08th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110044328 | CIRCUIT WITH NETWORK OF MESSAGE DISTRIBUTOR CIRCUITS - Source circuits ( | 2011-02-24 |
20110044329 | FULLY CONNECTED GENERALIZED MULTI-LINK MULTI-STAGE NETWORKS - A generalized multi-link multi-stage network comprising (2×log | 2011-02-24 |
20110044330 | Link State Identifier Collision Handling - Methods and apparatus for a network element to handle LSID collisions to prevent different LSAs associated with different routes from sharing the same LSID. According to one embodiment, responsive to determining that a tentative LSID that is generated for a first route that is being added collides with an LSID that is assigned to an LSA for a second route, and that one of the first and second routes is a host route, the host route is suppressed. If the first route is the host route, suppressing includes not originating an LSA for the first route. If the second route is the host route, suppressing includes purging the LSA for the second route and not originating an LSA for the second route. Although the host route is suppressed, network reachability of the range subsuming the host route is provided through the route that is not the host route. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044331 | NETWORK CONTROL SYSTEM - A network control system enabling stable plant control thanks to controller compensation made in view of a packet loss. In the network control system, the amount of operation of a controller for computing the difference between the controlled variable from a sensor for measuring a physical quantity of a controlled plant and a target value is transmitted by means of a packet through a network to an actuator provided in the controlled plant, and the actuator inputs the amount of operation into the controlled plant. The network control system comprises MV complementing means for giving the actuator a complement value of the amount of operation if a packet transmission error occurs, MV buffer means for back-answering trend data on the inputted amount of operation or the complement value given to the actuator through the network to the controller, and MV compensating means for correcting the calculation of the amount of operation of the controller according to the back-answered trend data or complement value. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044332 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication apparatus configured to transmit data by configuring a plurality of virtual communication pathways in a physical communication pathway established with another communication apparatus, the communication apparatus includes a configuration unit that configures information related to an order of priority of the virtual communication pathways, a first storage unit that stores the configured information, a second storage unit that stores data, which includes signals, based on the configured information, and a transmission processing unit that carries out transmission processing on the stored data based on the configured information. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044333 | Close Proximity Communication Device and Methods - Methods and apparatus for providing close proximity detection in medical systems are disclosed. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044334 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - In a communication system in which computer | 2011-02-24 |
20110044335 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, RECEIVER, TRANSMITTER, CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL PROGRAM - In an information processing apparatus, the pre-reproduction connection information retaining element retains the information relating to the transmitting apparatus and the receiving apparatus of a connection existing before a reproduction of an interruption signal, when the connection is switched to the connection for transmitting the interruption signal in order to reproduce the interruption signal. Then, the recovering element recovers the connection existed before the reproduction of the interruption signal, based on the pre-reproduction connection information retained, after the reproduction of the interruption signal ends. The information processing apparatus is a transmitting apparatus and/or a receiving apparatus forming the car AV system. By this, in case that only one logical input plug can be prepared due to the restriction of hardware resource, the information processing apparatus can recover the connection, after the interruption signal reproduction ends, with keeping the user unconscious. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044336 | MULTICAST DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND MULTICAST DISTRIBUTION METHOD - Provided is a multicast distribution system which can perform a multicast distribution by selecting a communication path satisfying a communication feature required by a multicast group. A distribution source router (Rs) performs a multicast distribution to routers (R | 2011-02-24 |
20110044337 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING IPTV SERVICE - In a system for providing an IPTV service, if a multicast address of an IPTV channel received from a head-end is a multicast address requested by a mobile node through a tunnel, an end router confirms a care of address (CoA) of the mobile node corresponding to the multicast address of the IPTV channel, sets the multicast address in the first header of broadcasting traffic, sets the CoA of the mobile node in the second header of the broadcasting traffic, and then sends the broadcasting traffic. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044338 | THROUGHPUT IN A LAN BY MANAGING TCP ACKS - A method and apparatus are described for managing acknowledgements, including identifying data packets and acknowledgements with a connection, determining which of the acknowledgements can be eliminated, replacing the acknowledgements that can be eliminated with a single acknowledgement and transmitting the single acknowledgement. An alternative method and apparatus are described for managing acknowledgements, including receiving a data segment, keeping track of connections, determining if there are enough data segments for a pre-determined number of channel time allocations and generating the acknowledgments for a selected connection if there are enough data segments for the pre-determined number of channel time allocations. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044339 | SERVER-SIDE LOAD BALANCING USING PARENT-CHILD LINK AGGREGATION GROUPS - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: establishing, at the network node, a first Child Link Aggregation Group (CLAG), wherein the first CLAG includes at least one link to a first downstream node; establishing, at the network node, a second CLAG, wherein the second CLAG includes at least one link to a second downstream node; establishing, at the network node, a Parent Link Aggregation Group (PLAG), wherein the PLAG includes the first CLAG and the second CLAG; receiving, at the network node, a packet including an address of a destination of the packet; determining that the destination of the packet is associated with the PLAG; and transmitting the packet over both the first CLAG and the second CLAG. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044340 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ECMP LOAD SHARING - A packet classifier and a method for routing a data packet are provided. The packet classifier includes a content addressable memory, a translation table and a parameter memory. The method includes looking up a content addressable memory for a base address into a parameter memory using a header of the data packet. The base address is related to the routes under ECMP for forwarding the data packet. From among these addresses, using multiple headers of the data packet, an adjustment to the base address is computed. The adjustment specifies an actual address to the parameter memory corresponding to a selected route for forwarding the data packet. The parameter memory is then accessed using the actual address to obtain parameter values relevant to the selected route. The data packet is then forwarded according to the parameter values thus obtained. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044341 | METHOD FOR DATA PACKET CLASSIFICATION IN A DATA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - The present invention pertains to a method for performing specific data forwarding actions depending on the nature of data traffic comprising data packets, which method comprises the steps of: —receiving incoming data traffic of a specific nature, belonging to at least a specific class among a number of pre-defined classes, step | 2011-02-24 |
20110044342 | METHOD FOR POPULATING A FORWARDING INFORMATION BASE OF A ROUTER AND ROUTER - A method for populating a forwarding information base of a router of an autonomous system (AS) in the Internet's Default Free Zone (DFZ), wherein the forwarding information base contains a multitude of entries, each entry mapping a destination prefix to at least one route to reach the destination prefix, is characterized in that for each prefix advertised to the router, the autonomous system (AS) the advertisement was received from is determined, and that a decision is made whether to include the prefix into the forwarding information base of the router or not, wherein in the decision the autonomous system (AS) and/or predefined characteristics of the autonomous system (AS) the prefix is learned from is/are considered. Furthermore, a corresponding router for deployment in autonomous systems (AS) in the Internet's Default Free Zone (DFZ) is disclosed. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044343 | Method and Apparatus for Transceiving Multiple Services Data Simultaneously Over SONET/SDH - A method and apparatus for transceiving multiple service data from multiple communication services to a SONET/SDH communication system or network is provided. A SONET/SDH universal framer (SURF) bidirectionally provides communication between a SONET/SDH communication port and multiple service communication ports using their native data format. A provisioning register stores provisioning information describing the communication system and the communication ports. A SONET/SDH byte engine processes complex hierarchical SONET/SDH frames storing intermediate states when it changes to process a byte of data of a different STS-1 equivalent frame in a SONET/SDH STS-N frame. A service byte engine processes the multitude of service data formats and generally its intermediate states are restored, processed, and saved when it changes to process a different data stream or a different frame of data of a given service. An elastic storage means allows the SONET/SDH byte engine and the service byte engine to operate independent of one another in an asynchronous mode. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044344 | A METHOD FOR INTERFACING A FIBRE CHANNEL NETWORK WITH AN ETHERNET BASED NETWORK - A system and method are provided for interfacing a Fibre Channel network to an Ethernet based network. The method includes the operation of establishing a connection between a Fibre Channel device and an NPIV interface in an Ethernet interconnect module ( | 2011-02-24 |
20110044345 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE - A system for executing distributed software under hard real-time conditions comprises a plurality of nodes and a communication channel. Nodes are allowed to transmit data across the communication channel within time windows relative to repetitive communication time intervals of the communication channel, wherein a number of bytes transmitted within the communication time windows may vary from communication time window to communication time window. The data may be transmitted as a message comprising a representation of an identifying tag and a representation of the data. Also a number of bytes representing respective tags may vary from communication time interval to communication time interval. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044346 | Network Bridge and a Method of Operating Thereof - A network bridge comprising two ports for connection to two networks, a spanning tree controller and a wireless bridge link controller for each port. The ports employ an adaptive modulation technique. The wireless bridge link controller is connected to the port to exchange physical layer information with said port. When the port detects a change of its PHY mode, it sets the path cost of the link to a value configured for the new PHY mode and forces the bridge to recalculate its spanning tree. The wireless bridge link controller is also connected to the spanning tree controller. If the bridge detects that it has not received BPDUs for a certain time period and the timer will expire soon, the bridge forces the port, via the wireless bridge link controller, to use a more robust PHY mode. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044347 | Residential Gateway - A particular residential gateway includes a connector interface to receive a composite signal including voice data, video data, and network data via one or more communication lines and a power coupling device to receive power via the one or more communication lines. The residential gateway includes a voice module to route the voice data to a voice-enabled device coupled to a network interface, a video module to route the video data to a video-enabled device coupled to the network interface, and a network module to route the network data to a computing device coupled to the network interface. The residential gateway further includes a testing module to communicate test results to an external device via a data communication interface. At least one of the voice module, the video module, the network module, and the testing module is powered using the power received by the power coupling device. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044348 | LDP IGP SYNCHRONIZATION FOR BROADCAST NETWORKS - A method and apparatus for LDP-IGP synchronization for broadcast networks. In one embodiment of the invention, responsive to a network element bringing up an adjacency with a Designated Router of the broadcast network on a broadcast interface, that network element advertises in its Link State Advertisement (LSA) a peer-to-peer (P2P) adjacency to each member of the broadcast network that has bidirectional IGP communication with the network element instead of advertising a pseudo-node adjacency to the pseudo-node of the broadcast network. Each P2P adjacency includes a high cost to discourage use of those links for transit traffic. After LDP becomes operational with all neighbors on the broadcast interface, the network element advertises the pseudo-node adjacency instead of the P2P adjacencies. Accordingly, transit traffic is avoided through that network element until LDP is operational with all neighbors on the broadcast interface. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044349 | PACKET SWITCH AND METHOD OF USE - The present invention relates to a packet switch and a packet switching method. An example embodiment of the present invention comprises at least three network ports, at least one instrument port, a mux-switch, a packet switch fabric, and an address table. The embodiment updates the address table to include the source address of each ingress packet of each network port and associate the source address with that network port. The mux-switch routes the ingress packet traffic of each network port according to the identity of the network port so that at least a copy of the packet traffic of one of the network ports is routed to an instrument port. The packet switch fabric routes the packets from the instrument ports to the network ports according the destination address of the packet and the identity of the network port that is associated with the destination address as recorded in the address table. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044350 | System and Method for Multiple Timing Masters in a Network - A communication system, network, interface, and port architecture are provided for transporting data across a ring network. A network node operating as a first timing master generates a set of frames, each frame having a preamble, a data field and a time count field, which represents a portion of the time information associated with the set of frames. This time information may include counted time units, like seconds, or a number of generated and transmitted over the network. As the individual frames of a set of frames are generated and sent on the network, they pass other network nodes and are forwarded through the ring bus to the first timing master which receives at least a portion of the set it is still generating. This enables a received time count field to be compared with a transmitted time count field of the same set. If the fields are identical, there is no other timing master on the bus. If there is another timing master on the bus, the additional timing master would overwrite the contents of the time count field propagating through the network; therefore, the received time count field would not be equal to the time count field being transmitted by the first timing master. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044351 | TECHNIQUES FOR EFFICIENTLY UPDATING ROUTING INFORMATION UPON SHORTEST PATH TREE COMPUTATION - Techniques for efficiently updating routing information in a network device such as a router. According to an embodiment of the present invention, information is stored identifying one or more nodes and leaves owned or advertised by the nodes. When a change occurs in a network environment, information is stored identifying one or more nodes and leaves that have changes associated with them. The routing information in the network device is then updated for only those nodes and leaves that have changes associated with them. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044352 | TECHNIQUE FOR DETERMINING A POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT TREE LINKING A ROOT NODE TO A PLURALITY OF LEAF NODES - A method is provided for determining a point-to-multipoint tree connecting a root node to a plurality of leaf nodes (some nodes in different domains) used by a path calculation entity associated with a current domain. The method comprises receiving from at least one other path calculation entity associated with a downstream domain at least one message including a first set of identifiers including at least one identifier of a bunch of branches comprising at least one branch and a respective cost associated with said bunch, the bunch comprising at least one branch enabling connection to leaf nodes in downstream domains, and determining at least one new bunch of branches comprising at least one branch as a function of said at least one first set received, said new bunch of branches having a minimum cost and making it possible also to contact the leaf nodes of the current domain. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044353 | Adaptive Window Size for Network Fair Usage Controls - Systems and methods for providing adaptive fine-grained fair usage controls are provided. Rather than providing a fixed fair usage threshold having time and data volume for all subscribers in the network, a quota manager at the policy controller defines an initial fair usage window having a longer period of time and higher data volume. When a subscriber exceeds the initial window, the quota manager provides a smaller time period and lower data volume. The quota manager continues to adapt the fair usage window in this way until a violation of the fair usage threshold is detected. The adaptive fair usage windows may be based on subscriber profile information, subscriber session information, and/or prior subscriber usage history. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044354 | Adaptive Packaging of Network Resources - In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a data store comprising a log of requests transmitted by a plurality of remote hosts, each request corresponding to one or more resources maintained by a web site; analyzing the requests and one or more attributes of the resources corresponding to the respective requests using a cost function relating to network performance, wherein a first component of the cost function is directed to a performance improvement achieved by grouping one or more of the resources for transmission to one or more remote hosts and a second component is directed to a performance inefficiency caused by grouping the one or more resources for transmission to the one or more remote hosts; and identifying one or more groupings of one or more resources that optimize the cost function for network performance. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044355 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RESTORING NETWORK CLOCK REFERENCE OF TRANSMISSION DATA, AND DATA RECEIVING APPARATUS - A method of reconstructing reference time information of a transmission frame in a digital satellite communication system is provided, including: receiving the transmission frame including reference time information; recording receiving time of start of frames of the plurality of physical layer frames included in the transmission frame; determining receiving time of a start of frame corresponding to the physical layer frames including the reference time information based on the recorded information when the physical layer frame including the reference time information is received; and reconstructing the reference time information based on the determined receiving time information of the start of frame. Network synchronization is stably acquired and maintained during two-way communication even in the satellite communication network environment. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044356 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODE SELECTION BASED ON EFFECTIVE CINR - Selecting an optimal ECINR mode in a digital communication system, by constructing an offline relevant modes database having a list of transmission-reception methods for possible MIMO configurations, and mobility characterization, gathering online channel state and capabilities information, retrieving parameters from the relevant modes database, based on the gathered data/information for creating a concurrent list, excluding some MIMO modes off the list, for which the available channel matrix is insufficient, the modes left at the end of this step being “currently relevant modes’, calculating post processing per tome physical CINR (PCINR) for each of the currently relevant modes found, calculating ECINR for each of the currently relevant modes using the PCINR, choosing the optimal MIMO mode and MCS combination, which is the parameters' combination with highest throughput, which provide the best ECINR under QoS requirements. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044357 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGH PRECISION CLOCK RECOVERY OVER PACKET NETWORKS - An improved system and method for achieving high precision clock recovery, i.e. reconstruction of the clock signal having the same frequency, over a packet switched network. The proposed method utilizes a minimum network delay approach, which overcomes the problems caused by delay variation of the network and filters out network jitter, such as noise jitter and other “singular” anomalies causing latency deviations. Minimum network delay is defined herein as the time delay in which a packet remains in the network under assumption that all transmission queues through which the packet passes are empty. The proposed system and method perform clock recovery by including an improvement in the form of dynamically varying thresholds. Reconstruction of the clock signal is performed in accordance with the minimum network delay estimation based on an adjustable threshold, i.e., the latency change threshold, which increases when the noise threshold increases and decreases when the noise threshold decreases. This allows detection of latency changes in accordance with the dynamically varying network conditions and avoids false latency change detections. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044358 | High-Power Multi-Port Circulator - A high power (HP) fiber circulator is configured with a case enclosing a plurality of optical components which are arranged so as to define multiple ports. The fiber circulator further includes a plurality of launching and receiving fiber components each of which has spliced delivery and pigtailed passive fibers selectively coupling a HP input signal into and receiving a HP output signal from respective input and output ports. The passive fibers of each fiber component have respective protective coatings spaced from one another and each covering the cladding of the fibers. A light stripper, extending between the protective coatings, is operative to substantially remove cladding-supported light from one of the passive fibers before it reaches the protective coating of the other passive fiber. At least one of the ports includes a wavelength selective component configured to direct the HP input light beam along the desired path between the ports and including a fiber Bragg grating, volume Bragg grating or a combination of these. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044359 | Intracavity Conversion Utilizing Narrow Band Reflective SOA - An external cavity laser source is provided comprising an external laser cavity, a tunable distributed Bragg reflector (DBR), a DBR tuning element, an output reflector, a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), a frequency-selective optical coupler/reflector, and a wavelength conversion device. The tunable DBR, the DBR tuning element, the SOA, and the output reflector are configured to generate a fundamental laser signal characterized by a fundamental bandwidth that is narrower than the QPM bandwidth of the wavelength conversion device and can be tuned to a fundamental center wavelength within the QPM bandwidth. The frequency-selective optical coupler/reflector is configured for substantially non-reflective two-way transmission of optical signals at the fundamental center wavelength and is further configured for substantially complete reflection of wavelength-converted optical signals generated by the wavelength conversion device. The output reflector is configured for substantially non-reflective transmission of wavelength-converted optical signals generated by the wavelength conversion device and for substantially complete reflection of optical signals at the fundamental center wavelength. Additional embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044360 | INTRACAVITY WAVELENGTH CONVERSION SOLID-STATE LASER GENERATOR - Fundamental laser light having a wavelength of 1,064 nm, for example, is generated by a solid-state laser medium. The fundamental laser light is reflected by a flat mirror and amplified again passing through a Q-switch, a solid-state laser medium, a Q-switch, a Q-switch, a solid-state laser medium, and a Q-switch. The fundamental laser light furthermore reflects from a flat mirror, passes through a flat mirror for second-harmonic resonance, passes through a lens, then reflects from a flat mirror for laser light separation, and enters a nonlinear optical crystal for the third harmonic and a nonlinear optical crystal for the second harmonic. A solid-state laser generator can thereby be obtained in which second-harmonic laser light obtained in an intermediate stage can be used with good efficiency and be converted, for example, to third-harmonic laser light and higher-harmonic laser light with higher efficiency and higher output. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044361 | Solid-state laser - In order to improve a solid-state laser, in particular a solid-state disc laser, comprising a resonator ( | 2011-02-24 |
20110044362 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light-emitting device having a ring optical resonator and capable of laser oscillation by a novel structure realized by working out the mechanism of light emission. The light-emitting device having a ring optical resonator fabricated on a base is characterized in that the optical resonator has a core made of a semiconductor and serving to propagate light and a clad formed on at least the base side of the core in the stack direction out of the base side and the opposite side of the core, at least the ring inner and outer peripheral surfaces of the core are covered with a transparent body having an index of refraction lower than that of the space or the clad, and a part of the ring inner and outer peripheral surfaces of the clad are covered with a transparent body having an index of refraction lower than that of the space or the clad. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044363 | SURFACE EMITTING LASER - A surface emitting laser includes a plurality of semiconductor layers including an active layer over a substrate, and emits laser light in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate. The semiconductor layers including the active layer define a resonator that emits laser light having a first wavelength. A wavelength-converting layer is disposed between the substrate and the resonator. The wavelength-converting layer converts the light having the first wavelength into light having a second wavelength that can pass through the substrate. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044364 | STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR ACHIEVING SELECTIVE ETCHING IN (Ga,Al,In,B)N LASER DIODES - A structure and method that can be used to achieve selective etching in (Ga, Al, In, B) N laser diodes, comprising fabricating (Ga, Al, In, B) N laser diodes with one or more Al-containing etch stop layers. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044365 | SURFACE-EMITTING LASER DEVICE - A surface-emitting laser device includes: a substrate; a low refractive index layer with a refractive index n | 2011-02-24 |
20110044366 | INJECTION SEEDED LASER RATIO LOOP CONTROL - In a method of controlling an injection-seeded laser, a response of the laser is sampled at a plurality of different laser current values. A threshold current and a slope efficiency of the sampled response are then estimated, and a bias current and a modulation current calculated based on the estimated threshold current and a slope efficiency. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044367 | 3D OPTOELECTRONIC PACKAGING - An optoelectronic (OE) package or system and method for fabrication is disclosed which includes a silicon layer with a wiring layer. The silicon layer has an optical via for allowing light to pass therethrough. An optical coupling layer is bonded to the silicon layer, and the optical coupling layer includes a plurality of microlenses for focusing and or collimating the light through the optical via. One or more first OE elements are coupled to the silicon layer and electrically communicating with the wiring. At least one of the first OE elements positioned in optical alignment with the optical via for receiving the light. A second OE element embedded within the wiring layer. A carrier may be interposed between electrical interconnect elements and positioned between the wiring layer and a circuit board. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044368 | OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical device is disclosed. The optical device includes a first packaging unit and a second packaging unit. The first packaging unit includes a first lead frame and a sensor electrically coupled to the first lead frame. The second packaging unit includes an emitting die and a second lead frame. The emitting die has an optical axis and is operable to emit a light. The second lead frame has a first portion disposed within the second packaging unit and a second portion extending into the first packaging unit so that an angle of about 5-85 degrees is formed between the optical axis of the emitting die and the sensing plane of the sensor. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044369 | SILICON CARRIER OPTOELECTRONIC PACKAGING - An optoelectronic (OE) package or system and method for fabrication is disclosed which includes a silicon layer with wiring. The silicon layer has an optical via for allowing light to pass therethrough. An optical coupling layer is bonded to the silicon layer, and the optical coupling layer includes a plurality of microlenses for focusing and or collimating the light through the optical via. A plurality of OE elements are coupled to the silicon layer and electrically communicating with the wiring. At least one of the OE elements positioned in optical alignment with the optical via for receiving the light. A carrier is interposed between electrical interconnect elements. The carrier is positioned between the wiring of the silicon layer and a circuit board and the carrier is electrically connecting first interconnect elements connected to the wiring of the silicon layer and second interconnect elements connected to the circuit board. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044370 | Barbecue Tongs With Temperature Sensor - A pair of cooking tongs is provided for use in manipulating and handling food items and displaying the temperature and degree of “doneness” of a meat during cooking. The invention comprises a pair of arms, one of which includes a fork at its end in which there is a temperature sensor. The other arm features a display which is in electronic communication with the temperature sensor. Some embodiments include a speaker which provides an audio signal indicating that the temperature of the meat has reached or passed a selected threshold. The invention allows a user to manipulate food using one hand while conveniently reading the temperature of any of a variety of meats to ensure they are cooked to a desired “doneness,” such as rare, medium rare, medium, and well done. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044371 | DISTRIBUTED OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR SYSTEM - A distributed optical fiber sensor system is provided. In this system, backward-scattered light generated in a test optical fiber is filtered to separate the backward-scattered light into Raman scattered light and Brillouin scattered light. The separated Raman scattered light and Brillouin scattered light are each converted into digital data. A change in temperature with respect to the distance of the test optical fiber is measured from the digital data of the Raman scattered light. A change in temperature and a change in the degree of deformation with respect to the distance of the test optical fiber are measured from the digital data of the Brillouin scattered light. The change in temperature and the change in the degree of deformation with respect to the distance of the test optical fiber are separately output using the measured data. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044372 | Semiconductor Device having variable parameter selection based on temperature and test method - A semiconductor device that may include temperature sensing circuits is disclosed. The temperature sensing circuits may be used to control various parameters, such as internal regulated supply voltages, internal refresh frequency, or a word line low voltage. In this way, operating specifications of a semiconductor device at worst case temperatures may be met without compromising performance at normal operating temperatures. Each temperature sensing circuit may include a selectable temperature threshold value as well as a selectable temperature hysteresis value. In this way, temperature performance characteristics may be finely tuned. Furthermore, a method of testing the temperature sensing circuits is disclosed in which a current value may be monitored and temperature threshold values and temperature hysteresis values may be thereby determined. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044373 | Miniature Fiber Optic Temperature Sensor with Edge Reflector - A fiber-optic temperature sensor with a cantilever beam including two different material strips with different thermal expansion coefficients, the cantilever beam having a reflective surface on an end of the cantilever beam, an optical fiber probe including a transmitting multimode optical fiber and at least one receiving multimode optical fiber for receiving reflected light from the reflective surface. Temperature changes at the sensor are indicated by a change in reflected light coupled into the receiving multimode optical fiber due to lateral displacement of the edge of the reflective surface caused by bending of the cantilever beam. Some embodiments have additional reference receiving fibers for compensation for noise, changes in gap length, and other factors. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044374 | TEMPERATURE SENSOR - A temperature sensor includes a plastic bottom shell, a plastic cap mating the plastic shell, and a temperature responsive element mounted to the plastic cap and received in a cavity of the plastic bottom shell. The temperature responsive element is positioned in the plastic bottom shell by the cap. An insulating coating is applied to the temperature responsive element. The insulating coating and the plastic bottom shell provide dual electrical insulation for the temperature responsive element. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044375 | SENSING DEVICE FOR DETECTING A PHYSICAL QUANTITY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID SENSOR - A sensing device for detecting a physical quantity includes a molded part and a sensor element in the molded part. The sensor element includes an enclosure that is formed from the molded part and an injection-molding compound. A connection element may be connected to the sensor element. An interface may be between the sensor element and the connection element. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044376 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING DATA TO A RECEIVER - A method of transmitting data to a receiver, wherein the data is transmitted using a plurality of sub-carriers, is provided. The method provided includes determining, for each sub-carrier and for each of a plurality of combinations of the sub-carrier and an antenna of a plurality of antennas to be used for transmitting the data, a transmission characteristic of a transmission of the sub-carrier using the antenna; and selecting, for each sub-carrier, an antenna of the plurality of antennas to be used for the transmission of the sub-carrier based on the transmission characteristic of the transmission of the sub-carrier between the antenna and the receiver. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044377 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A clipping rate is controlled in spectrum shaping according to a propagation path to thereby improve transmission characteristics and perform communication at a stable transmission rate. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044378 | Iterative Interference Canceler for Wireless Multiple-Access Systems with Multiple Receive Antennas - This invention teaches to the details of an interference canceling receiver for canceling intra-cell and inter-cell interference in coded, multiple-access, spread spectrum transmissions that propagate through frequency selective communication channels to a multiplicity of receive antennas. The receiver is designed or adapted through the repeated use of symbol-estimate weighting, subtractive cancellation with a stabilizing step-size, and mixed-decision symbol estimates. Receiver embodiments may be designed, adapted, and implemented explicitly in software or programmed hardware, or implicitly in standard RAKE-based hardware either within the RAKE (i.e., at the finger level) or outside the RAKE (i.e., at the user or subchannel symbol level). Embodiments may be employed in user equipment on the forward link or in a base station on the reverse link. It may be adapted to general signal processing applications where a signal is to be extracted from interference. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044379 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TRANSMISSION RELAY USING SOFT SYMBOL ESTIMATION - An approach is provided for relaying signals. A signal is received over a communication link and demodulated. Soft symbols are estimated based on probability information corresponding to the demodulated signal. The demodulated signal is remodulated based on the soft symbols. A relay signal is output based on the remodulated signal. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044380 | DYNAMICALLY CHANGING A TRANSMITTER SAMPLING FREQUENCY FOR A DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER (DAC) TO REDUCE INTERFERENCE FROM DAC IMAGES - A method for interference reduction is described. The method is implemented in a wireless device. It is determined that a page is going to be received via a secondary receiver. It is also determined that a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) image from a transmitter will cause interference with the secondary receiver when the page is received. A sampling frequency of the DAC for the transmitter is changed so that there are not any DAC images from the transmitter that will cause interference with the secondary receiver. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044381 | CLOSED LOOP POWER NORMALIZED TIMING RECOVERY FOR 8 VSB MODULATED SIGNALS - A timing recovery loop includes a sampler, a narrow band filter, an RMS normalizer, a timing error detector, and a sample controller. The sampler samples a received signal. The narrow band filter filters the sampled received signal so as to pass an upper band edge of the received signal and not a lower band edge of the received signal. The RMS normalizer sets an average power level of an output of the filter to a substantially constant value. The timing error detector detects a timing error with respect to an output of the RMS normalizer. The sample controller controls the sampler in response to the detected timing error. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044382 | RECEIVING APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A receiving antenna diversity effect is improved by equalizing the likelihood while exchanging the likelihood among a plurality of equalizers. A receiving apparatus ( | 2011-02-24 |
20110044383 | MIMO RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A coherent bandwidth calculation unit ( | 2011-02-24 |
20110044384 | DECISION FEEDBACK EQUALIZER CIRCUIT - An equalization circuit adjusts (e.g., equalizes) an input signal according to the value of one or more adjustment signals (e.g., equalization coefficients) without a multiplication operation. For example, the circuit may add or subtract a value of a coefficient signal to the amplitude of an input signal. Here, whether the coefficient is added or subtracted may depend on the sign of a control signal. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044385 | DETERMINATION OF A TYPE OF PICTURE ENCODING OF A DECOMPRESSED VIDEO SIGNAL - A method and apparatus for determining a type of picture encoding of a decompressed video signal by detecting periodic changes of high frequency content of individual fields of the video signal. The determination may be used in particular to align picture types in successive video compression systems in a video compression concatenation chain. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044386 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING GROUPS OF PICTURES OF A VIDEO SEQUENCE, EACH OF SAID GROUPS INCLUDING AN INTRA ENCODED PICTURE AND MORE THAN TWO PREDICTED ENCODED PICTURES - In known video coding standards there are basically three types of pictures: I, P and B. Video sequences are usually coded in a group of picture structure wherein several P or B pictures are coded following one I picture. However, this GOP structure has some disadvantages with respect to error resilience and storage medium recording. If a P picture is lost e.g. due to transmission channel error, then the subsequent P pictures can not be reconstructed correctly, and the error will propagate temporally and cause unpleasing artifacts. This GOP structure is designed for forward play only and makes complicated a reverse play operation. According to the invention, a reversible GOP structure is used for the video encoding and decoding. The RGOP structure contains both, a forward encoding chain and a backward encoding chain. Each picture in the RGOP structure is assigned to only one of these chains and the video pictures of adjacent RGOP chains are interleaved. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044387 | VIDEO-INFORMATION ENCODING METHOD AND VIDEO-INFORMATION DECODING METHOD - A video-information encoding apparatus and decoding apparatus with a guarantee of a fixed processing time. By limiting the amount of data to be input into/output from a CABAC encoding unit and decoding unit on a unit-of-encoding basis, such as one picture, slice, macroblock or block, and by encoding uncompressed video data, it is possible to provide a video-information encoding apparatus and decoding apparatus with a guarantee of a fixed processing time. Thereby, an apparatus with a guarantee of the processing time can be mounted. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044388 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF FLEXIBLE POWER MANAGEMENT APPLICABLE TO DIGITAL BROADCASTING - A system for receiving a digital broadcast includes an input terminal that receives the digital broadcast containing scalable data, and a controller for controlling an operation mode of the system. In addition, the system may also include a processor that decodes the data, and a power management device that varies the amount of data to be decoded according to the operation mode. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044389 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING VIDEOS AND IMAGES TO A DETERMINED QUALITY LEVEL - System and method for processing videos and images to a determined quality level. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a method for enhancing video. The method includes providing a first video element that is uncompressed. The method also includes determining motion information associated with the video element. The method further includes providing a second video element by removing at least a defect from the first video element. The second video element includes a color luminance and a luminance. In addition, the method includes de-interlacing the second video element using the motion information. Furthermore, the method includes scaling the second video element. Also, the method includes providing a third video element by enhancing the chrominance and enhancing the luminance of the second video element. The method additionally includes outputting the third video element. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044390 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND DETECTING THE IDENTIFIER SEQUENCE OF THE BANDWIDTH-LIMITED TRANSMITTER - A system and method for generating and detecting identifier sequence of a bandwidth-limited transmitter are disclosed, comprising an identifier sequence generating portion and a detection portion. The identifier sequence generating portion comprises: generating a frequency-domain random sequence; generating a frequency-domain orthogonal sequence; performing frequency-domain truncation; performing frequency-time transformation; and performing cycle extension. The identifier sequence receiving portion comprises: truncating the time-domain for the received signal; performing time-frequency domain transformation to obtain a frequency-domain signal; generating frequency-domain random sequence; generating a frequency-domain orthogonal sequence; correlating the frequency-domain orthogonal sequence with the frequency-domain signal de-scrambled by the frequency-domain random sequence; and detecting an output from a frequency-domain correlator by a threshold detecting device and determining the transmitter identifier sequence. The random sequence bandwidth generated by the system and the method of the present invention can be configured flexibly according to transmission bandwidth requirement, and the sequence may be arbitrarily allocated at the power of each frequency point inside the bandwidth. The present invention may be widely applied to multimedia broadcasting, terrestrial radio broadcasting, cable broadcasting and the like. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044391 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING CONTROL CHANNEL IN OFDM SYSTEM - A control channel configuration method and apparatus is provided for supporting Inter-Cell Interference Coordination (ICIC) in an OFDM-based communication system. The control channel configuration method includes determining a Resource Block (RB) to be used for configuring control channels; configuring the control channels by mapping the control channels in a data channel region within the RB; and transmitting the configured control channels, wherein configuring the control channels includes mapping the control channels in units of Resource Element Groups (REGs) formed by binding one or more Resource Elements (REs) in a time domain-preferred allocation manner within the same RB. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044392 | Systems And Methods For High-Throughput Wideband Wireless Local Area Network Communications - A frame format provides for wideband wireless local area network communications and informs narrower-band communication units when the channels are occupied by wider-band communication units. In some embodiments, the frame format includes a channelization field identifying channels that are used for communicating subsequent wideband fields of a packet, and a wideband-header field communicated on the identified channels. The wideband-header field may identify sub-fields that may be present in the wideband-header field, and may identify the presence of a wideband-data field. A long-compatibility field may be present that provides protection at the MAC level. The long-compatibility field may transport MAC frames that may include medium-reservation information compatible with narrower-band communication units. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044393 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A SIGNAL AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A SIGNAL - The present invention relates to method of transmitting and receiving signals and a corresponding apparatus. One aspect of the present invention relates to a method of receiving a signal, which includes an L1 signaling region where the L1 signaling has an adaptive L1 block structure for increased spectrum efficiency in a channel bonding environment. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044394 | Adaptive time diversity and spatial diversity for OFDM - An adaptable orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing system (OFDM) that uses a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) to having OFDM signals transmitted either in accordance with time diversity to reducing signal fading or in accordance with spatial diversity to increase the data rate. Sub-carriers are classified for spatial diversity transmission or for time diversity transmission based on the result of a comparison between threshold values and at least one of three criteria. The criteria includes a calculation of a smallest eigen value of a frequency channel response matrix and a smallest element of a diagonal of the matrix and a ratio of the largest and smallest eigen values of the matrix. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044395 | MIXED MODE PREAMBLE FOR MIMO WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A preamble of a frame for a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) wireless communication for a first transmit antenna of the MIMO communication includes a legacy preamble portion in accordance with a legacy wireless communication protocol. The preamble of the frame for the MIMO wireless communication for the first transmit antenna also includes a current protocol preamble portion in accordance with a protocol of the MIMO wireless communication. The preamble of a frame for at least a second antenna of the MIMO communication includes a cyclically shifted legacy preamble portion for the frame. The preamble of the frame for the MIMO wireless communication for the second transmit antenna also includes a second current protocol preamble portion in accordance with a protocol of the MIMO wireless communication. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044396 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WIRED COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication system includes a wired communication device and a communication device that can communicate with a wireless communication device and the wired communication device. The communication device includes a clock output unit and a modulator. The wired communication device includes a clock extracting unit, a signal extracting unit, and a processing unit. The communication device and the wired communication device are connected to each other by a first connecting line through which a modulated signal is sent from the communication device to the wired communication device, and a second connecting line, which is different from the first connecting line, through which a signal is sent from the wired communication device to the communication device. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044397 | Analog Echo Canceller with Interpolating Output - A method and system are described for canceling an echo signal with an echo canceller in the analog domain. In one embodiment, a system includes an echo canceller that includes an interpolation unit, operating in a digital domain, that receives a first digital echo estimate signal from an LMS unit and generates a second digital echo estimate signal without oversampling. A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) receives the second digital echo estimate signal and generates an analog echo estimate signal without oversampling. The echo canceller prevents the DAC from adding a high frequency component to the analog echo estimate signal. A subtractor adds the analog echo signal to an incoming signal having an echo signal. The subtractor generates an analog signal with reduced echo signal in the useful frequency band of the incoming signal. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044398 | Hard iterative decoder for multilevel codes - Two decoding algorithms are introduced for the decoding of multi-level coded modulation and other types of coded modulation involving component codes and interleaving operations. An improved hard iterative decoding (IHID) algorithm is presented that improves upon a hard iteration decoding technique by adding a stopping criterion. Also, a list Viterbi hard iteration decoding (LV-IHID) algorithm is presented that employs list decoding in conjunction with the IHID algorithm. Both of these decoding algorithms improve upon conventional multi-stage decoding by reducing the effective error multiplicity that is observed at the lowest coding level. It is demonstrated that the LV-IHID algorithm performs close to soft iterative decoding. The computational and delay complexity of the proposed decoding algorithms compare favorably with soft iterative decoding strategies. Also, a novel labeling strategy for MLC design is presented. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044399 | List-viterbi hard iterative decoder for multilevel codes - Two decoding algorithms are introduced for the decoding of multi-level coded modulation and other types of coded modulation involving component codes and interleaving operations. An improved hard iterative decoding (IHID) algorithm is presented that improves upon a hard iteration decoding technique by adding a stopping criterion. Also, a list Viterbi hard iteration decoding (LV-IHID) algorithm is presented that employs list decoding in conjunction with the IHID algorithm. Both of these decoding algorithms improve upon conventional multi-stage decoding by reducing the effective error multiplicity that is observed at the lowest coding level. It is demonstrated that the LV-IHID algorithm performs close to soft iterative decoding. The computational and delay complexity of the proposed decoding algorithms compare favorably with soft iterative decoding strategies. Also, a novel labeling strategy for MLC design is presented. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044400 | VECTOR QUANTIZATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Disclosed is a method of communicating a complex vector, using one or more index bits, the method comprising quantizing the complex vector using a codebook, the codebook comprising a plurality of complex vectors mapped from real vectors that lie on a reflected simplex where the simplex is of dimension one less than twice the length of the complex vector; indexing the quantized vector to form the one or more index bits; and transmitting the index bits to the transmitter, thereby communicating the complex vector. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044401 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A SIGNAL AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A SIGNAL - A method of transmitting and receiving a signal and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a signal are disclosed. The method includes receiving the signal of a first frequency band, obtaining layer-1 information from a preamble of the first time-frequency slicing (TFS) signal frame of the received signal, said layer-1 information including an index of a current radio frequency nal (RF) channel within a time-frequency slicing (TFS) signal frame, and an identifier of a starting radio frequency (RF) channel which can receive a physical layer pipe (PLP) in the TFS signal frame, parsing the TFS signal frame using the layer-1 information and obtaining a physical layer pipe (PLP) of the TFS signal frame, and converting the PLP to a service stream. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044402 | Method and Apparatus for Transmitting Signals in a Multiple Antennas System - A method and apparatus for transmitting signals in a Multiple Antennas System (MAS) are disclosed. The method includes performing Alamouti coding on each group of common channel symbols to form two branches; selecting different weight vectors for different branches to perform beamforming, obtaining transmitting signals of each branch on each antenna, where beam modes corresponding to different weight vectors are uncorrelated and the peak-to-average power ratio of angle dimension of the two beam modes are lower than a preset threshold; and superimposing the transmitting signals of these two branches on each antenna, and transmitting the superimposed signals. In the present invention, the Alamouti coding is introduced, and a spatial diversity gain is generated by using the independence of two virtual channels. Thus, the performance of the MAS in full coverage is enhanced. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044403 | System and Method for Reducing Peak-To-Average Power Ratio For Multi-Carrier Communication Systems - The present disclosure presents a predictive signal producing method that effectively levels transmitter output power in a multi-carrier communication system and results in approaching amplifier performance normally associated with constant carrier waveforms. Embodiments of the disclosed solution offers >10 dB reduction in the peak-to-average power required to support the transmission of, for example, orthogonal frequency division modulation (“OFDM”) modulation techniques. Embodiments of the novel system and method maximize peak-to-average power ratio (“PAPR”) reduction with selective mapping and soft clipping, which may include filtering, combined. This novel approach also minimizes overhead, bit error rate, retransmissions, and increases latency as well as implementing processing cycles with a number of iterations. The disclosed system and method improves the total system DC power efficiency and provides an optimal solution for PAPR reduction in multi-carrier communication systems such as, for example, OFDM. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044404 | DIGITAL MODULATOR - The application relates to a digital modulator comprising at least one input terminal configured to receive at least one signal, at least one symbol generating unit comprising a first output terminal and at least a second output terminal, wherein the symbol generating unit is configured to generate a first symbol waveform for the first output terminal depending on the received signal, and wherein the symbol generating unit is configured to generate at least a second symbol waveform for the second output terminal depending on the received signal, wherein the first symbol waveform comprises at least one different parameter value compared to the second symbol waveform, at least one third output terminal connectable to at least the first output terminal and/or second output terminal via a switching unit, a controlling unit configured to control the switching unit depending on the received signal such that a modulated output signal is generated. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044405 | CODING METHOD, DECODING METHOD, APPARATUSES THEREOF, PROGRAMS THEREOF, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A coding method with a small error is provided. In the coding method of the present invention, a normalization value obtained from an input signal is corrected for an error calculated from an input and output in vector quantization and is then quantized. The coding method includes a normalization stage of normalizing the input signal in accordance with the normalization value of the input signal, calculated in each frame; a dividing stage of dividing the normalized frame into divided input signal sequences in accordance with a predetermined rule; a vector quantization stage of applying vector quantization to the divided input signal sequences to generate a vector quantization index; and a normalization value correction stage of correcting the normalization value of the input signal for the error obtained from the input and output in the vector quantization stage. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044406 | SIGNALLING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING FREQUENCY PILOTS BASED ON COMPLEMENTARY SEQUENCES - The invention relates to a signalling method using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), based on a preamble comprising N dedicated carriers (frequency pilots), the position and modulation of which is defined by one or more concatenated complementary sequences of length N. Complementary sequences are those for which the sum of the autocorrelations thereof is zero except for zero shift, i.e. a Krönecker delta. The main purpose of said preamble is to signal the basic properties of the transmitted signal and to provide a first estimation at the moment of time and frequency synchronisation. The preamble is multiplexed or sequenced temporally with the transmitted data using OFDM prior to the application of the inverse Fourier transform by the inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) block. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044407 | ADAPTIVE QRD-M ALGORITHM BASED SIGNAL DETECTING METHOD BY USING CONSTELLATION SET GROUPING IN SPATIAL MULTIPLEXING MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT SYSTEM - There is provided a signal detecting method using constellation set grouping in a spatial multiplexing multiple input multiple output system. The signal detecting method includes dividing a set of candidate symbols, a constellation set into a plurality of subsets by grouping the constellation set; dividing a tree search process of a QR-decomposition with M-algorithm (QRDM) algorithm into a plurality of partial detection phases; and performing the plurality of divided partial detection phases in parallel or iteratively. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044408 | OFDM RECEPTION - A received OFDM signal is demodulated by sampling the OFDM signal at successive time instants and computing a Fourier transform of the samples for a block of time instants. In addition, a sliding Fourier transform is computed at every new one of the same input samples, to extract a pilot frequency tone. From results of the sliding Fourier transform a frequency error signal is detected. This signal is fed back the in a frequency synchronization feedback loop. The frequency synchronization feedback loop may be used to track the pilot tone by adjusting a phase correction signal and/or to track sample clock frequency variations. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044409 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RECEPTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A communication device including: a reception unit which receives signals including an initial transmission signal and signals including retransmission signals for the same data; a signal detection unit which detects at least two signals among the initial transmission signal and the plurality of retransmission signals for the same data from the received signal using the result of a decoding process; a combining unit which combines at least two signals detected by the signal detection unit; and a decoding unit which obtains the result of the decoding process by decoding the combined signal; wherein the detection by the signal detection unit, the combining by the combining unit, and the decoding by the decoding unit are iteratively performed with respect to the plurality of signals for the same data. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044410 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ENCODING/DECODING - A method of and an apparatus for encoding/decoding video data are disclosed. Included in the decoding apparatus are: a tool box that stores functional units; a decompression unit that receives a compressed decoder description and decompresses a CDDL-based decoder description; a decoder description analyzing unit that transforms the CDDL-based decoder description to an XML-based decoder description; an ADM generation unit that generates an abstract decoding model (ADM) using the XML-based decoder description; and a decoding solution that loads functional units stored in the tool box and decodes input data to video data by using the ADM or XML-based decoder description. With the present invention, it is possible to reconfigure and reconstruct a decoder in various way using the decoder description. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044411 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REDUCING INTER-CARRIER INTERFERENCE IN AN OFDM SYSTEM - An OFDM telecommunications system includes a transmitter and a receiver. The receiver includes a canceller configured to reduce inter-carrier interference (ICI) in an OFDM symbol in the frequency domain. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044412 | MULTI-ANTENNA RECEPTION APPARATUS, MULTI-ANTENNA RECEPTION METHOD, MULTI-ANTENNA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND MULTI-ANTENNA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Soft decision sections ( | 2011-02-24 |
20110044413 | Method circuit and system for adapting a receiver receive chain based on detected background noise - Disclosed is a radio frequency (RF) receiver for receiving a communication channel modulated on one or more carrier frequencies. The receiver may include a gain adjustable RF amplifier, a wideband signal power measurement circuit, and control logic. The control logic may be adapted to use outputs of one or more measurement circuits to classify interfering signals based on measured signal power and spectral proximity to the one or more channel carrier frequencies, and to adjust the gain of the radio frequency amplifier based on the classification. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044414 | Mitigating Radio Receiver Multipath Noise - In one embodiment, a method for processing radio frequency signals includes estimating an average value of a demodulated signal and a noise signal, both obtained from a radio frequency signal, estimating a noise floor based on the noise signal, generating a blend control signal based on the average values and the noise floor, and blending at least two path signals based on the blend control signal to obtain a blended signal. This blended signal may be output for further processing when multipath noise is detected. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044415 | ADAPTIVE INTEGRATED HYBRID WITH COMPLEX ADAPTATION FOR DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE SYSTEMS - An adaptive hybrid system is coupled to a loop for adjusting trans-hybrid loss. The system comprises a fixed portion comprising a first receiver transfer function block and a first hybrid transfer function block. The fixed portion is configured to receive a far-end signal and mitigate frequency dependent attenuation experienced by the far-end signal. The system also comprises a variable portion comprising a second receiver transfer function block and a second hybrid transfer function block configured to subtract a transmit echo from the received far-end signal. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044416 | PROCESS OF CONTROLLED NUCLEAR FUSION - It comprises a process for controlled nuclear fusion of deuterium atoms that takes place inside a combustion chamber after the combustion of a gaseous fuel that comprises deuterium atoms in the presence of an oxidizing gas and a gaseous catalyst, under positive pressure. It also comprises a controlled nuclear fusion reactor for carrying out the process described, and also the internal combustion engine that comprises the controlled nuclear fusion reactor and a motorized vehicle that comprises said internal combustion engine. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044417 | END OF EINSTEIN-BOHR AND MECHANISMS OF NUCLEAR FORCES: FACILITATED FUSION AND FISSION - The Physical Revolution (with End of Einstein-Bohr and PostEinstein-Bohr Physics) continues its numerous convergent confirmations. With general structure of neutron, proton and neutro, I resolved the very concrete mechanisms of “Strong” and “Weak” Nuclear Forces, which are, finally, similar, in basis, to mechanisms of Electromagnetic and Gravitational Forces, resolved by me earlier. Consequently, the use of rays (summary or individual) of particles, which are in origins of these Nuclear Forces, must provoke facilitated nuclear fusions and nuclear fissions, liberating colossal energies, never seen. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044418 | LONG LIFE HIGH EFFICIENCY NEUTRON GENERATOR - The design of a compact, high-efficiency, high-flux capable compact-accelerator fusion neutron generator (FNG) is discussed. FNG's can be used in a variety of industrial analysis applications to replace the use of radioisotopes which pose higher risks to both the end user and national security. High efficiency, long lifetime, and high power-handling capability are achieved though innovative target materials and ion source technology. The device can be scaled up for neutron radiography applications, or down for borehole analysis or other compact applications. Advanced technologies such as custom neutron output energy spectrum, pulsing, and associated particle imaging can be incorporated. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044419 | ENERGY GENERATION BY NUCLEAR ACOUSTIC RESONANCE - The present invention solves the problems of reliably initiating a low energy fusion reaction by loading deuterium into palladium metal via the process of electrolysis and by initiating the fusion reaction via the application of nuclear acoustic resonance. Affixed on each side of an electrolysis cell are piezoelectric transducers driven by corresponding frequency synthesizers. Surrounding the cell is a magnetic field produced by a magnetic field generator. The application of nuclear acoustic resonance, i.e. the combined application of an alternating magnetic field and of high frequency acoustic waves causes the deuterium atoms resident in the closely packed palladium metallic lattice to fuse into helium atoms with the consequent release of energy that is inherent to the fusion process. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044421 | Target System for the Handling of a Cu-64 Solid, Liquid or Gasseous Target - The present invention provides a system and method for a system for accommodating a solid target in an accelerator. The system and method includes a target changer having at least one port for accommodating the solid target, an insert for receiving the solid target in the target changer, a piston for providing a vacuum and a cooling system for the solid target, a cylinder for displacing the piston in one of three positions; and a bracket for securing the insert, piston and cylinder to the target changer. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044422 | Computer Implemented Method for Modelizing a Nuclear Reactor Core and a Corresponding Computer Program Product - A computer implemented method for modelizing a nuclear reactor core, including the steps of: partitioning the core in cubes to constitute nodes of a grid for computer implemented calculation, calculating neutron flux by using an iterative solving procedure of at least one eigensystem, the components of an iterant of the eigensystem corresponding either to a neutron flux, to a neutron outcurrent or to a neutron incurrent, for a respective cube to be calculated. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044423 | SHIFT REGISTER - A shift register includes a plurality of electrically connected shift units. Each shift unit includes a pull-up circuit, a pull-up driving circuit, a pull-down circuit, and a pull-down driving circuit. The pull-up circuit outputs a first signal to an output node according to the first signal and a voltage of a driving node. The pull-up driving drives the pull-up circuit according to an output voltage of the previous shift unit. The pull-down driving circuit outputs a low level voltage to the driving node and the output node according to the first signal and a second signal. The pull-down circuit resets the pull-up driving circuit according to the voltage of the output node and outputs the low level voltage to the output node and the driving node according to a third signal and a fourth signal. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044424 | Frequency Divider and Method for Frequency Division - A frequency divider comprises a cascade of at least two triggered delay elements (FF | 2011-02-24 |
20110044425 | SPECTRAL PURITY FILTERS FOR USE IN A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A spectral purity filter includes a plurality of apertures extending through a member. The apertures are arranged to suppress a first wavelength of radiation and to allow at least a portion of a second wavelength of radiation to be transmitted through the apertures. The second wavelength of radiation is shorter than the first wavelength of radiation. The apertures extend though the member in different directions in order to be substantially in alignment with radiation constituting a non-parallel beam of radiation. | 2011-02-24 |
20110044426 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS OF A MINERAL SAMPLE - An apparatus and a method for X-ray fluorescence analysis of a mineral sample is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an X-ray source ( | 2011-02-24 |
20110044427 | LEVEL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - The invention provides a detector assembly for use in a nucleonic level gauge comprising:
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20110044428 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an X-ray imaging apparatus comprising an X-ray source unit generating an X-ray, an X-ray detecting sensor unit having a sensor panel equipped with multiple sensors detecting the X-ray which is generated from the X-ray source unit and passed through an object, and a panel-moving means mounted on the X-ray detecting sensor unit and moving the sensor panel. Thus, employing and butting multiple small X-ray sensors instead of expensive large sensors advantageously reduces the manufacturing cost for the X-ray imaging apparatus, and enables the imaging of the same wide area as with the use of the large sensors. | 2011-02-24 |