| 22nd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 18 |
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| 20110128038 | IMPEDANCE ADJUSTING DEVICE - An impedance adjusting device includes: a calibration node; a comparison unit configured to compare a reference voltage with a voltage of the calibration node; a counting unit configured to generate an impedance code according to a comparison result of the comparison unit; a reference impedance unit having an impedance value according to the impedance code and connected to the calibration node; a storage unit configured to store the comparison result of the comparison unit upon the generation of the impedance code being completed; an interface node; and a termination unit configured to terminate the interface node, the termination unit including a plurality of parallel resistors configured to be turned on/off according to the impedance code, and a parallel resistor configured to be turned on/off according to a value stored in the storage unit. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128039 | SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUIT - A semiconductor circuit includes a pad, a pad driver connected to the pad at an output terminal thereof and configured to calibrate a voltage of the pad in response to code signals, a comparison section configured to compare a reference voltage and the voltage of the pad and generate a comparison signal, and a code generation section configured to calibrate code values of the code signals in response to the comparison signal. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128040 | SIGNAL LINES WITH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL TERMINATION - Embodiments of a memory controller are described. This memory controller communicates signals to a memory device via a signal line, which can be a data signal line or a command/address signal line. Termination of the signal line is divided between an external impedance outside of the memory controller and an internal impedance within the memory controller. The memory controller does not activate the external impedance prior to communicating the signals and, therefore, does not deactivate the external impedance after communicating the signals. The internal impedance of the memory controller can be enabled or disabled in order to reduce interface power consumption. Moreover, the internal impedance may be implemented using a passive component, an active component or both. For example, the internal impedance may include either or both an on-die termination and at least one driver. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128041 | Integrated Circuit With Configurable On-Die Termination - Described are integrated-circuit die with differential receivers, the inputs of which are coupled to external signal pads. Termination legs coupled to the signal pads support multiple termination topologies. These termination legs can support adjustable impedances, capacitances, or both, which may be controlled using an integrated memory. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128042 | Universal IO Unit, Associated Apparatus and Method - A universal IO unit applied to a chip or an integrated circuit is provided. The universal IO unit includes a power pad and a plurality of signal pads for providing different functions. According to functional requirements of the universal IO unit, the pad power is selectively connected to an electric wire to couple to a predetermined voltage, and each of the signal pads is also selectively connected to a signal wire to transceive signals. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128043 | OUTPUT DRIVER - An output driver of a semiconductor device includes driving transistors and a body bias providing unit. The driving transistors are coupled in parallel and configured to drive an output terminal. The body bias providing unit is configured to supply the driving transistors with respective body biases of at least two levels. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128044 | TEST APPARATUS, TEST METHOD, AND PHASE SHIFTER - A test apparatus includes a recovered clock generating circuit generating a recovered clock having substantially the same phase as an output of a device under test (DUT), a data acquiring section acquiring a value of the output data at a timing indicated by a strobe signal based on the recovered clock, a comparator comparing the value acquired by the data acquiring section to a prescribed expected value, and a judging section judging pass/fail of the DUT based on a comparison result. The recovered clock generating circuit includes a phase comparator comparing the phase of the output data of the DUT to the phase of the recovered clock, a control signal generating section generating a control signal such that the phase of the recovered clock is synchronized with the phase of the output data, and a phase shifter continuously shifting the phase of the reference clock based on the control signal. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128045 | SYSTEM HAVING CORRECTION UNIT AND CORRECTING METHOD THEREOF - A system has a corrected unit, and a correction unit that performs binary search of a correction value with which an output of the corrected unit gets close to a reference value and feeds back the correction value to the corrected unit. The correction unit performs the additional comparison for comparing a first output of the corrected unit corresponding to a first correction value searched by the binary search and a second output, which is an output of the corrected unit corresponding to a second correction value that is adjacent to the first correction value and is an output that the voltage relationship to the reference value is opposite to the first output, and for selecting the first or second correction value corresponding to the first or second output closer to the reference value, and feeds back the selected correction value to the corrected unit. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128046 | Monitoring system - The invention relates to a monitoring system, having an output module for generating a control signal in response to an input signal, a monitoring module for generating the input signal for the output module, an output device for outputting an output signal in response to the control signal, and a feedthrough device for preventing outputting of the output signal. According to the invention, the monitoring module is designed to instruct the feedthrough device to prevent outputting of the output signal when there is a deviation between the control signal and a control signal which is expected on the basis of the input signal. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128047 | HALF-POWER BUFFER AMPLIFIER - A half-power buffer amplifier includes a buffer stage having a first-half buffer stage and a second-half buffer stage. An output of the first-half buffer stage is controllably fed back to a rail-to-rail differential amplifier, and an output of the second-half buffer stage is controllably fed back to the rail-to-rail differential amplifier. A switch network controls the connection between the outputs of the buffer stage and an output node of the half-power buffer amplifier in a manner such that a same pixel, with respect to different frames, of a display panel is driven by the same rail-to-rail differential amplifier. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128048 | VOLTAGE CONTROLLED CURRENT DRIVER POWERED BY NEGATIVE VOLTAGE RAIL - A method and current drive circuit is provided that accepts a positive voltage input signal and supplies power to a load from a negative voltage rail. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128049 | WRITE DRIVING DEVICE - A write driving device includes a buffer unit, a duration signal generation unit, and a data input clock pulse generation unit. The buffer unit is configured to generate an alignment signal in response to a transition timing of a data strobe signal. The duration signal generation unit is configured to generate a duration signal which is enabled during a predetermined duration in response to a write command. The data input clock pulse generation unit is configured to generate a data input clock pulse for transferring data to a global line in response to the alignment signal within an enable duration of the duration signal. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128050 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REDUCING HARMFUL EFFECTS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION - The present invention relates to a device and a method for educing harmful effects to people of a first alternating electromagnetic field that is characterised by a first frequency. According to the invention, the device comprises extraction means for extracting electric power from the first alternating electromagnetic field and transmission means for transmitting a second alternating electromagnetic field that is characterised by a second frequency. During operation, the transmission means are supplied with the electric power extracted by the extraction means, and the first and the second frequency are different. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128051 | Programmable Clock Divider - In one or more embodiments, a programmable clock divider (PCD) can receive an input clock signal and a programmable number, and the PCD can produce a divided clock signal based on the programmable number. First and second circuits can compare first and second numbers, respectively, with a count value from a counter to generate first and second signals, respectively. A multiplexer can receive the first and second signals at inputs and can receive the clock signal at a selection input. The multiplexer can output an output signal, as a divided clock signal, based on the clock signal, the first signal, and the second signal, where the output signal transitions from a first value to a second value on at least one of a first edge of the first clock signal to output the first signal and a second edge of the first clock signal to output the second signal. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128052 | CLOCK HAND-OFF CIRCUIT - A second latch latches the output data of a first latch using a third clock having the same frequency as that of a first clock. A third latch latches the output data of the second latch using a second clock having a frequency N (N represents an integer) times that of the first clock and the third clock. The second clock and the third clock have a frequency division/multiplication relation therebetween. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128053 | POWER-ON RESET SIGNAL GENERATION CIRCUIT OF SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY APPARATUS - A power-on reset signal generation circuit of a semiconductor memory apparatus includes an external voltage level detector configured to detect an external voltage and generate an external voltage detection signal; a band gap voltage generation unit configured to generate a band gap voltage in response to the external voltage detection signal; a level detection voltage dividing unit configured to divide the external voltage depending upon a level of the band gap voltage and generate a division voltage; and a power-on reset signal generation unit configured to compare the level of the band gap voltage with a level of the division voltage and generate a power-on reset signal. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128054 | PHASE LOCK LOOP WITH TRACKING FILTER FOR SYNCHRONIZING AN ELECTRIC GRID - Methods and systems for synchronizing an electric grid having unbalanced voltages are provided. Voltage vectors may be synchronized in a phase-locked-loop configured to maintain synchronous operation of the grid even when the voltages are unbalanced. For example, a phase-locked-loop may be coupled to one or more tracking filters designed to estimate a disturbance in an error signal of the voltages. The estimated disturbance(s) may be removed from the error signal before the phase lock loop determines an estimate of the grid frequency. Thus, adverse affects of voltage unbalance, such as abnormal current behavior, may be mitigated. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128055 | DLL FOR PERIOD JITTER MEASUREMENT | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128056 | DELAY-LOCKED LOOP CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A delay-locked loop (DDL) circuit and a semiconductor device including the same are provided. The DDL circuit includes: a control voltage generator for generating a control voltage corresponding to a delay difference between an input clock and a plurality of comparison clocks by comparing the input clock with the plurality of comparison clocks that are sequentially generated and have different delays; a pulse width adjuster for adjusting a pulse width of the input clock according to a delay difference between the input clock and an arbitrary comparison clock of the comparison clocks and for generating a pulse-width-adjusted input clock as an adjusted input clock; and a delay unit for delaying the adjusted input clock in response to the control voltage and for outputting the delayed adjusted input clock as the comparison clocks and output clocks. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128057 | Delay Locked Loop and Associated Method - A delay locked loop includes a pulse generator, a delay unit, a phase detector and a control unit. The pulse generator generates a pulse signal and a determination signal according to an input clock signal. The delay unit delays the pulse signal according to a digital control signal to generate a delayed pulse signal. The phase detector detects a time delay of the delayed pulse signal according to the determination signal to generate a detection result. The control unit generates a digital control signal according to the detection result to control the delayed pulse signal by a delay amount. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128058 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - A signal processing device includes: a wiring unit including a plurality of signal input terminals, wirings extending from the signal input terminals, and a wiring concentration section on which the wirings are concentrated; a plurality of electronic circuit units, each including a device that outputs a signal, an output control section that controls a timing at which the device outputs the signal, and a signal output terminal coupled to the signal input terminal; and a control unit that supplies a reference timing signal to the plurality of electronic circuit units, wherein each of the output control section controls a timing at which the signal is output based on the reference timing signal and phase difference information indicative of a phase difference between the signal and the reference timing signal. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128059 | DUTY CORRECTION CIRCUIT - A duty correction circuit is presented for use in compensating for a duty rate error brought about when a malfunction of a clock signal generator or a failure of a signal transmission line occurs. The duty correction circuit is configured to select one of differential signals as an input signal according to a duty rate. The duty correction circuit is also configured to combine the input signal and a signal obtained by delaying the input signal by a delay time adjusted in accordance to the duty rate. The duty correction circuit is also configured to generate the combined signal as a duty correction signal. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128060 | DELAY ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND DELAY ADJUSTMENT METHOD - Provided is a delay adjustment device for adjusting delay of a strobe signal, which specifies when to read a data signal on a data line, with respect to the data signal in order to perform data transfer with an external memory. A testing unit | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128061 | Phase Generating Apparatus and Method Thereof - A phase generating apparatus generates an output clock having a desired phase according to a digital signal. The apparatus includes a phase selecting unit and a phase generating unit. The phase selecting unit selects one of a plurality of input clocks according to a portion of bits of the digital signal to generate a reference clock. Each of the input clocks respectively has a difference phase. The phase selecting unit divides the frequency of the reference clock, and selectively delays the frequency-divided reference clock according to another portion of bits of the digital signal to generate the output clock. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128062 | Low-Noise Fine-Frequency Tuning - Circuits, methods, apparatus, and code that provide low-noise and high-resolution electronic circuit tuning. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention adjusts a capacitance value by pulse-width modulating a control voltage for a switch in series with a capacitor. The pulse-width-modulated control signal can be adjusted using entry values found in a lookup table, by using analog or digital control signals, or by using other appropriate methods. The capacitance value tunes a frequency response or characteristic of an electronic circuit. The response can be made to be insensitive to conditions such as temperature, power supply voltage, or processing. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128063 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor integrated circuit includes first and second level shift circuits. The first level shifter includes a plurality of transistors and is connected to a power source voltage supply node of a first power source system and to which a first signal of a second power source system and a level inversion signal of the first signal are input. The second level shifter includes a plurality of transistors and is connected to the power source voltage supply node of the first power source system and to which the level inversion signal of the first signal of the second power source system and an output signal of the first level shifter are input. The first and second level shifters have substantially the same circuit configuration and driving abilities of corresponding ones of the transistors in the first and second level shifters are substantially set equal. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128064 | MONITORING OF POWER SWITCHING MODULES - A method of monitoring an electrical power switching module of an underwater installation, the power switching module being operable to switch AC power in use, comprises the steps of: | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128065 | LOAD DRIVING APPARATUS - Semiconductor relays switch power supplied from a power source to drive loads, and further detect current values of electric currents flowing through the loads. A control section intermittently turns ON the semiconductor relays via driving circuits, thereby limiting electric power consumption of the loads. Further, the control section calculates, based on the current values detected by the semiconductor relays, load electric power consumption of the loads, and estimated electric power consumption of the loads when the semiconductor relays are continuously ON, and allows a display section to display, as a value indicative of an energy-saving effect, an electric power amount difference i.e. a saved electric energy that is based on an electric power difference obtained by subtracting the load electric power consumption from the estimated electric power consumption. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128066 | MOTOR DRIVING APPARATUS - If a power supply is provided to a circuit necessary to control a switch for switching a path after wakeup, or if a buckle switch is switched while a microcomputer is asleep, an electrical current necessary for reliable operation of the buckle switch cannot be supplied during sleep, so that the buckle switch will not operate normally. This creates the possibility that wakeup cannot be performed. To permit the electrical current necessary for reliable operation of the buckle switch to be secured if the buckle switch is switched while the microcomputer is asleep, an FET capable of being kept ON or OFF by a power supply acting during sleep, a resistor connected with the FET, and a resistor of large resistance for blocking excessive dark current if the buckle switch is connected are arranged in parallel. The combined resistance of the parallel combination of these elements is used as a pull-up resistance at the input of a control unit. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128067 | TRIMMING OF OPERATIVE PARAMETERS IN ELECTRONIC DEVICES BASED ON CORRECTIONS MAPPINGS - An embodiment of an electronic device having a plurality of operative parameters is provided. The electronic device includes means for applying a plurality of trimming actions to each parameter for causing a corresponding correction of the parameter, for at least one reference parameter, means for measuring the reference parameter responsive to the application of at least part of the trimming actions to select one of the trimming actions providing a target value of the reference parameter, and means for forcing the application of the selected trimming action for the reference parameter. For each non-reference parameter different from the at least one reference parameter, the electronic device includes means for selecting one of the trimming actions for the non-reference parameter corresponding to the selected trimming action for the at least one reference parameter according to a predetermined mapping of each group of multiple corrections of the at least one reference parameter on a single correction of the non-reference parameter, and means for forcing the application of the selected trimming action for each non-reference parameter. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128068 | FUSE CIRCUIT AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A fuse circuit includes a control signal generation unit configured to generate a control signal that is enabled after a moment when a power-up signal is enabled, a potential control unit configured to control potentials of both ends of a fuse in response to the control signal, and a fuse output unit configured to be initialized in response to the power-up signal and output a fuse signal in response to whether the fuse is cut or not. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128069 | METHOD OF AND STRUCTURE FOR RECOVERING GAIN IN A BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR - A method of recovering gain in a bipolar transistor includes: providing a bipolar transistor including an emitter, a collector, and a base disposed between junctions at the emitter and the collector; reverse biasing the junction disposed between the emitter and the base with an operational voltage and for an operational time period, so that a current gain β of the transistor is degraded; idling the transistor, and generating a repair current I | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128070 | CHARGE PUMP STAGE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CHARGE PUMP STAGE AND MEMORY HAVING A CHARGE PUMP STAGE - A charge pump having a supply terminal, for receiving a supply voltage, and an output terminal, for supplying an output voltage. The charge pump has a control block including a comparator having a first comparison input, for receiving the supply voltage, a second comparison input, for receiving the output voltage, and a comparison output, for generating a pump-switch-off signal depending upon a comparison between the input voltage and the output voltage; and a switch controlled in switching off by the pump-switch-off signal and configured for switching off the charge pump circuit. The control block has an activation input for receiving an activation signal that has a plurality of pulses and repeatedly activates the comparator-circuit block. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128071 | FILTER AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING CHARACTERISTIC FREQUENCY OF FILTER, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A filter automatic adjustment circuit is provided for adjusting a characteristic frequency of a main filter whose characteristic frequency is adjustable with a reference signal frequency served as a target frequency. A reference filter has modes selectively changed over, and filters an inputted reference signal. A phase difference detector detects a phase difference between an input signal inputted to the reference filter and an output signal from the reference filter, and outputs a signal having a duty ratio corresponding to a phase difference caused by the reference filter. A counter counts a duty ratio corresponding to the phase difference caused by the reference filter based on the output signal from the phase difference detector and the reference signal, and outputs a signal representing a counted duty ratio. A decoder decodes the output signal from the counter into a control signal for variation correction on the main filter. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128072 | REPAIR CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A repair circuit of a semiconductor apparatus includes a transmission control unit configured to generate first through n | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128073 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor integrated circuit includes first to six transistors and a constant current source circuit. The first and second transistors form a current mirror circuit connected to a first power source node. The third and fourth transistors form a differential pair circuit. The third and fourth transistors receive first and second external signals at their gates, respectively. The constant current source circuit has one end connected to source terminals of the third and fourth transistors, and the other end connected to a second power source node. The fifth and sixth transistors form a current pathway between a common gate node of the first and second transistors and the constant current source circuit. The gate of fifth transistor is connected to a signal output node. The gate of sixth transistor receives a signal of logic opposite to a signal to be obtained at the signal output node. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128074 | PRIMITIVE CELL AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A primitive cell according to the present invention includes: an internal circuit; a power supply wire that applies a power supply voltage to the internal circuit; and a ground wire that applies a ground voltage to the internal circuit, in which the power supply wire and the ground wire are arranged so as to be localized in one side of outer peripheral sides of the cell. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128075 | AUDIO AMPLIFIER AND METHOD FOR RECOGNITION AN AUDIO AMPLIFIER - Audio amplifiers are used in many known forms in music systems, for example for domestic use or for playing music in cinemas, discos etc., but also in public address systems, as are known, for example, in public buildings, schools, universities etc. for making announcements. The invention proposes an audio amplifier ( | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128076 | Managing Power Supply Transients - In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a voltage regulator, an amplifier, and control logic. The regulator may receive a supply voltage and output a regulated voltage to an intermediate node. In turn, the amplifier is to be powered by the regulated voltage, while the control logic is coupled to the voltage regulator to cause a change in the regulated voltage to a safe voltage before one or more gain stages of the amplifier is to be coupled to or decoupled from an output signal path. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128077 | DIFFERENTIALLY COMPENSATED AMPLIFIER - The invention is directed to an amplifier including an absolute value circuit. The absolute value circuit may be driven by differential potentials and may include a first pair of transistors modulating a tail current of the amplifier when a differential input voltage goes high, and a second pair of transistors modulating the tail current of the amplifier when a differential input voltage goes low. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128078 | System and Method of Prebias for Rapid Power Amplifier Response Correction - A system and method are provided for reducing dynamic EVM of an integrated circuit power amplifier (PA) used for RF communication. In a multistage PA, the largest amplification stage is biased with a high amplitude current pulse upon receipt of a Tx enable, before receipt of the RF signal data burst. The high amplitude current pulse causes a large portion of the total ICQ budget of the multistage PA to pass through the largest amplification stage causing the entire integrated circuit to rapidly approach steady-state operating conditions. A smoothing bias current is applied to the largest amplification stage after the pulse decays to compensate for transient bias current levels while standard bias circuitry is still approaching steady-state temperature. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128079 | MULTI-BAND POWER AMPLIFIER WITH HIGH-FREQUENCY TRANSFORMER - A multi-band power amplifier in a wireless communication system includes: a plurality of matching circuits connected in parallel to an output stage of the power amplifier and corresponding to a plurality of different operation frequencies, respectively; and a plurality of high-frequency amplifiers connected to the plurality of matching circuits, respectively. The plurality of high-frequency amplifiers are selectively operated depending on the operation frequencies. Each of the high-frequency amplifiers may include a plurality of stages. Each of the matching circuits may include a high-frequency transformer. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128080 | VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR (VCO) CIRCUIT WITH INTEGRATED COMPENSATION OF THERMALLY CAUSED FREQUENCY DRIFT - A voltage controlled oscillator circuit comprises a VCO resonator circuit having a first plurality of varactors for varying a frequency of the VCO resonator circuit the VCO resonator circuit being symmetrical with respect to VCO circuit ground and providing a signal having a frequency, the frequency depending on a tuning voltage applied to the first plurality of varactors, and a second plurality of varactors for compensating a drift of the frequency depending on a compensation voltage, a temperature sensor circuit sensing an ambient temperature of the VCO resonator circuit and providing a temperature dependent signal, and a temperature compensation circuit providing the compensation voltage depending on the temperature dependent signal. Furthermore, a phase locked loop (PLL) circuit, an automotive radar device and a method for compensating a frequency drift of a VCO resonator circuit are presented. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128081 | RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION SYSTEM WITH RING OSCILLATORS - A random number generation system comprising one or more ring oscillators configured to generate entropy due to accumulated phase drift. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128082 | ATOMIC OSCILLATOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - An atomic oscillator includes: a light-receiving element including a light-receiving section; a cell layer that is laminated on the light-receiving element and includes a cavity having an opening above the light-receiving section; gaseous alkali metal atoms sealed in the cavity; a transparent member to close the opening; and a light-emitting element to emit resonance light to the light-receiving section through the transparent member and the alkali metal atoms. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128083 | MICROELECTROMECHANICAL RESONANT STRUCTURE HAVING IMPROVED ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS - The present disclosure is directed to a MEMS resonant structure, provided with a substrate of semiconductor material; a mobile mass suspended above the substrate and anchored to the substrate by constraint elements to be free to oscillate at a resonance frequency; and a fixed-electrode structure capacitively coupled to the mobile mass to form a capacitor with a capacitance that varies as a function of the oscillation of the mobile mass; the fixed-electrode structure arranged on a top surface of the substrate, and the constraint elements being configured in such a way that the mobile mass oscillates, in use, in a vertical direction, transverse to the top surface of the substrate, keeping substantially parallel to the top surface. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128084 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INDUCTORS WITH INTEGRATED PASSIVE AND ACTIVE ELEMENTS - An integrated circuit is described. The integrated circuit includes an inductor that has a large empty area in the center of the inductor. The integrated circuit also includes additional circuitry. The additional circuitry is located within the large empty area in the center of the inductor. The additional circuitry may include a capacitor bank, transistors, electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuitry and other miscellaneous passive or active circuits. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128085 | Analog-to-Digital Converter in a Motor Control Device - System and method for digitizing analog voltage signals. A first voltage signal may be received at a comparator. A ramp signal may be received at the comparator. The ramp signal may be generated by a ramp generator. An output signal may be generated by the comparator. The output signal may indicate whether the analog voltage signal or the ramp signal is greater. The output signal may be conveyed to logic circuitry by the comparator. Control information may be conveyed by the logic circuitry to the ramp generator. The ramp generator may generate the ramp signal based on the control information. The logic circuitry may determine a digital representation of the first voltage signal based on the output signal from the comparator and the control information. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128086 | CIRCUIT BOARD WITH DECREASED CROSSTALK - A circuit board includes a signal line plane and a reference plane. The signal line plane has at least a first transmission line and a second transmission line formed thereon. The reference plane has a conductive region and at least a non-conductive region. The first transmission line and the second transmission line overlap the conductive region in a thickness direction of the circuit board. The non-conductive region includes at least a first part and a second part connected to the first part, where the second part is positioned between the projection of the first transmission line on the reference plane and the projection of the second transmission line on the reference plane, and has no intersection with at least one of the projection of the first transmission line and the projection of the second transmission line. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128087 | Tuning A Programmable Power Line Filter - Tuning a programmable power line filter, the power line filter including a live line, a neutral line, and a ground line connected to input terminals of the filter on an input side of the filter, the live line and the neutral line connected through inductors in the filter to output terminals on an output side of the filter, X-capacitors selectably connected through tuning switches between the live line and the neutral line, Y-capacitors selectably connected through tuning switches between the live line and ground and/or between the neutral line and ground, and a tuning control circuit connected to the tuning switches and selectably connected through one or more programming switches to the load, including measuring by the tuning control circuit the input impedance of the load and programming by the tuning control circuit the tuning switches in dependence upon the input impedance of the load. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128088 | RF SWITCHABLE BALUN - A handheld communication device having an RF front end module has a switchable balun comprising a primary winding having a first two port winding and a second two port winding where a low noise amplifier is operatively coupled to the first and second two port windings and a power amplifier is operatively coupled to the first and second two port windings. A secondary winding is operatively coupled to an antenna, and a transceiver is operatively coupled to the low noise amplifier and the power amplifier. When the switchable balun is in a receive state, the antenna is operatively coupled to the transceiver through the low noise amplifier, and when the switchable balun is in a transmit state, the antenna is operatively coupled to the transceiver through the power amplifier. The ratio of the primary winding to the secondary winding is greater than a one-to-one ratio | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128089 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A signal transmission device | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128090 | STRIPLINE - A strip conductor is provided on a dielectric board, and a ground conductor facing the strip conductor in a thickness direction of the dielectric board is provided on a surface of the dielectric board. The ground conductor is provided with a plurality of holes penetrating therethrough along the thickness direction of the dielectric board. This structure accomplishes a microstrip line that can obtain consistent passing frequency characteristics. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128091 | COUPLER - The invention provides couplers that are thinner and smaller in size and still satisfy the required various properties of the couplers. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128092 | DUPLEXER WITH NEGATIVE PHASE SHIFTING CIRCUIT - A duplexer includes first and second acoustic filters and a phase shifter. The first acoustic filter is connected between an antenna and the transmitter, and has a first passband. The second acoustic filter is connected between the antenna and the receiver, and has a second passband. The phase shifter includes at least one series capacitor connected in series with the antenna and at least one shunt inductor connected between the at least one capacitor and ground. The phase shifter is connected between the antenna and the first filter when the first passband is higher than the second passband, and provides a negative phase shift of an output impedance of the first filter. The phase shifter is connected between the antenna and the second filter when the second passband is higher than the first passband, and provides a negative phase shift of an input impedance of the second filter. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128093 | VARIABLE FREQUENCY RESONATOR - A variable frequency resonator includes a series resonance circuit and a parallel resonance circuit. The series resonance circuit includes a first inductor, a first capacitor and a variable capacitance diode which are connected together in series. A reverse bias voltage is applied to the variable capacitance diode. A signal source is connected to the series resonance circuit. The parallel resonance circuit includes a second inductor and a second capacitor which are connected together in parallel. One terminal of the parallel resonance circuit is connected to a connection point between the first inductor and the first capacitor, and the other terminal of the parallel resonance circuit is connected to a connection point between the variable capacitor and the one terminal of the signal source. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128094 | Resonator and Periodic Structure - A resonator includes a resonating body and at least one periodic structure having one end connected to the resonating body. The periodic structure includes at least two basic structure units with duplicated configuration. The periodic structure blocks wave propagation caused by the vibration of the resonating body. The resonating body has a resonance frequency f | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128095 | RESONANT FILTER BASED ON AN N/MEMS MATRIX - A resonant filter including a matrix of n×m resonators of N/MEMS type, each resonator including an actuating mechanism and a detection mechanism. An input of the filter, configured to receive an electrical input signal, is electrically connected to the resonator actuating mechanism. The outputs of the resonator detecting mechanism are electrically connected together and to an output of the filter, such that the signal to be obtained as an output of the filter is an image of the sum of the mechanical responses of the resonators. The resonators are not mechanically coupled together. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128096 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING HAIRPIN FILTER, AND HAIRPIN FILTER - A system for modifying a hairpin filter is provided which includes a structure transformer to divide a hairpin filter into a plurality of filters and to arrange the plurality of filters in a bilaterally symmetrical pattern, and a coupling generator to generate a plurality of coupling lines, each of the plurality of coupling lines being between each of the filters. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128097 | DIELECTRIC RESONATOR IN RF FILTER AND ASSEMBLEY METHOD THEREFOR - A dielectric resonator in a radio frequency filter is provided, in which a dielectric resonance element is fixed at the center of a housing space formed by a cover and a housing, a guide groove is formed into a bottom of the housing, for allowing the dielectric resonance element to be inserted therein, a metal plate is interposed between the cover and the housing, and a dielectric fixing screw is engaged with the cover at a position corresponding to an upper end portion of the dielectric resonance element by screwing, for fixing the dielectric resonance element by pressing the upper end portion of the dielectric resonance element. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128098 | TERMINATION CIRCUIT, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The termination circuit includes first and second resistance circuits and is connected to a transmission line. The first resistance circuit is disposed on at least one of a pull-up side, which is between the transmission line and a power source, and a pull-down side, which is between the transmission line and ground, and has a negative property, by which an increase in an applied voltage decreases a resistance value of the first resistance circuit. The second resistance circuit is connected in parallel to the first resistance circuit. The second resistance circuit has a positive property, by which an increase in the applied voltage increases a resistance value of the second resistance circuit. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128099 | STRIPLINE HAVING PLATED THROUGH-CONTACTS - The invention relates to a stripe line for high-frequency signals, having a signal conductor ( | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128100 | HIGH-FREQUENCY WIRING BOARD AND HIGH-FREQUENCY MODULE THAT USES THE WIRING BOARD - The high-frequency wiring board of the present invention includes: first coplanar lines provided with a first signal line and a first planar ground pattern formed on the same wiring layer as the first signal line; second coplanar lines provided with a second signal line formed on a different wiring layer than the first signal line and a second planar ground pattern formed on the same wiring layer as the second signal line; and a first ground pattern formed on the same wiring layer as the first coplanar lines. The first coplanar lines and the second coplanar lines are connected. At least the first ground pattern and the first planar ground pattern are separated in a region following the second signal line from the connection of the first signal line and the second signal line. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128101 | Computing device power supply interrupter - This device, either applied as an aftermarket unit to an existing power supply source for a computing device, or as a single piece, factory created unit, will automatically stop all current draw from a power supply [port] when a computing device is disconnected at its charging connection at the port end without the need to be unplugged from a main power source. This one simple device will stop the waste of electricity and, therefore, stop the waste of precious natural resources. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128102 | MAGNETIC SWITCHING DEVICE - A magnetic switching device is provided with a first switching device which is provided with a movable magnet connected to a contact bridge, and with a second switching device which is provided with a magnet connected to a movable switch element. The magnets have the same polarity on the front faces facing each other. Positioned between the magnets is a separating plate made of ferromagnetic material, which is smaller than the front faces of the magnets which face each other. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128103 | ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATOR - An object is to provide an electromagnetic actuator that is highly resistant to corrosion and also capable of having high suction power, even in a condition where part of the electromagnetic actuator touches a corrosive liquid. An electromagnetic actuator | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128104 | LINEAR SOLENOID - A linear solenoid includes a biasing portion to bias a ring core onto a bottom of a cup-shape yoke in an axis direction. The ring core has an attachment portion to which the biasing portion is attached, and the attachment portion is located only on an outer circumference side of the ring core. The biasing portion shortens a dimension of the ring core in the axis direction only on the outer circumference side, and the biasing portion is located between the attachment portion of the ring core and a coil accommodation resin to accommodate a coil in the axis direction. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128105 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COIL, AND A COIL - A coil includes electrically conductive winding wire wound in turns around a core in one or more layers. The surface of the winding wire is provided with at least one groove in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the winding wire, and at least one cooling tube which enables coolant circulation is positioned in the groove of the winding wire, being at least partly embedded therein. The groove is formed on the surface of the winding wire of an outermost winding wire layer relative to the core and opens away from the core The cooling tube in the groove is placed around the outermost winding wire layer and covers the outermost winding wire layer at least partly. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128106 | Rare earth magnet having high strength and high electrical resistance - This rare earth magnet having high strength and high electrical resistance has a structure including an R—Fe—B-based rare earth magnet particles | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128107 | CHIP INDUCTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - To provide a chip inductor, which can make magnetic loss of the inductor element reduced, excellent in electrical property such as high Q etc., and high reliability, which is demanded for use in vehicles. The chip inductor comprises a ferrite core ( | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128108 | TRANSFORMER - A transformer may include a semiconductor layer coil, a trench coil connected with the semiconductor layer coil in parallel, and a metal layer coil opposing both of the semiconductor layer coil and the trench coil. The semiconductor layer coil and the trench coil may be insulated from the metal layer coil by an insulating layer. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128109 | Laminate Device and Module Comprising Same - The laminate device of the present invention comprises magnetic layers and coil patterns alternately laminated, the coil patterns being connected in a lamination direction to form a coil, and pluralities of magnetic gap layers being disposed in regions in contact with the coil patterns. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128110 | ARRANGEMENT OF A COIL PAIR IN A LOCAL MEASUREMENT AREA - A configuration of a pair of inductor coils within a local measuring range which can comprise a position range or an angle range. For the coil configuration, a nominal distance to a damping part is predefined which comprises an eddy current damping part which covers the coils, to a certain degree. In the evaluation circuit, the coils are connected to a capacitor, forming an oscillator part, whose inductance and capacitance determine a resonant frequency. The characteristic curve, oscillator frequency as a function of the position or the angle is linear. The rectangular inductors of the pair of coils overlap within the measuring range. The linear characteristic curves have a common point of rotation, outside of the measuring range, which is independent from interferences by the measuring configuration. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128111 | PLANAR, MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED COIL - The present invention provides a means to integrate planar coils on silicon, while providing a high inductance. This high inductance is achieved through a special back- and front sided shielding of a material. In many applications, high-value inductors are a necessity. In particular, this holds for applications in power management. In these applications, the inductors are at least 5 of the order of 1 μH, and must have an equivalent series resistance of less than 0.1 Ω. For this reason, those inductors are always bulky components, of a typical size of 2×2×1 mm 3, which make a fully integrated solution impossible. On the other hand, integrated inductors, which can monolithically be integrated, do exist. However, these inductors suffer either from low inductance values, or 10 very-high DC resistance values. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128112 | SWITCH STRUCTURES - A device, such as a switch structure, is provided. The switch structure can include a contact and a conductive element each respectively disposed on a substrate. The conductive element can be composed substantially of metallic material, and can be configured to be deformable between a first position, in which the conductive element is separated from the contact by a separation distance, and a second position, in which the conductive element contacts the contact and stores mechanical energy. The conductive element can be further configured such that, subsequent to being deformed into the second position at a temperature between about room temperature and about half of a melting temperature of the metallic material for a cumulative time of at least 10 | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128113 | STRAIN MEASURING DEVICE - A strain measuring device includes a bridge circuit comprising a p-type impurity diffused resistor as a strain detecting portion and a bridge circuit comprising an n-type impurity diffused resistor as a strain detecting portion in a semiconductor single crystalline substrate, Sheet resistance of the p-type impurity diffused resistor is 1.67 to 5 times higher than that of the n-type impurity diffused resistor. Furthermore, the impurity diffused resistor is configured to be a meander shape including strip lines and connecting portions. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128114 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch panel includes a first transparent electrode substrate, a second transparent electrode substrate, a first bonding layer, a first transparent substrate, and a second bonding layer. The first transparent electrode substrate includes a first wiring pattern, a first surface, a second surface, and a first path. The second transparent electrode substrate includes a second wiring pattern, a third surface, a fourth surface, and a second path. The second path causes the third surface and the fourth surface to communicate with each other. The first bonding layer includes a first peripheral area, an opening area, and a third path. The first bonding layer bonds the first transparent electrode substrate and the second transparent electrode substrate to each other. The first transparent substrate is opposed to the second surface. The second bonding layer includes a first opening portion. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128115 | Non-Inductive Resistor and the Manufacturing Method Thereof - A non-inductive resistor and a method of manufacturing a non-inductive resistor are disclosed. The non-inductive resistor comprises a resistance rod, a conductive layer, a clockwise cut mark, and a counterclockwise cut mark. The resistance rod comprises a first end and a second end, and a cutting center is established between the first end and the second end. The conductive layer is used for covering the resistance rod between the first end and the second end. The clockwise cut mark is situated on the conductive layer between the first end and the cutting center. The counterclockwise cut mark is situated on the conductive layer between the second end and the cutting center, wherein the clockwise cut mark and counterclockwise cut mark are used for counteracting an inductance effect of the non-inductive resistor. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128116 | Communication System - In a work machine, a communication system is provided, in which, when damage of disconnection or the like of a communication line occurs, desired communication is enabled without requiring manual replacement of the damaged communication line. The communication system is provided in a hydraulic excavator and comprises a vehicle body controller | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128117 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZATION IN VEHICLE NETWORK - For synchronization between the wireless communication device of a vehicle and a synchronization device installed on a road in a vehicle network, when the passage of a vehicle is detected, the synchronization device generates and transmits a beacon signal for synchronization. That is, a synchronization signal is transmitted to the wireless communication device of the vehicle only when the vehicle is detected by the synchronization device installed at predetermined intervals on the road. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128118 | AUTHORIZATION SYSTEM - An authorization control device for selectively enabling operation of a vehicle on which it is installed is described. The device employs vehicle identity logic for storing or reading a vehicle identifier for the vehicle on which the authorization control device is installed. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128119 | UNLOCKING A LOCKED USER DEVICE USING A COMPUTER GENERATED UNLOCK CODE PROVIDED BY A USER - According to one embodiment, a first unlock code is received | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128120 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AUTHENTICITY OF SUBSTANCES - One embodiment of the present invention includes a system for determining authenticity of substances. The system comprises a plurality of RF sensors distributed in a predefined location pattern relative to a location for placing a substance under analysis. Each of the RF sensors is configured to transmit a response to an interrogation signal with a unique identifier. The system also comprises an RF transmitter that transmits sequences of interrogation signals over different frequency bands at one or more power levels and an RF receiver that receives responses to the sequences of interrogation signals transmitted from the RF sensors. The system further comprises a response pattern analyzer that determines response patterns for the RF sensors to the interrogation sequences and transmits a difference indicator if at least one of the determined response patterns varies from a predetermined signature of an authentic substance. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128121 | REMOTE ACCESS PROCEDURE FOR ELECTRONIC LOCKS - There is provided an electronic lock and method for unlocking an electronic lock using an access code. In particular, the electronic lock of the present disclosure may be unlocked by an authorized user even if the access code is forgotten or lost. The electronic lock generates a random number, which a user may provide, after having been authenticated, to a remote location, where the random number is used to compute a temporary access code using a secret algorithm. This same secret algorithm is also present on the electronic lock, and therefore the electronic lock may recognize the temporary access code when entered by the user. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128122 | PAPER SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS - A paper sheet processing apparatus capable of preventing authentication accuracy from degrading even when a state change occurs due to attachment of water or the like. The paper sheet processing apparatus includes: a light receiving unit which receives transmitted and reflected lights from the paper sheet radiated by light emitting parts; a converter which converts the transmitted and reflected lights received by the light receiving part per pixel into data including color information having brightness; a RAM which stores transmitted and reflected light images received by the light receiving unit; an authenticity judgment processing part which determines the authenticity of the paper sheet based on the images stored in the RAM; and a determining part which excludes, based on a comparison result between brightness of the transmitted and reflected images in the predetermined area. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128123 | ELECTRONIC SHELF LABEL AND ELECTRONIC LABELLING SYSTEM - The invention relates to an electronic shelf label and an electronic labelling system including an electronic shelf label, the label comprising a display for displaying information related to a product, a receiver for receiving commands and/or data from a central unit, a control unit for controlling the display and the receiver, characterized in that a timer is provided for measuring the time passed since the last message was received from the central unit, a comparing unit is arranged for comparing the measured time to a predetermined threshold time, and a controller is adapted to initiate a predetermined action if the measured time exceeds the threshold time. The invention also relates to an electronic labelling system comprising such an electronic shelf label. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128124 | REAL TIME LOCATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CACHING LOCATION INFORMATION BASED ON FINGER PRINTING - Disclosed is a location tracking system and the method thereof for storing location information. The location tracking system includes at least one beacon apparatus arranged to transmit a beacon signal to a tag; a tag at any position respectively measuring a signal intensity of beacon signals received from surrounding at least one beacon apparatus, and transmitting a measured per-beacon signal intensity to a specific beacon apparatus; and a server arranged to determine if at least any one of signal intensities exceeds a set maximum value by analyzing a per-beacon signal intensity input from the specific beacon apparatus, and store a location-based signal intensity into a database by equally dividing a distance between corresponding beacon apparatuses and then distributing a measured signal intensity into a divided each position in mutiple cases the signal intensity exceeds a set maximum value. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128125 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND SYSTEM INCLUDING ANTENNA DEVICE - An antenna device performs communications with an identification tag by being connected to a reading device that reads identification information of the identification tag. The antenna device includes a first power feeding unit configured to receive power from the reading device; a resonator that is electromagnetically coupled to the first power feeding unit, the resonator having a predetermined bandwidth including a working frequency of the reading device; and a second power feeding unit that is electromagnetically coupled to the resonator, the second power feeding unit being terminated according to a predetermined resistance value. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128126 | ELECTRONIC SHELF LABEL, HANDHELD DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USE IN AN ELECTRONIC LABELLING SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to an electronic shelf label comprising a control unit and at least one memory unit holding information about a product associated with said label, said label comprising a receiver to receive from a handheld device a request for information about the product associated with the electronic shelf label, said control unit being arranged to process said request and select information stored in said at least one memory unit, and a transmitter to transmit said information to the handheld device in response to such request. The present disclosure also relates to a handheld device and a method for use in an electronic shelf label system. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128127 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING PEOPLE AND/OR VEHICLES IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS - System which comprises a plurality of devices for acquiring ( | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128128 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING RFID TAG READING - An apparatus and method for improving RFID tag reading. The apparatus includes a substrate element having a predetermined active area, and a plurality of resonant elements each having a resonant frequency, a quality factor, and a response band. The resonant elements are distributed within the predetermined active area of the substrate element for scattering interrogation electromagnetic waves radiated thereupon from the RFID reader. At least one resonant element has a null-direction thereof orientated in a direction that is substantially orthogonal to a line extending from a center of the resonant element to a center of an antenna of the RFID reader. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128129 | ASSET TRACKING SYSTEM INCLUDING A TAG CONTROLLER - A tag includes a processor, a radio frequency transmitter coupled to the processor, and a capacitively driven communication circuitry coupled to the processor. The processor is to energize the capacitively driven communication circuitry to receive a serial set of binary bits via the capacitively driven communication circuitry. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128130 | Group Proving Method and Radio Frequency Identification Reader and Tags using Thereof - A group proving method includes the following steps. First, a query command is broadcasted to radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, each of which responds the query command with tag identification data. Next, a first round parameter is generated and broadcasted according to the tag identification data, and each RFID tag responds the first round parameter with a first response parameter. Then, a second round parameter is generated and broadcasted according to the first response parameter, and each RFID tag determines whether the second round parameter is received in a predetermined period after the first round parameter was received and whether the first and second round parameters correspond to each other. If so, each RFID tag updates its tag key according to a random number parameter and outputs a second response parameter. Thereafter, group proving data are generated according to the above-mentioned data. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128131 | HEAD NODE SELECTION METHOD FOR CLUSTERING IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK AND WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK - The present invention relates to a wireless sensor network, and more particularly, to a head node selection method for clustering in a wireless sensor network and a wireless sensor network. The wireless sensor network for determining a head node that includes: a first node; and a second node wirelessly being in communication with the first node, wherein the first node broadcasts a final head node message which is a message indicating that the first node itself is a final head node to the second node if the residual energy of the first node is larger than the residual energy of the neighboring nodes. It is therefore possible to minimize clustering process time. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128132 | System and method for automatically producing haptic events from a digital audio signal - In an embodiment, a system and method for automatically converting a plurality of events in a plurality of channels in a structured representation sequence into haptic events. The method comprises calculating an event score for each event of the sequence in one or more channels. The method also comprises calculating a cumulative score based on the event scores in the one or more channels. The method includes selectively designating haptic events to the events based on the event scores in one or more selected channels, wherein the haptic events are output by a haptic actuator. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128133 | ACTUATING A TACTILE SENSATION IN RESPONSE TO A SENSED EVENT - Systems and methods for actuating a tactile stimulation in response to detecting a specific event associated with exposure to a particular environmental or physiological condition are described herein. A tactile stimulation device, according to one of several implementations, comprises a sensing layer, an actuating layer, and an adhesive layer. The sensing layer, which is sensitive to exposure to a particular condition, is configured to sense when a specific event associated with exposure to the particular condition occurs. The actuating layer is configured to provide a tactile stimulation to a human subject when the specific event occurs. The adhesive layer is configured to affix the sensing layer and actuating layer with respect to a surface portion of the skin of the human subject such that the human subject can sense the tactile stimulation provided by the actuating layer. The sensing layer, actuating layer, and adhesive layer can be bonded together to form a relatively flat structure. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128134 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING HAPTIC FUNCTION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for synchronizing a sound source and a vibration generated according to a user's touch input in order to implement a haptic function in a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a response processor for synchronizing a time when a vibration is generated and a time when a sound source is generated by regulating a time when a vibration request signal is generated. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128135 | HAPTIC INTERFACE WITH INCREASED BRAKING FORCE - A haptic interface including an element that interacts with a user; a rotation shaft with a longitudinal axis to which the user interaction element is fixed in rotation; a fluid interaction element, the fluid interaction element being fixed in rotation to the shaft, the fluid being of magneto-rheological type, a system generating magnetic field in the fluid; and a control unit capable of generating orders to magnetic field generation system so as to modify the magnetic field. The interaction element includes a cylindrical wall of revolution with a longitudinal axis, including through openings and/or patterns in relief. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128136 | ON-VEHICLE DEVICE AND RECOGNITION SUPPORT SYSTEM - There is provided an on-vehicle device including an image acquisition unit, a moving-object detector, a display unit, a switching unit, and a switching instruction unit. The image acquisition unit acquires an image obtained by imaging a peripheral image around a vehicle. The moving-object detector, when the vehicle approaches an intersection, detects whether there is a moving object approaching the vehicle as an own vehicle from a left or a right direction of the intersection based on the peripheral image. The switching unit switches between images in a plurality of systems input to a display unit. The switching instruction unit instructs to switch to the peripheral image when the moving object is detected. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128137 | VEHICULAR BLIND SPOT INDICATOR MIRROR - A vehicular blind spot indicator mirror includes a transparent glass substrate having a mirror reflector coated onto the substrate. Visible light reflectance by the mirror reflector coated substrate is at least about 40 percent visible light reflectance for visible light incident upon a front side of the mirror reflector coated substrate. A blind spot indicator light display is disposed to the rear of the mirror reflector coated substrate and emits visible light upon a detection by a blind spot detector. Light emitted by the display passes through the transparent glass substrate to be viewed by a viewer viewing from the front side of the substrate. The display is operable, when electrically powered and when operated in the vehicle during day time driving conditions, to exhibit a display luminance of at least about 60 foot lamberts as measured with the display placed behind, and emitting light through, the transparent glass substrate. | 2011-06-02 |
