08411342B2
Provided are a light scanning unit and an image forming apparatus including the light scanning unit. The light scanning unit can include a source, a deflector, and an optical imaging system. The deflector can deflect the light generated by the source. The optical imaging system can form the deflected light into an image on a photosensitive medium and can have a first and second optical imaging lenses collectively configured: to have the functionality of an f-theta lens. The optical imaging system can be such that a first ratio (k/fm) is between about 0.81 and about 0.88, and a second ratio (fm/fm1) is between about 0.6 and about 0.91, where k is an f-theta scanning coefficient of the optical imaging system, fm is a main scanning focal distance of the optical imaging system, and fm1 is a main scanning focal distance of the first optical imaging lens.
US08411340B2
An optical microscanner achieves wide rotation angles utilizing a curved reflector. The optical microscanner includes a moveable mirror for receiving an incident beam and reflecting the incident beam to produce a reflected beam and a Micro Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) actuator that causes a linear displacement of the moveable mirror. The curved reflector produces an angular rotation of the reflected beam based on the linear displacement of the moveable mirror.
US08411337B2
A step and non-uniformity in density in a drawing object due to an offset for an electrical color-shift correction are reduced. An image forming apparatus includes: a unit for determining a changing coordinate in a main scanning direction for correcting a color shift; a unit for detecting a closed region lying across the determined changing coordinate, from a drawing object; and a unit for performing a changing by using the determined changing coordinate without changing a shape of the detected closed region.
US08411333B2
An image capturing device includes: a first base, including a first side edge and a second side edge opposite to each other; a first light-emitting element, located at the first side edge, for emitting a first light source to illuminate a document; a first compensator, located at the second side edge; a first sensing element, located between the first light-emitting element and the first compensator; a first transparent sheet, covering the first compensator; a second base, including a third side edge and a fourth side edge opposite to each other; a second light-emitting element, located at the third side edge, for emitting a second light source to illuminate the document; a second compensator, located at the fourth side edge; a second sensing element, located between the second light-emitting element and the second compensator; and a second transparent sheet, covering the second compensator.
US08411331B2
An image scanning apparatus includes a scanning unit that scans an image from an image display medium optically and creates image data; a data comparison unit that compares the image data scanned by the scanning unit and image data recorded in a predetermined recording region; and a notification unit that notifies an operator depending on a result of comparison by the data comparison unit.
US08411330B2
An image processing system is provided in which an image supplying apparatus is connected to a plurality of image processing apparatuses via a network, where at least one image processing apparatus executes processing requested by a user for image data supplied from the image supplying apparatus. The image supplying apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine whether the image data requests a security condition, a decision unit configured to decide on the security condition, a search unit configured to search the plurality of image processing apparatuses for an image processing apparatus which is capable of executing the processing requested by the user and satisfies the security condition, a display unit configured to display the image processing apparatus detected by the search unit so as to allow the user to select the image processing apparatus, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data to the image processing apparatus.
US08411323B2
A method for generating print data for digital color images uses a division of the images in windows. Each window is characterized as belonging to a predefined class, based on values of pixels in corresponding windows in at least two sub-images that are derived from the color image by a series of image processing steps. These sub-images are, e.g. a gradient sub-image in which the value of every pixel indicates the difference of that pixel with its local neighborhood and a non-uniformity sub-image in which each pixel determined to be comprised in a uniform area is provided with a predetermined value. The percentage of windows belonging to a class is calculated and compared to threshold values to identify an image type. This image type is used to select a conversion method to convert the color image into print data for printing on the printer system.
US08411318B2
An image processing apparatus able to instantaneously transmit image data on which a color/monochrome judgment and a series of processings have been performed comprising: a color/monochrome judging device for judging if input RGB image data is color or monochrome; a color image correction processing unit for performing color image correction processing on the RGB image data and outputting color image data; a monochrome image conversion processing unit for performing monochrome image conversion processing on the RGB image data and converting the same to monochrome image data; image accumulation device for accumulating color image data and monochrome image data; a network I/F for transmitting the image data accumulated in the image accumulation device to an external network; and accumulation control device for outputting either the color image data or monochrome image data accumulated in the image accumulation device to an external network in accordance with the color/monochrome judgment result.
US08411317B2
An image reading apparatus includes a light source which irradiates an original with light, an imaging unit which images by condensing reflected and scattered light from the original via a plurality of reflecting mirrors and imaging mirrors, and a photoelectric conversion unit which converts, into an electrical signal, the reflected and scattered light imaged by the imaging unit. The imaging unit is an imaging optical system which is adjusted such that the difference between the spectral characteristic at an end portion in the main-scanning direction of the image reading apparatus and that at the central portion in the main-scanning direction becomes 5% or less at the peak wavelength of the light source.
US08411313B2
In an image forming apparatus, a reader reads an image of one page of an original thereby obtaining image data. A determining unit determines whether embedded data has been embedded in the image data. An extracting unit extracts the embedded data, acquires a target page number of a reading unnecessary page based on the embedded data, and saves the page number in a storage unit. A page number determining unit determines whether a page number of a next page of the original matches with the target page number. Upon the page number of the next page matching with the target page number, the reader does not read image data of the next page.
US08411312B2
An image forming apparatus having a function for binding a plurality of sheets, both sides of each of which have been printed, and outputting a booklet-shaped print, the image forming apparatus including: a shifting section which shifts drawing information to be printed on each page of at least one set of spread two pages of the booklet-shaped print so that the drawing information is separated from a bound position; and a synthesizing section which synthesizes drawing information near a bound side of one page of the two pages, information based on the drawing information, or predetermined background information, in a blank portion formed by a shift on a bound side of an other page of the two pages.
US08411311B2
An image processor is connectable with a storing medium storing at least one set of still image data each corresponding to a still image and at least one set of moving image data each including a plurality of sets of frame image data corresponding to a plurality of frame images. An extracting unit extracts at least one set of frame image data from the plurality of frame image data sets of each moving image data set. A layout order determining unit determines a layout order of still images each corresponding to the still image data sets and frame images each corresponding to the frame image data set extracted by the extracting unit according to a predetermined criterion. An output unit outputs an image list with the still images and the frame images laid out therein in the layout order determined by the layout order determining unit.
