| 09th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 77 |
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| 20100058331 | AUTOMATED DEPLOYMENT OF DEFINED TOPOLOGY IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A method for deploying a software product comprising a plurality of components is provided. The method can include reading a topological description of the software product and its components, wherein the topological description defines characteristics and dependencies of the components. The method can further include reading characteristics of a plurality of publishers and matching each of the plurality of components to one of the plurality of publishers according to the characteristics and dependencies of the components and the characteristics of the plurality of publishers. A publisher may be a computer connected to a network. The method can further include distributing the plurality of components among the plurality of publishers responsive to the step of matching and validating each set of components distributed to each publisher. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058333 | Method, system and computer-readable medium for personalized gadget configuration - A system and method for selecting gadgets for enablement during or related to a consumer's out-of-the-box experience with a newly purchased computational device are provided. Information and selections provided or input by the user direct the computer to select or identify one or more gadgets for presentation to the user. Two or more profiles each include at least one gadget; the information and selections received from the user are compared to aspects of the profiles to determine user-profile matches. Each match with a profile causes the device to make the user aware of and/or enable user accessibility to one or more gadgets associated with each matching profile. The user may self select one or more profiles and/or may provide data that upon directs the device to select one or profile, wherein gadgets associated with each selected profile may be made accessible and/or at least partially downloaded from the Internet. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058339 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A HOMOGENEOUS VIEW OF A DISTRIBUTED COMMON INFORMATION MODEL (CIM) WITHIN A HETEROGENEOUS VIRTUAL SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT - A method and system for providing a homogeneous view of a distributed common information model (CIM) within a heterogeneous virtual system environment is disclosed. The virtual system environment includes local and remote host systems, each of which includes a CIM Object Model (CIMOM) and a CIM repository of provider applications. The method includes selecting one of the CIMOMs to serve as a single access point to the CIMOMs for all client requests and configuring provider applications of the selected CIMOM to communicate with non-selected CIMOMs. The configuration includes using a discovery or registration process to identify all of the local and remote host systems in the virtual system environment and provide access points between the provider applications of the selected CIMOM and the hosts. In response to a client request, the selected CIMOM uses the access points to retrieve, aggregate, and forward the information to a client application as a homogeneous view. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058341 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE IN VIRTUALIZATION SYSTEM - A server in the virtualization system includes a plurality of virtual machines (VM) to construct a computing environment for every user, and allocates any one of the plurality of virtual machines to a user, when the user has access to the server. At this time, a plurality of peripheral apparatuses that are adjacent to the user are set as input/output devices of the virtual machines. According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to construct an input/output computing environment of a virtual machine provided in a virtualization system by dynamically connecting a plurality of peripheral apparatuses around a user, thereby constructing a computing environment that is suitable for a peripheral situation of the user. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058359 | Virtual USB over NFC printing method and system - A VUSB over NFC mobile printing method and system. In an exemplary arrangement, an imaging device has a network connection with an application server and an NFC interface for connecting with a client device. When a mobile user places his or her client device in proximity with the NFC interface, an NFC connection is established between the client device and the imaging device and the imaging device intermediates between the client device and the application server using a VUSB protocol to enable the user to select and upload from the client device to the imaging device a document file that the user wishes to print, after which the imaging device facilitates printing the document file in accordance with user preferences. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058360 | STORING MEDIUM - A storing medium includes a driver program installable on a host computer and a plurality of files. The host computer includes a controller, and is connectable to a plurality of different types of peripheral devices. Each file includes separately a common setting file and an individual setting file. The common setting file includes common setting information that is commonly applicable to at least two types of peripheral devices. The individual setting file includes individual setting information that is unique to a single type of peripheral device. The driver program instructs the controller to select target setting information for controlling one peripheral device from the common setting information and the individual setting information included in the file corresponding to the one peripheral device, and to control the peripheral device based on the selected target setting information. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058364 | APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE ENHANCEMENT - Some embodiments of application programming interface (API) enhancement in a networked system have been presented. In one embodiment, a servlet is initialized on a centralized server in the networked system. The capabilities of an application programming interface (API) accessible by the client are expanded to allow the client to have data converted to a predetermined format when executing an automation script in order to perform an administrative task on multiple computing machines in the networked system without user intervention. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058367 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INVOKING SERIALIZED DATA STREAMS - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for invoking serialized data streams. A requester, such as a client computer, can request a set of data from a proxy server using a marker object containing references to remote data sources. The requester and proxy server can each host a handler object to manage marker objects communicated between the two. After receipt of the data request, the proxy server can communicate with the remote data source to initiate a serialized data stream from the remote data source to the requester. In embodiments, the marker object can indicate that the source data hosted on the remote data server should be transmitted directly to the requester, and be streamed in continuous fashion rather than be divided into pieces of data requiring separate requests. In embodiments, marker objects can be nested within other marker objects to invoke multiple serialized streams. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058392 | Virtual channel table for a broadcast protocol and method of broadcasting and receiving broadcast signals using the same - A virtual channel table for broadcasting protocol and a method for broadcasting by using the virtual channel table includes identification information identifying and permitting discrimination of active and inactive channels contained in the virtual channel table. At a receiver, the virtual channel table transmitted from the transmitting side is parsed, thereby determining whether the current received channel is an active or inactive channel. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058397 | Aggregation of Retailers For Televised Media Programming Product Placement - For electronic commerce, selected items are tracked in a database and are made available for purchase by interactions with a customer. The construction and maintenance of the database may be summarized by three general steps. The first general step in the construction of the electronic commerce site is the establishment of a link between a particular product and a particular program or program episode that features the product. The second general step is creating a database of the records or links that are established from the first general step. The third general step is establishing an interface with the customer, which may be accomplished through the internet. A preferable technique for generating product tracking information uses radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to dynamically track products located in the video frame. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058418 | TELEVISION RECEIVING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, a television receiving apparatus is connected to a server apparatus connected to a plurality of information processing apparatuses, each information processing apparatus includes a first application that is configured to input inputting information to a user who belongs to a group created by the server apparatus and that is configured to output outputting information created by the server apparatus in accordance with the inputting information. The television receiving apparatus includes: a channel transmitting unit configured to transmit channel information that identifies channels to be watched; an output information receiving unit configured to receive the outputting information from the server apparatus for the inputting information inputted by a user of the television receiving apparatus using the first application for transmitting to another user in the group in accordance with the channel information; and a second application configured to display the received outputting information. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058422 | VIDEO AUDIO STREAM DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, DISTRIBUTION METHOD, AND DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM - It is possible to provide a video audio stream distribution system, a distribution method, and a distribution program which can improve the stream switching speed during zapping and suppress the actually used network resource in streaming for which QoS is guaranteed. Zapping destination means ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058427 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A MEDIA PROCESSOR - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set-top box (STB) having a controller to manage power distribution in the STB from power supplied by a port of a presentation device, decode audio-visual information into a presentation format, and transmit a signal to the presentation device containing decoded audio-visual information. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058428 | BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF COMMUNICATING WITH EXTERNAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USING CONTENT - A broadcast receiving apparatus capable of communicating with an external apparatus, and a method for using content in the broadcast receiving apparatus are provided. The broadcast receiving apparatus transmits a broadcast signal corresponding to content, a user desires to receive, to the external apparatus, and the user turns off a display unit of the broadcast receiving apparatus using the external apparatus. Therefore, it is possible for the user to use desired content regardless of location and time, and it is also possible to prevent power from being consumed unnecessarily. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058429 | TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING BROADCAST SIGNAL IN TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SYSTEM - A receiving system and a method of processing broadcast signal. The receiving system includes a signal receiving unit, an equalizer, a block decoder, and an RS frame decoder. The signal receiving unit receives and demodulates a broadcast signal. The equalizer channel-equalizes a data group included in the demodulated broadcast signal. The block decoder performs turbo-decoding on mobile service data of the channel-equalized data group. And, the RS frame decoder determines a number of CRC errors of an RS frame including the turbo-decoded mobile service data, generates a reliability map including reliability information corresponding to each data byte of the RS frame. Herein, the reliability information is set-up as a soft value. Also, for each column, when the number of the determined CRC errors is greater than a number of RS parity bytes of the RS frame, the RS frame decoder sets a predetermined number of erasure points in the corresponding data bytes starting from the lowest reliability value for the corresponding column, and performs RS-erasure decoding on the column. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058437 | GRAPHICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER AUTHENTICATION - System and method for graphical user authentication using compact collages of regions of images. Image corpus is constructed by selecting similar quality images and filtering to further homogenize image quality. Regions are detected within the images and scored according to similarity and neighborhood information. Regions with lower scores provide less information about other regions and are more secure secrets. During enrollment, user selects secret images; decoy images are chosen by the system accordingly. Regions from secret images are selected as secrets according to the scoring of regions and regions from decoy images are selected as decoys. A collage is formed with secrets and decoys. Compact rendering enhances security and is suitable for small displays of mobile devices. Several rounds of challenge, requiring identification of secrets, are presented to the user. User is authenticated if a certain number of correct identifications of secrets within a number of rounds are achieved. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058441 | Information processing limitation system and information processing limitation device - This information processing limitation system includes an information processing server computer | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058481 | NON-DISPLAYING METHOD OF SECRET INFORMATION AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A screen based on display information is displayed on a display device, secret information in the display information is discriminated based on a predetermined condition, the secret information is non-displayed by replacing the secret information with specified characters or images, and the display information other than the secret information and the post-converting secret information are transmitted to another device. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058482 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, LICENSE DETERMINING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus for executing an application constituted by one or more program modules, includes a license target identification information generating unit configured to generate license target identification information used for identifying which of the program modules are targets of license management, and to store the license target identification information in a storage device, wherein the license target identification information is generated based on one or more program module information items each being associated with one of the program modules to indicate whether the corresponding program module is a target of license management; and a license determination unit configured to determine, in response to an input of a usage request to use the application, whether a license is present, wherein the determination is made only for one or more of the program modules identified as being the targets of license management based on the license target identification information. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058483 | METHOD FOR PROTECTING SIGNATURES STORED IN A DATABASE - A method of protecting the privacy of a signature that may be used in, for example, a vote by mail system, that includes creating a distorted version of the registration signature, storing the distorted version of the registration signature, and storing a mechanism for converting the distorted registration signature into an undistorted registration signature. The stored mechanism may later be used to reverse the distortion so that the undistorted signature can be used in a verification process. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058486 | METHOD FOR SECURE ACCESS TO AND SECURE DATA TRANSFER FROM A VIRTUAL SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION FACILITY (SCIF) - The present disclosure is directed to a method for limiting access to a virtual sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF) and secure transport of information between two virtual SCIFs. The method may comprise creating a virtual SCIF, allowing access to the to the virtual SCIF to only those virtual subjects having the proper security clearance as analyzed by an access rule set loaded into an object request broker, creating a second virtual SCIF, creating a key lockable secure container to transport the information from the first virtual SCIF to the second virtual SCIF, and restricting access to the key to unlock the secure container in the second virtual SCIF. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100051637 | WIRELESS PARALLEL DISPENSING SYSTEM - A wireless parallel dispensing system includes an automatic soap dispenser, which comprises a CPU, an infrared sensor, a motor drive, a RF transmitter and a transmitting antenna and which transmits a RF signal when dispensing a liquid soap; an automatic perfume dispenser or an automatic tissue dispenser, which has built therein a RF receiver and a receiving antenna for receiving the RF signal from the automatic soap dispenser and which automatically dispenses a perfume or tissue each time it receives the RF signal from the automatic soap dispenser. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052034 | FLASH MEMORY GATE STRUCTURE FOR WIDENED LITHOGRAPHY WINDOW - A first portion of a semiconductor substrate belonging to a flash memory device region is recessed to a recess depth to form a recessed region, while a second portion of the semiconductor substrate belonging to a logic device region is protected with a masking layer. A first gate dielectric layer and a first gate conductor layer formed within the recessed region such that the first gate conductive layer is substantially coplanar with the top surfaces of the shallow trench isolation structures. A second gate dielectric layer, a second gate conductor layer, and a gate cap hard mask layer, each having a planar top surface, is subsequently patterned. The pattern of the gate structure in the flash memory device region is transferred into the first gate conductor layer and the first gate dielectric layer to form a floating gate and a first gate dielectric, respectively. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052639 | Power supply controller having analog to digital converter - A power supply controller includes an analog to digital (A/D) converter that performs analog-digital conversion of an output voltage and outputs a digital signal, a deviation signal generator unit that generates a deviation signal from the digital signal and a standard voltage value serving as an output voltage target value, and a power controller unit that controls the output voltage based on the deviation signal. The power supply controller includes a conversion range setting unit that sets a range of the reference voltage into the A/D converter based on a first signal as the digital signal in a power supply startup period, and sets the reference voltage range into the A/D converter based on a second signal as the deviation signal or as a signal corresponding to the deviation signal in a steady state period. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052881 | EMERGENCY STARTING SYSTEM OF VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a button starting system for a vehicle which is able to stably start up by using an LF antenna installed in the vehicle in an emergency of a smart key. According to the system, the necessity of installation of a key holder can be removed. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054003 | OUTPUT PROTECTION CIRCUIT OF A POWER CONVERTER - An output protection circuit used for a power converter having an operational amplifier, a diode, a number of voltage-dividing resistors, and a switch tube. In this circuit, the voltage-dividing resistors are connected in series to form a voltage-dividing network, of which one node is connected to a reference level end Vref of a PWM control module of the converter, while the other node is grounded. A voltage dividing point M is coupled to an inverting input end of the operational amplifier AR | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054035 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device with low power consumption and improved transfer rate of an input/output buffer at reduced manufacturing cost is provided. Thick-film transistors are used for a memory cell array | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054039 | High speed flash memory - For realizing high speed flash memory, bit line is multi-divided for reducing parasitic capacitance, so that local bit line is quickly discharged when reading a memory cell and multi-stage sense amps are used, wherein the multi-stage sense amps are composed of a first dynamic circuit serving as a local sense amp connecting to the local bit line through a read transistor, a second dynamic circuit serving as a segment sense amp for reading the local sense amp, and a tri-state inverter serving as an amplify circuit of a global sense amp for reading the segment sense amp. When reading data, a cell current difference is converted to a time difference for differentiating low threshold data and high threshold data by the multi-stage sense amps. And a buffered data path is connected to the global sense amp for achieving fast data transfer. Additionally, alternative circuits and memory cell structures are described. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054064 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory apparatus includes: a bit line; a word line; a local bit line; a first switch unit provided between the local bit line and the bit; a memory cell connected to the bit line and the word line; a memory cell array including the memory cell; a first sense circuit connected to the bit line and configured to amplify a signal read out from the memory cell; and a second sense circuit connected to the local bit lines and configured to amplify a signal amplified by the first sense circuit, wherein the first switch unit disconnects the local bit line from the bit line when the first sense circuit amplifies the signal, and connects the local bit line to the bit line when the second sense circuit amplifies the signal amplified by the first sense circuit. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054065 | Sense amplifier circuit and semiconductor memory device - A single-ended sense amplifier circuit amplifies a signal of a memory cell and transmitted through a bit line, and comprises first and second MOS transistors. The first MOS transistor supplies a predetermined voltage to the bit line and controls connection between the bit line and a sense node in response to a control voltage, and the second MOS transistor has a gate connected to the sense node and amplifies a signal transmitted from the bit line via the first MOS transistor. The predetermined voltage is supplied to the bit line before read operation and is set to a value such that a required voltage difference at the sense node between high and low level data of the memory cell can be obtained near a changing point between a charge transfer mode and a charge distributing mode within a range of a read voltage of the memory cell. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054092 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MULTI-LEVEL, SILICON, MICROMECHANICAL PARTS AND PARTS THEREBY OBTAINED - The process comprises the following steps: | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054093 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCTION METHOD - A magnetic recording medium ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054099 | Optical Disc Apparatus and Focus Offset Setting Method Thereof - An optical disc apparatus in which, regarding mutually adjacent recording layers, a focus offset of an optical system to a guide groove formed in a recording surface of the recording layer is learned based on a signal based on reflected light from the guide groove, and a focus offset for recording or reproduction is calculated and set based on the learned focus offsets for the respective recording layers. As the focus offset of the optical system for recording or reproduction, a mean value of the learned focus offsets for the respective recording layers is set as a focus offset common to the both recording layers. Otherwise, a focus offset when a difference between the focus offset and the learned focus offsets for the respective recording layers is a value corresponding to a characteristic of the optical system is set. This structure reduces processing time and ensures processing precision upon focus offset processing for plural recording layers. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054127 | AGGREGATE CONGESTION DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT - Example embodiments of methods and apparatus for aggregate congestion detection and management are disclosed. An example method includes, receiving a data packet, where the data packet being associated with a respective destination data queue. The example method also includes determining an average queue utilization for the destination queue and determining a first aggregate utilization for a first set of data queues, the first set of data queues including the destination queue. The example method further includes determining, based on the average queue utilization and the first aggregate utilization, one or more probabilities associated with the data packet. The example method still further includes, in accordance with the one or more probabilities, randomly marking the packet to indicate a congestion state or randomly determining whether to drop the data packet. The example method also includes, dropping the packet if a determination to drop the packet is made. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054158 | Method and apparatus for managing multiple media streams during call setup - To address the need to manage multiple media streams within the communication network rather than at the user equipment, the network may employ a method such as that depicted in diagram | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054165 | DATA TRASNMITTING AND RECEIVING METHOD AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THEREOF - A data transmitting and receiving method and a communication system using the method are provided. A transmitting node generates a plurality of data packets by dividing a large-sized data and transmits the data packets to a receiving node at one time, and after that, re-transmits only the non-received data packet(s) which is not received by the receiving node. Accordingly, the number of response packets which the receiving node is to transmit can be reduced, so that it is possible to increase transmission rate. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054170 | Apparatus and Method for Allocating Resources in a Transparent Multi-Hop Relay Network - A method for allocating resources in a multi-hop relay network includes establishing one or more relay links, single-hop access links, and multi-hop access links. The method also includes iteratively repeating the following steps until a single-hop data rate is approximately equal to a multi-hop data rate: allocating a first number of slots to the multi-hop access links; dividing the first number of slots among the multi-hop access links; allocating a second number of slots to the relay links; allocating a third number of slots to the single-hop access links; dividing the third number of slots among the single-hop access links; and comparing the single-hop data rate to the multi-hop data rate. The method also includes, upon the single-hop data rate being approximately equal to the multi-hop data rate, provisioning the first number of slots to each of the multi-hop access links, the second number of slots to each of the relay links, and the third number of slots to each of the single-hop access links. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054173 | RELAY STATION AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A relay station and a method of operating a relay station are disclosed. The method includes decoding a received signal to restore the received signal into an information packet, and obtaining a first probability sequence representing probability information of respective information bits constituting the information packet, encoding the information packet to obtain a coded packet, and obtaining a second probability sequence representing probability information of respective coded bits constituting the coded packet by using the first probability sequence, and obtaining a modulated symbol by using the second probability sequence. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054205 | HANDOFF MANAGEMENT FOR MULTIMODE COMMUNICATION DEVICES BASED ON NON-TRAFFIC STATE UPLINK SIGNALS - An access node receives a non-traffic state WWAN uplink signal transmitted from a multimode wireless communication device to a base station. In response to the reception of the non-traffic state uplink signal, the base station transmits a search message to the multimode wireless communication device to adjust a searching scheme. The WWAN can be notified of the reception of the non-traffic state WWAN uplink signal by a device proximity message that is sent by the access node to the WWAN in response to the reception of the non-traffic state WWAN uplink signal. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054258 | SWITCH, OPERATION METHOD THEREOF AND METHOD FOR UPDATING FORWARDING TABLE - A switch, an operation method thereof, and a method for updating a forwarding table thereof are provided. The method for updating the forwarding table includes receiving a packet, and determining whether the packet is one of a Join type packet and a Leave type packet for determining to adopt a first VLAN table or a second VLAN table. In the first VLAN table, a first apparatus and a second apparatus are defined in different VLANs, and in the second VLAN table, the first apparatus and the second apparatus are defined in a same VLAN. When it is determined that the packet is one of the Join type packet and the Leave type packet, the second VLAN table is adopted for updating the forwarding table for simplifying the content of the forwarding table. Further, an efficiency of the switch can be improved by using the updated forwarding table. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054262 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING COMMUNICATION PATHS IN A NETWORK - Two path setting sides are determined between a pair of nodes in a network, and two path setting messages are created. The two path setting messages each includes information on a path switch default direction, a wait-to-restore timer value, and a mode identifier identifying a revertive mode. Then the two different communication paths are concurrently set between the pair of nodes by transmitting concurrently the created two path setting messages between the pair of nodes. In the case of the revertive mode, a communication path set on a side identified by the path switch default direction is operated as a working path either in an initial state or when no faults have occurred during a time period indicated by the wait-to-restore timer value after recovery of the fault on the first side. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054269 | METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING DATA PACKETS TO A SHARED RESOURCE, AND RELATED DEVICE AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE - The invention relates to a method for transferring data packets to a shared resource ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054271 | Control of Data in Communication Networks | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054272 | STORAGE DEVICE CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING HIGH-SPEED NETWORK USING LARGE-CAPACITY LOW-SPEED MEMORY - A storage device is connected to a large-capacity low-speed memory, and divides a packet received via a network into a plurality of segments for storage. The storage device includes a small-capacity high-speed memory. A selector writes the first predetermined number of segments in the packet to the small-capacity high-speed memory, and subsequent segments to the large-capacity low-speed memory. Accordingly, regardless of from what queue a segment is read out in a segment read mode, occurrence of wasteful time in packet transfer can be prevented, and the capacity of the small-capacity high-speed memory can be reduced even when the number of queues increases. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054297 | OPTICAL ELEMENT FOR GAS LASER AND GAS LASER APPARATUS USING THE SAME - At least either of the light entering plane or the light exiting plane is parallel to the (111) crystal face of the CaF | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054337 | VIDEO TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND VIDEO TRANSMITTING METHOD - A video transmitting apparatus has a moving image encoding unit performing an encoding process using an intra-slice scheme; and a transmission monitoring unit detecting disconnection and recovery of a line between the moving image encoding unit and a video receiving apparatus. At a time of line disconnection, the moving image encoding unit performs an encoding process on a picture by putting reference restrictions on a motion vector so that a transmission error falls within a pixel macroblock line. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054341 | Audio visual system and decoder therefor - An audio visual system includes an input unit for receiving data containing video data and audio data and dividing the data into the audio data and the video data, a video decoder for decoding the video data divided by the input unit, an audio decoder for decoding the audio data divided by the input unit, and an output unit for superimposing and outputting the video data decoded by the video decoder and the audio data decoded by the audio decoder. The video decoder or audio decoder has a plurality of data output paths and sets delay times for each of the output paths to synchronize the decoded video data with the decoded audio data. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054361 | ADVANCED-VSB SYSTEM (A-VSB) - A method of resetting a trellis-coded modulation (TCM) encoder to a known state, the TCM encoder including a reset input that resets the TCM encoder to the known state when held at a reset level for a plurality of symbol clock cycles, the method including identifying an event to occur in the future that requires the TCM encoder to be reset to the known state; and holding the reset input of the TCM encoder at the reset level beginning the plurality of clock symbol cycles before a time the event will occur so that the TCM encoder will be reset to the known state immediately before the event occurs. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054378 | CENTER FREQUENCY ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND RELATED METHOD FOR A COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVER - A center frequency adjustment device for a communications receiver includes an A/D converter coupled to an analog filter in the communications receiver for converting an output signal of the analog filter to a digital signal, a carrier frequency offset estimator coupled to the A/D converter for estimating a carrier frequency offset of the communications receiver according to the digital signal, and a control circuit coupled to the analog filter and the carrier frequency offset estimator for adjusting a center frequency of the analog filter according to the carrier frequency offset. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054401 | Method And Device For Quality Management In Mammography Apparatus - The present invention relates to a device and method for quality management ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054403 | PANORAMIC X-RAY PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PHOTOGRAPHING USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a panoramic X-ray photographing apparatus and a method for photographing using the same. The present invention relates to the panoramic X-ray photographing apparatus capable of conducting a panoramic photographing without generating X-ray in neck cervical vertebrae part employing a rotary arm driven in 3-axis direction. In case of scanning the neck cervical vertebrae part, a photographing can be conduct without X-ray. As a result, it is possible to prevent an image acquired by the neck cervical vertebrae part from being unclear. Also, an angle of incidence of X-ray at a photographing point can be controlled to be vertical, so that an image distortion phenomenon can be prevented. Furthermore, tempromandibular joint can be photographed at optimum enlargement ratio, thereby acquiring clear image. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054405 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device includes an imager | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054431 | OPTIMIZED METHOD TO SELECT AND RETRIEVE A CONTACT CENTER TRANSACTION FROM A SET OF TRANSACTIONS STORED IN A QUEUING MECHANISM - A system and method to select and retrieve contact center transactions from a set of transactions stored in a queuing mechanism. The system includes an interactive voice response system configured to accept at least one call and dynamically populate a web form with call data associated with the at least one call. The system also includes a queuing engine configured to allow a call agent to access the call data prior to the at least one call being connected to the call agent. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054456 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE TRANSMIT VOLUME LEVEL OF A SPEAKERPHONE - A method and apparatus for controlling the transmit volume level of a speakerphone includes receiving a transmit audio signal. If the speakerphone is in a speakerphone mode, the method further includes measuring a send output level of the transmit audio signal, comparing the send output level of the transmit audio signal with a send output level threshold value, and controlling the send output level of the transmit audio signal based upon the comparison of the send output level of the transmit audio signal and the send output level threshold value using automatic gain control. Some embodiments further include determining the send output level threshold value based upon a send loudness rating (SLR) target difference value between a speakerphone SLR target value and a handset SLR target value. In some embodiments, if the speakerphone is in a handset mode, the send output level of the transmit audio signal remains substantially the same. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054465 | INFORMATION PROCESSING UNIT, TERMINAL UNIT, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, KEY GENERATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - It relates to an information processing unit, a terminal unit, an information processing method, a key generation method and a program that enable reduction of the number of keys to be held by users and aims at providing an information processing unit capable of generating a directed-graph representing an encryption key generation logic to derive a set-key for encrypting a content or a content-key. The technique relates to a scheme that divides a set of user terminals into some subsets, allocates a set-key and an intermediate-key to each subset, and upon input of an intermediate-key correlated with a subset, outputs the set-key corresponding to the subset and the intermediate-key of the subset associated by the directed-edge. Further, it relates to a technique of replacing the directed-edge in the directed-graph with a shorter directed-edge. The effect of reducing the number of intermediate-keys held by each user is expected from the technique. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054480 | SHARING A SECRET USING POLYNOMIALS OVER POLYNOMIALS - A method and system distributes N shares of a secret among cooperating entities by representing the secret as a secret polynomial, and forming a splitting polynomial with the secret polynomial as one or more of the coefficients. In one embodiment, the method represents the secret as a secret polynomial over GF(q), where q is a prime number or a power of a prime number. A splitting polynomial of degree (K−1) over GF(q | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054486 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OUTPUT DEVICE PROTECTION IN AN AUDIO CODEC - Aspects of a method and system for output device protection in an audio CODEC are provided. A hardware audio CODEC comprising one or more equalizers may measure strength of one or more frequency bands of an audio signal. Gain settings for the equalizers may be determined utilizing, for example, one or more look-up tables based on the measured strength(s). The gain settings may be determined based on whether the audio signal comprises voice, music, and/or ringtone data. The gain setting may also be determined based on a sample rate of the audio signal; a frequency response of one or more filters within the CODEC; gain settings of one or more gain processing circuits within the CODEC; a subjective loudness curve; characteristics of one or more audio output devices communicatively coupled to the wireless device; and/or characteristics of one or more audio input devices communicatively coupled to the wireless device. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054548 | Apparatus for detecting a pupil, program for the same, and method for detecting a pupil - A pupil detecting apparatus detects an edge of a pupil in an image of a face. An outline of an upper eyelid is also detected. The apparatus selects an effective edge extending along the pupil by removing a part of edge extending along the upper eyelid from the edges detected. Then, the apparatus applies the circle Hough transformation to the effective edge in order to obtain a center of the pupil and a radius of the pupil. Thereby, it is possible to detect the pupil accurately even if a part of the pupil is covered. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054550 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a subject information storage unit configured to store feature quantities and attributes relating to a plurality of subjects; a subject detecting unit configured to detect a subject included in an image; an attribute determining unit configured to determine the attributes of the detected subject; a feature quantity extracting unit configured to extract a feature quantity relating to the detected subject; and a similarity calculating unit configured to select one or a plurality of feature quantities from feature quantities relating to a plurality of subjects stored in the subject information storage unit based on the determined attributes to calculate similarity between a subject according to the selected feature quantities, and the detected subject, based on the selected feature quantities and the extracted feature quantity. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054554 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE ANALYSIS OF DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING DATA - A system and method for analyzing three-dimensional image data are disclosed herein. The system includes a processor configured to generate an overview image of at least a portion of a patient. The processor is configured to generate a cross-sectional image including a cross-sectional view of the overview image. The processor is also configured to generate a statistical image showing a parameter value relating to the portion of the patient shown in the overview image. The system also includes a visual output device connected to the processor. The visual output device is configured to display the overview image, the cross-sectional image, and the statistical image generally simultaneously. Also, the overview image, the cross-sectional image, and the statistical image are interconnected such that an update, change, or input applied to any one of the images results in an update to one or more of the other images. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054567 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTIVE CT RECONSTRUCTION - A method and an apparatus for interactive image reconstruction, in particular in computed tomography are disclosed. The method for interactive image reconstruction by calculating tomographic slice images from X-ray projection data is distinguished by the fact that only those grayscale images which the user wants visualized at a given time are calculated with the aid of a computer. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054578 | Method and apparatus for interactive visualization and distribution of very large image data sets - The present invention discloses a system for real-time visualization and distribution of very large image data sets using on-demand loading and dynamic view prediction. A robust image representation scheme is used for efficient adaptive rendering and a perspective view generation module is used to extend the applicability of the system to panoramic images. The effectiveness of the system is demonstrated by applying it both to imagery that does not require perspective correction and to very large panoramic data sets requiring perspective view generation. The system permits smooth, real-time interactive navigation of very large panoramic and non-panoramic image data sets on average personal computers without the use of specialized hardware. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054587 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an attribute information generation unit configured to generate attribute information about each pixel of input image data, a division unit configured to divide the input image data into a plurality of blocks of a predetermined size, a generation unit configured to generate a histogram of a color and a pixel existing in a focused block divided by the division unit, a color replacement unit configured to execute color replacement processing on each area defined by the histogram generated by the generation unit, a gradation presence determination unit configured to determine whether gradation exists, and a block integration unit configured, if it is determined that gradation exists, to integrate a focused area and an adjacent area to generate continuous gradation in the focused area and the adjacent area. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054590 | Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method, and Program - An information processing apparatus includes: a first generating unit which generates, based on feature points detected on a cepstrum from an input image, a point-spread function that represents the degree of blurring generated in the input image; a second generating unit which generates a structure that represents an image obtained by reducing the input image with a size based on the point-spread function and enlarging this with the size, based on the point-spread function; and an updating unit which executes an updating process to update at least either the point-spread function or the structure such that the point-spread function and the structure approximate to a true value, with the updating unit repeatedly executing the updating process to set, of a structure component and a texture component making up the updated structure, the structure component as a new updated structure, and set the updated point-spread function as a new updated target. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054650 | RADIAL ROLLER BEARING, IN PARTICULAR FOR STORING SHAFTS IN WIND TURBINE TRANSMISSIONS - A radial roller bearing for storing shafts in wind turbine transmissions, which has an external bearing ring with an inner runway, an internal bearing ring arranged coaxial thereto provided with an external runway, and a plurality of roller bodies that displace on the runways between the bearing rings held at regular intervals by a bearing cage. To prevent slip, the roller bodies are replaced by hollow rollers that have a greater diameter and a smaller elasticity module than the roller bodies ensuring, when the radial roller bearing is in the load-free state, permanent contact with the bearing rings, a permanent drive of the bearing cage and that the roller bodies have kinematic rotation. The hollow rollers have a higher bending strength, and their internal cover surface has a maximum surface roughness of Rz≦25 μm preventing localized peaks of tension, without any disaggregation in the axial direction. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054652 | SILICON NITRIDE SINTERED COMPACT AND SLIDING MEMBER USING THE SAME - A silicon nitride sintered compact contains silicon nitride grains, and a sintering aid component in a range of 2 to 15 mass %. The silicon nitride grains include needle crystal grains each having a long diameter L of 10 μm or less and a ratio (L/S) of the long diameter L to a short diameter S of 5 or more, by 50% or more in area ratio in a crystalline structure of the silicon nitride sintered compact. The silicon nitride sintered compact is used as a sliding member like a bearing ball ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054655 | Dynamic Reconfigurable Optical Interconnect System - An optical interconnect system includes an integrated circuit, at least one optical modulator, and a slab waveguide. The optical modulator is coupled to the integrated circuit and receives an input light beam from a light source and data from a source device and generates a modulated output light beam. The slab waveguide is coupled to the optical modulator and includes at least one input waveguide microlens, a plurality of output waveguide microlenses, and at least one deflector prism. The input waveguide microlens focuses the modulated output light beam from the modulator into a collimated light beam. The deflector prism is coupled to the integrated circuit, receives the collimated light beam from the input waveguide microlens, and deflects the collimated light beam toward one of the output waveguide microlenses according to an input voltage. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054669 | FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR - A connector for fiber optic cable comprising a one-piece body having a plurality of holes in a first end dimensioned to receive an optical fiber and reinforcing members. The connector comes preassembled with a ferrule connector at the opposing end. The first end has a slot therein dividing the first end and holes into two halves. A crimp sleeve is crimped to the connector body, compressing the first end of the connector body and thereby gripping the reinforcing members. Reinforcing fibers are crimped between the connector body and crimping sleeve. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054672 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE, CONNECTING PART, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE - A connection member ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054674 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLIES - Provided are optical assemblies which allow for optical and mechanical connection between an optical bench and an optical fiber connector. The invention finds particular applicability in the optoelectronics industry in forming micro-optical components. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054702 | Information processing device, information processing method, and program - An information processing device performing a process of correcting a difference in time information between section boundaries of contents data of recording contents and section boundaries of independently acquired metadata of the recording contents is disclosed, which includes: difference calculating means for calculating a time difference candidate, which is a candidate for time correction, as a correction time for matching a predetermined section boundary of the metadata with that of the contents data; evaluation value calculating means for calculating an evaluation value indicating a degree of match of the section boundaries of the contents data and the metadata; and correction means for correcting the difference in time information using the time difference candidate having a highest evaluation value among the evaluation values calculated for the time difference candidates of all combinations of the section boundaries of the metadata and the contents data, as the correction time of the time information. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054710 | MOVING IMAGE CODING METHOD, MOVING IMAGE CODING DEVICE, MOVING IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, MOVING IMAGE PLAYBACK METHOD, MOVING IMAGE PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND MOVING IMAGE PLAYBACK SYSTEM - A moving image coding method that can prevent playback discontinuity without an increase in processing load during playback is provided. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054741 | WAVELENGTH ROUTING SYSTEM - A wavelength routing system includes a plurality of nodes ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054776 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member and a charging roller rotatable in contact therewith. Before driving of the image bearing member starts, a bias having the same polarity as that of an image forming bias is applied between the charging roller and the image bearing member. The time of application of the bias varies with the accumulated time of rotation of the image bearing member or the time of making the driving of the image bearing member inactive. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054804 | CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a developer carrying member for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an image bearing member, and an electroconductive developer layer thickness regulating member for regulating a layer thickness of a developer deposited on the developer carrying member. A part of the developer layer thickness regulating member is directly contactable to the main assembly electrical contact. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054806 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus forming an image on a recording material includes an image bearing member; a rotary rotatably provided in a main assembly of the apparatus; a locking member; and a developing cartridge detachably mounted to the rotary, wherein the developing cartridge includes a developer carrying member for developing a latent image formed on the image bearing member, a demountably mounted covering member for covering a surface of the developer carrying member, and an engaging portion which is movable between a first position in which it is projected beyond an outer surface of the covering member to engage with the main assembly locking member when the rotary is rotated in a forward direction which is a direction of rotation during image formation, and a second position in which it is retracted from the outer surface of the covering member. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054823 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE, ROTATIONAL FORCE TRANSMITTING PART AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device is usable with an electrophotographic image forming apparatus including a shaft and a rotary unit mounting the device. When mounted, the device is movable perpendicular to a shaft axial direction in response to movement of the rotary unit and the shaft is not movable in that direction. The device includes a developing roller that contacts and separates from a drum in response to movement of the rotary unit, and a coupler transmitting a rotating force to the roller. The coupler includes a portion engaging the shaft to receive a rotating force and a portion transmitting the received rotating force to the roller. The coupler takes a first position for transmitting the rotational force to the roller, a position before the coupler engages the shaft and is inclined away from the first position, and a position for the disengagement of the coupler and the shaft. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054848 | INK COMPOSITION FOR WRITING INSTRUMENT AND WRITING INSTRUMENT - The ink composition for a writing instrument according to the invention has an aqueous component containing water, a thixotropic agent, a polyhydric alcohol and a pigment, dispersed in an oil component having dyes and non-dye components, wherein the IOB value for all of the dyes in the oil component is no greater than 0.9. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054850 | LEVER FOR A RING BINDER MECHANISM - A ring mechanism for retaining loose-leaf pages includes a housing and ring members for holding loose-leaf pages that are moveable relative to the housing between an open and closed position. An actuation system moves the ring members and includes hinge plates pivotally mounted on the housing and an actuator actuating pivoting movement of the hinge plates. A travel bar of the actuation system is moveable by the actuator between a locked position blocking pivoting movement of the hinge plates and an unlocked position allowing pivoting movement of the hinge plates. The actuation system is adapted to deform while moving the travel bar from the locked position toward the unlocked position to delay the pivoting motion of the hinge plates from the movement of the actuator. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054877 | STRINGER CRAWLER - A self-contained crawler assembly is engageable to a stringer and is adapted to position a drill bushing along the stringer for performing machining operations. The crawler assembly includes a longitudinal slider, a lateral slider and a controller for regulating operation of the longitudinal and lateral sliders for positioning the drill bushing at a hole location. In a further embodiment, the crawler assembly may include a longitudinal friction drive which is directly engageable to the stringer and which is operative to move in a direction parallel to the stringer. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054901 | Wafer alignment platform - A wafer alignment platform serves to align a wafer so as to make the wafer be carried by a vacuum device that is vertically movable and revolvable. A laser detecting device detects a positioning mark on the wafer and aligns the positioning mark to a directional mark so as to automatically perform center alignment and orientation of the wafer. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054907 | UNIVERSAL VEHICLE - A transport vehicle is provided including a structure adapted for receiving and holding a component carrier and a lifting mechanism adapted for lifting the component carrier received by the chassis. Further, a component carrier is provided, which is adapted for carrying loads. The component carrier includes a lifting portion for a transport vehicle and a support portion having a support surface adapted for supporting the load to be carried. Moreover, a system is provided including at least one transport module having a receiver portion adapted for receiving a support module, the transport module comprising a raising mechanism adapted for raising the support module and at least one support module adapted to fit in the receiver portion of the transport module and adapted to support loads to be transported. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054958 | OIL-FREE AIR COMPRESSOR SYSTEM WITH INLET THROTTLE - The present air compressor system includes at least one piston stage connected to the air inlet of the compressor by an inlet valve and connected to the compressed air outlet of the compressor by an outlet valve; a motor driving the piston stage; and an adjustable throttle connected between the air inlet and the inlet valve. A controller controls the motor and the throttle to substantially close the throttle to unload the piston stage when necessary. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054959 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRIVING A PUMPJACK - Systems and methods for providing a pump driving unit for driving an above ground pump. The pump driving unit utilizes a single prime mover and a drive train for actuating multiple components required to drive the above ground pump. Some implementations of the pump driving unit include phase separation devices, filtering units, and cooling units that may also be actuated by the drive train of the unit. Some implementations of the pump driving unit further include an enclosure and a platform for containing the unit and simplifying on-site installation. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054991 | LUMINOMETER AND METHODS OF OPERATION - The present invention is directed to a luminometer and methods which provides simple and effective measurement of a plurality of wells in a plurality of strips in an automatic fashion. The luminometer may be used in CLIA (Chemi Luminescent Immuno Assays). The luminometer allows for CLIA micro strip reading, and reads break-apart wells, with a plurality of wells per strip, and calculates results instantly and automatically. The luminometer has an automatic carrier positioning system which selectively positions the plurality of wells in the plurality of strips at a measuring position, wherein the drive system associated with the positioning system drives the carrier along a single axis of movement. An optical track system automatically provides Y axis movement of the carrier. The luminometer may have a calibration system for maintaining proper operation of the system in measurements therewith. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054996 | MICROCHIP FOR PROTEIN FIXATION - Disclosed is a microchip for protein fixation, which fixes a specific protein, such as albumin, immunoglobulin, transferrin, or keratin, to beads so as to detect a micro amount of proteins during a micro analysis process, such as Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS) or Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time Of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF/MS). The microchip for protein fixation reduces the amount of a sample, shortens a reaction time, heightens the reliability in results, and simplifies a working process. For this reason, the beads provided with an antibody attached thereto are contained in a chamber of the microchip having a stratified structure using an organic polymer, i.e., dimethylsiloxane (PDMS), the pressure of a micro amount of a sample passing through the chamber is uniformly distributed onto all the beads, and the micro amount of the sample passes through the beads having a large surface area and is smoothly discharged to the outside at the optimum speed so as to effectively fix the specific protein. Thus, the microchip for protein fixation optimizes the speed of the sample passing through the microchip, and increases an efficiency of fixing the specific protein to the antibody due to the sufficient surface area of the fine-sized beads, thereby obtaining a rapid reaction result. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055018 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PYROGENE-FREE CALCIUM PHOSPHATE - The method relates to the production of essentially pyrogene-free calcium phosphate starting from one or more calcium phosphate educts having a Ca/P molar ratio in the range of 1.00 to 2.00 and being formed in a pre-determined shape which remains essentially the same during the following procedural steps: A) transforming said educt(s) at least partly to beta-tricalcium phosphate (α-TCP), alpha-tricalcium phosphate (α-TCP), tetracalciumphosphate.(TetCP) or a mixture thereof at a temperature above 600° C.; B) cooling down the material obtained in step A with said β-TCP, α-TCP, TetCP or a mixture thereof to below 600° C.; C) reacting the material obtained in step B with said β-TCP, α-TCP, TetCP or a mixture thereof with water in gas or liquid phase or in an aqueous Solution at a temperature above room temperature to obtain an end-product which is essentially pyrogene-free. The pyrogene-free calcium phosphate obtained as an end-product by the method according to the invention can be advantageously used as a bone fixation or bone replacement implant or as a surface layer for a bone fixation or bone replacement implant. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055026 | Process for and processor of natural gas and activated carbon together with blower - A method of and device for processing carbonacious material into gas and activated carbon together with blower. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055034 | Human Anti-Folate Receptor Alpha Antibodies and Antibody Fragments for the Radioimmunotherapy of Ovarian Carcinoma - Antibody or fragment thereof, which specifically binds to folate receptor-alpha (FRα), wherein said antibody or fragment thereof comprises a light chain whose variable region comprises at least one of the following amino acid sequences: | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055069 | HPV-18-BASED PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES - Compositions containing one or more early polypeptide(s) of human papillomavirus (HPV)-18 or a nucleic acid encoding one or more early polypeptide(s) of HPV-18 are useful for preventing or treating an infection or a pathological condition caused by at least one papillomavirus other than HPV-18; the subject compositions are of very special interest in immunotherapy, in particular for preventing or treating HPV persistent infections that might promote cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and ultimately cervical cancer. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055075 | METHODS OF TREATING ISCHEMIC SPASTITICY - The invention relates generally to methods of treating spasticity, rigidity, or muscular hyperactivity conditions by introducing a portion of an expanded population of neural stem cells into an area of a recipient spinal cord. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055076 | Mesenchymal stem cell-mediated autologous dendritic cells with increased immunosuppression - A method for preparing dendritic cells which have an enhanced potential to suppress immune responses, method for suppressing immune response by comprising administering them, dendritic cells carrying a potential to suppress immune responses, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the dendritic cells capable of inducing immunosuppressive responses. The present dendritic cells having an enhanced potential to suppress immune responses can be utilized for treating or preventing various diseases or disorders through the suppression of immune responses. In addition, the enhanced immunotolerance potential of the dendritic cells ensures the cells to be effectively used as an immunosuppressive agent. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055094 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMBINATIONS OF 1-CYCLOPROPYL-3- [3-(5-M0RPHOOLIN-4-YL-METHYL-1H-BENZOIMIDAZOL-2-YL)- LH-1-PYRAZOL-4-YL]- UREA - The invention provides combinations of an ancillary compound and a compound which is a salt of 1-cyclopropyl-3-[3-(5-morpholin-4-ylmethyl-1H-benzoimidazol-2-yl)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl]-urea selected from the lactate and citrate salts and mixtures thereof. Also provided are crystalline forms of the salts, methods for making the salts and their uses in treating cancers. The invention further provides combinations of an ancillary compound and a compound of the formula (I) as defined in PCT/GB2004/002824 (WO 2005/002552) or a compound of the formula (I′) | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055121 | BRACHYURY POLYPEPTIDES AND METHODS FOR USE - It is disclosed herein that Brachyury is expressed in human tumors, specifically in tumors of the small intestine, stomach, kidney, bladder, uterus, ovary, and testes, as well as in lung, colon and prostate carcinomas. Immunogenic Brachyury polypeptides are disclosed herein. These polypeptides can be used in diagnostic assays for Brachyury expression, as well as for inducing an immune response to Brachyury. Polynucleotides encoding the immunogenic Brachyury polypeptides, vectors including these polypeptides, host cells transformed with these vectors, and methods of using these polypeptides, polynucleotides, vectors, and host cells are provided. Methods of diagnosing a Brachyury-expressing cancer are also provided. Exemplary cancers include lung, colon, small intestine, stomach, kidney, bladder, uterus, ovary, and testes and prostate cancers. Methods of treating cancer are also disclosed. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055123 | VACCINE AGAINST BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS - This invention relates to proteins expressed by ABC system genes of | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055132 | NON-SPECIFIC DELAYED-TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY RESPONSE TO TREAT HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS INFECTION - A method is presented for treating herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection comprising: (a) locally administering a substance that induces a delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) response to a patient at a site of an HSV lesion to induce a DTH response at the site of the lesion during one or more outbreaks of the HSV infection. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055174 | CHEWABLE SOFTGEL CAPSULES - A chewable softgel capsule configured for encasing orally ingestible articles. The chewable soft capsule is provided with an outer shell composition which comprises at least one gelatin in a range of 20% to 60% of the total weight of the shell composition, at least one plasticizer in an amount selected to render flexible the outer shell composition, an anti-tacking agent in an amount selected to render the outer shell composition non-sticky, and water. In one embodiment the chewable soft capsule further comprises at least one starch in a range of 0.1% to 35% of the total weight of the shell composition. The chewable softgel capsule is suitable for encasing therein medicines, pharmaceutical compositions, nutraceuticals, vitamins, nutritional supplements, and the like. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055176 | Method of Treating Fibromyalgia or Associated Functional Symptoms of Fibromyalgia - The invention relates to a method of treating fibromyalgia or associated functional symptoms of fibromyalgia using a 1-acylpiperidine substance P antagonist, the 1-acylpiperidine substance P antagonist comprising a compound of formula | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055199 | SYNTHESIS OF NANOPARTICLES BY FUNGI - Systems and methods for synthesizing silver nanoparticles (SNPs) using | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055226 | HOT OR COLD RUNNER MANIFOLD - The invention relates to a manifold | 2010-03-04 |
