41st week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 18 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110248821 | Interlock System and Method - A network of interlocks and input devices and a system for tracking their use and control, in which each interlock and input device is associated with a machine which performs a process. Machines are associated with input devices by reading machine identifications from Data Storage Devices (DSDs) with input devices. To disarm an interlock prior to using a machine, the input device is used to read one or more DSDs containing information required to track the process. The input device sends the DSD data to a CPU which then sends an authorization signal to a machine interface. Upon receiving the signal, the machine interface enables the machine to be turned on. The CPU logs the process and DSD data. Once the operator turns off the machine, it cannot be restarted until the operator reads the DSDs required by the machine. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248822 | SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES AND METHODS TO ADAPTIVELY CONTROL CONTROLLABLE SYSTEMS - A system can include a presence apparatus, an identification apparatus, an interaction apparatus, and a controlling apparatus. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248823 | ASSET IDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An asset identification and tracking system includes a plurality of antennas each constructed and arranged to be mounted to one of a plurality of rack positions within an equipment rack, a receiver coupled to each of the antennas, and an antenna selector coupled to each of the antennas for selectively enabling communication between one of the antennas and the receiver. The system may further include a controller coupled to the receiver and to the antenna selector. The system may further include a data center manager coupled to the controller for identifying and tracking an asset. Each of the plurality of antennas may be configured to receive a signal emitted by a RFID tag attached to an asset mounted within the equipment rack. The receiver may include an RFID reader. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248824 | KEYBOARD VIDEO DEVICE - This invention relates to a device for displaying information concerning a part such as a chair or keyboard tray having articulating components as well as a method of displaying information on the use of the components of a chair or keyboard tray. In particular this invention relates to a device for displaying video information concerning a part such as a chair or keyboard tray having articulating components as well as a method of displaying video information on the use of the components of a chair or keyboard tray. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248825 | Remotely Powered and Remotely Interrogated Wireless Digital Sensor Telemetry System to Detect Corrosion - A corrosion sensing system includes a reader, a radiation receiving device, a sensing transponder, and a member. The sensing transponder includes a communications device, a processor, and a sensor. The member is subject to corrosion. The sensor is located to detect corrosion of the member. The communications device is connected for transmitting sensor data. The transponder is powered by electricity derived from electromagnetic radiation transmitted by the reader that is received by the radiation receiving device. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248826 | SYSTEM FOR RESOLVING A SERVICE TO BE PROVISIONED TO A TERMINAL DEVICE,A RELATED TERMINAL DEVICE AND A RELATED SERVICE RESOLVING SERVER - The present invention relates to a system for resolving a service to be provisioned to a terminal device (TD) by, a service resolving server (SRS). The terminal device is coupled over a communications network (CN) to the service resolving server. The terminal device comprises an auto-identification reader (ARP) for reading an auto-identification associated to an object or person. The system further comprises a context retrieving part (CRP) that is adapted to retrieve context information related to the auto-identification and further a service resolving part (SRP) that is adapted to resolve the service to be provisioned from a plurality of services based on the auto-identification in combination with the context information. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248827 | System and Method for Radio-Frequency Fingerprinting as a Security Layer in RFID Devices - A system and method for authenticating a radio-frequency identification tags based on the features of the modulation features of the RFID signal. Dynamic wavelet fingerprint features are extracted from the signal by applying a wavelet transform to the signal to determine wavelet coefficients at a plurality of times and frequency scale values, creating a binary image from the wavelet coefficients, and measuring image features of at least one fingerprint object in the binary image. The measured features of the binary image fingerprint objects are compared to a database of features for the signal's EPC to authenticate the RFID tag. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248828 | ELECTRONIC UHF RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION FOR A CONSTRAINING ENVIRONMENT - The invention relates to electronic radiofrequency identification in the ultra-high frequency (UHF) range for marking an article ( | 2011-10-13 |
20110248829 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFICATION OF ARTICLES - The directions of at least two fibers arranged at a tag are detected to identify the tag and an item intended to be attached thereto. The fibers have an impedance for high frequency electromagnetic waves, which impedance is dependent on a magnetic field at said fiber. Electromagnets generate a modulation magnetic field having an amplitude modulated magnetic component with a first frequency; and a bias magnetic field for counterbalancing any constant magnetic fields parallel to the direction of the fiber. A microwave transmitter directs a frequency modulated microwave signal towards the fiber via a transmitting antenna. The microwave reflected by the microfibers is received by a receiving antenna coaxial with the transmitting antenna and is used to identify tag by determining the orientation of the fibers. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248830 | RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAG - A radio frequency identification RFID device ( | 2011-10-13 |
20110248831 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTENT SEARCHING BETWEEN PEER DEVICES - A portable communication device is equipped to search for content stored on a target electronic device. The portable communication device transfers user-defined content search query to an electronic device via a near-field communications (NFC) module. The portable communication device receives search results from the electronic device via the NFC module and indicates to the user that search results have been received from the electronic device. The portable communication device facilitates content searching and data transfer between two devices. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248832 | NON-CONTACT COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A non-contact communication device is disclosed comprising: an antenna having an input impedance and being for receiving an AC signal having a voltage and a current, a main unit comprising a power-extraction unit and a communication unit and having a main unit impedance, a tuning circuit, and a matching network for matching the input impedance to the main unit impedance, characterised in that the tuning circuit comprises a phase detector for detecting a phase difference between the voltage and the current and is configured to adjust the impedance of the matching network in dependence on the phase difference. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248833 | RFID SYSTEM - An RFID system comprising: an RFID tag, an exciter, and an RFID reader. The RFID tag is an active RFID tag operating at an UHF band and being connected to an energy source for energizing the RFID tag, the RFID tag further comprising at least one tag antenna for wireless communication at an UHF band with the RFID reader, wherein the RFID tag is configured to have a semi-passive state and a ready state, the semi-passive state being arranged to change into the ready state by an UHF (Ultra High Frequency) wake-up signal received by the tag antenna, and said RFID reader comprising at least one antenna for wireless communication with the tag antenna, the exciter being arranged to generate and send the UHF wake up signal for changing the RFID tag from the semi-passive state to the ready state, and the RFID reader sending and/or receiving data with the RFID tag in the ready state. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248834 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOW COST, POWER EFFICIENT, WIRELESS TRANSPONDER DEVICES WITH ENHANCED FUNCTIONALITY - This invention provides a method and system for inventorying wireless transponders, specifically referred to as RFID transceiver devices. The RFID transceiver devices are certifiable by a recognized standards body, such as EPCglobal, or are compatible with recognized standards but have higher functionality than typical passive RFIDs, and yet are implemented with techniques that lower cost and battery requirements. Backscatter techniques of standard passive RFIDs are used to keep cost and battery requirements low. To provide higher functionality, a microcontroller is used in the RFID, along with a battery, but the clock frequency of the microcontroller is adjusted, based on external input, to minimize battery requirements. In one embodiment, the microcontroller initially has a zero or near zero clock frequency. A comparator compares the received RF energy to a threshold, and when the threshold is exceeded, indicating the presence of a probe signal from an RFID reader, the microcontroller clock frequency is immediately increased, and further adjusted based on the received data. In an alternate embodiment, the clock frequency of the microcontroller is adjusted based on data from sensors, to keep the clock speed at the proper speed to adequately process the data while minimizing the power requirement of the microcontroller, and then create an input to modulate the backscattered signal to be transmitted by the RFID. The received data can also cause the microcontroller to request the sensors to generate sensing data at a faster rate, which in turn requires the microcontroller clock to increase to handle the increased sensor data. In an additional embodiment, multiple sensors are multiplexed to provide a single input stream to the microcontroller, reducing the microcontroller clock speed required, along with the overall cost of the microcontroller and sensors. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248835 | Methods and Systems for Controlling Devices via Power Lines - Methods and systems are provided that control devices using signals transmitted over power lines in many different applications and configurations. They provide a lower cost approach for controlling devices via signals transmitted over power lines. The methods and systems may control intensity, spectral, and other characteristics of lighting devices, such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs) or assemblies thereof, via power lines. They may also control other types of loads, such as motors, relays, valves or the like. Additionally, techniques for independently controlling intensity and spectral content of selected high efficiency lighting devices are also described. For example, the brightness and color of an LED may be controlled via the power lines that supply power to the LED. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248836 | LIGHTING APPARATUS WITH ENCODED INFORMATION - A solid state emitter or emitter package has an associated information containing element including machine readable encoded information that may be indicative of or enable retrieval of information useful for operation and/or control of at least one emitter An information containing element may be dynamically updateable, and may receive signals from at least one sensor arranged to sense a condition or characteristic of an emitter device. Operation of at least one emitter may be adjusted responsive to sensed values and predeveloped operating settings correlated to such values to mitigate degradation of output characteristics. A lighting device such as a lamp or light fixture may include an information exchange element arranged to communicate with an information containing element of an emitter or emitter package. Operation of a lighting device may depend on authentication of an emitter by a lighting. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248837 | Generating Virtual Stimulation Devices and Illusory Sensations Using Tactile Display Technology - Systems and methods providing tactile displays that present two-dimensional moving tactile stroke sensations are described herein. Systems and methods provide for controlling the characteristics of stimulation devices arranged in a grid topology to generate virtual stimulation devices and illusory sensations. Embodiments provide for the generation of illusory sensations including, but not limited to, continuous linear movement and shapes such as curves, squares, and circles. According to embodiments, a tactile display apparatus is provided that facilitates user interaction with the tactile display. The tactile display apparatus includes an interface embedded with stimulation devices and a control device that controls the operation of the stimulation devices to generate illusory sensations. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248838 | Apparatuses, Methods, and Systems for an Electronic Device wiht a Detachable User Input Attachment - An electronic device ( | 2011-10-13 |
20110248839 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes detecting a touch at a touch location on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, identifying a first threshold value associated with the touch location, comparing the first threshold value to a force value related to the touch, and providing a first tactile feedback in response to determining that the force value meets the first threshold value. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248840 | Stroller With Frame Position Sensor - A stroller includes: a first stroller component; a second stroller component comprising a child receiving portion; a drive mechanism operatively engaged with at least one of the first and second stroller components to move the at least one of the first and second stroller components from a first position to a second position; and an object sensor operably coupled to the child receiving portion. The object sensor provides a signal that prevents movement of the first and second stroller components from the first position to the second position if the object sensor detects the presence of an object in the child receiving portion. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248841 | VEHICLE ENGINE OPERATION - Disclosed is a system for detecting an operating state of a vehicle engine, for example, in order to arm or disarm a vehicle alarm system. The system comprises: an input coupled to a power line of a vehicle; means to filter out relatively high frequency transient noise components of a signal received from the power line; a first detector for receiving the filtered signal and detecting when transient noise associated with the power line rises above a first threshold and generating a first detection signal in response thereto; a second detector for receiving the filtered signal and detecting when the transient noise falls below a second threshold, which is lower than the first threshold, and generating a second detection signal in response thereto; and means for generating a first output signal in response to the first detection signal and a second output signal in response to the second detection signal. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248842 | Method for Displaying a Warning Message in a Vehicle - A method for displaying a warning message in a first vehicle, includes transmitting from a second vehicle a warning and position data relating to a position of the second vehicle to the first vehicle, wherein if, after reception of the warning and of the position data by the first vehicle, it is concluded on the basis of the received position data that the second vehicle can be seen by a driver of the first vehicle in a region of a head-up display of the first vehicle, the warning message is displayed in such a way that the second vehicle is characterized visually for the driver of the first vehicle in the head-up display of the first vehicle. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248843 | TRAFFIC INFORMATION WARNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A driver alert apparatus and related systems. The driver alert apparatus includes a controller and a wireless receiver connected to the controller and configured to receive data from a transmitter, The driver alert apparatus includes an at least partially transparent packaging containing the controller and receiver. The driver alert apparatus includes a speaker and visual indicator connected to be controlled by the controller, such that the speaker and visual indicator are controllably activated by the controller based on the received data. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248844 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A LOCKING SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method for controlling a locking system of a motor vehicle wherein, as the states of the locking system, there is an unlocked state, a locked state from which it is possible to switch to the unlocked state via at least a first operating element inside the vehicle, and a security state in which by simply activating a first operating element it is not possible to switch to the unlocked state. The aim of the invention is to propose a method that allows a person inside the motor vehicle to still leave the motor vehicle despite user activation of the security state without substantially easing the opening of the motor vehicle from the outside by an unauthorized third party. Four concepts are proposed that can all be implemented in combination to great benefit. They enable a person still inside the vehicle to leave the motor vehicle upon activation of the security state. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248845 | Architecture for Controlling Signal Lights of Vehicles - An architecture for controlling signal lights of vehicles comprises a control assembly, a movable shaft, and a warning signal switch. The warning signal switch is arranged corresponding to the third connecting means and the movable shaft, the warning signal switch being electrically connected to the first signal indicator and the second signal indicator. The warning signal switch can be operated in cooperation with a movement of the movable shaft with respect to the control assembly so that the signal indicators can function as either a directional indicator or a warning indicator, and the function of directional indication will not be overridden by that of warning indication, for improving the safety of driving vehicles. Furthermore, the architecture can simplify the components and wiring thereof to achieve an economical design. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248846 | Wireless Sensing Module and Method of Operation - A wireless sensing module with extended service life containing at least one sensor of a physical parameter, a data acquisition hardware acquiring output electrical signals from at least one sensor and converting it into digital measurement data, a microcontroller, a non-volatile memory, at least one transceiver for wireless communication with external wireless devices, at least one battery, including at least one re-chargeable battery, at least one energy harvesting device, a power management circuit, and at least one antenna. All components of the wireless sensing module are mounted on a printed circuit board and placed into an enclosure providing mechanical, chemical, electrical and environmental protection. The wireless sensing modules can be used in different applications, including long-term condition monitoring of structures. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248847 | MOBILE ASSET LOCATION IN STRUCTURE - A system and method are used to determine at least two distances to a mobile asset in a structure from first and second anchor transceivers placed a known distance from each other. A view of the structure is created as a function of a location corresponding to the two anchor transceivers. A representation of the mobile asset is included in the view of the structure. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248848 | Autoaccreting Database for EAS-RF Applications - A method for entering information regarding monitored items into a database in a security tag system includes reading barcode item information from a barcode associated with a monitored item, determining whether a tag is present with the monitored item to provide tag presence information, and storing the barcode item information and the tag presence information into the database. The barcode item information and the tag presence information are associated with each other in the database to provide item association information. A rule regarding whether a tag should be present when the barcode associated with the monitored item is read is determined in accordance with the item association information and the tag is deactivated in accordance with the rule. An alarm condition is raised in accordance with the rule. The alarm condition is raised if the tag is present and the rule indicates that the tag should not be present. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248849 | METHOD FOR MANAGING COMMUNICATION RECORD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE PERFORMING THE SAME - A communication device and method for managing communication records by using priorities of the communication records so that a user can easily find a desired communication record are provided. In the method, the device receives a priority input for a selected one of the communication records, saves the received priority input as a priority of the selected communication record, and displays a list of the communication records arranged according to the priorities thereof. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248850 | DOOR SYSTEM COMPRISING A SENSOR DEVICE FOR MONITORING VERTICAL DOOR EDGES - A door system comprising a sensor device for monitoring vertical door edges. The sensor device includes a transmitter that generates a light beam that runs along the vertical door edge, and a receiver to receive the light emitted by the transmitter. According to the invention, an element of the sensor device is mounted in the region of the base, preferably in or on the base in front of a vertical door edge. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248851 | Method for authenticating a person's identity by using a RFID card, biometric signature recognition and facial recognition. - A method is provided for validating an individual's identity by using a combination of a RFID card, signature captured by a touch screen computer, and a facial photo captured by a built-in camera of a touch screen computer. Using third party biometric signature recognition algorithms and facial recognition algorithms are preferred to differentiate the differences between a sample signature and facial photo referenced by a RFID card value. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248852 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING TARGET INFORMATION - In a method and a system ( | 2011-10-13 |
20110248853 | TRACKING DEVICE INCORPORATING ENHANCED SECURITY MOUNTING STRAP - A mounting strap assembly of a tracking device includes a primary mounting strap and one more secondary reinforcing support straps. Continuity sensing elements and other tamper detection means detect any attempt to cut through the mounting strap assembly during an attempted removal of the tracking device from an offender or other mounted location. The reinforcing support straps keep the mounting strap assembly from being completely severed while providing authorities time to be summoned to the location where the tracking device is located and prior to the tracking device being completely removed. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248854 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAGNETOMETER INSTALLATION - A method and system for determining the suitability of a particular location on a mobile craft for mounting a magnetometer includes positioning a magnetometer in a particular location. The magnetometer including at least one output indicating magnetic measurements made by the magnetometer. A computer is connected to the magnetometer and programmed to monitor the output(s) of the magnetometer. An attempt is made to detect magnetic interference at the mobile craft and a human-perceptible indication is provided if the output(s) of said magnetometer changes by more than a specified amount while attempting to detect magnetic interference. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248855 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING VARIATIONS IN MONITORED GAS FLOW USING FLOW SIGNAL ANALYSIS AND AMPLIFICATION - A signal analysis method to enable flow and leak detection devices to accurately detect and amplify the signal from a flow measurement means detecting the pressure effects of very small leaks in contained fluid systems, and leaks in fluid systems that have small flows, where the raw signal is an order of magnitude less than the random pressure fluctuations in the contained system, and is an order of magnitude less than the effects of temperature and manufacturer's variations in the sensing device and the components used in the manufacture of the flow detection device. The method involves windowing the signal in a small section of the range of the sensor, then periodically re-centering the signal. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248856 | GAS FLOW AND PRESSURE ERROR ALARM - A gas flow warning alarm device to produce an alarm indication when the gas flow rate in a pressurized gas system violates at least one predetermined limit. The alarm device includes a gas flow sensing and error signaling subassembly to generate an error signal upon sensing a violative gas flow rate, and an indicator subassembly activatable by an error signal to produce an alarm indication. The gas flow warning alarm device responds both to the depletion of a pressurized gas reservoir and to blockages and disconnections in a gas line downstream of a regulator. A method for detecting gas flow malfunctions in a pressurized gas system. A reservoir changing device to open a filled reserve reservoir of gas to a pressurized gas system upon receiving an alarm indication that pressure in a primary gas reservoir has fallen below a predetermined limit. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248857 | SMART METHANE MONITOR - A method and apparatus for the detection of methane gas including a low-cost low-power infrared methane sensor integrated with a smart energy network endpoint node, a volume corrector, or an electronic data recorder for transmission of alarm conditions and detector data between the instrument and a remote gas utility company. An independent gas calibration/verification cell may be included in the methane detector for periodically testing the functioning and calibration of the infrared sensor. An infrared carbon monoxide sensor and associated calibration/verification cell may also be installed with the methane sensor. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248858 | Electrical Low Voltage Building Installation - An electrical low voltage building installation, wherein excess current protection devices are provided for conductor branch offs with cross-section reductions, wherein at least one distributor conductor is provided at which conductor branch offs for branch conductors with a reduced cross-section compared to the distributor conductor are arranged in the building in a distributed manner, wherein the associated excess current protection devices are arranged accordingly distributed at the conductor branch offs or subsequent to the conductor branch offs in the branch conductors, wherein the excess current protection devices that are arranged in a distributed manner are configured to be switched on again through remote control after triggering, and wherein the excess current protection devices do not require a remote control function for interrupting their respective conductor branch off or branch conductor, but perform the interrupting locally, this means upon their own determination of an excess current. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248859 | METHOD OF PROVIDING 3D IMAGE AND 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Provided are a three dimensional (3D) display apparatus, a method of setting up a graphic user interface (GUI) thereof, and 3D glasses. The method of providing a GUI of the 3D display apparatus operating in association with the 3D glasses includes receiving a signal including battery information from the 3D glasses, generating a GUI related to the battery information of the 3D glasses, using the battery information contained in the received signal, and displaying the generated GUI on a screen of the 3D display apparatus. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248860 | SECURE DATA ENTRY DEVICE - A secure data entry device including a housing, a keypad mounted in the housing and including a plurality of selectably depressible keys, tampering alarm indication circuitry and at least one electrical conductor located in the housing in operative association with the keypad, the at least one electrical conductor being coupled to the tampering alarm indication circuitry and being arranged such that extraction of at least one of the plurality of selectably depressible keys results in at least one break in the at least one electrical conductor, which causes the tampering alarm indication circuitry to provide a tampering alarm indication. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248861 | METHOD FOR DETECTING GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT OVERLOAD - A method of detecting gross weight overload of a vehicle comprising the steps of positioning one or more ultrasonic sensors on the vehicle so that said sensors measure the distance to a ground surface, using the sensors to measure height above the ground surface of the vehicle in a non-overloaded condition, adding known weights to the vehicle until maximum gross vehicle weight (GVW) is attained, ascertaining height above the ground surface at this gross vehicle weight (GVW), and continuously measuring height of the ground surface and collecting height above the ground surface data to establish when an overload condition occurs. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248862 | USER INTERFACE FOR DEVICES WITH LIMITED INPUT/OUTPUT HARDWARE CAPABILITY - A method includes receiving, at a device operating in a first mode, a communication including a status indicator from a plurality of sensing devices, and storing the indicators in a memory. Operating in the first mode, a first input that includes a first actuation duration is received via a button, and the device is configured to operate in a second mode. The first actuation duration is longer than a first duration and shorter than a second duration, where an input duration exceeding the second duration configures the device to operate in a third mode. Operating in the second mode, an indication of the respective status indicator is provided on an output device for each of the status indicators. Transitions between the indications occur responsive to toggle inputs via the button. A second input is received via the button, and the device is configured to operate in the first mode. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248863 | MULTIMEDIA ALERTING - Alert information is provided to a user of a device. In response to receiving an alert notification, a current location of the device is determined and converted to a device geographical tile that encompasses the determined current location; alert data received about the alert are processed and stored in an alert database if it is determined that a device tile code of the device geographical tile matches any alert geographical tiles that define the alert; a database query of the alert database is performed to identify alerts having one or more alert geographical tile codes that match the device tile code that have not been presented to a user of the device; and the user of the device is notified via the user interface of the device of the identified alerts and the user is prompted to view the identified one or more alerts via the user interface of the device. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248864 | TIP-TO-WORK DISTANCE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR A WELDING MASK - Methods and systems for transmitting a torch angle and/or a torch-to-workpiece distance error to a welding operator when these parameters are outside of a preset optimal range via real time visual and/or audio cues are provided. One embodiment of the present disclosure relates to weld characteristic communication via intuitive arrays of visual indicators located on the periphery of a lens, which indicate to the welding operator the direction and severity of the torch angle error. In one embodiment, audio cues, such as pulsed or continuous tones may be used to communicate torch-to-workpiece distance to the welding operator. In certain embodiments, vertical visual indicator arrays may be used to indicate additional weld or auxiliary information, such as battery charge state, torch speed and so forth, to the welding operator. All the components of the communication system may be located in or on the welding helmet or the components may be split between the helmet and a belt pack. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248865 | SENSOR DEVICE WITH FLEXIBLE INTERFACE AND UPDATABLE INFORMATION STORE - A sensor device includes an interface that receives a request. The sensor device includes an updatable information store that responds to the request if the request is directed to the updatable information store, the updatable information store being in a first power domain of the sensor device. The sensor device also includes a power manager that activates a sensor element in the sensor device in response to receiving the request if the request is a request for measurement of a parameter by the sensor element. The sensor element is in a second power domain of the sensor device. The sensor element communicates measured parameter information to the updatable information store. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248866 | Communication System And Method - The invention relates to a communication system and a communication method, the communication system comprises a first communication module ( | 2011-10-13 |
20110248867 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TRAFFIC INFORMATION SERVICE USING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for providing a traffic information service using a mobile communication terminal are provided. A method of a mobile communication terminal for a traffic information service is provided. The method includes constructing a cluster with at least one neighboring Mobile Station (MS), receiving traffic information from the at least one neighboring MS comprised in the cluster, measuring traffic information using location information of the MS, and transmitting a traffic information message comprising the collected traffic information to a traffic information provision server. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248868 | Traffic density based safety shutoff mechanism for compression or converging traffic management system - During any kind of traffic management involving consolidation or compression, or converging readouts or outputs, shortening of individual vehicle headway, there is a necessity that vehicles in a moving pattern must get closer together. For the particular case of taking random traffic approaching a traffic signal and consolidating traffic to go through the signal during the green phase, vehicles must be substantially consolidated at a ratio of the service cycle of the traffic signal to the “net” green during which time they all pass through the signal. This remains true for both autonomic as well as adjustable adaptable phase-changing traffic management systems. Traffic density (passing vehicle number per time) is measured before or at the beginning of traffic management. Density figures are compared under a predetermined scheduling/convergence mechanism that takes into account the densest traffic will be, or the closest vehicles will be with respect to one another. If the pre-compressed, pre-converging density is found to be lean or sparse enough for traffic management to function, outputs are allowed to continue and traffic management is allowed to remain open. If the pre-compressed, pre-converging density is found to be too dense, that is, if the densest place or duration in traffic management is too close for a safe headway or reaction time, than traffic management/outputs are suspended. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248869 | Miniature 4-key one-hand alphanumeric keyboard - A miniature alpha-numeric keyboard, operated by one hand, for use with computers, cell phones and mobile electronic devices. The device has only 4 keys, one dedicated to each of the four fingers, and a thumb receptacle or pouch, arranged in such a way that when the thumb is inserted in the pouch, the four fingers rest naturally on the four keys. While the keyboard is being operated, the thumb inserted in the receptacle supports the keyboard in position, each of the four fingers resting above its own key, preventing it from moving out of place. Support against the fingers depressing the keys is provided by resting the device against another object—a table, an armrest, the operator's own body or pocket—or any other object that a hand would normally rest on. Alphanumeric, control and special characters are generated by pressing the four keys using composite keystrokes, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,952,173. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248870 | KEYPAD ASSEMBLY - A keypad assembly is provided. The keypad assembly includes a case frame, unit key blocks, and a main board. The case frame defines an outer surface. The unit key blocks are inserted into the case frame, arranged to be exposed from the case frame, and disposed at positions that are freely changeable. The main board is located under the unit key blocks, performs an event corresponding to a signal generated for the respective key blocks when the unit key blocks are pressed. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248871 | DECODING DEVICE FOR CONTEXT-BASED ADAPTIVE BINARY ARITHMETIC CODING (CABAC) TECHNIQUE - A decoding device is suitable for a context-based adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC) technique and allows a real-time decoding of high-definition video. The CABAC decoding device allows a simultaneous performing since determination according to multiple conditions is based on logic circuits when the device is formed in hardware. Additionally, when one macro block starts to be decoded, the device reads and stores information about neighboring macro blocks at a time from a memory. Therefore, the device does not need to access the memory at every operation and this improves the overall decoding speed. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248872 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR LOAD BALANCING IN PARALLEL ENTROPY CODING AND DECODING - Devices and methods for entropy decoding a bitstream of encoded data by extracting a plurality of encoded subsequences from a payload field of the bitstream for parallel decoding on a set of parallel entropy decoders. The method includes dividing the payload of concatenated encoded subsequences into segments using a distribution function and distributing the segments amongst the set of parallel entropy decoders to balance the computational load among the parallel entropy decoders. The received bitstream includes auxiliary information inserted by the encoder to enable the decoder to entropy decode segments that begin with a portion of an encoded subsequence. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248873 | VARIABLE LENGTH CODES FOR CODING OF VIDEO DATA - A method and system for entropy coding can comprise, in response to detecting a first symbol combination comprising first run information indicating a first number of contiguous zero coefficients is greater than a cut-off-run value, assigning a first codeword to a first symbol combination, wherein the first codeword comprises an escape code from a first-level VLC table; and in response to a second symbol combination comprising second run information indicating a second number of contiguous zero coefficients is less than or equal to the cut-off-run value, assigning a second codeword to the second symbol combination, wherein the second codeword is from the first-level VLC table. The system and method can further comprise collecting coding statistics for a set of candidate symbol combinations and adjusting a mapping between codewords of the first-level VLC table and a subset of the set of candidate symbol combinations based on the coding statistics. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248874 | TIME STAMP GENERATION - A circuit and method for providing a digital output indicative of the time at which an event occurred is disclosed. In one aspect, the circuit includes a fine timing circuit configured to determine in which sub-interval of a clock period the event occurred, and a correction circuit configured to correct an erroneous offset between a first and second clock signals in the fine timing circuit. The correction circuit includes a synch circuit configured to determine in which half of the clock period the event occurred so as to correct for erroneous offset in the fine timing circuit. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248875 | SECOND-ORDER DELTA-SIGMA ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER - Techniques are disclosed relating to analog-to-digital converters in integrated circuits. In one embodiment, a second-order delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is disclosed. The ADC includes a second-order integrator adapted to second-order integrate a value at a first node, where the first node is coupled to an input of the ADC. The ADC also includes a comparator coupled to an output of the second-order integrator. The ADC further includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) coupled between an output of the comparator and the first node. The DAC is adapted to receive a digital output of the comparator and to generate a first charge or a second charge. The DAC includes a first charge pump adapted to produce the first charge and a second charge pump adapted to produce the second charge. The first and second charges are asymmetric. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248876 | ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER - A parallel successive-approximation analog-to-digital converter (PSA-ADC, | 2011-10-13 |
20110248877 | SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING REMOTE USER SELECTION OF A DEVICE - A system and method providing remote user selection of a device, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248878 | METHOD FOR PROTECTING LOCATION PRIVACY OF AIR TRAFFIC COMMUNICATIONS - Methods of protecting location privacy of air traffic communications from unauthorized monitoring of aircraft locations in an uncontrolled airspace include designating a bounded region of uncontrolled airspace; ceasing transmission of a traffic beacon by each aircraft of a plurality of aircraft upon the aircraft entering the bounded region; and updating a unique identifier associated with each of the aircraft while the aircraft is traversing the bounded region. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248879 | Method for Determining the Presence of a Transmitter and a Receiver in a Vehicle and a System Designed for Carrying Out the Same - A method for determining the presence of a transmitter and a receiver in a vehicle by means of a central processing unit, wherein said transmitter and receiver are designed for transmitting electromagnetic or optical signals in a predetermined direction and for receiving said signals from substantially the same predetermined direction, respectively, for example for communicating between different vehicles, and wherein said transmitter and receiver are operatively connected to the central processing unit, comprising the steps of:
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20110248880 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF RECOGNIZING PRESENCE OF OBJECTS - An apparatus and method for recognizing presence of an object is provided, the apparatus and method are mounted on or implemented a vehicle. In the apparatus and method, by scanning a beam-shaped electromagnetic wave, data showing reflection intensities of reflected waves and distances between the vehicle and objects outside the vehicle are obtained. Based on the detected data, characteristics presented by frequency distributions of the distances and intensity frequency distributions of the refection intensities obtained in multiple rows in a field of view in the height direction of the vehicle. The characteristics depend on an angle of the electromagnetic wave to a road on which the vehicle travels. It is determined that the characteristics are obtained from the road when the characteristics meet predetermined requirements. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248881 | Radar with High Angular Accuracy, Notably for the Obstacle Sensing and Avoidance Function - The present invention relates to a radar device with high angular accuracy. The solution provided by the invention simultaneously combines an interferometer that is accurate but, for example, ambiguous when receiving; and a space colouring mode when transmitting. The colouring of the space consists notably in transmitting on N transmitting antennas N orthogonal signals. These signals are then separated by filtering on reception using the orthogonality properties of the transmission signals. It is, for example, possible, with two contiguous antennas in transmission associated with two orthogonal codes to produce a single-pulse type system when transmitting. The invention applies notably to the obstacle sensing and avoidance function, also called “Sense & Avoid”. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248882 | METHOD FOR INTERFEROMETRIC RADAR MEASUREMENTS - A method for interferometric radar measurements that provides prearranging, at a target observed by the radar, of a transponder that is adapted to perform a frequency shift f | 2011-10-13 |
20110248883 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND RADAR APPARATUS - The disclosure provides an antenna device, which includes a waveguide antenna having wall surfaces and for emitting a radio wave in a direction substantially perpendicular to an emission face that is one of wall surfaces of the waveguide antenna extending in an elongated direction of the waveguide antenna, a plate-shape two-dimensional opening slots for beam formation formed in the waveguide antenna on the emission face side, a power feed waveguide module arranged in the rear face of the waveguide antenna opposite from the emission face and for supplying electric power to the waveguide antenna, and a cylindrical radome having a substantially circular cross-section of a diameter that is substantially equal to a length of the emission face in a direction perpendicular to the long-side direction so that the waveguide antenna is contained in the radome so as to be arranged at substantially the center of the radome. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248884 | SLOT ANTENNA AND RADAR DEVICE - This disclosure provides a slot antenna, which includes a tubular electromagnetic wave radiation part having a hollow space, a plurality of electromagnetic wave radiating slots for radiating electromagnetic waves being formed in at least a part of a side surface of the radiation part and a plurality of feeding slots for being inputted with the electromagnetic waves being arrayed in line in another part of the side surface opposing to the radiating slots, a feeding part having a hollow space, extending along the feeding slot array, and for feeding power from the outside of the radiation part to the feeding slots, and a power guiding part having a hollow space and for guiding the power to the feeding part, the power guiding part extending in a direction orthogonal to the array direction of the feeding slots and in parallel to the center axis of the radiation part, from a location of the feeding part corresponding to at least one of the feeding slots. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248885 | LOCATION CALCULATING METHOD AND LOCATION CALCULATING DEVICE - A location calculating method includes acquiring measurement information by receiving satellite signals from positioning satellites and storing the acquired measurement information in a storage unit in association with acquisition time, calculating movement information that includes a movement direction and a movement distance by using a detection result of a sensor unit that at least includes an acceleration sensor and storing the calculated movement information in the storage unit in association with calculation time, and calculating a location at desired time by using at least the measurement information of which the acquisition time satisfies a predetermined proximity time condition and the movement information of which the calculation time is between the acquisition time of the measurement information and the given desired time. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248886 | EVENT LOCATION DETERMINATION - A method of determining a location of an event of interest by processing signals from a satellite positioning system comprises periodically recording blocks of data samples of a satellite broadcast. In response to a request for a position determination at a particular time, a most recent block of data samples is processed in an attempt to obtain a position fix. If unsuccessful, the method further comprises processing blocks of data samples which were recorded further back in time in a sequence to make further attempts to obtain a position fix, until a position fix is obtained. The blocks of data samples used for the further attempts are irregularly spaced in time, for example more densely populated in relatively recent time than in relatively ancient time with respect to the particular time. This enables the processing resource in attempting to obtain a position fix to be allocated efficiently, thereby reducing power consumption. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248887 | GEOLOCATION LEVERAGING SPOT BEAM OVERLAP - A method and system are disclosed for providing an estimate of a location of a user receiver device. The method and system involve emitting from at least one vehicle at least one spot beam on Earth, and receiving with the user receiver device a signal from at least one spot beam. In one or more embodiments, at least one vehicle may be a satellite and/or a pseudolite. The method and system further involve calculating with the user receiver device the estimate of the location of the user receiver device according to the user receiver device's location within at least one spot beam. In some embodiments, when the user receiver device receives signals from at least two spot beams, the user receiver device calculates the estimate of the location of the user receiver device to be located in the center of the intersection of at least two spot beams. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248888 | SHARED MEMORY DEVICE APPLIED TO FUNCTIONAL STAGES CONFIGURED IN A RECEIVER SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING SIGNALS FROM DIFFERENT TRANSMITTER SYSTEMS AND METHOD THEREOF - A shared memory device for a receiver system is disclosed. The receiver system is configured to have a first functional stage and a second functional stage for processing information carried by signals transmitted from a first transmitter system through a first carrier frequency and a second transmitter system through a second carrier frequency respectively. The shared memory device has a memory space, allocated to be commonly shared by the first functional stage and the second functional stage, for buffering processing data generated from the first functional stage or the second functional stage. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248889 | Device and a Method For Establishing Communication Between Nodes in a Wireless Communication System - The present invention relates to a first node ( | 2011-10-13 |
20110248890 | DIELECTRIC RESONATOR ANTENNA EMBEDDED IN MULTILAYER SUBSTRATE FOR ENHANCING BANDWIDTH - Disclosed herein is a dielectric resonator antenna embedded in a multilayer substrate for enhancing bandwidth. The dielectric resonator antenna includes a multilayer substrate, a first conductive plate, a second conductive plate, a plurality of first metal via holes, a feeding part configured to feed a dielectric resonator, and a conductive pattern part inserted into the dielectric resonator so that a vertical metal interface is formed in the dielectric resonator. Accordingly, the dielectric resonator antenna has low sensitivity to fabrication errors and an external environment, and can enhance the radiation characteristics of the antenna when multiple resonances occur. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248891 | DIELECTRIC RESONANT ANTENNA USING A MATCHING SUBSTRATE - Disclosed herein is a dielectric resonator antenna using a matching substrate in order to improve a bandwidth. The dielectric resonator antenna includes: a dielectric resonator body part that is embedded in a multi-layer substrate and has an opening part on the upper portion thereof; and at least one matching substrate that is stacked on the opening part and includes an an insulating layer having a dielectric constant smaller than that of the multi-layer substrate but larger than that of air, thereby making it possible to improve the bandwidth without adjusting the size of the dielectric resonator body part and to prevent loss and change in the radiation pattern due to the substrate mode. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248892 | FILM ANTENNA AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a film antenna includes: a process of sticking a bonding surface of a bonding sheet to a surface of a metal thin film of a plastic film fitted with metal thin film; a process of forming the antenna circuit part by completely cutting the plastic film fitted with metal thin film in a thickness direction thereof from the bonding surface, and half-cutting the bonding sheet in a thickness direction thereof; a process of peeling away portions of the plastic film fitted with metal thin film around the antenna circuit part; a process of laminating a first flexible plastic film onto the plastic film fitted with metal thin film side; a process of peeling away the bonding sheet; and a process of laminating a second flexible plastic film onto the surface of the metal thin film. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248893 | WALL-MOUNTED ELECTRICAL DEVICE WITH MODULAR ANTENNA BEZEL FRAME - An electrical device configured to install within a wall mounted electrical box. The electrical device includes a bezel frame configured to fit within a faceplate. The bezel frame includes an antenna element. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248894 | Adjustable spiral antenna for portable use - A spiral, helical antenna is configured to produce a generally circular polarized radiation pattern covering a range of frequencies, over a ground plane. The antenna is comprised of a spring-like spiral conductor that may be held in compression by a size and shape regulating outer nonconductive membrane. The assembly may be compressed and or extended to adjust the antenna for best performance in a particular situation. The assembly may be compressed into a generally flattened state for storage and or transportation, and extended at a later time for use. Accurate antenna dimensions and good performance are afforded by the use of high quality spring materials in conjunction with precise membrane dimensions. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248895 | MOBILE WIRELESS TERMINAL AND ANTENNA DEVICE - A mobile wireless terminal includes a housing, a cover removably attached to the housing, and an antenna device disposed inside the housing. The antenna device includes a first antenna element that is disposed inside the housing and serves as a feed element, a plate that provides a ground plane for the first antenna element, and a second antenna element that is formed on one surface of the cover so as to face the first antenna element with the cover being attached to the housing and capacitively couple to the first antenna element and that serves as a parasitic element. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248896 | ANTENNA WITH NEAR-FIELD RADIATION CONTROL - An antenna and a wireless mobile communication device incorporating the antenna are provided. The antenna includes a first conductor section electrically coupled to a first feeding point, a second conductor section electrically coupled to a second feeding point, and a near-field radiation control structure adapted to control characteristics of near-field radiation generated by the antenna. Near-field radiation control structures include a parasitic element positioned adjacent the first conductor section and configured to control characteristics of near-field radiation generated by the first conductor section, and a diffuser in the second conductor section configured to diffuse near-field radiation generated by the second conductor section into a plurality of directions. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248897 | DISH ANTENNA USING A PROJECTED ARTIFICIAL MAGNETIC MIRROR - A flat dish antenna includes a plurality of concentric coils, a plurality of eccentric coils, a metal backing, a dielectric material, and an antenna structure. The pluralities of concentric coils and eccentric coils are on a layer of a substrate. A concentric coil has a radiation pattern that is substantially normal to a plane of the concentric coil and an eccentric coil has a radiation pattern that's is offset from normal to a plane of the eccentric coil. The metal backing is on another layer of the substrate and the dielectric material is between the layer and the other layer of the substrate. The concentric coils and the eccentric coils are electrically coupled to the metal backing to produce a distributed inductor-capacitor networking that provides a focal point based on a combination of their radiation patterns. The antenna structure is located proximal to the focal point. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248898 | RECONFIGURABLE LEAKY WAVE ANTENNA - A leaky wave antenna system is set forth. The antenna comprises: a microstrip fabricated on a top surface of a substrate; a ground plane formed on a bottom surface of the substrate; and a plurality of impedance components, each impedance component having one terminal electrically coupled to a lengthwise edge of the microstrip abutting the top surface of the substrate. A switch is electrically connected between each one of the plurality of impedance components and the ground plane. A control module coupled to the plurality of switches operates to specify a direction of a main beam radiating from the microstrip by selectively connecting one or more of the plurality of impedance components to the ground plane. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248899 | DIFFERENTIAL DIPOLE ANTENNA SYSTEM WITH A COPLANAR RADIATING STRUCTURE AND TRANSCEIVER DEVICE - This differential dipole antenna system ( | 2011-10-13 |
20110248900 | FREQUENCY-SELECTIVE DIPOLE ANTENNAS - A dipole antenna forms a distributed network filter | 2011-10-13 |
20110248901 | MULTIPLE FREQUENCY PROJECTED ARTIFICIAL MAGNETIC MIRROR AND ANTENNA APPLICATION THEREOF - A multiple frequency projected artificial magnetic mirror (PAMM) includes a plurality of metal traces, a metal backing, and a dielectric material. The plurality of metal traces is on one or more layers of a substrate and the metal backing is on another layer of the substrate. The dielectric material is between the metal backing and the plurality of metal traces, which is electrically coupled to the metal backing. At least some of the plurality of metal traces is of various sizes and of various positioning and spacing to create a distributed inductor-capacitor network having a first frequency band of operation and a second frequency band of operation. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248902 | RADOME, ANTENNA DEVICE AND RADAR APPARATUS - This disclosure provides a radome to be installed on an emission face side of an antenna, which includes an outer wall having a side cross-section formed in a substantially semi-circular shape to include the antenna therein, and an inner wall arranged between the outer wall and the antenna, and formed in a shape to substantially conform to the outer wall. A gap between the outer wall and the inner wall is wider near both ends on the circumference of the substantially semi-circular shape than at a substantially midpoint on the circumference of the substantially semi-circular shape. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248903 | COUPLED ELECTRON SHUTTLE PROVIDING ELECTRICAL RECTIFICATION - A nanoscale electron shuttle with two elastically mounted conductors positioned within a gap between conductors produces asymmetrical electron conduction between the conductors when the conductors receive an AC signal to provide for rectification, detection and/or power harvesting. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248904 | HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY AND OPTICAL POSITION ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF THE SAME - Disclosed herein is an optical position adjustment method of a head mounted display, the head mounted display including (a) an eyeglass type frame worn on the head of a viewer, and (b) two image display devices for the right and left eyes attached to the frame, and each of the image display devices including (A) an image forming device, and (B) an optical device adapted to receive, guide and emit light emitted from the image forming device, wherein the optical position adjustment method includes the step of: controlling an image signal that is supplied to the image forming device making up at least one of the image display devices so as to control the position of the image displayed on the optical device making up at least one of the image display devices and adjust the mutual positions of the two images. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248905 | IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD FOR A HEAD-MOUNTED TYPE DISPLAY UNIT - Disclosed herein is an image displaying method for a head-mounted type display unit which includes a frame of the glasses type for being mounted on the head of an observer, an image display apparatus attached to the frame, and a control section for controlling image display of the image display apparatus. The image display apparatus includes an image forming apparatus, and an optical apparatus. The image displaying method includes the steps of: storing a data group configured from a plurality of data in a storage section; adding a data identification code to each of the data; sending a designation identification code and display time information at predetermined intervals of time; and reading out the data whose data identification code coincides with the received designation identification code from the storage section and controlling the image forming apparatus to display an image based on the read out data. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248906 | Display apparatus, layout method for a display apparatus and an electronic apparatus - Disclosed herein is a display apparatus, including, a pixel array section including a plurality of pixel circuits arrayed in rows and columns of a matrix and each including a light emitting portion, a plurality of signal lines disposed individually for the pixel columns of the matrix array of the pixel circuits and connected to the pixel circuits belonging to the pixel columns, and a selector circuit for distributing display signals given thereto in a time series from an input signal line time-divisionally to the signal lines, the pixel array section has, in regard to any of combinations of those two signal lines which are individually connected to the pixel circuits which belong to those two pixel columns which neighbor with each other, a first wiring region, and a second wiring region. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248907 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus having an improved function for encapsulating a display unit, and comprising a substrate, wherein the display unit is disposed on the substrate; an encapsulation unit facing the display unit, the encapsulation unit comprising: a metal layer; and a composite member; and a sealing unit disposed between the substrate and the encapsulation unit and separated from the display unit so as to adhere the substrate to the encapsulation unit, wherein the composite member comprises a resin matrix and carbon fibers, and wherein the metal layer is disposed between the substrate and the composite member. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248908 | GATE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT STRUCTURE - A gate signal transmission circuit structure is provided which is disposed on a peripheral circuit region of a display panel and includes at least a driver bonding pad, at least a transmission line and a plurality of connection lines. The transmission line is disposed around the driver bonding pad. The connection lines are connected between the driver bonding pad and the transmission line, wherein a plurality of holes exist between the connection lines, and the thickness of each connection line is substantially the same as the thickness of the transmission line. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248909 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided is an electrophoretic display device including: a first substrate; a second substrate; an electrophoretic layer which is arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate and has at least a dispersion medium and particles mixed in the dispersion medium; a plurality of first electrodes which is formed in an island shape on the electrophoretic layer side of the first substrate and is provided for each pixel; and a second electrode which is formed on the electrophoretic layer side of the second substrate with an area wider than that of the first pixel electrode. Gradation is controlled using an area of the particles which are visually recognized when the electrophoretic layer is viewed from the second electrode side. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248910 | METHOD FOR COMPARING TWO CONTINUOUS COMPUTER GENERATED LINES GENERATED BY THE MOVEMENTS OF A COMPUTER MOUSE OR A DIGITIZER TABLET - A method is provided for comparing two continuous computer generated lines by using a combination of time, area, velocity and angular velocity and to use a weighted distribution of 10 for time, 40 for area, 40 for velocity and 10 for angular velocity. The method returns true if the sum of the product of the weighted distribution with the percentage difference for time, area, velocity, and angular velocity is greater than or equal to 80, otherwise, the method returns false. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248911 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present invention discloses a stereoscopic image display system and a method of controlling the same. An eye tracking module locates current 3D spatial positions of the viewer's eyes, and generates the information of both left and right eyes' current 3D spatial positions. A control module controls a display device that can alter the direction of the light outputted, and outputs images on the display device in time multiplex mode. The light containing the left eye image is outputted to the position of left eye instead of right eye at one time point, and the light containing the right eye image is outputted to the position of right eye instead of left eye at another time point, so that a stereoscopic image is perceived according to the parallax theory. The present invention enlarges the visual range of stereoscopic image and achieves a better stereoscopic image visual experience for viewers. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248912 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE CONNECTION INTERFACE WITH ILLUMINING AND INDICATING FUNCTIONS - A display device includes a connection interface and a light source. The light source illuminates the connection interface and indicates I/O ports of the connection interface. The light source can illuminate all I/O ports of the connection interface or the I/O port of the connection interface corresponding to the input signal source selected by the user. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248913 | MOTIONBEAM INTERACTION TECHNIQUES FOR HANDHELD PROJECTORS - An image projection system may be configured to project objects which respond to movements and gestures made using a handheld projector, as well as to methods for controlling the projected objects based on such user input. For example, users may interact with and control objects in a projection frame by moving and/or gesturing with the handheld projector. Further, objects or characters projected using the handheld projector may be configured to perceive and react to physical objects in the environment. Similarly, elements of the physical environment may be configured to respond to the presence of the projected objects or characters in a variety of ways. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248914 | System and Method for Virtual Touch Typing - Systems, methods, and products are described for enabling a user to enter data into a device without a keyboard. A virtual keyboard in accordance with the invention may include a sensor to detect actual or intended finger movements or other changes in the user's physiology, an element that generates a sequence of ambiguous pseudo-words based on the physiological changes, and a translator that translates the pseudo-words into words in a natural language and provides the natural language words to the device or to a data storage unit. The device typically may be a computer, electronic notepad, personal digital assistant, telephone, or other electronic device. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248915 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MOTION LIBRARY - A method and an apparatus for providing a motion library, adapted to a service end device to provide a customized motion library supporting recognition of at least one motion pattern for a user end device. At least one sensing component disposed on the user end device is determined. At least one motion group is determined according to the determined sensing components, wherein each motion group comprises at least one motion pattern. The at least one motion pattern is selected and a motion database to is queried to display a list of the motion groups corresponding to the selected motion patterns and the motion groups are selected from the list. The motion patterns belonging to the motion groups are selected to re-compile the customized motion library, which is provided for the user end device, so as to enable the user end device to recognize the selected motion patterns. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248916 | TACTILE FEEDBACK METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method includes displaying on a display at least one selection option comprising a first selection option and detecting a touch or cursor on the display. Tactile feedback having a first characteristic is provided when the touch or cursor is at a first location associated with the first selection option. Tactile feedback having a second characteristic is provided when the touch or cursor is detected at a second location not associated with the first selection option. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248917 | Computer pointing device - The Invention relates to a computer input pointing device which comprises its casing ( | 2011-10-13 |
20110248918 | METHOD FOR SUSPENSION SENSING IN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY, METHOD FOR PROCESSING SUSPENSION SENSING IMAGE, AND PROXIMITY SENSING APPARATUS - Provided is a method for proximity sensing in an interactive display and a method of processing a proximity sensing image. The method for proximity-sensing may include suspending, in a three-dimensional (3D) space, at least one hand of a user to manipulate at least one of a viewpoint of the user and a position of a virtual object displayed on a screen, and changing the virtual object by manipulating at least one of the position of the virtual object and the viewpoint of the user based on the suspending. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248919 | Method to enter characters into an electronic system - The present invention relates to a method of entering keyboard characters in an electronic system. The method includes detecting movement of at least one of a first input agent and a second input agent, calculating at least one of a first end direction that characterizes direction of a last portion of movement of the first input agent and a second end direction that characterizes direction of a last portion of movement of the second input agent, and determining end of movement of the first and second input agents. The method further includes determining the keyboard character from a plurality of keyboard characters based on at least one of the calculated first end direction and the calculated second end direction. | 2011-10-13 |
20110248920 | KEYBOARD WITH HINGED KEYS AND DISPLAY FUNCTIONALITY - A computer peripheral is provided. The computer peripheral includes a display device and a keyboard assembly. The keyboard assembly is disposed over the display device. The keyboard assembly is configured to permit viewing of images produced by the display device through the keyboard assembly. Further, the keyboard assembly includes a base structure and a plurality of keys. Each of the plurality of keys is selectively physically depressible relative to the base structure to cause production of an input signal. Further, each of the plurality of keys is movably coupled with respect to the base structure via a hinge at one edge of the key. Further still, each of the plurality of keys includes a transparent portion to permit viewing of the images produced by the display device through the key. | 2011-10-13 |