| 09th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
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| 20100052506 | BLUE PHOSPHOR, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - The present invention provides a blue phosphor having high luminance and showing less luminance degradation during driving of a light-emitting device. The present invention is a blue phosphor that includes: an alkaline earth metal aluminate represented by a general formula aBaO.bSrO.(1−a−b)EuO.cMgO.dAlO | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052519 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - An OLED display includes: a thin film transistor including a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode; a planarization layer on the thin film transistor and including a contact hole at least partially exposing the drain electrode; a pixel electrode on the planarization layer and coupled to the drain electrode of the thin film transistor through the contact hole; a pixel defining layer on the planarization layer and having an opening that exposes the pixel electrode; an organic emission layer on the pixel electrode; and a common electrode on the organic emission layer and the pixel defining layer. The pixel defining layer includes a corner-cube pattern facing the common electrode. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052521 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display is provided. The OLED display includes: a substrate member; an OLED that includes a pixel electrode that is formed on the substrate member, an organic light emitting layer that is formed on the pixel electrode, and a transflective common electrode that is formed on the organic light emitting layer; an encapsulation thin film that is formed on the transflective common electrode; and a touch panel that includes a first touch conductive layer that is formed on the encapsulation thin film and that is formed with a transflective metal film, a glass substrate that is formed on the first touch conductive layer, and a second touch conductive layer that is formed on the glass substrate. In some embodiments, the transflective common electrode has reflectivity of less than 50%. Some of the external light is thus reflected again to the first touch conductive layer and back to the transflective common electrode and so on. During this cycling, destructive interference occurs and the cycled light eventually dissipates. Thus, unwanted reflected light is suppressed. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052522 | ORGANIC LUMINESCENCE DISPLAY PANEL - The present invention relates to an organic luminescence display panel and a method for fabricating the same which can improve a lifetime and luminous efficiency of an organic luminescence display device. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052525 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides an organic electroluminescence element in which an anode layer | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052526 | PYRENE COMPOUNDS AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES USING THE SAME - A pyrene compound is provided. The pyrene compound is represented by Formula 1: | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052529 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A plasma display panel with improved power efficiency and visual characteristics and contrast. The plasma display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate. A plurality of barrier ribs are on a side of the first substrate facing the second substrate and define a plurality of discharge cells. Sustain electrodes and scan electrodes extend on a side of the second substrate facing the first substrate, and each of the sustain electrodes and the scan electrodes has a bus electrode. One of the scan electrodes forms a discharge gap with a corresponding one of the sustain electrodes, wherein one of the sustain electrodes corresponds to two adjacent rows of discharge cells among the plurality of discharge cells, and the bus electrode of the one of the scan electrodes is adjacent to the discharge gap. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052530 | Lamp Device and Method for the Production of a Lamp Device - A lamp device ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052531 | METAL HALIDE LAMP COMPRISING AN IONISABLE SALT FILLING - The invention provides a metal halide lamp with a ceramic discharge vessel and two electrodes. The discharge vessel encloses a discharge volume containing an ionisable salt filling. The ionisable salt filling comprises 3.5-82 mol % sodium iodide, 0.5-8.5 mol % thallium iodide, 14-92 mol % calcium iodide, 0.5-5.5 mol % cerium iodide and 0.5-3.5 mol % indium iodide. The mol percentages are relative to the total amount of ionisable salt filling. The lamp is dimmable, at least in a range of 50-100% of nominal intensity, while maintaining its light-technical properties and while not substantially deviating from the black body locus. Further, the lamp has a relatively high efficacy. Further, the lamp can be operated horizontally and vertically, i.e. the lamp is suitable for universal burning. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052532 | METHAL HALIDE LAMP COMPRISING A SHAPED CERAMIC DISCHARGE VESSEL - The invention provides a metal halide lamp having a ceramic discharge vessel, wherein the discharge vessel has a spheroid-like shape with a length L | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052534 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A flat panel display device that can achieve uniformity between pixel circuits and improved image quality includes: a first pixel including a first light emitting device and not including a pixel circuit; and a second pixel spaced apart from the first pixel and including a first circuit that is electrically connected to the first light emitting device. Active layers of thin film transistors in the pixel circuits are formed of polycrystalline silicon crystallized from an amorphous silicon and patterned from an area of the polycrystalline silicon in which lasers of an excimer laser annealing process did not overlap. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052537 | Dimming Control System For Vehicular Lamp - A dimming control system | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052549 | Illuminated Bollard for Loading Dock - A combination dock light and bollard serves the purposes of both, without having any sensitive structure projecting out from the bollard into the traffic lane at the loading dock. A lamp assembly within the bollard projects out a window cutout at an upper end of the tubular metal body of the bollard. The lamp assembly rests on a sub-plate welded into the bollard below the cutout. The lamp holder is mounted on compression springs held in place with machine screw, to permit adjustment of the lamp beam direction. A photo eye turns the lamp on when the loading dock door is opened, and off when the dock door is closed. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052550 | HEADLAMP CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE HEADLAMP HAVING HEADLAMP CONTROL DEVICE - A headlamp control device is provided. The device includes a visual object luminance unit, an adapted state unit, a recognition limit unit, a visual object recognition unit, and a light distribution control unit. The visual object luminance unit estimates a visual object luminance based on information about a vehicle forward captured image. The adapted state unit estimates an adaptation luminance based on the information about the vehicle forward captured image. The recognition limit unit estimates a recognition limit luminance, in the visual object range, based on at least the adaptation luminance. The visual object recognition unit determines whether the visual object luminance is less than the recognition limit luminance. The light distribution control unit controls a light distribution of a headlamp unit such that the visual object luminance is included in a range of the recognition limit luminance, if the visual object luminance is less than the recognition limit luminance. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052554 | Cell Arrangement for Feeding Electrical Loads such as Light Sources, Corresponding Circuit and Design Method - A circuit arrangement for driving electrical loads such as High Flux (HF) LEDs used as lighting sources. The circuit arrangement includes: a switched power source ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052555 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, LAMP SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING LIGHT INTENSITY - A plurality of loads ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052558 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed are a backlight assembly, a driving method thereof and a display apparatus. The backlight assembly includes: a light source unit which has a plurality of point light source strings; a plurality of driving elements which are connected to the plurality of point light source strings; a detector which detects currents flowing in the plurality of point light source strings; and a light source driver which generates driving pulses to drive the plurality of driving elements in a linear operating region, adjusts duty ratios of the driving pulses based on at least one of the detected currents so that the currents flowing in the plurality of point light source strings are within a range. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052560 | COLOR TUNABLE LIGHT SOURCE - A color tunable light source comprising: a first LED arrangement operable to emit light of a first color and a second LED arrangement operable to emit light of a second color, the LED arrangements being configured such that their combined light comprises the output of the source and control means operable to control the color of light emitted by the source by controlling the relative light outputs of the two LED arrangements wherein the control means is operable to dynamically switch the outputs of the LED arrangements and the color is tunable by controlling a duty cycle of the drive current. One or both LED arrangements can comprise at least one phosphor and an associated LED that is operable to irradiate the phosphor with excitation radiation of a first wavelength range such that the phosphor emits light of a different wavelength range. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052562 | Remote-Control Brightness Adjusting Device - A remote-control brightness adjusting device comprises an emitter and a receiver. The emitter is provided with a switch circuit including a brightness switch and an on-off switch, and a signal emitting circuit. The receiver is provided with a signal receiving circuit, a converter, a brightness control circuit and an on-off control circuit. The emitter and the receiver utilize the signal emitting circuit and the signal receiving circuit to perform wireless transmission. When the brightness switch of the switch circuit is triggered, the change-over switch of the converter will be switched to utilize the brightness control circuit to adjust the brightness of the load. When the on-off switch of the switch circuit is triggered, the change-over switch of the converter will be switched to utilize the on-off control circuit to control the on-off of the load. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052563 | Controller of Light Dimming and Overload Protection - A solution for mitigating interference from electrical signals emitted from a fluorescent lamp. The solution employs an electronic ballast and an electromagnetic filtering circuit. The ballast supports dimming of the fluorescent lamp. At the same time, the electromagnetic filtering circuit in communication with the electronic ballast mitigates emission of electronic disturbances from the lamp. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052565 | LED LIGHTING DEVICE AND LIGHTING EQUIPMENT - An LED lighting device includes light emitting diode, a current control circuit having a first series circuit of first and second switching elements, a second series circuit of third and fourth switching elements, and a condenser, which is configured so that the first and second series circuits are parallel connected and the condenser is connected between a connection point of the first and second switching elements and a connection point of the third and fourth switching elements, and a control circuit for alternatively on-off controlling a pair of the first and fourth switching elements and a pair of the second and third switching elements. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052567 | COLOR TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER AND COLOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD OF LIGHT EMITTING DIODE - This invention discloses a color temperature controller and a color temperature control method of a light emitting diode (LED). The color temperature controller applied in an LED lamp includes touch switches and a control element. After a color of a color pattern on any touch switch is clicked and selected by a user, a signal of the color is outputted to the control element, and the control element outputs a corresponding pulse width modulation (PWM) signal to control either the current or the voltage of a three-color LED in the LED lamp, so that the LED lamp produces a same color temperature change of the signal of the color to improve the color temperature control of a conventional LED lamp, and provides a flexible color change of the LED lamp. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052580 | Speed Control Module for Motor - The speed control module includes a sensing element installed in a motor for detecting a position of magnet of rotor; a power switch connected to the motor for switching on/off control signals sent to the motor; a main controller connected to the power switch and sensing element for processing half-wave feedback signals from the sensing element and sending the signals to the motor via the power switch; and speed adjusting element connected to the main controller for receiving external information and providing to the main controller. When the motor is operating, the half-wave feedback signals of the sensing element vary because of continuous rotation of the magnet of rotor. The main controller outputs a three-phase voltage to change the magnetic field of the stator coil, so that the motor speed can be smooth and stable. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052582 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR DETERMINING ROTATION SPEED OF A MOTOR - A method and an arrangement for determining the rotation speed of a motor fed by an inverter, the arrangement comprising means for determining the rotation speed of the motor in at least two alternative manners, whereby the means for determining the rotation speed of the motor comprise one of the at least two alternative manners of performance: means for measuring the frequency of the voltage fed to the motor by the inverter; and means for estimating the rotation speed of the motor on the basis of the measured frequency. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052585 | MOTOR CONTROLLER WITH DRIVE-SIGNAL CONDITIONING - An embodiment of a motor controller includes a motor driver and a signal conditioner. The motor driver is operable to generate a motor-coil drive signal having a first component at a first frequency, and the signal conditioner is coupled to the motor driver and is operable to alter the first component. For example, if the first component of the motor-coil drive signal causes the motor to audibly vibrate (e.g., “whine”), then the signal conditioner may alter the amplitude or phase of the first component to reduce the vibration noise to below a threshold level. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052586 | DETECTOR CIRCUIT - The invention relates to a detector circuit for detecting a change in voltage at a terminal or node with respect to a reference potential. The detector circuit comprises an electronic switch with a control terminal, which has a predetermined switching potential at which the switch operates, and with a detection signal output for outputting a detection signal, and a voltage matching circuit, which provides a control potential at the control terminal of the switch which corresponds to a potential of the terminal which has changed by a predetermined, fixed potential absolute value. The predetermined fixed potential absolute value is selected in such a way that the control potential corresponds to the switching potential or approximately to the switching potential when the reference voltage is applied to the terminal in such a way that the change in voltage to be detected causes the switching potential of the electronic switch to be exceeded or undershot. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052588 | VEHICLE CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD - By the vehicle controller of the present invention, when the economy mode is selected by a driver, boosting by a converter is limited and output torque of a motor is limited. Even in the economy mode, however, if the driver requests large torque, either the limit on boosting or the limit on output torque is cancelled. As a result, a vehicle controller for a vehicle including a battery, a converter boosting/lowering the battery voltage and a motor operating with the power from the converter is provided, by which unnecessary power consumption is reduced and the torque requested by the driver can be generated. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052589 | METHOD OF DETECTING OUTPUT PHASE LOSS FOR MOTOR DRIVER - A method of detecting an output phase loss (OPHL) for a motor drive detects an abnormal OPHL operation when at lease one phase of a three-phase current is continually zero. Each phase of the three-phase current is acquired, sampled, filtered, and compared. Hence, a corresponding zero-current counter value is continually added, and a corresponding abnormal current value is set as logic 1 when a zero-phase current of the three-phase current is continually zero. Finally, an OPHL certified value is set as logic 1 to confirm that the motor driver is operated in the abnormal OPHL operation. Therefore, a direct-current and an alternating-current OPHL can be detected before and after the motor driver is operated, respectively. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052593 | SERVO MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A servo motor control apparatus having a feedback loop includes: an oscillation detecting section, which detects oscillation of the feedback loop, to output an oscillation detection signal; a parameter operating section, which gives an operational instruction to set a control parameter in the feedback loop based upon the oscillation detection signal; and an updating section, which is supplied with a set value for setting a control parameter, and sets the control parameter in the feedback loop while making an update thereon in accordance with the operational instruction given by the parameter operating section, wherein when the oscillation detection signal indicates no detection of oscillation, the parameter operating section gives the updating section an operational instruction to set a control parameter in accordance with the supplied set value, and when the oscillation detection signal indicates detection of oscillation, parameter operating section gives the updating section an operational instruction to set such a control parameter as to narrow a frequency band width of the feedback loop. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052594 | MACHINE CONTROL DEVICE - A machine control device has a position regulator configured to enable modification of the proportional gain during regulation operations, and has proportional gain setting unit, which sends an instruction to modify the proportional gain to the position regulator based on a position instruction value which is an output of a position instruction unit. In the proportional gain setting unit, when the movement velocity based on the position instruction value from the position instruction unit decreases, that is, when the position instruction value is a value at which the movement distance is short, the proportional gain of the position regulator is set high, and when the movement velocity based on the position instruction value increases, that is, when the position instruction value is a value at which the movement distance is long, the proportional gain is set low. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052597 | Displacement actuation and sensing for an electrostatic drive - An electrostatic drive includes a first electrode and a second electrode responsive to a drive signal. The drive signal includes an actuation signal constituent and a sensing signal constituent. The sensing signal constituent is at a frequency higher than a natural mechanical resonant frequency of the electrostatic drive. In response to the actuation signal constituent, displacement between the first electrode and the second electrode changes, which is evaluated by detecting a change in an electrical characteristic of the drive as a function of the sensing signal constituent. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052629 | Adaptive zero current sense apparatus and method for a switching regulator - A switching regulator includes a low-side switch having a body diode. During the low-side switch is on, a zero-current sense circuit monitors the inductor current of the switching regulator and triggers a signal to turn off the low-side switch when the inductor current falls down to a zero-current threshold, to prevent reverse inductor current from the output terminal of the switching regulator. A body-diode turn-on time controller monitors the turn-on time of the body diode and adjusts the zero-current threshold according thereto, and the turn-on time of the body diode can be reduced to an optimal interval subsequently. The self-adjustable zero-current threshold is adaptive according to the application conditions, such as the inductor size, input voltage and output voltage of the switching regulator. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052630 | HIGH FREQUENCY POWER CONVERTER BASED ON TRANSFORMERS - A transformer-based power conversion system includes a primary coil is provided in a current path that includes a single energy switch. An oscillator is coupled to a control input of the energy switch. The design conserves switch-based losses as compared to prior designs because a single switch is provided in a current path occupied by the primary coil. The design also provides improved conversion efficiency because parasitic capacitances associated with the energy switch cooperate with charge transfers generated by the oscillator. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052632 | DC/DC Converter and Current Sense Circuit Thereof - A current sense circuit includes a power transistor, a first level shifter, an operational transconductance amplifier (OTA), a second level shifter, and a dummy transistor. The power transistor has a first terminal and a power control terminal coupled to a control voltage. The first level shifter is coupled to the first terminal and pulls up a voltage of the first terminal to an operating voltage. The OTA is coupled to the first level shifter and converts the operating voltage into an operating current. The second level shifter is coupled to the OTA and pulls down the operating voltage to the voltage of the first terminal. The dummy transistor has a dummy control terminal with the control voltage, and a third terminal coupled to the second level shifter and having the same voltage as the voltage of the first terminal. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052634 | DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR IMPROVING THE LOADING TRANSIENT PERFORMANCE OF A POWER CONVERTER - A driving circuit that improves the loading transient performance of a power converter is provided. The driving circuit comprises an input unit, an output unit, a reference current generating unit, and a discharging unit. The input unit receives a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal. The first voltage signal has a first voltage V | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052635 | Compensation of LDO regulator using parallel signal path with fractional frequency response - A low drop out (LDO) voltage regulator ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052638 | DC-DC Converter Circuits, and Methods and Apparatus Including Such Circuits - Electrical power from an input voltage supply is converted to first and second output voltages of opposite polarities using a single inductor (L) and only four principal switches (S | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052640 | Stability compensation circuit and DC-DC converter including the same - A stability compensation circuit and a DC-DC converter including the same are provided. When an output voltage of the DC-DC converter decreases more than a predetermined value, the stability compensation circuit quickly charges an integral capacitor by using an additional converter or by reducing an effective resistance of a charging circuit which charges the capacitor. Since an output voltage of an integrator in the stability compensation circuit is enabled to quickly reach a control voltage, the instant decrease of the output voltage of the DC-DC converter can be quickly compensated for. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052643 | BAND-GAP REFERENCE VOLTAGE GENERATOR - A band-gap reference voltage generator is provided. N-channel metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) transistors are respectively connected to bipolar transistors in parallel. A Complementary To Absolute Temperature (CTAT) voltage that is inversely proportional to absolute temperature is reduced by a threshold voltage of the NMOS transistor. A weight for a temperature coefficient of a Proportional To Absolute Temperature (PTAT) voltage that is directly proportional to absolute temperature is reduced and a resistance ratio for a temperature coefficient of 0 is reduced by about | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052644 | BANDGAP REFERENCE CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF STARTING BANDGAP REFERENCE CIRCUIT - In accordance with a bandgap circuit and a method of starting the bandgap circuit, a start signal is continuously supplied to a differential amplifier circuit to start up the differential amplifier circuit that controls a bandgap core circuit until the differential amplifier circuit has started up, and then the supply of the start signal to the differential amplifier circuit is discontinued after the differential amplifier circuit has started up. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052645 | REFERENCE CURRENT GENERATOR CIRCUIT FOR LOW-VOLTAGE APPLICATIONS - A reference current generator circuit suitable for low-voltage applications is provided. The generator circuit is fabricated in a chip for generating a precise reference current based on a precise reference voltage and a precise external resistor. The generator circuit provides an equivalent resistance coupled in parallel with the external resistor to provide resistance compensation and reduce the impedance of seeing into the chip from a chip pad. In addition to the resistance compensation, only moderate capacitance compensation is required to enhance the phase margin of the generator circuit, so as to achieve a stable loop. Therefore, chip area and cost can be reduced in low-voltage applications. In addition, the generator circuit reproduces the reference current generated by the external resistor by utilizing current mirrors, so as to eliminate the effect on currents caused by parallel coupling of the equivalent resistance and the external resistor. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052647 | PROGRAMMABLE POWER DISTRIBUTION SWITCHES WITH TWO-LEVEL CURRENT SENSING - Programmable power distribution switches with two-level current sensing are disclosed. In a particular example, a power distribution switch includes a programmable output device having a resistance based on a programmed maximum output current and generates an output voltage based on the resistance and a load current. The example power distribution switch also includes a reference voltage generator that is configured to generate a reference voltage corresponding to the output voltage when the load current is substantially equal to the programmed maximum output current. A current limiter is also included to reduce the load current in response to a comparison of the output voltage and the reference voltage, when the comparison is indicative of the load current exceeding the programmed maximum output current. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052658 | BUILT-IN TEST FOR HIGH-SPEED ELECTRICAL NETWORKS - An apparatus for providing auxiliary signals on a high speed electrical signal network is provided such that the auxiliary signals may be used for independent monitoring or communication of monitored information without affecting data or bit error rates for the primary high speed data signals. The auxiliary signals may be used as part of a built-in testing of a network, including electrical time-domain reflectometry measurements to determine fault locations in a network. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052660 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH HALL SENSOR - A portable electronic device comprises a first body having a magnet member mounted thereon; a second body slidably assembled on the first body and including a Hall sensor mounted thereon. The magnet member acts on the Hall sensor with the first body is moved relative to the second body, thereby switching the portable electronic device to a work mode when the Hall sensor faces the magnet member or a power save mode when the Hall sensor is spaced away from the magnet member. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052665 | MAGNETIC SENSOR DEVICE FOR AND A METHOD OF SENSING MAGNETIC PARTICLES - A magnetic sensor device ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052678 | METHOD AND DEVICE TO GENERATE A MEASUREMENT SEQUENCE FOR OPERATING A MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM THAT IS ADAPTED TO THE TIME RASTER OF THE SYSTEM - In a method for producing a time raster-adapted measurement sequence that can be executed directly in the time raster of a magnetic resonance (MR) scanner, for a measurement sequence composed of a series of time slices that in their entirety represent the measurement sequence, the predetermined time slices are not necessarily of a suitable length in order to be directly translated into the time raster of the MR scanner. The method according to the invention produces this conversion automatically and additionally ensures that global properties of the measurement sequence are maintained. The method simplifies the programming of measurement sequences for MR. Moreover, the method is a requirement for the direct use of timing values determined by a solver. The method can be executed by a computerized device and can be implemented in the form of programming instructions encoded in a computer-readable medium. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052680 | METHOD FOR OPERATING MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM - In a method for operation of a magnetic resonance system, at least one control device is fashioned for image data acquisition and corresponding components, and only three first control parameters defining primary boundary conditions are selected by an operator of the system, namely the contrast response, the spatial orientation of the at least one image data set to be acquired and the examination organ. Additional, second control parameters, required to control the components for image acquisition and defining secondary boundary conditions, are automatically determined by the control device using the first control parameters. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052681 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ANGULAR ELLIPTIC CENTRIC VIEW ORDERING FOR 3D MR ACQUISITIONS - A method of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging includes segmenting a k | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052682 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS, AND LOCAL COIL AND LOCAL COIL POSITIONING DEVICE THEREFOR - A magnetic resonance apparatus has a magnet unit at least partially surrounding an examination region, a local coil, and a local coil positioning device. The local coil positioning device includes a transmission device arranged at the local coil to transmit signals and at least one signal reception device arranged at a fixed position relative to the examination region to detect the signals sent by the signal transmission device. A corresponding local coil positioning device comprising a signal transmission device to transmit signals and at least one signal reception device to detect signals sent by the signal transmission device. A local coil for an examination in a magnetic resonance apparatus has a signal transmission device, advantageously an ultrasound signal transmission device. The position of the local coil can be automatically determined by the signal transmission device and the at least one signal reception device without an intervention by a person overseeing the magnetic resonance apparatus being necessary. A positioning of the local coil can thus be conducted particularly quickly and without the risk of an incorrect positioning. The examination duration is reduced, the comfort of the patient is increased and a better utilization of the magnetic resonance apparatus is enabled. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052685 | BUCKING COIL AND B-FIELD MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR TIME DOMAIN ELECTROMAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS - The present invention relates to a HTEM system that includes a semi-rigid bucking coil and an algorithm to determine the magnetic field B from the measured signal dB/dt. The bucking coil may be positioned in a concentric coplanar manner relative to a transmitter coil and receiver coil, in order to minimize spurious signals at the receiver coil during data acquisition time. Signals gathered by the system may be further processed by a signal processing means. Moreover, measurements performed upon data generated by the system may be performed upon the entire period of a current waveform applied to the transmitter and bucking coils. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052686 | Seismic activity detector - A system for detecting precursor seismic electromagnetic waveforms. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052687 | High Resolution Resistivity Earth Imager - An imaging tool made includes a pad whose curvature is chosen based on the expected range of borehole radius and the pad size so as to maintain the maximum standoff below a desired value. The curvature may be adjusted using fasteners. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052710 | Probe Card - The present invention discloses a probe card for testing a wafer. The probe card comprises a printed circuit board for transmitting test signals, a fastened ring arranged at the downside of the printed circuit board, and a plurality of needles passing through the fastened ring, each needle having one end connecting to circuits of the printed circuit board, and having a tip portion at the other end connecting to a pad of the wafer, where each needle has at least one bent portion between the fastened ring and the tip portion, to absorb stress between the needle and the pad. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052712 | TEST APPARATUS FOR TESTING CIRCUIT BOARD - The disclosure relates to a test apparatus for testing a circuit board. The circuit board includes a connector and a plurality of test points connected to the connector via a plurality of lines and the connector of the circuit board is connected to the plurality of lines via a plurality of corresponding signal pins. The test apparatus includes a circuit, a connector, a plurality of probes, and a tester. The circuit includes a plurality of test points and lines connecting to the test points correspondingly. The connector is coupled to the connector of the circuit board. The plurality of probes contact with the test points of the test apparatus. The tester sends test-signals to the connector of the circuit board via the lines correspondingly, receives test-information on the test points of the circuit board via the connectors, analyzes the test-information, and generates a test-result of the circuit board. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052713 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TEST PROBE FOR TESTING DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is provided with a light detection unit that detects the intensity of ambient light and is capable of automatically controlling the luminosity of an illumination unit and/or the luminosity of the display device on the basis of the intensity of ambient light detected by the light detection unit. Moreover, the display device makes it possible to easily conduct a test on light-sensor characteristics. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052716 | ENCLOSED PROBE STATION - An enclosed probe station comprises a chuck assembly, a supporting member and an enclosure. The chuck assembly is configured to support a device under test. The supporting member is configured to secure a probe used to contact the device under test. The enclosure forms an interior space in which the chuck assembly and the supporting member are disposed. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052718 | Method For Verifying A Completeness Of An Antenna - A method verifies a completeness of an antenna disposed on a window. The antenna is electrically conductive and has a first end and a second end spaced from each other. The method comprises the step of placing the window on a fixture for supporting the window. The method also includes the steps of automatically aligning a distributing probe and the first end of the antenna and automatically aligning a receiving probe and the second end of the antenna. The method further includes the step of activating a current source to pass an electrical current from the distributing probe to the receiving probe through the antenna. The method also includes the step of indicating passage of the electrical current from the antenna to the receiving probe with the indicator to verify a completeness of the antenna. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052721 | TEST SOCKET AND TEST MODULE - The present invention discloses a test socket for testing an image sensor that comprises a sensing area facing a light source. The test socket comprises a signal-connecting mechanism for transmitting a signal between the image sensor and a source of the test signal, a bearing layer having an opening and being arranged at the surface facing the light source, and a transparent layer arranged between the image sensor and the bearing layer for supporting the image sensor. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052722 | TEST JIG - A test jig is for testing electrical characteristics of a high frequency semiconductor device in a package having a ground electrode and a high frequency signal electrode. The test jig includes a test circuit substrate with a microstrip line structure, a grounding block and a high frequency signal contact pin. The test circuit substrate includes an insulating substrate, a ground conductor on a bottom surface of the insulating substrate and high frequency signal wiring on a top surface of the insulating substrate. The grounding block is disposed on the top surface of the insulating substrate and connected to the ground conductor. The high frequency signal contact pin is disposed on the top surface of the insulating substrate and connected to the high frequency signal wiring. The high frequency signal contact pin is spaced from the grounding block. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052724 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR PARALLEL TESTING AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Disclosed is a test circuit including a first transfer circuit, a second transfer circuit and comparators and performing parallel testing of a plurality of chips under test. The first transfer circuit includes flip-flops. A data pattern from a tester is supplied to the initial stage chip under test. To the remaining chips under test, output data from the corresponding stages of the first transfer circuit are supplied. The second transfer circuit sequentially transfers an output of the initial stage chip under test, as an expected value pattern, in response to clock cycles. The comparator compares output data of the chip under test with an expected value pattern from the corresponding stage of the second transfer circuit. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052725 | ADAPTIVE TEST TIME REDUCTION FOR WAFER-LEVEL TESTING - In a method for testing a plurality of consecutively indexed sites, a default test sequence is applied to the consecutively indexed sites until a first defective site is identified. If a first defective site is identified, then a more stringent test sequence is applied to a predefined number of sites subsequent to the first defective site. If the more stringent test sequence does not identify a second defective site in the predefined number of sites subsequent to the first defective site, then the default test sequence is resumed. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052727 | SYNCHRONOUS SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - The present invention provides a synchronous semiconductor device suitable for improving the efficiency of application of electrical stresses to the device, an inspection system and an inspection method thereof in order to efficiently carry out a burn-in stress test. A command latch circuit having an access command input will output a low-level pulse in synchronism with an external clock. The pulse will pass through a NAND gate of test mode sequence circuit and a common NAND gate to output a low-level internal precharge signal, which will resent a word line activating signal from the control circuit. Simultaneously, an internal precharge signal passing through the NAND gate will be delayed by an internal timer a predetermined period of time to output through the NAND gate a low-level internal active signal, which will set a word line activating signal from the control circuit. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052749 | CLOCK GENERATION CIRCUIT - A clock generation circuit, which includes a reference clock delay circuit including a number M of delay units connected in series, and configured to delay a reference clock by L cycles; and an oscillation circuit including a number N of delay units connected in series, and configured to generate an oscillation clock according to the following Equation, | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052750 | DLL CIRCUIT - A DLL circuit includes an input circuit generating a synchronization reference signal, a first delay unit delaying the synchronization reference signal to generate a plurality of delayed synchronization reference signals and selecting one of the delayed synchronization reference signals, a timing offset circuit adjusting a synchronization position of the delayed synchronization reference signal to generate a signal to be synchronized, a phase comparison circuit comparing phase of the synchronization reference signal with that of the signal to be synchronized, a first control circuit selecting an output signal of the first delay unit, a second delay unit delaying the synchronization reference signal or the signal to be synchronized to generate a plurality of delayed signals, a configuration information memory storing configuration information, and a second control circuit selecting an output signal of the second delay unit if the comparison result of the phase comparison circuit is within a predetermined range. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052754 | INPUT-SIGNAL RECOVERY CIRCUIT AND ASYNCHRONOUS SERIAL BUS DATA RECEPTION SYSTEM USING THE SAME - An input-signal recovery circuit receives a received data signal and a delay control signal and processes the received data signal. The input-signal recovery circuit includes a data switch detector comprising an input end receiving the received data signal and an output end; a pulse generator comprising a plurality of logic circuits and receiving the received data signal and the delay control signal to generate a plurality of delayed pulse signals; a plurality of switches, each of the switch electrically connected to one corresponding logic circuit, wherein one of the switches is selectively turned on by the data switch detector. The data switch detector selects an output pulse signal from a specific switch when the data switch detector senses a logic state change in the received data signal. The input-signal recovery circuit can prevent data error from error accumulation due to physical difference of crystal oscillators. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052755 | SLEW RATE CONTROL FOR A LOAD SWITCH - An apparatus for slew rate control using a plurality of discrete slew rate levels. The apparatus includes a load switch and a switch controller. The load switch outputs a load voltage to a load. The switch controller generates a switch control signal in response to an enable signal. The switch control signal controls operation of the load switch. The switch controller controls a slew rate of the load switch according to a plurality of discrete slew rate levels. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052756 | LOW POWER AND SOFT ERROR HARDENED DUAL EDGE TRIGGERED FLIP FLOP - A dual edge triggered flip flop can pass data values on a clock rising or falling edge. The dual edge triggered flip flop can be operated at half the clock speed of a single edge triggered flip flop and produce substantially the same throughput. The dual edge triggered flip flop may use less power than a single edge triggered flip flop due at least in part to the construction of an intermediate gate as a data interlock gate. The dual edge triggered flip flop may contain a plurality of master nodes, and is soft error hardened compared to a single edge triggered flip flop. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052759 | PULSE GENERATOR - A pulse generator includes a pulse command register and a digital differential analyzer (DDA). The pulse command register includes a first register, a second register, and an adder. The first register receives and stores a pulse command from a CPU in an operating cycle. The second register receives and stores the pulse command shifted from the first register when the first register receives a second pulse command from the CPU in the operating cycle. The adder sums the pulse commands of the first register and the second register and the result is transmitted to the DDA. The DDA determines whether a pulse is to be generated after calculation according to the result from the adder of the pulse command register. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052762 | Sensor Node Voltage Clamping Circuit and Method - A voltage clamping circuit includes a current source having a fixed current source and a variable current source and a variable resistor receiving current from the current source. The variable resistor varies its resistance in response to an environmental operating condition. The voltage clamping circuit also includes an amplifier configured to compare a sensor node voltage with a reference voltage, the sensor node voltage being in communication with the voltage drop across the variable resistor. The amplifier is configured and connected to provide a control output to control the variable current source to modify current output from the variable current source to at least in part prevent the sensor node voltage from exceeding a reference voltage when certain operating conditions are present. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052765 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF LEVELING SWITCHING NOISE THEREOF - A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a switching circuit, a switch, and a switch control circuit. The switch changes over whether a decoupling capacitor is connected to a power source of the switching circuit. The switch control circuit detects a control signal that causes switching of the switching circuit, and turns on the switch for a fixed period of time that straddles switching of the switching circuit, thereby connects the decoupling capacitor to the power source of the switching circuit. The decoupling capacitor is connected to the power source only when the switching circuit switches. As a result, a difference in noise between noise when switching is performed and noise when switching is not performed can be reduced. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052766 | INTELLIGENT EMBEDDED POWER RAIL AND CONTROL SIGNAL SEQUENCER - A power sequencing method may use a state machine in a programmable sequencer to program relative timing of signals to activate different power rails attached to an integrated circuit. Input lines may specify the sequencing program. Alternatively, the programmable sequencer may use an EEPROM or other computer-readable medium to program itself with a particular image of the sequencing program. The programmable sequencer may be implemented by a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052769 | INPUT DEVICE, AND MULTI-FUNCTION PERIPHERAL - An input device including an electrode a width dimension of which changes in its direction of extension, an output portion an output signal of which corresponds to an electrostatic capacity induced between the electrode and an electrically charged body when the body approaches or touches the electrode, a detecting portion to detect a change of an output signal value of the output portion, and an operation recognizing portion configured to recognize, on the basis of the detected change of the output signal value, one of a pressing operation and a sliding operation of the body performed with respect to the electrode, wherein the pressing operation is performed by a moving action of the body in which the body approaches or touches the electrode, while the sliding operation is performed by a sliding action of the body in the direction of extension of the electrode while the body is held in close proximity to or in touch with the electrode. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052770 | POWER-OFF CONTROLLING CIRCUIT AND POWER-OFF CONTROLLING METHOD - A power-off controlling circuit and a power-off controlling method that control power-off of an integrated circuit based on the size of leakage currents. The power-off controlling circuit includes a model circuit section that includes a model circuit made by modeling a basic circuit of an integrated circuit, a voltage comparing circuit section that compares an output voltage charged by a leakage current occurred at the model circuit and a preset reference voltage, a decision circuit section that measures an arrival time until the output voltage reaches the reference voltage from the compared result and decides a size of the leakage current from the measured result, and a power-off controlling circuit section that controls power-off of the integrated circuit on the basis of the decided size of the leakage current. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052771 | CIRCUIT FOR DRIVING MULTIPLE CHARGE PUMPS - A system for driving multiple charge pumps in a single unit is disclosed. The charge pump system includes a set of multiple charge pumps arranged in parallel. The charge pumps are connected to a clock signal generator, which generates clock signals that direct the charging of the charge pumps and are offset in time from one another. The clock signals may be generated such that rising edges of the clock signals are separated by a specified time interval. The clock signals may be generated by a ring oscillator using signals provided by stages of the oscillator to generate the multiple signals. The clock signals may also be generated by providing a single input clock signal to a multi-phase generator, which outputs a set of clock signals having different phases based on the input clock signal. The system may also be configured to generate the offset clock signals using other methods, such as using a programmed microcontroller or using spread spectrum techniques. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052773 | CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR THE POWER SUPPLY OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - In a circuit arrangement ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052774 | CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR CONTROLLING A HIGH SIDE CMOS TRANSISTOR IN A HIGH VOLTAGE DEEP SUB MICRON PROCESS - The present invention relates to a circuit arrangement, which is used for controlling a high side CMOS transistor (M | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052776 | INTERNAL VOLTAGE GENERATING CIRCUIT - An internal voltage generating circuit includes an oscillation unit configured to generate an oscillation signal, and to change a period of the oscillation signal according to whether is in a burn-in test mode; and a negative voltage pumping unit configured to generate a negative voltage in response to the oscillation signal. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052808 | ACTIVE BALUN CIRCUIT - An active balun circuit is provided, which includes an input end, a first and a second output ends, a first and a second transistors, a feedback capacitor, and a current source. The input end receives an input signal. A drain of the first transistor is coupled to the second output end, and a gate of the first transistor is coupled to the input end. A gate of the second transistor is coupled to a ground end, and a drain of the second transistor is coupled to the first output end. The feedback capacitor is coupled between the second output end and the gate of the second transistor. One end of the current source is coupled to sources of the first and second transistors, and the other end of the current source is coupled to the ground end. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052810 | ANTENNA CIRCUIT STRUCTURE AND ANTENNA STRUCTURE - An antenna circuit structure and an antenna structure are provided. The antenna structure includes an antenna circuit structure and a chip antenna. The antenna circuit structure includes a PCB and a feed-in point, an electrical point, a main circuit system and a matching circuit disposed on the PCB. Two electrical pins of the chip antenna are soldered in the feed-in point and the electrical point, respectively. The main circuit system is electrically connected to the feed-in point, and the matching circuit is electrically connected to the electrical point. Thus, the antenna structure can be easily calibrated to get preferable matching performance. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052814 | Controlled RF Active Duplexer - A controlled RF active duplexer comprises two distributed amplifiers and means for controlling them. Each distributed amplifier comprises an input line and an output line, the output line of the first distributed amplifier being common to the input line of the second distributed amplifier. An end of the input line of the first distributed amplifier forms the input port, an end of the output line of the second distributed amplifier forms the output port and an end of the line common to the two distributed amplifiers forms the input/output port. The distributed amplifiers are placed in the on state or in the off state in opposition to one another as a function of the ports to be made to communicate. The invention makes it possible to carry out the splitting of the RF signals within a compact space and isolation between input port and output port. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052816 | Signal Branch for Use in a Communication System - A signal branch for use in a communication system, in particular in a reflector antenna, for the transmission of microwave signals is provided. The signal branch includes a common signal wave guide for transmitting a transmission signal and a received signal that has one first end and one second end as well as an exterior and interior. Moreover, a plurality of transmission signal wave guides is provided for feeding the transmission signal, with the transmission signal wave guides being disposed on the exterior of the common signal wave guide in a symmetrically distributed manner and each being communicatively connected to the common signal wave guide. A plurality of receiver signal wave guides is provided for transmitting the received signal, with the receiver signal wave guides being symmetrically adjacent to the second end of the common signal wave guide and each being communicatively connected to the common signal wave guide. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052817 | Integrated Circuit Inductor with Transverse Interfaces - An integrated circuit (IC) inductor structure is provided with transverse electrical interfaces. The inductor structure is formed on at least one IC circuit layer and has a first axis planar to a circuit layer surface, bisecting the inductor into opposite first and second sides. An input interface is formed on the circuit layer and connected to the inductor first side, parallel to a second axis, which is perpendicular to the first axis. An output interface is formed on the circuit layer and connected to the inductor second side, parallel to the second axis. In one aspect, the inductor has a center tap electrical interface parallel to the axis. In another aspect, the inductor includes a three-dimensional (3D) loop formed over a plurality of the circuit layers. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052830 | HIGH FREQUENCY RELAY AND ITS CONNECTION STRUCTURE - A high frequency relay has at least two drive terminal units arranged at an outer peripheral brim portion of at least two regions of three regions divided from a plane region of a base with a signal line. The base may be a plane triangle, plane square, plane hexagon, or a plane circle. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052832 | PERMANENT ELECTROMAGNETIC INDEXING APPARATUS - A permanent electromagnetic indexing apparatus includes a chassis, a carrier pivoted to the chassis, and a plurality of magnetic sets. Each of the magnetic sets includes a first permanent magnet, a magnetic-conductive member, a second permanent magnet, and a magnetizing coil. Each of the first permanent magnets is mounted to the magnetic-conductive member. Each of the magnetic-conductive members is mounted onto the second permanent magnet. Each of the magnetizing coils surrounds the second permanent magnet. The magnetic sets are mounted to the carrier to enable the magnetic-conductive members to become a working surface for placing a workpiece thereon. When each of the magnetizing coils is electrically conducted, the polarity of each of the magnetic-conductive members can be changed and then the workpiece can be fixed to or removed from the working surface. In this way, the workability can be enhanced to enable preferably flexible and variable processing. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052833 | Method of Forming Magnetic Blocks and Equipment for Carrying Out That Method - In forming magnetic blocks, a first permanent magnet may be lowered to the bottom of an upwardly open vessel, the vessel may be already filled or may be then filled with liquid and, while forcefully maintaining the first permanent magnet in that position, further permanent magnets are gradually inserted into the vessel in a direction perpendicular to their resulting joint contact surfaces, where the adjacent surfaces of the superimposed permanent magnets have an opposite polarity, while during insertion of a further permanent magnet, the liquid is drained from the space in the vessel under that inserted magnet, whereby the motion speed of the inserted magnet is controlled as it bears down on the permanent magnet lying beneath it. The equipment for carrying out the method may comprise a vessel whose interior cross-section corresponds with clearance to the outline of the assembled permanent magnets, where sockets with regulating valves may be arranged along the height of the vessel, spaced so that their lower edges always lie above the upper surfaces of the assembled permanent magnets, and where all the parts are of non-magnetic material, while the bottom of the vessel may be furnished with a means for exerting an attractive force on the lowered permanent magnets. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052834 | MAGNETIC COUPLER - A magnetic coupler includes a first body, a second body and a plurality of magnetic elements. The first body has a first front side and a first backside. The first front side is formed with a plurality of positioning slots. The second body has a second front side and a second backside. The second backside is mounted on the first front side. The second body is formed with a plurality of positioning holes penetrating through the second body. Each magnetic element has a first portion and a second portion. The first portions of the magnetic elements respectively penetrate through the positioning holes so that the second portions of the magnetic elements are respectively embedded into the positioning slots. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052836 | Air Cooled Core Mounted Ignition System - An air cooled core mounted ignition system for gas turbine engine applications is provided. The ignition system includes an ignition exciter component directly mechanically and electrically connected to an igniter component. The housing member of the exciter component includes an air plenum configured to receive bleed air from the engine fan or compressor sections of the turbine engine, or other source. The bleed air provides a relatively low temperature air source for the purpose of cooling of the exciter. As such, the exciter component can be directly secured to the igniter, thereby eliminating the need for an ignition lead. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052859 | Transponder Comprising an Electronic Memory Chip and Magnetic Circular Antenna - In a transponder having an electronic memory chip and a magnetic ring antenna is provided that the ring antenna comprises an electrically conductive coil having at least one turn, and a capacitor, wherein the capacitor exhibits, as a dielectric, a thin insulator foil that simultaneously serves as a substrate foil for the coil and/or the chip. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052862 | METHOD FOR PREVENTING SIGNAL COLLISION IN RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAG USED THEREOF - A method for preventing signal collision in radio frequency identification (RFID) system through random code timing is disclosed. The RFID system includes one or more RFID reading device to receive respective tag information from a plurality of RFID tags. Multiple RFID tags of the RFID system each includes a microprocessor connected to a random code generation unit, a power supply unit, a memory unit and a radio frequency transceiver module. The memory unit stores the respective tag information that contains a tag identification code. The microprocessor of the RFID tag issues a base number or uses the tag identification code to generate a random code and a tag signal is transmitted to the RFID reading device in accordance with the random code so generated. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052864 | LIGHT, SOUND, & MOTION RECEIVER DEVICES - A method to elicit a behavior in response to a simplex communication signal comprises receiving, at a receiver device, an encoded simplex communication signal from a transmitter device, the simplex communication signal including an identifier. The method further comprises referencing a stored program in the receiver device to a stored program block corresponding to the identifier. The receiver device then initiates execution of the program block and renders a behavior in accordance with or corresponding to the program block corresponding to the simplex communication signal. The receiver device includes a program database, wherein the receiver is programmed to reference a stored program block of the program database corresponding to the identifier. The receiver device also includes mechanisms to enable a behavior in accordance with the program block to be audibly and visibly perceived. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052866 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR FLOORS - The invention relates to a lighting device, particularly a lighting tile ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052867 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING OBJECT MOVEMENT AND LOCATION WITH RFID DEVICE - An apparatus for identifying object movement and location with RFID device comprises two RFID gateways constructed by at least one RFID interrogator located inside and outside an entrance of a monitored zone independently, a portable RFID tag carried by the object capable of receiving and responding said signals emitted by said RFID interrogator, and a data processor connected with said RFID gateways capable of receiving said responses to identify said object movement as leaving or entering said entrance and said object location as outside or inside said monitored zone. There is also a corresponding method for identifying object movement and location with RFID device. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052870 | INTELLIGENT INFRARED REMOTE PAIRING - Systems and methods for associating a remote controller with a device are provided. The systems and methods generally relate to receiving a request from a remote controller to pair the remote controller to a device at several devices and determining at each of the several devices the strength of the wireless pairing request signal received by that device. If a device determines that its received signal is the strongest, the device may be paired with the remote controller. If instead a device determines that its received signal is not the strongest, it may ignore subsequent communications received from the remote controller. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052871 | SPEECH-DRIVEN PATIENT CARE SYSTEM WITH WEARABLE DEVICES - Embodiments of the invention provide a communication system for care providers and a method of managing patient care utilizing same. The system comprises a patient communication unit configured to be positioned proximate to a patient and operable to capture a patient call that includes speech input of the patient, a central console communicably coupled with the patient communication unit for receiving the call from the patient communication unit, and a portable communication unit configured to be carried by a care provider and communicably coupled with the central console, the portable communication unit operable to receive the call from the central console, to capture speech input of the care provider, and to play at least a portion of the patient speech input, the portable communication unit further operable to convert at least a portion of the care provider speech input into at least one command associated with the call. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052873 | POWER SUPPLY EMPLOYING PULSE-WIDTH MODULATION AND DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER, POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A power supply for supplying electric power comprises a power circuit which supplies L channels of electric power (L: positive integer), a control circuit board which outputs multiple types of control signals including a digital control signal and a PWM signal, a digital-to-analog converter having M channels (M: positive integer less than L) each of which converts the digital control signal into an analog control signal, and N demodulation circuits (N=L−M) each of which generates an analog control signal by demodulating the PWM signal. The control circuit board is electrically connected to the power circuit via the M channels of the digital-to-analog converter and the N demodulation circuits. N is a positive integer not more than M. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052874 | Open-loop monitoring system - In an open-loop monitoring system, a host device is operable to output encoded signals at a coupling end to a single transmission line. Each of monitoring devices includes: a control unit identifying a monitoring signal from the encoded signals from the transmission line; and a detecting unit detecting, in response to the monitoring signal, whether each of electronic devices coupled thereto is activated or deactivated and transmitting a reply signal associated with states of the electronic devices to the transmission line based on a detection result made thereby. The host device receives the reply signal from each monitoring device through the transmission line and the coupling end to obtain state information associated with the electronic devices and determines whether the transmission line is cut off based on the reply signals from the monitoring devices. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052876 | NOVELTY DEVICE AND METHOD - Described herein is a novelty item and method for creating a novelty item that delivers a personalized message at the same time that at least a first sensory action occurs. The personalized message can be audio or visual and the sensory action can be audible, physical, visual or olfactory. The invention further provides a message can be rerecorded numerous times until a satisfactory message has been recorded. The invention further provides means for disabling the recording mechanism after satisfactory vocals are recorded. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052877 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING SOUND TO DIFFERENTIATE KEYPRESSES - A method for associating sounds with different keypresses, involving receiving an input of a first keypress from a keyboard including a plurality of keys, wherein the keyboard is associated with a computing device, determining whether a key corresponding to the first keypress is one of a plurality of significant elements, wherein the plurality of significant elements is a subset of the plurality of keys, determining a first sound event associated with the key, when the key is one of the plurality of significant elements, and outputting a first sound associated with the first sound event. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052879 | Apparatus and Method for the Tactile Identification of Keys and Regions of a Touch-Responsive Device - Methods and apparatus for providing feedback to a user as to the location of a finger or stylus on a touch-responsive device are described herein. Aspects are directed to removable tactile feedback labels for use on a surface of a touch-responsive device. Other aspects are directed to tactile feedback label kits including one or more labels on a packaged substrate with instructions for use. Further aspects are directed to removable tactile feedback label systems including a touch-responsive device. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052884 | COLLISION WARNING DEVICE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A collision warning device for motor vehicles includes a locating sensor, a lane recognition module for detecting the number of traffic lanes in the road on which the vehicle is traveling, and a decision unit to output a warning signal if a danger parameter (ttc) determined using the data from the locating sensor exceeds a threshold value, the threshold value being variable depending on the number of traffic lanes in such a way that the warning signal is issued earlier when the number of lanes is greater. | 2010-03-04 |
