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20090110520 | ADVANCED FI BLADE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE EXTRACTION - Embodiments of the present invention as recited in the claims generally provide an apparatus for transferring substrates in a processing system where the substrate is exposed to high temperatures. In one embodiment a blade for transporting a substrate is provided. The blade comprises a base having an arcuate lateral shoulder, a first finger extending outward from and perpendicular to the base, a second finger extending outward from the base and parallel to and spaced-apart from the first finger, a first support tab configured to support the substrate and positioned along the arcuate lateral shoulder, a second support tab configured to support the substrate and coupled with the first finger, and a third support tab configured to support the substrate coupled with the second finger, wherein the arcuate lateral shoulder extends from an outer edge of the first finger to an outer edge of the second finger. | 04-30-2009 |
20090272324 | SLIT VALVE HAVING INCREASED FLOW UNIFORMITY - Methods and apparatus for increasing flow uniformity are provided herein. In some embodiments, a slit valve having increased flow uniformity may be provided, the slit valve may include a housing having an opening disposed therethrough, the opening configured to allow a substrate to pass therethrough; a gas inlet formed in the housing; an outer plenum disposed in the housing and coupled to the gas inlet; an inner plenum disposed in the housing and coupled to the outer plenum via a plurality of holes; and a plurality of gas outlets disposed in the housing and fluidly coupling the opening to the inner plenum. | 11-05-2009 |
20120231633 | OFF-ANGLED HEATING OF THE UNDERSIDE OF A SUBSTRATE USING A LAMP ASSEMBLY - Disclosed are method and apparatus for treating a substrate. The apparatus is a dual-function process chamber that may perform both a material process and a thermal process on a substrate. The chamber has an annular radiant source disposed between a processing location and a transportation location of the chamber. Lift pins have length sufficient to maintain the substrate at the processing location while the substrate support is lowered below the radiant source plane to afford radiant heating of the substrate. A method of processing a substrate having apertures formed in a first surface thereof includes depositing material on the first surface in the apertures and reflowing the material by heating a second surface of the substrate opposite the first surface. A second material can then be deposited, filling the apertures partly or completely. Alternately, a cyclical deposition/reflow process may be performed. | 09-13-2012 |
20130153807 | SLIT VALVE HAVING INCREASED FLOW UNIFORMITY - Methods and apparatus for increasing flow uniformity are provided herein. In some embodiments, a slit valve having increased flow uniformity may be provided, the slit valve may include a housing having an opening disposed therethrough, the opening configured to allow a substrate to pass therethrough; a gas inlet formed in the housing; an outer plenum disposed in the housing and coupled to the gas inlet; an inner plenum disposed in the housing and coupled to the outer plenum via a plurality of holes; and a plurality of gas outlets disposed in the housing and fluidly coupling the opening to the inner plenum. | 06-20-2013 |
20130196514 | OFF-ANGLED HEATING OF THE UNDERSIDE OF A SUBSTRATE USING A LAMP ASSEMBLY - Disclosed are method and apparatus for treating a substrate. The apparatus is a dual-function process chamber that may perform both a material process and a thermal process on a substrate. The chamber has an annular radiant source disposed between a processing location and a transportation location of the chamber. Lift pins have length sufficient to maintain the substrate at the processing location while the substrate support is lowered below the radiant source plane to afford radiant heating of the substrate. A method of processing a substrate having apertures formed in a first surface thereof includes depositing material on the first surface in the apertures and reflowing the material by heating a second surface of the substrate opposite the first surface. A second material can then be deposited, filling the apertures partly or completely. Alternately, a cyclical deposition/reflow process may be performed. | 08-01-2013 |
20130270107 | OFF-ANGLED HEATING OF THE UNDERSIDE OF A SUBSTRATE USING A LAMP ASSEMBLY - Disclosed are method and apparatus for treating a substrate. The apparatus is a dual-function process chamber that may perform both a material process and a thermal process on a substrate. The chamber has an annular radiant source disposed between a processing location and a transportation location of the chamber. Lift pins have length sufficient to maintain the substrate at the processing location while the substrate support is lowered below the radiant source plane to afford radiant heating of the substrate. A method of processing a substrate having apertures formed in a first surface thereof includes depositing material on the first surface in the apertures and reflowing the material by heating a second surface of the substrate opposite the first surface. A second material can then be deposited, filling the apertures partly or completely. Alternately, a cyclical deposition/reflow process may be performed. | 10-17-2013 |
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20130245884 | USER EXPERIENCE OF THE CONNECTED AUTOMOBILE - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for initiating at least one process in a vehicle are provided. The apparatus determines an approximate position of the vehicle. In addition, the apparatus determines a shortest time period based on the determined approximate position in which one or more registered drivers of the vehicle is in proximity to the vehicle. Furthermore, the apparatus determines whether to initiate the at least one process within the vehicle based on the determined time period. | 09-19-2013 |
20130265229 | CONTROL OF REMOTE DEVICE BASED ON GESTURES - Embodiments of the present invention are directed toward controlling electronic devices based on hand gestures detected by detecting the topography of a portion of a user's body. For example, pressure data indicative of a user's bone and tissue position corresponding to a certain movement, position, and/or pose of a user's hand may be detected. An electromyographic (EMG) sensor coupled to the user's skin can also be used to determine gestures made by the user. These sensors can be coupled to a camera that can be used to capture images, based on recognized gestures, of a device. The device can then be identified and controlled. | 10-10-2013 |
20130297318 | SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method of enabling speech commands in an application includes identifying, by a computer processor, a user interaction element within a resource of the application; extracting, by the computer processor, text associated with the identified user interaction element; generating, by the computer processor, a voice command corresponding to the extracted text; and adding the generated voice command to a grammar associated with the application. | 11-07-2013 |
20130310110 | MOBILE DEVICE FUNCTION SELECTION USING POSITION IN RELATION TO A USER - Various arrangements for selecting a function to be executed on a mobile device are presented. A processor may receive proximity data that indicates the mobile device is proximate to a user. The processor may receive acceleration data that indicates a direction of acceleration. In response to receiving the proximity data indicating that the mobile device is proximate to the user, the processor may identify a position of the mobile device in relation to the user using the acceleration data. In response to identifying the position of the mobile device in relation to the user using the acceleration data, the processor may select a function to be executed. | 11-21-2013 |
20130332165 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS HAVING IMPROVED SPEECH RECOGNITION - A method for improving speech recognition by a speech recognition system includes obtaining a voice sample from a speaker; storing the voice sample of the speaker as a voice model in a voice model database; identifying an area from which sound matching the voice model for the speaker is coming; providing one or more audio signals corresponding to sound received from the identified area to the speech recognition system for processing. | 12-12-2013 |
20130335573 | INPUT METHOD DESIGNED FOR AUGMENTED REALITY GOGGLES - Apparatuses, methods, systems and computer-readable media for using proximity inputs on or near a touch screen lens to select objects within a field of view are presented. In some embodiments, a viewing apparatus (e.g. head mounted display, augmented reality goggles) may include at least one lens, wherein the lens can sense touches or near-touches and output data indicative of a location of the proximity input by the user. A processor may receive the data and may select an object within the field of view of the user corresponding to the data, wherein the object and the location of the proximity input on or near the lens by the user are on a common line of sight. In some embodiments, the viewing apparatus may include at least one camera that is configured to record at least one image representative of the user's field of view. | 12-19-2013 |
20140198944 | USE OF EMG FOR SUBTLE GESTURE RECOGNITION ON SURFACES - An apparatus, a method, and a computer program product for detecting a gesture of a body part relative to a surface are provided. The apparatus determines if the body part is in proximity of the surface. If the body part is in proximity of the surface, the apparatus determines if electrical activity sensed from the body part is indicative of contact between the body part and the surface. If the body part is in contact with the surface, the apparatus determines if motion activity sensed from the body part is indicative of the gesture. | 07-17-2014 |
20140198956 | LEVERAGING PHYSICAL HANDSHAKING IN HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS - A system, a method, and a computer program product for managing information for an interface device are provided. The system detects for one of a present physical encounter between a user of the interface device and a person, and a non-physical encounter between the user and a person. The system determines if a detected present physical encounter is an initial encounter or a subsequent encounter, and adds content associated with the person to a database of previously encountered persons when the present physical encounter is an initial encounter. When the present physical encounter is a subsequent encounter or a present non-physical encounter is detected, the system determines if the person is known by the user, and presents information to the interface device corresponding to the person when the person is not known by the user. | 07-17-2014 |
20150078613 | CONTEXT-SENSITIVE GESTURE CLASSIFICATION - Various arrangements for recognizing a gesture are presented. User input may be received that causes a gesture classification context to be applied from a plurality of gesture classification contexts. This gesture classification context may be applied, such as to a gesture analysis engine. After applying the gesture classification context, data indicative of a gesture performed by a user may be received. The gesture may be identified in accordance with the applied gesture classification context. | 03-19-2015 |
20150334388 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO OPTIMIZE VIDEO PERFORMANCE IN WIRELESS-DOCK WITH ULTRA-HIGH DEFINITION DISPLAY - Methods, devices, and computer program products for using raw bitstreams and lossless distributed source coded (DSC) video to optimize video performance in wireless dock with ultra-high definition displays. In one aspect, a method of transmitting a video stream from a transmitting device to a wireless video display is described. The method includes determining a resolution of the wireless video display and a native resolution of a video stream, as well as a connection speed between the transmitting device and the wireless video display. Based on this information, the method selects a video compression format, choosing between raw video, DSC video, and high-efficiency video coded video. The method further transmits the video stream in the selected video compression format from the transmitting device to the wireless video display. | 11-19-2015 |
20160088550 | COLLABORATIVE DEMAND-BASED DUAL-MODE WI-FI NETWORK CONTROL TO OPTIMIZE WIRELESS POWER AND PERFORMANCE - The disclosure relates to a collaborative demand-based dual-mode Wi-Fi network control framework that may optimize wireless power and performance on wireless devices that may support multiple Wi-Fi networking technologies. In particular, a high performance Wi-Fi link may be reserved to services or applications that have substantial quality of service (QoS) requirements and conventional Wi-Fi links may be utilized to transfer data for services or applications that have typical performance requirements. For example, bandwidth requirements associated with forward traffic may be measured according to sizes and latency requirements associated with the forward traffic and the appropriate Wi-Fi networking mode may be controlled according to the forward traffic bandwidth requirements in combination with the average bandwidth and average retransmission rate associated with the conventional Wi-Fi links, among other factors. Furthermore, when no forward traffic needs to be transmitted, all Wi-Fi subsystems may enter a low power state. | 03-24-2016 |
20160095062 | POWER MANAGEMENT IN DEVICE TO DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS - Systems, methods and apparatus for remotely controlling the power management of a mobile device are provided. The system, method, and apparatus may include a mobile terminal wirelessly connected to a sensor platform. The sensor platform may send a constant awake message to the mobile terminal that prevents the mobile terminal from entering a sleep mode until the sensor platform sends a release signal to the mobile terminal. | 03-31-2016 |
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20150121375 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A PHYSICAL PLUGIN FOR USE IN A CLOUD PLATFORM ENVIRONMENT - In accordance with an embodiment, described herein are systems and methods for simulating a cloud environment on a physical platform. In an embodiment, a physical assembly is provided within a cloud environment and a physical plug-in configured to provide a virtual assembly builder-like environment on a physical platform. The physical assembly is an installable software suite including software configured to support provisioning of applications for providing services. The physical plug-in is configured to enable installation of the physical assembly on the physical platform. The physical plug-in is also configured to enable support for administering the services of the cloud platform component via the software installed from the physical assembly. | 04-30-2015 |
20160085543 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING PATCHING IN A MULTITENANT APPLICATION SERVER ENVIRONMENT - In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for supporting patching in a multi-tenant application server environment. The system can associate one or more partitions with a tenant, for use by that tenant, wherein a partition is a runtime and administrative subdivision or slice of a domain. A patching process can take advantage of high-availability features provided by an application server clustering environment, to apply patches in a controlled, rolling restart, which maintains a domain's ability to operate without interruption, or with zero downtime. The process can be used to automate complex or long running tasks, including preserving an unpatched or prior version of an application server, application, or other software component for possible rollback, or providing automatic reversion in the event of an unrecoverable error. | 03-24-2016 |