26th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140176300 | AUTOMOBILE POWER WINDOW ENABLE AND DISABLE METHOD - A method, apparatus and system for controlling the actuation of a movable structure, the moveable structure configured to open and close an aperture in a vehicle, is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a sequence containing a request to at least one of open and close the aperture, interpreting the sequence as a request to one of enable and disable the actuation of the moveable structure, and in response to the interpretation, one of enabling and disabling the actuation of the moveable structure. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176301 | Remote Function Fob for Enabling Communication Between a Vehicle and a Device and Method for Same - A remote function fob associated with a vehicle is disclosed, the fob for enabling secure communication between the vehicle and a device. The fob may include a transceiver configured for communication with the device. The fob may further include a controller which may be configured to enable secure communication with the device via the transceiver. The controller may be further configured for operation with a code generated using a security protocol, the code to be used in secure communication between the device and the vehicle, the code for transmission to the device via the transceiver. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176302 | SMART KEY CARD - A key card device may include a memory device storing a digital signature for activating a lock, an input device, an output device, and a wireless transceiver. The key card device may further include logic configured to receive input via the input device; generate a first message based on the received input; wirelessly transmit the generated message to facility management system associated with the lock; receive a second message from the facility management system; generate output based on the received second message; and provide the generated output to the output device. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176303 | Remote Lockout/Tagout - A remote lock-out/tag-out system and method allow a remote service technician to remotely lock-out a machine via a remote wireless control device. In one aspect, the lock-out initiation request is sent from the remote wireless control device to the machine. The remote wireless control device then receives from the machine an indication that the machine location and state are suitable for lock-out. In response, the remote wireless control device sends a lock-out command to the machine. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176304 | METHOD AND SMARTKEY SYSTEM FOR REDUCING BATTERY CONSUMPTION - Provided is a smartkey system for reducing battery consumption. The smartkey system in a sleep mode wakes up at every certain interval, and first checks whether there is a fob near a vehicle. Only when there is the fob near the vehicle, the smartkey system receives authentication information from the fob to authenticate the fob. Therefore, an authentication operation is not performed when there is no fob near the vehicle, and thus, a wakeup time is shortened, thereby reducing an amount of dark current consumed by the vehicle. Moreover, the wakeup time of the smartkey system is shortened, thus securing a time margin that enables an additional operation to be performed in the sleep mode. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176305 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSOCIATING A TAG WITH AN ASSET - Methods and systems are disclosed that associate a wireless tag with an asset. A wireless tag may include a short range communication interface configured to communicate over a short range communication link with a short range communication component of an asset. The wireless tag may also include a long range communication interface configured to communicate over a long range communication link with a remote element. In one aspect, operations may include determining whether the wireless tag can communicate with the short range communication component and receiving asset information from the short range communication component over the short range communication link. Operations may also include sending the asset information and wireless tag information to the remote element over the long range communication link to generate an association between the wireless tag and the asset based on the asset information and the wireless tag information. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176306 | NEAR-FIELD-COMMUNICATION (NFC) ENABLED MOBILE DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A method for Near Field Communication (NFC) communications and an NFC-enabled device are disclosed. The method includes sensing an induced current in a Near Field Communication (NFC) antenna; and switching a switch on and off to start and stop the flow of the induced current in the NFC antenna. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176307 | RFID DEVICES CONFIGURED FOR DIRECT INTERACTION - An RFID tag is provided with an RFID chip and an antenna and interactive switch electrically coupled to the RFID chip. When a user physically interacts with the switch (such as by pressing the switch with a finger), the antenna transmits an input signal to an RFID reader of an RFID-based control system. The RFID reader, in turn, transmits a control signal to an electronic device for controlling the device. The RFID tag may be incorporated into any of a number of devices, such as a keyboard or article of clothing, and can function to operate a variety of electronic devices, including audio-visual devices and gaming systems. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176308 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM HAVING A COMMUNICATION FREQUENCY LOWER THAN WIRELESS FIDELITY SIGNALS - A remote control system includes a control interface, a WiFi router, a bridge, and a low frequency control module. The WiFi router is linked to the control interface for communicating with the control interface via WiFi signals. The bridge is linked to the WiFi router for down-converting WiFi signals outputted from the WiFi router to low frequency signals and up-converting received low frequency signals to WiFi signals. The low frequency control module is linked to the bridge for communicating with the bridge via the low frequency signals. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176309 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM USING A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES - A remote control system using a handheld electronic device to remotely control electrical appliances includes a handheld electronic device and a command conversion device. The handheld electronic device uses a command input device to generate operation information. A command recognizing module receives the operation information, and identifies the corresponding home appliance remote control code. A wireless emission module emits a home appliance remote control code, which is received by the command conversion device. The command conversion device determines the infrared execution command corresponding to the home appliance remote control code. The infrared execution command is emitted by the infrared emission module to remotely control home appliances with the infrared remote control function. The handheld electronic device is enabled to provide a variety of different operating modes without significantly increasing the cost of the entire system. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176310 | PRESENCE BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DEVICES - System and method for presence based control of connected devices including a smart device configured to operate at least one connected device, and a locator configured to supervise an entrance of a subarea of a monitored area, wherein the smart device and the locator are configured to exchange radio frequency (RF) signals and to determine the presence of the smart device within the subarea based on received RF signals, and wherein the smart device to issue control commands to operate the at least one connected device based on a predefined scheme and on the presence of the smart device within the subarea. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176311 | GESTURE-INITIATED REMOTE CONTROL PROGRAMMING - A method and system for configuring a universal remote control (URC) to control a remote-controlled device includes establishing a communication link between the URC and the remote-controlled device in response to detecting a gesture motion of the URC. Device information may be received from the remote-controlled device and used by the URC to program the URC to control the remote-controlled device. The URC may be configured to control a plurality of remote-controlled devices. The communication link may be a near field wireless communication link. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176312 | Method for Managing a System of Geographical Information Adapted for Use With at Least One Pointing Device, With Creation of Associations Between Digital Objects - A method is proposed for managing a geographical information system adapted for use with at least one pointing device. The geographical information system includes a central unit accessing a data base containing a plurality of digital objects. Each digital object possesses an identifier and is defined in the data base by a geometrical component defining a geographical position and by a descriptive component defining at least one descriptive attribute. The central unit is adapted for determining, as a function of the geometrical components of the digital objects and of information on the position and orientation of a given pointing device, whether the position of one of the digital objects is being pointed at by the given pointing device. The central unit carries out a step of creating an association between at least two digital objects contained in the data base, in order to form a group of associated digital objects. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176313 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING DEVICES TO ACCEPT AND PROCESS REMOTE CONTROL COMMANDS - A particular device may configure one or more of other devices to accept and execute remote control commands from the particular device's remote control unit. This may be performed via one or more various communication links between the devices on that enables the devices to communicate with each other. For example, the remote control of a set-top box can be used to control both the set-top box and a television without a user having to specially program the set-top box or other universal remote control. One example of a communication link between the devices that enables the devices to communicate with each other is a device-to-device messaging protocol such as that provided by the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) standard. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176314 | Smart Device to Media Device Coupling to Create Virtual Control Environment - An embodiment of the invention provides a method including receiving in an antenna of a smart device first wireless command and control data from a first electronic device. The antenna receives additional wireless command and control data from at least one second electronic device. The first wireless command and control data and the additional wireless command and control data are automatically received from the first electronic device and the at least one second electronic device without input to the smart device from a user. A universal interface is created in the smart device based on the first command and control data and the additional command and control data, wherein the first electronic device and the at least one second electronic device are controllable by the universal interface. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176315 | Smart Device to Media Device Coupling to Create Virtual Control Environment - An embodiment of the invention provides a method including receiving in an antenna of a smart device first wireless command and control data from a first electronic device. The antenna receives additional wireless command and control data from at least one second electronic device. The first wireless command and control data and the additional wireless command and control data are automatically received from the first electronic device and the at least one second electronic device without input to the smart device from a user. A universal interface is created in the smart device based on the first command and control data and the additional command and control data, wherein the first electronic device and the at least one second electronic device are controllable by the universal interface. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176316 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING A MESSAGE - A display apparatus and a method of displaying a message are disclosed. The display apparatus includes a display; a communicator configured to communicate with at least one home appliance; a storage configured to store a user setting message; and a controller configured to control the communicator to communicate with a home appliance selected by a user, and to display the user setting message on the display according to a preset condition satisfaction signal in response to the preset condition satisfaction signal being received from the home appliance. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176317 | INFORMATION TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An information terminal includes a vibrator, a detector, and a communication controller. The vibrator is configured to generate vibration by using magnetism. The detector is configured to detect the vibration. The communication controller is configured to control a data transmission using the vibration of the vibrator, and a data reception using the detector. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176318 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes: a touch panel | 2014-06-26 |
20140176319 | Provide a system in car that will check if the registered mobile phone is within the range when car is started. If not, it will indicate to user that phone is missing. This will help the user in case user forgets the phone elsewhere. Car circuit can communicate with phone using Bluetooth channel. - This invention is for additional feature to Bluetooth enabled car or Bluetooth attachment to be used with car which checks if the phone is reachable when car starts. If the phone is not reachable, user would get visual/audible indication. This feature could be turned on or off by the user. This feature extends the existing Bluetooth relationship between car and the phone. This feature would help user avoid the situations where user would forget the phone and drive off to realize it is missing when needed later for critical activities. This feature would add huge value towards convenience and reliability for phone users. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176320 | RESISTANCE-BASED CATALYTIC CONVERTER PROTECTION SYSTEMS AND CONFIGURATIONS - A catalytic converter protection system that includes a controller, a catalytic converter having a housing, and a shorting element that has two terminals and is coupled to the housing. The system also includes a connector having an internal resistor. The connector is electrically coupled to the controller and the two terminals. The controller monitors resistance of the internal resistor to determine continuity between the connector and the shorting element. The controller may activate an alarm element with a loss in continuity between the terminals and the shorting element. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176321 | INTUITIVE ECO-DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD AND SYSTEM - An intuitive eco-driving assistance system is mounted on a vehicle and has an input module, a control module and an output module. The control module is electrically connected to the input module and the output module. The output module acquires images ahead of the vehicle and speed signals for the control module to recognize a speed limit, traffic lights and a speed and distance of any obstacle on the images. Furthermore, according to the driving limits of the road and actual vehicle speed, the output module prompts for an eco-driving instruction and the speed limit meeting the road condition visually or audibly. Accordingly, the issue of conventional vehicles being structurally complicated and costly for conserving energy, only passively prompting fuel consumption, and consuming more fuel can be solved without requiring any additional and complicated system. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176322 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes an image-type display part which outputs various information, and to be mounted and used in a vehicle. The display part outputs a scale which has marks, a first pointer which points to a part of the scale to indicate a present value of a state quantity of the vehicle, and a second pointer which points to a part of the scale to indicate the maximum value of the state quantity of the vehicle in a first time period on the past. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176323 | TIRE PRESSURE DETECTING MODULE AND TIRE PRESSURE DETECTING SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME - Provided are a tire pressure detecting module that simply identifies a position of a tire detecting module to automatically assign the position of the tire detecting module and a tire pressure detecting system including the same. The tire pressure detecting module includes a phase angle sensor detecting a phase angle of a wheel, a pressure detecting sensor detecting a pressure and temperature of a tire, a pressure detecting control unit selecting one transmission pattern of a plurality of transmission patterns, in which phase angle numbers are arranged, to calculate a standby time taken until a phase angle number of the selected transmission pattern and the detected phase angle of the wheel match each other, and a pressure detecting transmission part transmitting tire information including the pressure or temperature detected according to the selected transmission pattern, transmission pattern information that is information with respect to the selected transmission pattern, and the standby time. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176324 | TIRE PRESSURE DETECTING MODULE AND TIRE PRESSURE DETECTING SYSTEM COMRPISING THE SAME - Provided are a tire pressure detecting module that simply identifies a position of a tire detecting module to automatically assign the position of the tire detecting module and a tire pressure detecting system including the same. The tire pressure detecting module includes a phase angle sensor detecting a phase angle of a wheel, a pressure detecting sensor detecting a pressure and temperature of a tire, a pressure detecting control unit extracting a phase angle number matching a phase angle of the wheel that is detected by the phase angle sensor among a plurality of phase angle numbers that are given by uniformly dividing the wheel, and a pressure detecting transmission part transmitting tire information including a pressure value or temperature value detected by the pressure detecting sensor at the retransmission interval several times. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176325 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to an electric vehicle and a control method thereof. According to the inventive electric vehicle and control method thereof, the state of a fuel cell that is a driving power of the electric vehicle can be sensed to determine whether the fuel cell system is normal or not, and output different sound sources according to the states of the fuel cell system so that the sound outputted as a driving sound while the electric vehicle runs may vary to allow a driver to recognize the state of the electric vehicle and a change in state of the fuel cell. Also, the awareness of difference in driving of the motor can be decreased through the sound outputted as the driving sound of the electric vehicle to improve the driver's satisfaction and allow pedestrians to more easily recognize approach of the electric vehicle. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176326 | OPERATIONAL OMISSION NOTIFICATION METHOD AND OPERATIONAL OMISSION NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - An operational omission notification method for performing operational omission notification to a terminal unit of a user of a vehicle when the user forgets to operate vehicle equipment after the vehicle has been parked, the method including: detecting an operational omission of equipment installed on the vehicle after the vehicle has been parked; determining whether the vehicle is parked in an object region classified into a predetermined category; and notifying the terminal unit when it is determined that the vehicle is not parked within the object region. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176327 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THAT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE MAY BE REQUIRED - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in order to provide timely notification of a medical response service of a subject who may require medical assistance. In the context of a method, information regarding a subject is received from an interface system carried by a head worn device of the subject, such as a helmet worn by the subject. The information provided by the interface system is utilized for non-medical purposes. The method also determines whether the subject is considered to require medical assistance based upon the information regarding the subject. The method may also include causing notification of a medical response service of the subject in an instance in which the subject is considered to require medical assistance. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176328 | Passenger Management system - A system and method for passenger/user management in an environment is disclosed. The system provides tag enabled material to the passengers and multiple readers are located in the environment to track the location of the passengers within the environment. The reader communicates the tracked location to the management device in the environment. The system provides a simple and efficient way to track passengers within an airport terminal and on-board. The system offers better airport operations and passenger experience and provides cost savings to airlines due to reduced number of flight delays. The management device tracks the passengers using Wi-Fi, GSM, Personal Address, Displays to provide alert to the passenger for any services. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176329 | SYSTEM FOR EMERGENCY RESCUE - Disclosed is an emergency rescue system that senses the changes in motion and the physical condition of the user according to this invention once it is activated. If there are differences compared to the information that had been stored previously in regards to motion and physical state of the user, secret emergency signal generator creates a secret signal for emergency and sends it out. Transmission terminal sends out the information regarding the surrounding environment and the secret emergency signal that it received from secret emergency signal generator by automatically running the emergency rescue program that had been previously stored. Management server creates a rescue signal to be sent out with the information on the surrounding environment when it receives the secret emergency signal. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176330 | Inexpensive safety alerting devices for munitions and a detector for same - This is an inexpensive detector to prevent mass murders by guns, and illegal use of fire arms. Inexpensive antenna bands affixed to ammunition casings or to the barrel or other part of a fire arm activates a detector/sender which is generating specific radio frequencies, and which is also a beam-forming generator. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176331 | HARD COVER PRODUCT WITH CONCEALED PRINTED SECURITY DEVICE - A hard cover product with a pair of cover boards attached to an outer liner in spaced-relation to define a spine, with a thin-film ink-circuit security device printed on a laydown area, and having an inner liner. The laydown area can be defined in the spine, and the inner liner or an inner body attached to the cover boards conceals the printed security device from casual observation of its presence. The laydown area can be defined on a surface of a sheet laminated to another sheet to define one of cover boards. The laminated sheets sandwich the printed security device without a surface indication of the presence of the ink-circuit printed security device therein. In another aspect, the thin-film ink-circuit security device printed on a surface of the cover board is concealingly covered by the inner or the outer liner. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176332 | PIEZO BASED FINGERPRINT SENSOR STRUCTURE - A device includes both a fingerprint sensor ( | 2014-06-26 |
20140176333 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a main body, a display portion configured to freely open and close with respect to the main body, and a notification module. The notification module is configured to generate a notification when an opening angle of the display portion respect to the main body exceeds a threshold value. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176334 | ELECTRONIC FRAME FOR USE WITH COUPLED CONDUIT SEGMENTS - An electronic frame for use in a downhole component coupling mechanism includes: a first frame element including at least one retaining structure configured to retain an electronic component; and a second frame element configured to be disposed at the first frame element, the second frame element permanently joined to the first frame element to isolate the electronic component from downhole fluids and form the electronic frame, the electronic frame configured to be disposed in a coupling assembly of a first downhole component and a second downhole component and constrained axially by the coupling assembly. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176335 | BIOMETRIC MONITORING DEVICE WITH CONTEXTUALLY- OR ENVIRONMENTALLY-DEPENDENT DISPLAY - A biometric monitoring device with a display is provided. The display may, in response to receiving page advance requests from a user, advance through a plurality of different data display pages, at least some of which show aspects of biometric data recorded by the device. The biometric monitoring device may also, based on the biometric data, modify the sequential display order of the data display pages. In some implementations, a biometric monitoring device integrated into a wristband may be configured to turn a display of the biometric monitoring device on and display the time in response to biometric sensors of the biometric monitoring device detecting motion of the wearer's forearm consistent with moving the forearm into a watch-viewing position. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176336 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTELY MONITORING SURGE ARRESTER CONDITIONS - A system and method for real-time remotely (i.e., at least several miles away) monitoring MOV surge arresters conditions is provided along with a method and circuitry for sensing the total leakage current of a surge arrester in a power grid. Leakage current circuitry may include a MOV arrester leakage current sensing block having shunt circuitry formed using a biasing resistor, one or more opto-couplers that isolate the radio module system from the MOV arrester stem line and monitors the total leakage current and other states of the primary stage, and a mini ZOV that acts as a surge protection device. The outputs of the opto-couplers can be set up to provide a linear or digital output or both to a communications network. The communications network can transmit a signal corresponding to a fault state of a surge arrester to a remote central control center. An alternative and complementary way of monitoring MOV condition is also provided by registering the time and counts of the lightning strikes with a renovated mechanical counter telemetry. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176337 | SOLAR PANEL WIND TURBINE COMMUNICATION SERVER NETWORK APPARATUS METHOD AND MECHANISM - The method included herein is an alternative energy wireless solar panel wind turbine communication server appliance node mechanism with built in communications server array, wireless energy and communications mechanism with protection, sharing, storage, accessing, authentication, battery management, certification, processing attachment and tracking mechanisms. The method and mechanism is utilized via networked servers, solar panels, and wireless electronic devices (online and offline) as well as mobile (wireless) communications devices built into one waterproof, temperature, controlled self-sensing hardware package. The method and mechanism also works as part of a kilowatt hour banking system, and thermal passive solar control mechanism for living spaces. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176338 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AUTHENTICATION FOR MEDICAL MONITORING DEVICE - Methods, systems, and devices for short-range low-power wireless communication of analyte information are provided. In some implementations, short-range low-power wireless communication of analyte information may include receiving an electromagnetic wireless communication signal and harvesting energy from the electromagnetic wireless communication signal. In some implementations, short-range low-power wireless communication of analyte information may include enabling capabilities associated with an external sensor in response to detecting the external sensor. In some implementations, short-range low-power wireless communication of analyte information may include detecting an analyte sample; determining an analyte concentration associated with the detected analyte sample; and transmitting an indication of the analyte concentration to an external device. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176339 | DEVICE FOR MONITORING POWER CONSUMPTION - A device for monitoring power consumption includes a measuring unit, a wireless communication unit, and a shell unit. The measuring unit is for obtaining a set of current parameters of an electricity-consuming apparatus, and is operable to obtain power consumption information with reference to the set of current parameters. The wireless communication unit is operable to transmit the power consumption information. The shell unit includes a shell body and a set of connection ports. The shell body is formed with at least one opening. The set of connection ports is disposed at the at least one opening. The set of current measuring components is coupled to a processor via the set of connection ports, and is exposed from the shell body. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176340 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POWERLINE TO MESHED NETWORK FOR POWER METER INFRA-STRUCTURE - A transparent networking system for meter infrastructure within a network. The system has a single transparent meshed communication network comprising a first ZigBee network provided within a first spatial region and a second ZigBee network provided within a second spatial region. The network has a powerline carrier configured between the first ZigBee network and the second ZigBee network to facility transfer of bi-directional information packet by packet between the first ZigBee network and the second ZigBee networks. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176341 | BATTERY-OPERATED STATIONARY SENSOR ARRANGEMENT WITH UNIDIRECTIONAL DATA TRANSMISSION - Embodiments of the present invention provide a battery-operated stationary sensor arrangement with a unidirectional data transmission. The battery-operated stationary sensor arrangement has a sensor, a means for generating data packets and a means for transmitting data packets. The transmitter is implemented to determine sensor data and provide a sensor data packet based on the sensor data, wherein the sensor data has an amount of data of less than 1 kbit. The means for generating data packets is implemented to divide the sensor data packet into at least two data packets, wherein each of the at least two data packets is shorter than the sensor data packet. The means for transmitting data packets is implemented to transmit the data packets with a data rate of less than 50 kbit/s and a time interval via a communication channel. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176342 | Patient Environment with Accelerometer - A system includes a patient environment having a first surface and a second surface, an accelerometer mounted to the first surface and configured to capture physiological data of a patient in contact win the second surface, and a connection to transmit the physiological data to a processing system. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176343 | Ad-hoc Wireless Sensor Package - Systems, methods, computer-readable storage mediums including computer-readable instructions and/or circuitry for control of transmission to a target device with communicating with one or more sensors in an ad-hoc sensor network may implement operations including, but not limited to: obtaining location data associated with a portion of a region including at least one sensor; wirelessly transmitting one or more sensor operation activation signals to one or more sensors; and powering one or more sensing operations of a sensor via the one or more sensor operation activation signals. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176344 | IN LINE INSPECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING IN LINE INSPECTIONS - An apparatus and method for performing inline inspections of pipelines of composite structure installed in a host pipeline or standing alone comprising a multiplicity of sensor/transducers located on or within the pipe structure to measure and record various pipeline properties, an activation/reading/storage device to activate read and collect measurement results from the sensor transducers, an automatic launch and recovery system for the activation/reading/storage device, and a database/storage/analytical device to receive, analyze and interpret results from collected data and transmit appropriate instructions to a pipeline operator or remotely activated system for action. The remote reading of sensor/transducers may be accomplished by a device running through the pipeline or passing over or near the pipeline, where ground-level handheld or wheeled vehicle mounted, fixed wing or rotary aircraft, hovercraft watercraft or satellite based instrumentation can record the location and condition of a pipeline. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176345 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND ALERTING ON EQUIPMENT ERRORS - A system and method is disclosed herein for monitoring and alerting on equipment errors. A server may receive data on a periodic basis. The data is indicative of operational states of at least one machine. The server may then analyze a quality issue associated with the received data over an alert period greater than one day, determine a type of the quality issue, and generate a warning message including an indication of the quality issue and the type of the quality issue. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176346 | BIOMETRIC MONITORING DEVICE WITH CONTEXTUALLY- OR ENVIRONMENTALLY-DEPENDENT DISPLAY - A biometric monitoring device with a display is provided. The display may, in response to receiving page advance requests from a user, advance through a plurality of different data display pages, at least some of which show aspects of biometric data recorded by the device. The biometric monitoring device may also, based on the biometric data, modify the sequential display order of the data display pages. In some implementations, a biometric monitoring device integrated into a wristband may be configured to turn a display of the biometric monitoring device on and display the time in response to biometric sensors of the biometric monitoring device detecting motion of the wearer's forearm consistent with moving the forearm into a watch-viewing position. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176347 | STREET LAMP FOR PROVIDING SAFE DRIVING INFORMATION AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SAFE DRIVING INFORMATION USING STREET LAMP - A street lamp for providing the safe driving information comprises: a main lighting portion for lighting a road; a vehicle reception portion for receiving an accident or malfunction occurrence signal from a vehicle in an accident or which is malfunctioning; a control portion for generating accident or malfunction recognition signals that can be distinguished, in accordance with the reception of the accident or malfunction occurrence signal; and a vehicle transmitting portion for selectively transmitting the accident or malfunction occurrence signal to vehicles in front and behind the location of the accident or the malfunction. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176348 | LOCATION BASED PARKING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method to provide an active parking system includes receiving, at a portable computerized device, parking preferences of a user for a parking facility of a retail store, determining, within a parking space index server, an availability status of each of a plurality of parking spaces of the parking facility, identifying, within a computerized device, a preferred parking location for the user based upon the parking preferences and the availability statuses, and displaying, at a computerized display, directions for the user to navigate to the preferred parking location. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176349 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Directing Users To Available Parking Spaces - A computer-implemented system and method for directing motorists to available parking spaces. Availability of a plurality of parking spaces is determined. A street location of a dynamic parking sign comprising identifiers is determined. A direction of each of the available parking spaces from the street location is determined and the available parking spaces are grouped by direction. Parking factors are applied to the grouped available parking spaces and at least one of the groups of parking spaces that satisfy the parking factors is selected. The direction of the selected groups of parking spaces is displayed on a dynamic street sign. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176350 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASSISTING A DRIVER IN LANE GUIDANCE OF A VEHICLE ON A ROADWAY - A method for assisting a driver in lane guidance of a vehicle on a roadway includes: displaying a recorded image to the driver on a display unit, which image represents the vehicle surroundings; reading in an operating signal input on a user interface by the driver; selecting an object contained in the image, using the operating signal; displaying a mark on the display unit, the mark being displayed in an area of the image which represents the object; using the object for determining at least one longitudinal control parameter for a driving route to be traveled by the vehicle in order to assist the driver in lane guidance. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176351 | MULTIPLE PREDICTIONS IN A REDUCED KEYBOARD DISAMBIGUATING SYSTEM - A computer receives user entry of a sequence of keypresses, representing an intended series of letters collectively spelling-out some or all of a desired textual object. Resolution of the intended series of letters and the desired textual object is ambiguous, however, because some or all of the key presses individually represent multiple letters. The computer interprets the keypresses utilizing concurrent, competing strategies, including one-keypress-per-letter and multi-tap interpretations. The computer displays a combined output of proposed interpretations and completions from both strategies. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176352 | COMPUTER KEYBOARD KEY SCAN SHARED MATRIX WITH AN INDIVIDUAL LED PER KEY - Systems, devices, and methods for a shared matrix of shared row pins and/or column pins between a first array of keys and a second array of lights of a keyboard. A keyboard controller addresses the first array of keys and the second array of lights during a scanning period using the shared row pins and/or column pins. Each key is backlit by one or more lights of the second array of lights that may be individually controlled. The keyboard controller may drive the desired lights of a respective row while detecting key presses of the same row during the row interval using the shared row pins and/or column pins. In some embodiments, the keyboard controller may drive the desired lights of a row during driving interval of the row interval, and scan the keys of the row separately during a sensing interval of the row interval. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176353 | COMPRESSION FORMAT FOR HIGH BANDWIDTH DICTIONARY COMPRESSION - Method, apparatus, and systems employing dictionary-based high-bandwidth lossless compression. A pair of dictionaries having entries that are synchronized and encoded to support compression and decompression operations are implemented via logic at a compressor and decompressor. The compressor/decompressor logic operatives in a cooperative manner, including implementing the same dictionary update schemes, resulting in the data in the respective dictionaries being synchronized. The dictionaries are also configured with replaceable entries, and replacement policies are implemented based on matching bytes of data within sets of data being transferred over the link. Various schemes are disclosed for entry replacement, as well as a delayed dictionary update technique. The techniques support line-speed compression and decompression using parallel operations resulting in substantially no latency overhead. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176354 | Sampling circuit for ADC - A sampling circuit for ADC includes an external input terminal, a sampling circuit and an auxiliary circuit which are connected with the external input terminal, a clock circuit and an external output terminal which are connected with the sampling circuit, and a clock feedthrough circuit connected with the auxiliary circuit, wherein the clock feedthrough circuit is respectively connected with the clock circuit and the external output terminal. The sampling circuit for ADC of the present invention decreases the impact of clock feedthrough on signal sampling, improves linearity of sampling FET, reduces harmonic distortion of the sampling circuit and improves sampling speed thereof, and improves sampling accuracy of the sampling circuit for ADC. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176355 | METHOD OF DYNAMIC ELEMENT MATCHING AND AN APPARATUS THEREOF - A method to reduce the integral non-linearity (INL) of a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and a DAC implementing said method are disclosed. The method in this invention is a pseudo dynamic element matching (PDEM) method. Compared with a prior art, the method of this invention provides a better performance in glitch. Compared with another prior art, the method of this invention also guarantees that DEM will not fail even if the input digital code remains constant. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176356 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR VOLTAGE COMPARISON - Apparatus and methods for voltage comparison are provided. In one embodiment, a comparator includes a first input transistor having a gate configured to receive a first input voltage and a second input transistor having a gate configured to receive a second input voltage. The first and second input transistors can be used to compare the first input voltage to the second input voltage. Additionally, the comparator further includes a first Miller capacitor electrically connected to a drain of the first input transistor and a second Miller capacitor electrically connected to a drain of the second input transistor. Furthermore, first and second inverting amplification circuits are electrically connected across the first and second Miller capacitors, respectively, so as to increase the effective capacitance of the capacitors. The first and second Miller capacitors can be used to extend the comparator's integration time, thereby enhancing the performance of the comparator. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176357 | ARRANGEMENT FOR READING OUT AN ANALOG VOLTAGE SIGNAL - An arrangement for reading out an analog voltage signal includes a voltage signal input for applying the analog voltage signal thereto, a reference unit configured to generate an analog reference voltage, and a converting unit configured to convert an analog input signal into a digital output signal. To enable online self-calibration of the arrangement, the arrangement includes a superposition unit configured to receive the analog voltage signal and the analog reference voltage. The superposition unit includes a modulation unit configured to generate a modulated reference voltage from the analog reference voltage. The superposition unit is configured to generate a combined analog signal by superimposing the modulated reference voltage onto the analog voltage signal, and to forward the combined analog signal to the converting unit. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176358 | METHOD OF PRODUCING LOW-POWER SWITCHED-CAPACITOR AMPLIFIER, CIRCUIT AND A PIPELINE ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER INCLUDING THE SAME - A switched-capacitor amplifier comprises an operational amplifier (op-amp), a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a third capacitor, a fourth capacitor and a plurality of switches connected to these capacitors. The first capacitor equals the third capacitor, the second capacitor equals the fourth capacitor, and the first capacitor is asymmetric to the second capacitor, the third capacitor is asymmetric to the fourth capacitor. A ratio of the first capacitor and the second capacitor is a function of a simulated parasitic capacitance of the switched-capacitor amplifier, a simulated DC gain of the operational amplifier, and a target gain of the switched-capacitor circuit. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176359 | REFERENCE CHARGE CANCELLATION FOR ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS - An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) includes reference charge cancellation features to at least partially offset a voltage distortion on a bypass capacitor of a reference buffer due to a voltage reference hit taken by a switched capacitor bank with which the bypass capacitor is connected. The charge cancellation may be configured in logic to be input signal dependent because different resolved bits or transitions between resolved bits may cause different amounts of voltage reference hits. By adjusting the bypass capacitor in response to each of at least some of the reference hits while resolving a word of bits, the reference voltage signal provided by the bypass capacitor undergoes far less settling, remaining more stable and linear for a more accurate reference voltage. Furthermore, a smaller capacitor may be used for the bypass capacitor, reducing power consumption and area on chip. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176360 | Method and Arrangement for Detecting Traffic Violations in a Traffic Light Zone Through Rear End Measurement by a Radar Device - The invention is directed to a method and an arrangement for detecting a traffic violation in a traffic light zone through rear end measurement by a FMCW radar device. For this purpose, a vehicle driving through a radar beam of a FMCW radar device, whose first outer edge beam horizontally forms an obtuse angle with the roadway edge, is measured at its front end, flank and rear end. The vehicle length is determined from the obtained measurement signals and added to the specific radial distance of the vehicle, which is determined close to a stop line through the vehicle rear, and a prediction is made based on the vehicle speed about the vehicle front driving over the stop line. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176361 | IDENTIFICATION AND REMOVAL OF A FALSE DETECTION IN A RADAR SYSTEM - In one aspect, a method to identify and remove a false detection includes receiving a detection from a constant false alarm rate (CFAR) processor, performing a first similarity measure on adjacent coherent integration time values (CITs) corresponding to the detection, performing a second similarity measure on neighbor CITs corresponding to the detection, determining if at least one of the first or second similarity measure is below a threshold and discarding the detection if at least one of the first or second similarity measures is below the threshold. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176362 | Systems and Methods For Inferring Localized Hail Intensity - The present invention is directed to system and method of processing meteorological data. The process comprises receiving a meteorological data corresponding to a geographic region from at least one meteorological data source for a selected time slice, with the meteorological data including radar reflectivity data. The system processes the meteorological data to derive probability of severe hail for points within the geographic region, processes the meteorological data to derive vertically integrated liquid for the points within the geographic region, and processes the meteorological data to derive enhanced echo tops for the points within the geographic region. The system processes the vertically integrated liquid and the enhanced echo tops to derive vertically integrated liquid density for the points within the geographic region and processes the probability of severe hail and the vertically integrated liquid density to derive derived hail index numbers for the points within the geographic region. The system generate data packets of the derived hail index numbers, with each of the derived hail index numbers corresponding to a local geographic point. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176363 | METHOD OF MONITORING WEAPONS USING A GPS DEVICE THAT IS STRAPPED ONTO THE WEAPON - A method for tracking extremely dangerous weapons, such as assault rifles, is described. This method comprises of a GPS device which is strapped onto the weapon, such as the assault rifle's neck. The position of the GPS, along with the location of the weapon is constantly monitored. If the position of the GPS and weapon is near a school, an alarm signal is sent to a Global Position Processing Center. The Center then immediately contact and inform the school and the local police department about the position of the weapon by its GPS positional signal. If the GPS is disabled, an alarm signal is sent to the Center. The Center then investigates the reason for its disablement. If the disablement of the GPS is illegal, then the Center will contact the local police for further investigation of the weapon. In this way, dangerous weapons, such as assault rifles, are kept track of and schools are alerted when such weapons come within its safety perimeter. By this method, law enforcement agencies can pursue missing weapons and account for all dangerous weapons and their locations. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176364 | METHODS OF PROCESSING A RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNAL, SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICES FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHODS, RADIO FREQUENCY FRONT-ENDS, RADIO RECEIVERS AND GNSS RECEIVERS - A radio frequency signal is frequency-translated to form a complex first intermediate signal where a frequency corresponding to a GPS center frequency is at an intermediate frequency. In a multiplexing conversion unit a complex multiplexed conversion signal which assumes different conversion frequencies is derived from a clock signal where the frequency of the latter is divided alternately by one of two divisors in a divider circuit and further by two in a phase shifter. The conversion signal is mixed with the first intermediate signal in a conversion mixer to provide a multiplexed second intermediate signal where, depending in each case on the conversion frequency, a frequency corresponding to a GLONASS center frequency and a frequency corresponding to a BeiDou center frequency are alternately shifted close to the intermediate frequency. The first intermediate signal and the second intermediate signal are then processed in a baseband unit. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176365 | HIGH-ACCURACY AND LOW-POWER TRACKING SYSTEM FOR MOBILE DEVICES - An electronic device for wirelessly tracking the position of a second electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes transceiver circuitry having a beacon generator to generate a beacon at a particular frequency and direction. An antenna array transmits the beacon, and receives at least one reflected beacon from the second electronic device. The reflected beacon is received if a position of the second electronic device lies within a range of directions of the beacon. The transceiver circuitry further includes an injection-locked oscillator having an input coupled to the antenna array to receive reflected beacons, and to lock to the reflected beacon when the reflected beacon has a frequency value within locking range of the oscillator. Processing circuitry coupled to the transceiver circuitry tracks the position of the second device based on the lock condition of the oscillator. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176366 | POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL (PRS) GENERATION FOR MULTIPLE TRANSMIT ANTENNA SYSTEMS - A method of providing Observed Time Difference of Arrival (OTDOA) assistance information to a mobile station is disclosed. In some embodiments, the OTDOA assistance information may comprise Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) assistance information including antenna switching assistance information for at least one cell. In one embodiment, the method may be implemented on a location server for the cell. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176367 | INTEGRATED ACCOUSTIC PHASE ARRAY - A system includes a processor and a phased array, coupled to the processor, having an arrayed waveguide for acoustic waves to enable directional sound communication. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176368 | PACKAGE STRUCTURES INCLUDING DISCRETE ANTENNAS ASSEMBLED ON A DEVICE - Methods of forming a microelectronic packaging structure and associated structures formed thereby are described. Those methods and structures may include forming a package structure comprising a discrete antenna disposed on a back side of a device, wherein the discrete antenna comprises an antenna substrate, a through antenna substrate via vertically disposed through the antenna substrate. A through device substrate via that is vertically disposed within the device is coupled with the through antenna substrate via, and a package substrate is coupled with an active side of the device. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176369 | PATCH ANTENNA HAVING A PATCH FED WITH MULTIPLE SIGNAL - A patch antenna having a single patch fed with multiple signals is provided. The patch antenna includes: a first patch; a first feeder and a second feeder which are connected to the first patch; and a second patch which is parallel to the first patch. Accordingly, since multiple signals can be fed into a single patch, a MIMO antenna can be embodied by using a patch antenna which has high isolation between feeders without increasing its size. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176370 | ANTENNA, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH THE SAME, AND ANTENNA MANUFACTURING METHOD - An antenna includes a sintered body block with a predetermined magnetic permeability or a predetermined dielectric constant, the sintered body block having at least one air cavity; and an antenna pattern formed on a surface of the sintered body block. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176371 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION ANTENNA - A portable electronic device includes a touch screen, a first printed circuit board and an NFC antenna. The touch screen includes an effective touch area and an ineffective touch area surrounding the effective touch area. The first printed circuit board is adhered to the rear of the touch screen, and includes a first conducting layer and a second conducting layer, with the first conducting layer being sandwiched between the touch screen and the second conducting layer. The NFC antenna is disposed on a peripheral area of an opposite surface of the first conducting layer to the touch screen and is aligned with the ineffective touch area. A shielding layer is disposed on a surface of the second conducting layer and is aligned with the NFC antenna, and shields the NFC antenna from interference caused by electrical elements of the electronic device located under the first conducting layer. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176372 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION ANTENNA - A portable electronic device includes a touch screen and a first PCB. The touch screen includes an effective touch area and an ineffective touch area surrounding the effective touch area. The first PCB is mounted to a rear surface of the touch screen. An NFC antenna and a touch-sensing circuit are arranged around a peripheral area of a front surface of the first PCB and spatially correspond to the ineffective touch area. A transparent shielding layer is arranged on a rear surface of the first PCB and spatially corresponds to the peripheral area of the front surface to shield the NFC antenna from electrostatic interference caused by electrical elements located under the first PCB. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176373 | Multiple Input Loop Antenna - A multiple input loop antenna comprising one or more half-loop antennas disposed above a ground plane wherein the plane of each half loop is perpendicular to the ground plane such that the multiple input loop antenna is a three-dimensional structure and electromagnetic waves are radiated from points within the volume occupied by the antenna rather than from a two-dimensional surface. For this reason, the multiple input loop antenna can radiate levels of peak power without inducing excessive air breakdown which are relatively high compared with peak power levels of conventional antennas having comparable transverse dimensions. Also described is an array antenna comprised of an array of multiple input loop antennas. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176374 | Shark Fin Type Car Antenna Assembly - A car antenna assembly includes an outer cover, an antenna unit, a fixing seat, a locking bar, a control board, and a base. The antenna unit is made of a metallic strip which is bent freely to form a plurality of antenna elements which are connected successively. The outer cover covers the antenna unit and the fixing seat. Thus, the height of the antenna elements is increased gradually from the front end toward the rear end of the antenna unit, while the antenna elements have a constant spacing so that the bandwidth of the antenna elements is increased so as to increase the receiving effect of the AM and FM signals. The car antenna assembly has a shark fin shape to reduce the air drag and air shear noise. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176375 | SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTION ANTENNAS - The subject disclosure relates to solar energy collection and use in communications systems and to enhancements thereof. In an aspect, dual function antennas are disclosed that can simultaneously function as an antenna and as a solar energy collection system. In further aspects, disclosed embodiments can focus incident solar radiation to increase output voltage of conventional solar cells. Measured and simulated results demonstrate various aspects of the subject disclosure. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176376 | Smart Antenna Systems for Reception of Digital Television Signals - A reconfigurable antenna is disclosed that includes a ground plane, an electrically-conductive microstrip patch element, and a plurality of switches. The patch element is spaced-apart from the ground plane with a dielectric medium between the patch element and the ground plane. The switches are coupled between the ground plane and the patch element. The switches are openable and closable, for example, in response to a control signal from an external television device to configure the state of the reconfigurable antenna. Additional reconfigurable antenna elements are disclosed. Antenna arrays including reconfigurable antenna elements, switchable fixed elements, or a combination thereof are also disclosed. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176377 | ANTENNA SYSTEM - An antenna system having a cylindrical electromagnetic lens configured to guide at least one electromagnetic signal to an emerging area by means of at least a variation in dielectric permittivity, thereby generating a beam output from the emerging area. The antenna system has a dielectric member configured to receive the beam output from the emerging area and to focus the beam in an elevation plane perpendicular to a planar face of the cylindrical electromagnetic lens. The cylindrical electromagnetic lens is received in a conductive mounting, and the mounting carries the dielectric member. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176378 | MULTI-BAND ANTENNA - A multi-band antenna including a metal plate and a radiation element is provided. The metal plate is electrically connected to a ground plane and has a slot. A resonant path is formed by the edges of the slot. The radiation element has a feeding point and is located in the slot of the metal plate. A feeding signal from the radiation element is coupled to the metal plate, and the multi-band antenna excites a resonant mode by the resonant path of the metal plate, so as to receive or transmit a first radio frequency signal. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176379 | SATELLITE ANTENNA AND WAVEGUIDE FILTER THEREOF - A waveguide filter is provided. The waveguide filter includes a pipe and a first rib structure. The pipe includes a first inner wall. The first rib structure includes a first rib. The first rib is disposed in the pipe and formed on the first inner wall. The first rib includes a first section and a second section, wherein the first section and the second section extend on a first straight line and are perpendicular to the first inner wall, and a first gap is formed between the first section and the second section, and a first gap distance of the first gap is between 0.1 to 1.2 mm. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176380 | MULTILAYER FERRITE SHEET, ANTENNA DEVICE USING THE SAME, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - There are provided a multilayer ferrite sheet capable of performing communications in a wideband frequency, an antenna device using the same, and a manufacturing method thereof. The multilayer ferrite sheet includes: a Y-type hexaferrite layer; and a Z-type hexaferrite layer, wherein the Y-type hexaferrite and the Z-type hexaferrite are alternately laminated. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176381 | MAGNETIC COMPOSITE SHEET AND ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION MODULE - There is provided a magnetic composite sheet including: a magnetic layer including first and second magnetic pieces having different sizes; and a cover film formed on one surface or both surfaces of the magnetic layer, wherein, in a cross-section of the magnetic composite sheet taken in a direction parallel to a direction in which the magnetic layer and the cover film are laminated, when a length of the first magnetic piece in a vertical direction is a and a length thereof in a horizontal direction is b, and a length of the second magnetic piece in the vertical direction is a′ and a length thereof in the horizontal direction is b′, b/a is greater than b′/a′(b/a>b′/a′). | 2014-06-26 |
20140176382 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS - An antenna device includes a feed coil connected to a feed circuit, and a coil antenna disposed near the feed coil. A ferrite sheet, in which a magnetic loss term in a usable frequency band is relatively large, is provided between the feed coil and the coil antenna. The feed coil and the coil antenna are magnetically coupled to each other via the ferrite sheet. With this configuration, signal transmission efficiency between the feed coil and the coil antenna is enhanced. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176383 | COIL ANTENNA DEVICE AND ANTENNA MODULE - In a coil antenna device, a multilayer structure includes non-magnetic sheets and magnetic sheets stacked on each other. A coil conductor is provided in the multilayer structure such that a portion of the magnetic material defines a magnetic core and such that a coil axis extends along a principle surface of the multilayer structure. The coil conductor includes a plurality of line conductors each of which extends on one principle surface side of the magnetic material, a plurality of line conductors each of which extends on the other principle surface side of the magnetic material, and a plurality of via-hole conductors extending in a thickness direction of the multilayer structure so as to be surrounded with the magnetic material. The plurality of via-hole conductors defines a coiled structure together with the line conductors. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176384 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE - An antenna device includes a power feed coil antenna connected to a power feed circuit, and a booster coil antenna including wound coil conductors and disposed so as to be electromagnetically coupled to the power feed coil antenna. The power feed coil antenna includes a first coil antenna and a second coil antenna each including a coil conductor, and the coil conductors of the first and second coil antennas are connected in phase with each other. The first coil antenna is disposed such that the winding axis of the coil conductor of the first coil antenna extends perpendicularly or substantially perpendicularly to the winding axis of the booster coil antenna, and such that at least a portion of the first coil antenna overlaps the coil conductor of the booster coil antenna as viewed in plan. The second coil antenna is disposed in the vicinity of the coil conductors such that the winding axis of the coil conductor of the second coil antenna extends in parallel with the winding axis of the booster coil antenna, and such that at least a portion of a coil opening of the second coil antenna does not overlap the coil conductors of the booster coil antenna as viewed in plan. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176385 | COMPACT CYLINDRICALLY SYMMETRIC UHF SATCOM ANTENNA - A cylindrically symmetric satellite antenna that provides directional and omnidirectional operating modes in a compact form factor. Feed points located at the top of the cylindrical structure provide increased platform isolation. Combining networks, disposed below or within the cylindrical structure, may be replaced with inexpensive baluns composed of coaxial line sections. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176386 | ANTENNA FOR A SATELLITE NAVIGATION RECEIVER - An antenna comprises notched semi-elliptical radiators. Each of the radiators has a first substantially planar surface. A ground plane has a second substantially planar surface that is generally parallel to the first substantially planar surfaces of the radiators by a generally uniform spacing. The ground plane has a central axis. Feeding members are adapted for conveying an electromagnetic signal to or from each radiator. Each of the feeding members is spaced radially outward from the central axis of the ground plane. A grounded member is coupled to each radiator and spaced apart, radially outward from the feeding spacer. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176387 | REDUCING RF ENERGY LEAKAGE BETWEEN BATTERY AND PCB - An improved system | 2014-06-26 |
20140176388 | TUNABLE IMPEDANCE NETWORK - A tunable impedance network and a method for tuning the tunable impedance network are disclosed. In one aspect, the tunable impedance network comprises a plurality of transformers connected in series. Each transformer has a primary winding and a secondary winding. The transformers have a voltage transformation ratio of N:1 with N>1. An impedance structure, acting as a resonant circuit together with the inductance of the secondary winding, is connected at the secondary winding of each transformer. A control circuit or processor is configured to tune the imaginary part of at least one of the impedance structures so as to change its resonance frequency to mimic a reference impedance. The control circuit is further configured to tune the real part of at least one of the impedance structures so as to change its Q-factor to mimic the reference impedance. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176389 | SMALL-SIZE ANTENNA SYSTEM WITH ADJUSTABLE POLARIZATION - An antenna system includes a ground plane, a microstrip-line coupler, a metal cover, and a main antenna. The microstrip-line coupler has a first input port, a second input port, a first output port, and a second output port. The metal cover is disposed above the microstrip-line coupler and coupled to the ground plane. The main antenna is coupled to the first output port and the second output port of the microstrip-line coupler. The metal cover is configured to reduce the interference from the microstrip-line coupler and to enhance the gain of the main antenna. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176390 | ANTENNA AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ANTENNA - An antenna and a method of manufacturing the antenna are provided. The antenna may include an antenna surface, a ground plane, and an air layer comprising a porous structure. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176391 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND ANTENNA MOUNTING METHOD - An antenna device ( | 2014-06-26 |
20140176392 | ANTENNA AND FRONT END MODULE - There are provided an antenna and a front end module having an air cavity formed therein and shortening a connection distance with a signal processing module to improve radiation characteristics and facilitate a manufacturing process thereof, the antenna including a substrate having a preset mounting surface, an antenna pattern part formed on the mounting surface of the substrate and transmitting and receiving a signal within a preset frequency band, and a solder ball group having a plurality of solder balls formed on the mounting surface of the substrate to fix the substrate to an external circuit board and disposed at preset intervals around the antenna pattern part to form an air cavity. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176393 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, USER ASSISTANCE METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a recommendation module and a controller. The recommendation module recommends a display mode using at least one of a display and an external display, based on a first information associated with the apparatus, a second information associated with the external display and a rule managed for deriving a display mode. The controller sets the apparatus in the recommended display mode, when an image is displayed in the recommended display mode. The controller sets the apparatus in a display mode other than the recommended display mode and corrects the managed rule, when an image is displayed in a display mode other than the recommended display mode. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176394 | SCREEN OUTPUT SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus, a screen output system, a screen output control method, and a program control output are disclosed. The information processing apparatus includes an image acquiring unit, a differential region extracting unit, a designation accepting unit, and an image output unit. The image acquiring unit acquires a first image to be output to a first display. The differential region extracting unit extracts a differential region that differs between the first image and a second image to be output to a second display. The designation accepting unit accepts a designation of whether to output each differential region to the second display. The image output unit incorporates a portion of the first image that corresponds to a differential region for which a designation to output has been accepted into the second image and outputs the updated second image to the second display. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176395 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING CONTENT - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided to facilitate sharing of content between various computing devices. In the context of a method, an image of a first external apparatus is received that includes information presented upon a display of the first external apparatus. The method also includes causing an identification request that includes a representation of the image of the first external apparatus including a representation of the information presented upon the display of the first external apparatus to be provided to a plurality of external apparatuses. The method also receives a response to the identification request from the first external apparatus indicating that the first external apparatus has presented the information upon the display of the first external apparatus. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176396 | SOURCE DEVICE, SINK DEVICE, WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SINK DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND USER INTERFACE - A source device includes an event processing unit processing an event which occurs in a remote sink device that communicates through a WLAN, a control unit setting an event management area of the sink device, and a determination unit determining whether the event transferred from the sink device has occurred in the event management area and outputting the event to the event processing unit when the event has occurred in the event management area. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176397 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE, AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device for a vehicle displays image information that can be seen by at least one vehicle occupant. A lighting unit and a display unit are provided, the lighting unit being designed as at least one laser, and at least some sections of the display unit being formed from at least one electro-active polymer and/or from a chromogenic material. A method is also provided for operating a display device. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176398 | Wearable Electronic Display - A wearable display apparatus includes a display for providing viewable images. A display support assembly can support the display. The display support assembly can be self centering and telescoping for adjusting the position of the display for viewing by a user. The display support assembly can include right side and left side arm members spaced apart from each other, and a flexibly resilient support member to which the display is mounted between the arm members. The support member can be telescopically mounted to the arm members. The support member can have flexibly resilient right and left side portions secured to the display. Each side portion can be slidably mounted to a respective arm member for telescoping. The support member can have a material cross section that provides stiffness for supporting the display when in a generally horizontal orientation for viewing while also providing resilient flexibility between the arm members to self center the display between the arm members with changes in distances between the arm members. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176399 | DEVICE DISPLAY - The present invention relates to a display device and, more particularly, to a display device configured to minimize short circuit of power lines by minimizing overlap between the power lines. A display device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a first substrate on which data lines, scan lines intersecting the data lines, first to p-th (p being a natural number greater than 1) power lines through which first to p-th source voltages are supplied, and pixels arranged in a matrix form are formed; and a second substrate on which first to p-th auxiliary electrodes are formed, wherein the first to p-th power lines are respectively connected to the first to p-th auxiliary electrodes. | 2014-06-26 |