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20110087812 | MULTI-MASTER BI-DIRECTIONAL I2C BUS BUFFER - Systems and methods are disclosed that promote communication in an I2C Bus. These systems and methods can include at least two groups, wherein each of the two groups comprise at least one I2C communication units, and wherein each of the I2C communication units within a group are coupled together. These systems and methods can also comprises a connector that creates a connection between at least two groups of units and controls the flow of data by altering at least one signal that is transmitted between the at least two groups. | 04-14-2011 |
20110087914 | I2C BUFFER CLOCK DELAY DETECTION METHOD - Systems and methods are disclosed that promote communication in an I2C Bus. These systems and methods include establishing a connection between at least two units within coupled together in a I2C bus, transmitting a message from a master to a slave, transitioning the slave to below a threshold during communications, and delaying additional messages from the master to the slave. | 04-14-2011 |
20140095091 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MODELING, MONITORING, ESTIMATING and CONTROLLING POWER CONSUMPTION IN BATTERY-OPERATED DEVICES - A computer-based processing system (e.g., host server) is operable for receiving historical device operation information (power consumption data) collected during operation of the remote battery-operated device in accordance with a first set of operating parameters, including rechargeable battery information (such as the number of charging cycles experienced). The first set of operating parameters enable operation of the battery-operated device in a first operating mode. The processing system calculates an observed battery life for the device based on the received historical power consumption data and a power capacity value representing a power capacity of the battery resident in the device. This observed battery life may be output to a user and used to determine whether the device will meet a predetermined operational life. If not, parameters for the device can be modified and a new projected battery life calculated (simulation), with the new modified parameters controlling power consumption in the device. | 04-03-2014 |
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20090062927 | Coated Tracheostomy Tube and Stoma Stent or Cannula - The present invention relates to devices used in the management of bodily airways including tracheostomy tubes, laryngectomy tubes, bronchial stents, bronchial Y-tubes, bronchial TY-tubes, and nasal stents. The devices may comprise a protective coating to prevent the accumulation of mucus, crusting and granulation on or around airway management devices, as well as prevent adhesion to tissues which can cause bleeding upon removal, and prevent build-up of blood, or blood clots, to the stent. | 03-05-2009 |
20090064999 | Tracheostomy tube with inner cannula and obturator for regular and extra-long stomas - This invention relates to a dual-cannula tracheostomy device comprising an outer cannula and an inner cannula for insertion into the trachea of patients with normal-sized and extra-long stomas. The inner cannula comprises an interlocking means which interacts with a connecting means on the outer cannula in order to stabilize the inner cannula when it is inserted in the outer cannula. The inner cannula may also comprise a gripping means, such as ridges, which improve handling of the inner cannula during its insertion and removal from the outer cannula. The invention further comprises an obturator to help guide the outer cannula while it is being inserted into the trachea. The obturator similarly comprises an interlocking means which interacts with the connecting means on the outer cannula to stabilize the obturator while it is inserted in the outer cannula. Finally, the invention comprises a method of inserting the tracheostomy device into the trachea of a patient. | 03-12-2009 |
20090093668 | Device to stent an airway during brachytherapy treatment and to provide a secure and precise positioning of a treatment radiotherapy capsule within airway - This invention relates to a device for brachytherapy treatment of a tissue growth on the inner surface of an airway lumen. The invention also relates to a device for treatment of an obstructing tissue growth on the inner surface of an airway lumen. The device is comprised of a cylindrical tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a continuous open cavity therebetween, wherein the device is deployed against the inner surface of the lumen. There is at least one longitudinal channel contained within the wall of the tube for positioning a treatment radiotherapy source in close proximity to said tissue growth. The present invention also discloses a method for treating a tissue growth on the inner surface of an airway lumen, and method for treating an obstructing tissue growth on the inner surface of an airway lumen | 04-09-2009 |
20100076555 | COATED DEVICES COMPRISING A FIBER MESH IMBEDDED IN THE DEVICE WALLS - Devices used in the management of bodily airways including bronchial and tracheal stents, bronchial Y-tubes, bronchial TY-tubes, nasal septal buttons, and nasal stents. The present invention also relates to devices used to manage the esophagus, such as salivary bypass tubes. These devices may comprise a fiber mesh imbedded in the walls of the device in order to provide integrity to the device wall and permit anchoring and suturing of the device. | 03-25-2010 |
20120010555 | Cannula Implant Device for Use in Salivary Gland Ducts - A cannula for placement within a salivary gland duct having a first end adjacent an oral cavity and a second end adjacent a salivary gland is provided. The cannula includes an elongate body having a lumen and a first and a second plate offset from a proximal end of the elongate body. The first plate is located on one side of the elongate body and the second plate is correspondingly located on the other side of the elongate body and adjacent the first plate. The first plate has a first hole that is operable to suture the first plate to a location adjacent the first end of the salivary duct adjacent the oral cavity, whereby upon placement of the cannula within the salivary gland duct, saliva flows through the elongate body's lumen from the salivary gland to the oral cavity. | 01-12-2012 |
20130268086 | Implant Device for Use in Salivary Gland Duct - An implant device for placement within a salivary gland duct having a first end adjacent a parotid gland and a second end adjacent a submandibular gland. The implant device comprises an elongate body having a lumen, and a first and a second plate offset from the proximal end of the elongate body. The first plate is located on one side of the elongate body and the second plate is located on the other side of the elongate body. The first plate includes a first and a second hole operable to suture the first plate to a location adjacent the parotid gland. The second plate includes a first and a second hole operable to suture the second plate to a location adjacent the submandibular gland. | 10-10-2013 |
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20100208145 | Graphically Based Programming for Control Devices - A method for programming a control device. The method for programming the control device may include using a graphical programming interface. The graphical programming interface may direct a user through the programming process with text and graphics. The graphical programming interface may provide a control device image that corresponds to the physical control device that is being programmed. The graphical programming interface may graphically verify to a user whether a button was successfully programmed. Additionally, the graphical programming interface may illustrate the correct positioning of one control device to another control device while programming. | 08-19-2010 |
20100284137 | TELEVISION WITH FOLDING STAND - This disclosure generally relates to a television that includes a foldable stand for selective support of the device in a variety of positions and/or viewing orientations. In some cases, a television includes a display having a substantially flat display surface, a housing coupled to the display, and a stand having an elongated support leg, the support leg pivotably coupled to the housing about a pivot axis such that the stand is movable between a first position in which a majority of the stand is located within a perimeter of the display surface projected towards a back surface of the housing and a second position in which the stand is adapted, when placed on a support surface, to support the display in a viewing orientation. | 11-11-2010 |
20110032424 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GRAPHICALLY ANNOTATING DISPLAYS PRODUCED IN A TELEVISION RECEIVER - Systems, devices and methods provide for graphically annotating television images received and presented by a set top box (STB) or other television receiver. A pallette of available illustration tools is presented on the display in conjunction with the television image to be annotated, and the viewer is able to use the various illustration tools to make annotations, captions, edits or other changes to the displayed image. Viewer inputs may be provided via a touchpad, directional pad or other device capable of providing two-dimensional inputs. | 02-10-2011 |
20120013536 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DUAL USE REMOTE-CONTROL DEVICES - Various embodiments provide a dual use remote-control device. In one embodiment, a dual use remote-control device may include a first set of input controls such as buttons positioned on a top side of the housing, a second set of input controls positioned on a bottom side of the housing including a QWERTY keyboard and an optical sensor to remotely control movement of a cursor on a display by the optical sensor detecting movement of a user's finger across the optical sensor or movement of the optical sensor across an object such as a table, arm of a chair or user's lap. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 01-19-2012 |
20130293574 | AUTOMATED OVERSCAN ADJUSTMENT - Techniques are disclosed for automatically calibrating content shown on an electronic display. According to certain embodiments, a picture of the display is taken while a calibration image is shown on the display. The picture is then analyzed to determine whether any adjustments need to be made. The analysis can, for example, include a comparison between the picture of the calibration image and a stored calibration image. If it is determined an adjustment needs to be made to correct how content is shown on the display, an adjustment is made accordingly. | 11-07-2013 |
20150228309 | HIGHLIGHT PROGRAM - An electronic device and a method for generating a highlight program are provided. The electronic device, for example, includes, but is not limited to a communication device, and a processor communicatively coupled to the communication device, wherein the processor is configured to receive extraction settings, receive game data from the communication device, set an extraction point in the game data based upon the extraction settings, and create a highlight program including media from the game data based upon the extraction point. | 08-13-2015 |
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20100118505 | TERMINATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PLANAR COMPONENTS ON PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS - The disclosure involves the efficient termination of a winding PCB of a planar inductive component to a main PCB, using relatively little space and providing a low-resistance connection. The disclosed methods are especially suitable for planar structures where several winding PCBs, and/or winding PCBs and a main PCB, are all enclosed by the magnetic path components. The methods allow for a winding PCB to simply rest on the main PCB, or other winding PCBs, without any clearance. The disclosure employs mating sets of conductive annular rings with an optional interlocking terminal pin that allows two PCBs to be fixedly coupled together, while preserving a minimum distance between the solder-mask layers of the two PCBs in order to prevent the formation of unwanted electrical connections between the two PCBs. Solder is used to ensure effective coupling in each assembly of mating annular rings and optional terminal pin. | 05-13-2010 |
20120086430 | High-accuracy low-power current sensor with large dynamic range - A current sensing approach makes use of two shunts in series, embedded in a switching fabric, each shunt the object of a differential measurement of voltage drop across the shunt. Methodical make-before-break cycling of the switches in the switching fabric permit real-time or very near-real-time measurement of nearly all of the errors such as offset errors present in each differential-measurement path. Additional differential measurement paths can be connected with the shunts, with RFI filtering at shorter time constants to serve electronic fuse needs. | 04-12-2012 |
20120176706 | Reliable signaling of fault conditions in battery systems with series-connected cells - A system is used with a plurality of modules, each module requiring galvanic isolation from the other modules. Galvanic isolators are employed, each having an input and an output, the output galvanically isolated from the input, the output responsive to the input according to a response characteristic of the isolator. Each module has, a respective first isolator and a respective second isolator. The input of each respective first isolator and each respective second isolator for each module is disposed controllably to receive an activation signal from the module indicative of a module fault to be annunciated or to receive a test signal from the module, the test signal being smaller than the activation signal. The outputs of the respective first isolators are aggregated to a first node and the outputs of the respective second isolators are aggregated to a second node. A selection circuit selects from the first node and the second node, yielding a fault signal output when the selected node satisfies a predetermined condition. An analog-to-digital converter is coupled with each of the nodes, the analog-to-digital converter disposed to sense an output from one of the isolators indicative of its response characteristic in the event of a test signal being applied to the isolator. | 07-12-2012 |
20120206095 | Charge balancing system - A method, circuit, and topology are provided for utilization of this circuit in Li-Ion or any other battery that benefits from balancing between individual cells. The whole system is characterized as having high efficiency (and thus low heat losses) compared to previous art implementations. The actions of the circuit are continuous and bi-directional in respect to each cell. | 08-16-2012 |
20120326693 | Voltage reference and temperature sensor - A highly accurate voltage reference and temperature sensor circuit requires only several low-cost components in addition to a general-purpose microcontroller with an analog-to-digital converter. Unlike known circuits, the circuit disclosed does not rely on matching between a pair of semiconductor devices, as only a single semiconductor junction is used. All of the signal processing may be performed digitally. | 12-27-2012 |
20130002234 | High precision algorithmically assisted voltage divider with fault detection - A method, an algorithm, and circuits for implementation of a high-accuracy voltage divider are described that include a capability of fault detection. The disclosure allows for correction of non-catastrophic faults, such as significant changes of the components' values. The performance of the circuit built as described is vastly superior to operations achievable with the modern-day components utilized in previous standard and known configurations. | 01-03-2013 |
20130009655 | Current sensor - An apparatus and method make use of a single shunt and two or more instrumentation amplifiers, switchably measuring voltages at the shunt. This permits current measurement. At times each instrumentation amplifier has its input shorted, which permits zeroing out many sources of offset in the signal path of that amplifier. Dynamic range is several orders of magnitude better than known current measurement approaches, permitting coulometry. | 01-10-2013 |
20130328547 | Current Shunt - Methods and circuits for reduction of errors in a current shunt are disclosed, for example sensing lines for Kelvin sensing in which the sensing lines are of identical material to the high-resistance portions of the shunt, and welded thereto. This allows application of a current shunt with lower output voltage and thus lower power losses than the contemporary art implementations, while maintaining high accuracy with regard to temperature changes. | 12-12-2013 |
20140103857 | Charge redistribution method for cell arrays - A topology is described in which each pair of cells in a string shares a single inductor. Switches permit the single inductor to selectively charge one or the other of the cells. In a variant of the topology, the inductor together with additional switches permit selectively charging multiple cells simultaneously (even one or both cells simultaneously in a pair of cells), drawing upon either an external energy source or upon one or multiple other cells in the string. In this way the number of inductors is minimized while providing isolation among the charging circuits. | 04-17-2014 |
20140203737 | Assisting Converter - What is described is a battery management architecture that eliminates previously described problems of the previous solutions and compensates for the extra cost of a cell-balancing circuit. These advantages are achieved by integrating the voltage step-up and balancing functions as well as charging functions inside a single converter topology. Instead of providing the entire output voltage and power, the converter in this configuration is merely assisting the battery by providing a portion of the power delivered to the load, rather than the entirety of the power delivered to the load. This portion of power is proportional to the difference between the output and the battery pack voltages. | 07-24-2014 |
20150077091 | Current sensor - An apparatus and method make use of a single shunt and two or more instrumentation amplifiers, switchably measuring voltages at the shunt. This permits current measurement. At times each instrumentation amplifier has its input shorted, which permits zeroing out many sources of offset in the signal path of that amplifier. Dynamic range is several orders of magnitude better than known current measurement approaches, permitting coulometry. | 03-19-2015 |
20150268277 | Current Sensor - An apparatus and method make use of a single shunt and two or more instrumentation amplifiers, switchably measuring voltages at the shunt. This permits current measurement. At times each instrumentation amplifier has its input shorted, which permits zeroing out many sources of offset in the signal path of that amplifier. Dynamic range is several orders of magnitude better than known current measurement approaches, permitting coulometry. | 09-24-2015 |
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20130152915 | Bearing Assembly For A Solar Collector System - A solar collector system is provided including a bearing assembly comprising a plurality of wheels or rollers for rollingly engaging a large-diameter support element. Rotation of the large-diameter support element supports tracking of the position of the sun relative to the solar collector system. The bearing assembly may be pre-assembled to the large-diameter support element before the solar collector system leaves the factory, thereby facilitating assembly of the solar collector system in the field, even under adverse conditions. | 06-20-2013 |
20130161933 | FRAME RAIL FOR A VEHICLE - A frame rail for a vehicle has a pair of elongated structural members, each one of the pair of elongated structural members having flanges protruding from lateral edges thereof. The flanges of one of the pair of elongated structural members extend in a direction toward the flanges of the other one of the pair of elongated structural members. The frame rail also has first and second metallic web panels interconnecting the pair of elongated structural members. Overall, the frame rail has a box beam structure, wherein at least a major portion of each one of the first and second metallic web panels has a material thickness that is less than a material thickness of at least a major portion of each one of the pair of elongated structural members. | 06-27-2013 |
20150239502 | FRAME RAIL FOR A VEHICLE - A frame rail for a vehicle has a pair of elongated structural members, each one of the pair of elongated structural members having flanges protruding from lateral edges thereof. The flanges of one of the pair of elongated structural members extend in a direction toward the flanges of the other one of the pair of elongated structural members. The frame rail also has first and second metallic web panels interconnecting the pair of elongated structural members. Overall, the frame rail has a box beam structure, wherein at least a major portion of each one of the first and second metallic web panels has a material thickness that is less than a material thickness of at least a major portion of each one of the pair of elongated structural members. | 08-27-2015 |