25th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140167955 | EMERGENCY RESPONDER ACCOUNTABILITY ALARM - A system includes a slave device associated with a unique identifier and a master device in communication with the slave device. In response to receiving from the slave device a status signal indicating an emergency event associated with the slave device, the master device is configured to determine a status of the slave device, receive, from a personnel database, personnel information associated with the personnel identifier, generate an alarm signal containing the personnel information, and transmit the alarm signal with the personnel information to a medical facility computing system. The alarm signal is based at least in part on the status of the slave device. The slave device includes a processor configured to access the personnel identifier from a memory device, generate a status signal that includes the personnel identifier, and transmit the status signal to the master device. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167956 | EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN HAVING BEACON MODULEFOR INDOOR POSITIONING, AND INDOORPOSITIONING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - An emergency exit sign having a beacon module for indoor positioning and an indoor positioning system using the same are provided. The emergency exit sign includes a power supply unit, an AC/DC converter, an indoor positioning beacon module, an LED lamp, and a charger. The power supply unit receives an input of a power source and supplies the power source. The AC/DC converter converts the power source supplied and supplies a driving power source. The indoor positioning beacon module periodically wireless transmits a beacon signal including a beacon ID through a built-in antenna. The LED lamp is installed within the housing such that the lamp is positioned in rear of the display. When a power source is not supplied from the power supply unit, the charger supplies a driving power source. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167957 | LOCATOR SYSTEM, MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND LOCATOR - Disclosed are a locator system, a mobile information terminal, and a locator that realize a specific apparatus (locator) small in size and with a low price and that make it possible to easily find a lost device by building a link with a highly functional mobile information terminal. The mobile information terminal performs an operation of calling the locator regularly, performs location information calculation using a GPS, and stores self-location data in a storage section. The mobile information terminal records self-location data before and after being determined to be lost, so that a map can be displayed based on the self-location data, and the location of the locator can be efficiently found. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167958 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC BEHAVIORAL PHENOTYPING - A method of identifying and classifying social complex behaviors among a group of model organisms, comprising implanting at least one RFID transponder in each model organism in said group of model organisms; enclosing said group of model organisms in a monitored space divided into RFID monitored segments; RFID tracking a position of each model organism by reading said at least one RFID transponder in each model organism over a period of time; capturing a sequence of images of each model organism over said period of time; and calculating at least one spatiotemporal model of each model organism based on time synchronization of said RFID tracked position of said model organism with said sequence of images. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167959 | FIRE DETECTOR HAVING BEACON MODULE FORINDOOR POSITIONING, AND INDOOR POSITIONINGSYSTEM USING THE SAME - A fire detector having a beacon module for indoor positioning and an indoor positioning system using the same are provided. The fire detector includes a power supply unit, an AC/DC converter, an indoor positioning beacon module, and a fire detection unit. The power supply unit receives an input of a power source and supplies the power source. The AC/DC converter converts the power source and supplies a driving power source. Upon fire occurrence or periodically, the indoor positioning beacon module wireless transmits a beacon signal including a beacon ID through a built-in antenna. The fire detection unit detects fire occurrence or non-occurrence. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167960 | Detecting Defective Shopping Carts - Systems and methods are disclosed herein for identifying defective shopping carts are disclosed. A microphone is positioned to detect sound emitted by passing shopping carts and the output of the microphone is analyzed and compared to sound signatures for one or both of normal and defective shopping carts. If the output indicates a passing cart is defective one or more cart removal actions may be taken such as generating an audible alert, capturing an image of the defective cart, transmitting an alert to a store employee indicating one or both of a location of the cart and an identifier of the cart captured from an image or some other means. In some embodiments, a signal may be transmitted to a cart detected to be defective effective to lock one or more wheels of the cart. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167961 | PROVIDING ALERTS, VOUCHERS, OR COUPONS ONCE A PLURALITY OF GEO-FENCES HAVE BEEN BREACHED A NUMBER OF TIMES - The disclosure is directed to providing a notification based on breaching a plurality of geo-fence perimeters. An embodiment detects a breach related to the plurality of geo-fence perimeters, the breach corresponding to a breach of one of the plurality of geo-fence perimeters, records the breach as one of a plurality of breaches, determines whether the plurality of breaches meet one or more conditions, and if the plurality of breaches meet the condition, issues a notification. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167962 | Alarming Pusher System - An alarm device configured to monitor retail merchandise on a retail pusher system is provided. The alarm device includes a triggering mechanism that activates an alarm when retail merchandise is removed from the retail pusher system. The alarm makes store personnel aware that retail merchandise has been removed from a particular pusher system. In certain embodiments of the invention, the alarm device is disposed on a front stop of the retail pusher system. A biasing member of the pusher system biases retail merchandise into a switch of the alarm device. In this configuration, the alarm device may include a plunger switch that activates an alarm when retail merchandise is not biased into the plunger switch. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167963 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AN AREA USING NFC TAGS - A system and method for monitoring an area using NFC tags. The NFC tags may be provided at predefined locations within the area, and may have different functions. A sensing device scans the NFC tags and sends sensing data to a remote server over a telecommunication network in real time. The sensing data may include one or more of: the ID of the tag being sensed, the timestamp and/or position of the sensing device at the time of sensing, the ID of the employee performing the sensing, etc. The server detects the ID of the NFC tag from the sensing data received from the sensing device, and performs the function(s) associated with the sensed tag. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167964 | DISPOSABLE AND TAMPER-RESISTANT RFID LOCK - Implementations described and claimed herein provide an RFID locking apparatus including an RFID tag, a locking member, and a disabling member. The RFID tag is disposed inside a housing and has a chip and an antenna that emits a signal. The locking member includes a tube that extends outwardly from within the housing and a cable connected to the disabling member and exiting the housing via the tube. The locking member configured to compress a spring into a loaded state by pulling the cable. The disabling member is disposed near the spring inside the housing and is configured to destroy the antenna and/or the chip, such that the signal cannot be emitted, upon release of the spring from the loaded state. The RFID locking apparatus is configured to release the spring when the locking member is damaged. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167965 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING OBJECTS AND PEOPLE - An object locating, identifying, tracking, and surveillance system, denoted the Assets Locating, Tracking, and Surveillance System (ALTSS), is provided for managing physical objects and evidence in environments such as police departments, law offices, and the Courts. ALTSS employs radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, computer programming and database applications, networking technologies, and hardware elements. ALTSS may locate and track physical evidence, merchandise, information carriers like files, folders or individual pieces of paper, and people, under certain conditions, in near-real time. It may be configured as part of a local area network, a wide area network, or the Internet. ALTSS may employ exemplary components such as RFID transponders, scanners, strategically located antennas and computers to facilitate tracking of objects and people as needed. Any number of users having access privileges and connected to the network may access ALTSS directly or remotely via the Internet to locate and track evidence or objects. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167966 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING OBJECTS AND PEOPLE - An object locating, identifying, tracking, and surveillance system, denoted the Assets Locating, Tracking, and Surveillance System (ALTSS), is provided for managing physical objects and evidence in environments such as police departments, law offices, and the Courts. ALTSS employs radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, computer programming and database applications, networking technologies, and hardware elements. ALTSS may locate and track physical evidence, merchandise, information carriers like files, folders or individual pieces of paper, and people, under certain conditions, in near-real time. It may be configured as part of a local area network, a wide area network, or the Internet. ALTSS may employ exemplary components such as RFID transponders, scanners, strategically located antennas and computers to facilitate tracking of objects and people as needed. Any number of users having access privileges and connected to the network may access ALTSS directly or remotely via the Internet to locate and track evidence or objects. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167967 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MONITOR AND REDUCE VEHICLE OPERATOR IMPAIRMENT - The method, system, and computer-readable medium facilitates monitoring a vehicle operator, the environment ahead of the vehicle, and/or forces acting on the vehicle during the course of vehicle operation to determine whether the vehicle operator is impaired (e.g., distracted, drowsy, intoxicated), alerting the vehicle operator when impairment is detected, and log data relating to vehicle operator impairment for further analysis. The method, system, and computer-readable medium may monitor the vehicle operator, the environment ahead of the vehicle, and/or forces acting on the vehicle using either or both of optical sensors or accelerometers. In particular, one optical sensor may monitor the vehicle operator to detect eye blinks, head nods, head rotations, and/or gaze fixation. Another optical sensor may monitor the road ahead of the vehicle to detect lane deviation, lane centering, and time to collision. The accelerometers may detect acceleration in the direction of vehicle travel and/or lateral acceleration. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167968 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROL ALERTNESS OF A DRIVER - A method for monitoring the alertness of the driver of a vehicle, includes continuously detecting and evaluating at least one physical parameter of the driver while the vehicle is in motion, and transmitting a periodic audio signal with a predetermined frequency into a vehicle interior within a predetermined time period if the evaluated physical parameter is in a critical range, whereby the critical range indicates an appropriate level of fatigue of the driver. An apparatus for monitoring the alertness includes a monitoring unit with a sensor unit, which detects at least one physical parameter of the driver, and an evaluation unit, which evaluates the detected physical parameter while the vehicle is in motion. The evaluation unit is coupled to an audio device, which transmits a periodic audio signal into a vehicle interior within a predetermined time if the evaluated physical parameter is in a critical range. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167969 | EVACUATION SYSTEM WITH SENSORS - A method includes receiving, at a server, sensed data from a sensor located in a structure, wherein the sensor is part of an evacuation system for the structure. The method also includes determining, based on the sensed data, whether a threshold relative to the sensed data has been exceeded. The method further includes providing a notification if it is determined that the threshold is exceeded. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167970 | Refrigerant Charge Level Detection - An exemplary embodiment of a refrigerant charge monitoring system includes first and second sensors. The first sensor is operable for sensing temperature of a liquid refrigerant line that is connected to, within, or extending from an outlet of a condenser. The second sensor is operable for sensing pressure of the liquid refrigerant line. A controller is configured to determine at least one target pressure value from the sensed temperature of the liquid refrigerant line. The controller is configured to determine if the level of refrigerant charge is at, above or below an acceptable level based on a comparison of the sensed pressure of the liquid refrigerant line to the at least one target pressure value. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167971 | Vehicle Payload Weight Display Method and System - A computer-based method for displaying an implement payload weight to an operator of a vehicle is provided. The method includes calculating an implement payload weight at a lift position, displaying, at a first location on a monitor, the calculated implement payload weight, determining an accuracy of the calculated implement payload weight, and displaying, at a second location on the monitor proximate to the first location, an accuracy indicator based on the accuracy of the calculated implement payload weight. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167972 | ACOUSTICALLY-RESPONSIVE OPTICAL DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR SENSOR DATA - A sensing and data acquisition system may provide a sensing assembly including a signal conditioner to receive an electrical signal from a sensor affixed onto an asset and supply an encoded digital representation of a sensed parameter. An acoustic modem may be connected to the signal conditioner to receive the encoded digital representation of the sensed parameter and transmit an acoustic signal based on the encoded digital representation of the sensed parameter. A data acquisition line may be proximate to the asset and may be non-contactively coupled to the sensing assembly. The data acquisition line may include an optical fiber acoustically coupled to the acoustic modem and responsive to the encoded digital representation of the sensed parameter transmitted by the modem to effect an optical change in an acoustically-responsive portion of the fiber. The optical change may be measurable to detect the encoded digital representation of the sensed asset parameter. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167973 | PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INFERENCE FROM ENVIRONMENTAL METRICS - Portable devices include environmental sensors that generate metrics about the environment (e.g., accelerometers detecting impulses and vibration, and GPS receivers detecting position and velocity). Such devices often use environmental metrics to extract user input directed at the device by the user, and status information about the device and the environment. Presented herein are techniques for using environmental metrics to infer physical activities performed by the user while attached to the device. For example, jogging may be inferred from regular, strong impulses and typical jogging speed; walking may be inferred from regular, weak impulses and typical walking speed; and riding in a vehicle may be inferred from low-level vibrations and high speed (optionally identifying the type of vehicle ridden by the user). Based on these inferences, the device may automatically present applications and/or or adjust user interfaces suitable for the user's physical activity, rather than responsive to user input. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167974 | METROLOGY WITH UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS (USB) CONNECTION - Data communication may be accomplished between a utility meter and a peripheral device via a universal serial bus (USB) connection and a USB protocol. The meter may include metrology components arranged to measure utility consumption at a site. The meter may further include components for providing the data communication with the peripheral via the universal serial bus (USB) connection and a USB protocol. In an implementation, the meter provides electrical isolation between the data communication components and the metrology components. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167975 | RF Dynamic Power Control and Radio Protection in Metering Devices - Techniques for dynamic power control of a radio of a utility data collection device (e.g., utility meter configured for wireless communications) are described that utilize a detection scheme applied to a Front End Module (FEM) in the utility data collection device. A utility data collection device measures a Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR) presented to the FEM during transmission. The result of this measurement allows the utility data collection device to dynamically control the input power to a FEM transmit portion. Utilizing these techniques, the utility data collection device can adjust to environmental changes and conditions experienced in the field. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167976 | VIRTUAL METERING WITH PARTITIONED METROLOGY - A distributed metering platform virtualizes functions of a conventional metrology sensor and separates the virtualized functions from a metrology sensor. One or more virtual meters or applications may be instantiated at a network communication device that is remote from the metrology sensor and processes metrology data received from the metrology sensor. Each virtual meter may include multiple partitioned application spaces that are isolated from one another. In one example, a first application space includes a locked version of code and a second application space includes an unlocked version of code. Furthermore, each virtual meter may be isolated from other virtual meters such that each virtual meter is unable to affect operations and/or data associated with other virtual meters. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167977 | System on a Module for Smart Grid Nodes - A system on a module and techniques for use and operation in multiple different smart grid devices and/or nodes are described herein. One example of a system on a module includes a processor, a flash memory device in communication with the processor, and a RAM memory device in communication with the processor. A connector provides an interface to the smart grid device, and includes a plurality of metrology and communications interfaces. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167978 | Near Field Communications for Utility Meters - Techniques for utilizing near field communications (NFC) with utility meters are described herein. In one example, a meter is configured for operation, either in a stand-alone or utility network capacity. The example meter may include a processor in communication with a memory device and a tag device configured for near field communication (NFC). In operation, the processor operates the tag device to read from the memory device to obtain data for transmission via NFC and/or write data obtained via NFC to the memory device. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167979 | SMART METER SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT ROUTER, AND METER - Management routers perform control for performing a prefix information delegation request for requesting a management server to delegate the management of prefix information, receiving, as a response to the prefix information delegation request, prefix information management delegation from the management server, and delegating the management of the prefix information within a range of management delegation from the management server in response to a prefix information delegation request from meters. The meters perform control for transmitting a prefix information delegation request to the management routers, receiving prefix information management delegation from the management routers as a response to the prefix information delegation request, and notifying a home apparatus in a home network connected to the meters of the prefix information, the management of which is delegated from the management routers. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167980 | Cable Load Measuring Element With Radio Transmission Of The Measured Values - Method for measuring cable loads in a mineshaft ( | 2014-06-19 |
20140167981 | VIRTUAL CLUSTER METER (VCM) - A distributed metering platform virtualizes functions of a conventional metrology sensor and separates the virtualized functions from a metrology sensor. One or more virtual meters or applications may be instantiated at a network communication device that is remote from the metrology sensor and processes metrology data received from the metrology sensor. Each virtual meter may include multiple partitioned application spaces that are isolated from one another. In one example, a first application space includes a locked version of code and a second application space includes an unlocked version of code. Furthermore, each virtual meter may be isolated from other virtual meters such that each virtual meter is unable to affect operations and/or data associated with other virtual meters. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167982 | INTEGRATED REHABILITATION SYSTEM WITH FEEDBACK MECHANISM - An integrated rehabilitation system with feedback mechanism for a rehabilitant includes a computing center, a memory unit, a plurality of screens, a following module, a plurality of rehabilitation machines, and a feedback module. The memory unit, the screens, the following module, the rehabilitation machines and the feedback module are signally connected with the computing center. A target value of the rehabilitant is stored in the memory unit. A movement-indicating image and a movement mark are displayed on each of the screens. A visual following mark displayed on each of the screens is provided by the following module and corresponds to the target value. Each of the rehabilitation machines corresponds to one of the screens respectively, the movement-indicating image displayed on the screen corresponds to the rehabilitation machine, and the movement mark displayed on the screen corresponds to an operation value generated from the rehabilitation machine. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167983 | INTEGRATION OF VEHICLE WITH HOME-CENTRIC SYSTEM - One embodiment is directed to a method for integrating vehicle-centric information with home-centric information. The method includes wirelessly transmitting a signal from a vehicle information device within a vehicle to a component of a home-centric system and receiving the signal at the component from the vehicle information device. The method also includes sending vehicle-centric information from the component to a command center for the home-centric system based on the signal received from the vehicle information device, and integrating the vehicle-centric information with home-centric information obtained by the home-centric system. The method also includes displaying information based on the vehicle-centric information along with the home centric information at an interface for a user. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167984 | Pressure Value Transmitter with Redundant Pressure Value Indicator - A transmitter assembly with redundant pressure value indicator for a self-contained breathing apparatus is provided. The transmitter assembly with redundant pressure value indicator includes a wireless transmitter configured to transmit gas pressure data for a gas storage tank to a dive computer. The gas pressure data is retrieved from a pressure sensor coupled to the wireless transmitter. The transmitter assembly with redundant pressure value indicator also has a visual indicator configured to indicate a gas pressure value for gas in the storage tank. The visual indicator and wireless transmitter are coupled to a control module. Further, the wireless transmitter, control module, and visual indicator share a power source. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167985 | Method And System For Managing A Power-Charging Space For A Vehicle, Especially A Self-Service Electrical Vehicle - The invention relates to a method and a system for managing a parking space for a vehicle, for a space comprising means for detecting whether the space is occupied and at least one power-charging terminal suitable for automatic charging, especially automatic electrical charging following manual correction. Said method comprises, within a so-called occupation monitoring phase (as opposed to other phases such as a non-allocated vehicle storage phase): detection of a state of presence or absence of a vehicle or an object occupying the managed space, and detection of a state of connection or disconnection (operation or state) of a vehicle at the charging terminal. According to the invention, said method also comprises, in the event of a detection of presence without detection of connection, at least one so-called parking processing operation, for example, emitting at least one alert by acoustic or visual means, or recording or emitting at least one computer message. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167986 | HELMET-BASED NAVIGATION NOTIFICATIONS - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are herein provided for causing navigation notifications tailored for a helmet to be presented in the helmet. A determination may be made, such as by a processor, that a helmet is being worn by a user while a navigation event is occurring. A set of navigation notifications associated with the navigation event may be determined, where the set of navigation notifications is tailored for presentation in the helmet, and the set of navigation notifications may be presented in the helmet. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167987 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA COMPRESSION AND PARALLEL, PIPELINED DECOMPRESSION - A method of data compression includes obtaining a data set comprising a sequence of data blocks comprising a predetermined number of data items, partitioning said data set into one or more groups each comprising a predetermined number of data blocks, and performing data compression on one or more groups of data blocks. Data compression is performed by associating a control data item with each of said blocks, generating a control vector comprising the control data items assigned to each of said blocks within a group, removing data blocks comprising entirely data items having said specified value, compressing data blocks comprising at least one data item having a value different from said specified value using a fixed-rate compression scheme, providing a compressed data stream comprising said compressed data blocks, and providing an associated control vector stream to enable control of said compressed data stream. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167988 | DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER (DAC) CIRCUIT AND WEIGHT ERROR ESTIMATION/CALIBRATION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a DAC circuit and a weight error estimation/calibration method thereof. In the method, an output switching circuit dynamically selects several conversion cells (at least containing know weight conversion cells (KWCC)) as a reference conversion cell group (RCCG) from all conversion cells, and dynamically selects at least one unknown weight conversion cell (UWCC) from all UWCCs. An ADC digitalizes the difference of the output of RCCG and the sum of the outputs of the UWCCs, and inputs the result to a digital controller. The digital controller controls the input of the RCCG according to the output of the ADC to make the output of the RCCG approximate the output of the UWCC. The digital controller uses the outputs of the ADC to work out the actual weights of the UWCCs and stores the actual weights in a calibration memory. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167989 | CALIBRATION OF INTERLEAVING ERRORS IN A MULTI-LANE ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER - A multi-lane analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is disclosed that is capable of compensating for one or more of its impairments such that its digital output accurately represents its analog input. The multi-lane ADC can compensate for unwanted phase offsets between multiple phases of a sampling clock used by the multi-lane ADC, unwanted bandwidth mismatches between lanes in the multi-lane ADC, and/or unwanted gain mismatches between the lanes in the multi-lane ADC to provide some examples. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167990 | Accurate and Cost Efficient Linear Hall Sensor with Digital Output - One embodiment of the present invention relates to a magnetic sensor circuit having a magnetic field sensor device configured to generate a digital signal proportional to an applied magnetic field. An analog-to-digital converter converts the analog signal to a digital signal that is provided to a digital signal processing unit, which is configured to digitally track the analog output signal. The digital tracking unit comprises a delay removal circuitry configured to generate a plurality of digital signal component corresponding to a chopping phase. A non-delayed offset compensated digital output signal may be generated within the chopping phase by mathematically operating upon (e.g., adding or subtracting) the plurality of digital signal components, generated by the delay removal circuitry. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167991 | LOW POWER ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER - Described is an analog to digital converter (ADC) which comprises: a sigma-delta modulator to receive an analog signal, the sigma-delta modulator operable to perform chopping to cancel common-mode noise; and one or more counters coupled to the sigma-delta modulator to generate a digital code representative of the analog signal. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167992 | CAPACITIVE ELEMENT, CAPACITOR ARRAY, AND A/D CONVERTER - A capacitive element includes first electrodes and second electrodes that are alternately arranged in a concentric form. Each of the first electrodes and the second electrodes is formed with closed loop form, in at least one wiring layer provided on or above a substrate. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167993 | HYBRID DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER AND METHOD THEREOF - Hybrid digital-to-analog converter and method thereof are provided. The hybrid digital-to-analog converter (DAC) includes a data processor, at least one first type DAC, at least one second type DAC, and an output circuit. The data processor processes an input digital signal to output at least one of first and second digital signals which are related to a higher bit portion and a lower bit portion of the input digital signal, respectively. If the data processor outputs the first digital signal to the first type DAC, the first type DAC converts the first digital signal. The at least one second type DAC receives and converts the second digital signal outputted from the data processor. The output circuit receives at least one output signal of the first and the second type DACs to output an output analog signal. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167994 | Digital-to-Analog Converter - An apparatus and method for digital-to-analog conversion. A digital-to-analog converter includes a sampler for resampling a digital signal and a DAC array. The DAC array includes a sequencer, a unit element activator, and an array of one-bit DACs (unit elements). The unit elements are activated in a cyclical sequence, based on the resampled digital signal. Unit elements in the sequence may be skipped, based on a disruption probability. The disruption probability may be determined randomly, or pseudo-randomly. Output signals of the unit elements are summed or averaged to form an analog signal. The converter may include a filter to filter the analog signal. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167995 | ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER - According to embodiments of the present invention, an analog-to-digital converter is provided. The analog-to-digital converter includes an input configured to receive an input signal, a feed-forward path connected to the input configured to feed forward the input signal, a processing path including a loop filter, wherein the loop filter includes at least one local feedback path configured to feed back an output signal of the loop filter to an input of the loop filter, a first combiner configured to combine the input signal fed forward by the feed-forward path with an output of the processing path, a quantizer configured to generate an output signal of the converter, a feed-back path configured to feed back the output signal, and a second combiner wherein the processing path is connected to the second combiner and the second combiner is configured to combine the input signal with the fed back output signal of the converter and supply the result of the combination to the processing path. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167996 | CURRENT-STEERING DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER WITH CANCELLATION OF DYNAMIC DISTORTION - A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) includes, in a segment of the DAC, a first switch and a second switch. The first switch includes a first pair of transistors having a first set of inputs and has a first output connected to an output of the DAC. The second switch includes second and third pairs of transistors having second and third sets of inputs, respectively, and has a second output that is connected to the output of the DAC. A driver module generates control signals to drive the first, second, and third sets of inputs based on data received by the DAC for conversion from digital to analog format at a conversion rate determined by a clock. The control signals toggle one of the first and second switches during each cycle of the clock. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167997 | STRING DAC LEAKAGE CURRENT CANCELLATION - Embodiments of the present invention may provide a multi-string DAC with leakage current cancellation. A leakage cancellation circuit may be coupled to output node(s) of the—multi-string DAC. The leakage cancellation circuit may replicate leakage current present at the coupled output node(s) and generate a corresponding complementary signal, a leakage cancellation signal. The leakage cancellation signal may be injected into the coupled output node(s) to cancel (or reduce) the net impact of the leakage current. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167998 | A/D CONVERTER, SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA SYSTEM - An A/D converter includes: plural comparators to which reference voltages as ramp waves different from each other are supplied, which are configured to compare the supplied reference voltages with an analog input signal; and plural latches arranged so as to correspond to the plural comparators, which are configured to count comparison time of the corresponding comparators, to stop counting when an outputs of the comparator is inverted and to store the count value, wherein the plural reference voltages are off set by an arbitrary voltage at the same time point. | 2014-06-19 |
20140167999 | SIGNAL CONVERSION USING STATE SENSITIVE DEVICE ARRAYS - An analog to digital conversion device and method utilizing an array of state sensitive cells. A gate timing component selectively exposes each cell to an analog input signal to effect a change in the exposed cell's state. Upon shielding the cell from exposure, the state change is ascertained by a cell measurement component to determine a digital value representative of the input signal amplitude at exposure. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168000 | ANTI-ALIASING SAMPLING CIRCUITS AND ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER - A sampling circuit, such as the sampling circuit of a successive approximation analog-to-digital converter (ADC), provides anti-aliasing filtering of a sampled input signal. The circuit samples the input signal using multiple capacitors, wherein each capacitor samples the input signal at a distinct time during a sampling time interval. The circuit combines the samples stored on different capacitors during a conversion time interval, and generates a digital output signal using the combined samples. In one example, a first bit of the output signal is generated using a sample stored on a first capacitor, and second bit of the output signal is generated using a sample stored on a second capacitor. In another example, the circuitry performs finite or infinite impulse response (FIR or IIR) filtering of the input signal, where a filter characteristic is determined by the relative sizes of the capacitors used for sampling. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168001 | NEGATIVE OBSTACLE DETECTION WITH STEREO CAMERA AND LONG RANGE RADAR - A negative obstacle detection system for a vehicle comprises a stereo camera mountable to the vehicle to provide a forward facing image and a long range radar mountable to the vehicle to emit a signal in a forward direction from the vehicle. An electronic control unit receives data from the stereo camera and the long range radar to determine if a negative obstacle may be located in a forward proximity to the vehicle. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168002 | RADAR RECEIVER - The object of the present invention is to provide a radar receiver that can steadily and reliably detect the target in the close zone without largely complicating the construction compared to the conventional radar apparatuses. The radar receiver according to the present invention comprises a receiving unit | 2014-06-19 |
20140168003 | ANTENNA ARRANGEMENT FOR A RADAR SYSTEM - The invention provides an antenna arrangement for a radar system arranged for coverage of a surveillance area and comprising antenna elements. The antenna elements are arranged to receive a signal transmitted from a transmit antenna of a transmit antenna arrangement and reflected by a target towards the antenna arrangement wherein: • the antenna arrangement comprises at least two non-parallel line arrays, • each antenna element being connected to a receiver where each line array is arranged to create, by using digital beam forming, beams for instantaneous coverage of at least said surveillance area and • within the surveillance area said line arrays are arranged to allow the target position to be limited to one or two crossing areas between at least two beams from different line arrays from which target reflections have been received. The invention also provides a corresponding method and a radar system comprising the antenna arrangement. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168004 | Radar System and Control Method thereof - A radar system comprises a transmitting device comprising a reference frequency source, for generating a reference frequency signal; a direct-digital synthesizer, coupled to the reference frequency source, for generating a synthesized frequency signal according to the reference frequency signal; a phase lock loop, coupled to the direct-digital synthesizer, for converting the synthesized frequency signal to an output signal; a transmitting antenna, coupled to the phase lock loop, for emitting the output signal to the air; and a loop switch module, coupled to the phase lock loop, for switching the phase lock loop between an open loop mode and a closed loop mode; and at least one receiving device, for receiving at least one wireless signal, and processing the at least one wireless signal according to the output signal generated by the phase lock loop. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168005 | PULSE RADAR RANGING APPARATUS AND RANGING ALGORITHM THEREOF - A pulse radar ranging apparatus and a ranging algorithm thereof are provided. The pulse radar ranging apparatus includes a radio frequency pulse generator, a radio frequency filter, a radio frequency switch and a transceiver aerial. The radio frequency pulse generator generates a pulse signal. The radio frequency filter receives the pulse signal and generates a high-pass filter signal, wherein the high-pass filter signal includes a radio frequency pulse reference signal. The radio frequency switch controls an output of the radio frequency pulse reference signal. The transceiver aerial transmits the radio frequency pulse reference signal. The radio frequency pulse reference signal contacts an object and generates a return signal, and the transceiver aerial receives the return signal. The ranging algorithm processes and analyzes the signals obtained by the pulse radar ranging apparatus, and calculates a distance between pulse radar ranging apparatus and the object by using polynomial interpolation. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168006 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A RADAR DEVICE - The invention relates to a driver assistance device ( | 2014-06-19 |
20140168007 | METHOD FOR GENERATING AN IMAGE AND HANDHELD SCREENING DEVICE - A method for generating an image is provided including taking a first active radar image of an object from a first position with a handheld screening device; taking a second active radar image of the object from a second position with the handheld screening device; and generating a third image based on the first active radar image and the second active radar image. A corresponding handheld screening device is provided as well. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168008 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AN ACTIVE RADAR IMAGE AND HANDHELD SCREENING DEVICE - A method for displaying an active radar image of an object on a handheld screening device is provided comprising taking a sequence of active radar images of an object, the different active radar images of the sequence being representative for different distances of the object from the handheld screening device; selecting an image of the sequence of active radar images; and displaying the selected image on a display. A corresponding handheld screening device is provided as well. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168009 | Multi-IMU INS for vehicle control - Multi-IMU INS for vehicle control allows GNSS-derived position and velocity to be measured at an antenna and applied to the estimation of position, velocity and attitude at a separate control point even when the spatial relationship between antenna and control point is not constant. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168010 | EXTENDED RANGE, HIGH DATA RATE, POINT-TO-POINT CROSSLINK PLACED ON FIXED OR MOBILE ELEVATED PLATFORMS - Methods and systems are provided for relocatable wireless communication links to locations that may present accessibility problems using, for example, small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS). An sUAS implemented as an easy-to-operate, small vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft with hovering capability for holding station position may provide an extended range, highly secure, high data rate, point-to-point wireless communication link (also referred to as a “crosslink”) that is easily relocatable with very fast set-up and relocating times. A transceiver using beam forming and power combining techniques enables a very high gain antenna array with very narrow beam width and superb pointing accuracy. The aircraft includes a control system enabling three-dimensional pointing and sustaining directivity of the beam independently of flight path of the aircraft. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168011 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication apparatus includes a Doppler shift amount calculation unit configured to calculate a Doppler shift amount of a reception signal which is obtained by modulating a signal, for which spectrum spreading is performed by using a predetermined spread code, by a predetermined carrier frequency, a frequency shift amount setting unit configured to set a frequency shift amount on the basis of the Doppler shift amount, a frequency conversion unit configured to shift the frequency of the reception signal by the frequency shift amount, a coherent addition unit configured to perform coherent addition of the reception signal, a spread code generation unit configured to generate a spread code, and a phase detection unit configured to perform correlation calculation between a calculation result of the coherent addition and the spread code and detect a phase of the spread code of the reception signal on the basis of the correlation calculation result. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168012 | Method and System for Antenna Alignment - Method, device and computer readable memory aspects describe aligning antennas such as short range communication antennas in communication devices that may be used to transmit and receive electrical power for device charging. A measure of antenna alignment may be determined in response to electrical power received by one of the antennas. A suggested movement is determined for moving at least one of the antennas (e.g. the communication device housing the antenna) for increasing the measure of antenna alignment and the suggested movement is presented in a graphical user interface (GUI). Movement may be suggested along a first plane to maximize antenna alignment followed by movement along a second plane to further maximize antenna alignment. A map may be defined from measured antenna alignment values and movement suggested in response to the map. Maximized antenna alignment may be signalled (e.g. vibration) when the measure of alignment is within a threshold range. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168013 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HANDHELD SCREENING DEVICE AND HANDHELD SCREENING DEVICE - A method for operating a handheld screening device is provided, including taking a first image; determining a region of interest in the first image; and generating a scanned image by an active radar scan of the region of interest. A corresponding handheld screening device is provided as well. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168014 | Antenna Apparatus and Method - An antenna apparatus comprises a semiconductor die comprising a plurality of active circuits, a molding layer formed over the semiconductor die, wherein the semiconductor die and the molding layer form a fan-out package, a first dielectric layer formed on a first side of the semiconductor die over the molding compound layer, a first redistribution layer formed in the first dielectric layer and an antenna structure formed above the semiconductor die and coupled to the plurality of active circuits through the first redistribution layer. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168015 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A mobile communication terminal includes a case to house at least one component of the mobile communication terminal, an antenna having a power supply terminal and a first radiation pattern part, and a terminal insertion slot disposed in a portion of the case, in which a first portion of the first radiation pattern part extends from the power supply terminal towards a first end portion of the case, and a second portion of the first radiation pattern part extends from the first portion of the first radiation pattern part towards a second end portion of the case, and a plane of the second end portion of the case crosses a plane of the first end portion of the case. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168016 | RADIATOR FRAME HAVING ANTENNA PATTERN EMBEDDED THEREIN, ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND MOLD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There are provided a radiator frame having an antenna pattern embedded therein, an electronic device including the same, and a mold for manufacturing thereof. The radiator frame includes a radiator including an antenna pattern part transmitting or receiving a signal and a terminal connection portion electrically connecting the antenna pattern part and a circuit substrate, and a molded frame formed by injection-molding the radiator so that the terminal connection portion is exposed to the other surface and the antenna pattern part is exposed to one surface opposite to the other surface, wherein the antenna pattern part includes one or more supporting holes so as to be fixed to an injection-molding mold, and the supporting hole is filled with the molded frame on the other surface. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168017 | ANTENNA PATTERN FRAME HAVING ANTENNA PATTERN EMBEDDED THEREIN, ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, METHOD AND MOLD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There are provided an antenna pattern frame having an antenna pattern embedded therein, an electronic device including the same, a method of manufacturing the same, and a mold for manufacturing the same. The antenna pattern frame includes a radiator including an antenna pattern part transmitting or receiving a signal and a terminal connection portion electrically connecting the antenna pattern part and a circuit substrate; a radiator frame formed by injection-molding the radiator so that the terminal connection portion is exposed to the other surface and the antenna pattern part is exposed to one surface, and having a portion having the antenna pattern part protruded in a direction of one surface as opposed to directions of other portions; and a cover frame injection-molded so that the antenna pattern part is embedded between the radiator frame and the cover frame. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168018 | LIGHTNING PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR RADOME AND ASSOCIATED ASSEMBLY METHOD - A lightning protection system for a radome, the system comprising at least one lightning protection strip positioned on an inner wall of the radome, wherein the lightning protection strip defines, on the inner wall of the radome, a curve that is substantially perpendicular, at all points thereof, to the polarization direction of the electrical field vector radiated by an antenna across from the inner wall of the radome. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168019 | NON-CONTACT WIRELESS COMMUNICATION COIL, TRANSMISSION COIL, AND PORTABLE WIRELESS TERMINAL - A non-contact wireless communication coil includes a first coil, a second coil, a first magnetic body, and a second magnetic body. The first magnetic body, the first coil, the second magnetic body, and the second coil are laminated in this order in a thickness direction of the coils. The first coil and the second coil at least partially overlap each other. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168020 | ANTENNA COMBINED WITH LIGHTING DEVICE - A lighting device including at least one light source, a housing located adjacent to the at least one light source, the housing defining a longitudinal axis and being intersected by a lateral axis and an antenna at least partially enclosed by the housing and located proximal to the at least one light source, the antenna being operative to radiate energy, more than half of the energy being radiated in a direction within a hemisphere symmetric about the longitudinal axis and having an equatorial plane in which the lateral axis extends. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168021 | ANTENNA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An antenna module and an electronic apparatus include: an antenna element, and a clip which includes an antenna pattern, is formed of a metallic material, and electrically connects the antenna element to a circuit board to process an antenna signal through the antenna pattern. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168022 | RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNAS UTILIZING LIQUID METAL ELEMENTS - A reconfigurable antenna that utilizes liquid metal to achieve dynamic antenna performance is disclosed. The reconfigurable antenna may utilize one or more liquid metal sections that can be variably displaced. Utilizing liquid metal may reduce certain undesirable effects associated with more conventional mechanical reconfigurable antennas including mechanical failure due to material fatigue, creep, and/or wear. Precise microfluidic techniques may be utilized in the design of a reconfigurable antenna that utilizes liquid metal. The reconfigurable antenna may utilize a circular Yagi-Uda array design and include movable parasitic director and reflector elements implemented using liquid metal (e.g., mercury (Hg)). The parasitic elements may be placed and rotated in a circular microfluidic channel around a driven antenna element utilizing a flow generated and controlled by a piezoelectric micropump. The reconfigurable antenna may operate at 1800 MHz with 4% bandwidth and be capable of performing beam steering over 360° with fine tuning. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168023 | ANTENNA HAVING PLANAR CONDUCTING ELEMENTS, ONE OF WHICH HAS A PLURALITY OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATORS AND AN OPEN SLOT - An antenna includes a dielectric material having i) a first side opposite a second side, and a conductive via therein. A first planar conducting element is on the first side of the dielectric material and has an electrical connection to the conductive via. A second planar conducting element is also on the first side of the dielectric material. A gap electrically isolates the first and second planar conducting elements from each other. An electrical microstrip feed line on the second side of the dielectric material electrically connects to the conductive via and has a route that extends from the conductive via, to across the gap, to under the second planar conducting element. The first planar conducting element has a plurality of electromagnetic radiators, each having dimensions that cause it to resonate over a range of frequencies that differs from a range of frequencies over which an adjacent radiator resonates. At least first and second of the radiators bound an open slot in the first planar conducting element. The open slot has an orientation perpendicular to the gap. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168024 | DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDE ANTENNA - Embodiments of the invention provide a dielectric waveguide antenna including a dielectric waveguide transmitting a signal applied from a power feeder, a dielectric waveguide radiator radiating the signal transmitted from the dielectric waveguide to the air through a first aperture, and a matching unit formed in a portion of the dielectric waveguide and controlling a serial reactance and a parallel reactance to thereby perform impedance matching between the dielectric waveguide radiator and the air, in order to reduce reflection generated in the first aperture during the radiation of the signal through the first aperture. Reflection in the aperture is reduced through the matching unit having various structures, thereby making it possible to improve characteristics of the dielectric waveguide antenna. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168025 | Antenna System for Wireless Communication Device - The present invention discloses an antenna system for a wireless communication device, which includes a first metal slice formed with a first slot structure, a second metal slice formed with a second slot structure, a first signal transmission line, and a second signal transmission line, wherein when the first metal slice and the second metal slice are not connected and have a distance between each other, a feeding direction of the first transmission corresponding to the first metal slice is substantially opposite to a feeding direction of the second transmission corresponding to the second metal slice; or when the first metal slice and the second metal slice are partially connected, a feeding direction of the first transmission corresponding to the first metal slice is substantially the same as or different to a feeding direction of the second transmission corresponding to the second metal slice. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168026 | ANTENNA - An antenna comprising a coreless coil formed by winding a conductor wire, a relay member connected to the coil, and a magnetic plate member covering the coil and part of the relay member; the relay member comprising a substrate having a notch for lead wires of the coil, and a pair of terminal members formed on the substrate; each terminal member comprising an internal terminal portion connected to an end of each lead wire, an external terminal portion connected to an external circuit, and a line portion connecting the internal terminal portion to the external terminal portion; the coil and part of the relay member disposed on the magnetic member being fixed to a first adhesive layer on the non-transmission side of the coil; and the internal terminal portion being positioned in a region overlapping the magnetic member, or in a region surrounded by the notch of the magnetic member. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168027 | Broadband In-Line Antenna Systems And Related Methods - An antenna structure includes an in-line portion for radiating electromagnetic energy signals in low and high frequency ranges. The in-line portion may be constructed to provide improved control beam width stability of a high-frequency, antenna radiating element. The antenna structure includes one or more shaped structure configured to improve the beam width stability and cross-polarization of one or more high-frequency elements, and to shift resonance from the high-frequency elements to a range that is below the range of a low-frequency, antenna radiating element. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168028 | ANTENNA DEVICE - An antenna device includes a substrate; a first ground element that is arranged on the substrate; an antenna element that is arranged on the substrate and extends from its first end positioned near a side edge of the first ground element to its second end positioned away from the side edge; and a non-feed element that is arranged on the substrate, connected to the first ground element, and insulated from the antenna element. The non-feed element extends from its first end portion positioned near the side edge of the first ground element to a bending portion in a direction away from the side edge and extends from the bending portion to its second end portion along the side edge. A portion between the bending portion and the second end portion of the non-feed element intersects with the antenna element. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168029 | PRINTED ANTENNA MODULE APPLIED TO THE RF DETECTION PROCEDURE - A printed antenna module applied to an RF detection procedure is provided. The module comprises a substrate, a ground terminal part, a feeding part, an antenna body, and a second connecting end. The substrate comprises a first surface and a second surface. The ground terminal part and the feeding part are disposed on the first surface. A first end of the feeding part corresponds to the ground terminal part. The antenna body, disposed on the first surface relative to the ground terminal part, comprises a first extending part. One end of the first extending part forms a first connecting end. The second connecting end is disposed on the first surface. The shapes of the first and the second connecting ends correspond to each other. A second end of the feeding part is connected to the second connecting end. An RF detection point is formed on the second surface. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168030 | Reconfigurable Multiband Antenna - A mobile node (MN) comprising an antenna comprising a proximate end, a distal end, and a midpoint, a first feed coupled to the antenna between the proximate end and the midpoint, a second feed coupled to the antenna between the distal end and the midpoint, a first switch configured to toggle between coupling the first feed to a main feed and coupling the second feed to the main feed, and a controller configured to control the toggling of the first switch. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168031 | HOST COMPUTER AND METHOD OF SETTING DUAL MONITORS, KEYBOARDS AND MICE FOR THE HOST COMPUTER - In a method for setting dual monitors for a host computer, when a host computer connects to two monitor, two keywords, and two mice, the host computer is controlled to work in a dual-monitor mode. A main monitor and a subordinate monitor are set from the monitors that are connected to the host computer, and a main keyboard/mouse and a subordinate keyboard/mouse are set from the keyboards and mice that are connected to the host computer. The main keyboard and mouse and linked to the main monitor, and the subordinate keyboard and mouse are linked to the subordinate monitor. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168032 | ARCHITECTURE FOR SEAMLESS INTEGRATED DISPLAY SYSTEM - Embodiments of systems and methods of seamless displays are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a backpanel device comprising display drive circuitry can be removably coupled with a display device via an array of contact members. The display device can include image-producing elements or pixels that can be selectively driven by the backpanel device via corresponding portions of the array of contact members. Multiple display devices can be disposed adjacently on one or more backpanel devices such that an image displayed across the multiple display devices appears seamless. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168033 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR EXCHANGING INFORMATION - This disclosure relates to a method, device, and system for exchanging information. The information exchanging method includes: a mobile terminal establishing a communication link with a service device connected to a display device, the mobile terminal detecting whether it is in close proximity of the display device, if yes, transmitting a first command including information to the service device, the service device, after receiving the first command, transmitting a second command including the information to the display device, and the display device displaying the information after receiving the second command. This disclosure can simplify the interaction process between the mobile terminal and the server, reduce manual participation by the user, thus improving user experience. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168034 | NEAR-EYE PARALLAX BARRIER DISPLAYS - In embodiments of the invention, an apparatus may include a display comprising a plurality of pixels and a computer system coupled with the display and operable to instruct the display to display images. The apparatus may further include an SLM array located adjacent to the display and comprising a plurality of SLMs, wherein the SLM array is operable to produce a light field by altering light emitted by the display to simulate an object that is in focus to an observer while the display and the SLM array are located within a near-eye range of the observer. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168035 | NEAR-EYE OPTICAL DECONVOLUTION DISPLAYS - In embodiments of the invention, an apparatus may include a display comprising a plurality of pixels. The apparatus may further include a computer system coupled with the display and operable to instruct the display to display a deconvolved image corresponding to a target image, wherein when the display displays the deconvolved image while located within a near-eye range of an observer, the target image may be perceived in focus by the observer. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168036 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A pixel circuit includes a first light emitting device including a common electrode and a first opposed electrode connected to a first power supply line, and a second light emitting device including the common electrode and a second opposed electrode connected to the second power supply line. A first potential and a second potential are alternately supplied to a first power supply potential supplied to the first power supply line and a second power supply potential supplied to the second power supply line, and thus the first light emitting device and the second light emitting device alternately emit light. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168037 | SMART PIXEL LIGHTING AND DISPLAY MICROCONTROLLER - A light emitting assembly is described. In one embodiment, one or more light emitting diode (LED) devices and one or more microcontrollers are bonded to a same side of a substrate, with the one or more microcontrollers to switch and drive the one or more LED devices. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168038 | PIXEL CIRCUIT AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A pixel circuit and organic light emitting display device using the pixel circuit are disclosed. One aspect of the pixel circuit includes an organic light emitting diode, a switching transistor configured to transfer a data signal in response to a scan signal, a storage capacitor configured to store the data signal transferred through the switching transistor, an amplifying unit configured to amplify the data signal stored in the storage capacitor to generate an amplified signal having a swing range greater than a swing range of the data signal, and a driving transistor configured to drive the organic light emitting diode in response to the amplified signal. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168039 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THEREOF - An organic light emitting display device includes a display panel having a plurality of sub-pixels; a memory configured to accumulate and store data displayed by each sub-pixel; and a panel driver configured to: calculate a degradation compensation gain value for increasing or decreasing a luminance of each sub-pixel based on accumulated data of each sub-pixel stored in the memory, generate modulated data of each sub-pixel by modulating input data to each sub-pixel according to the calculated degradation compensation gain value, convert the modulated data into a data voltage, and accumulate the modulated data from the accumulated data of the corresponding sub-pixel and then store the data in the memory. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168040 | MOTION COMPENSATED VIDEO HALFTONING - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for halftoning video images for presentation on an electronic display. In one aspect, input frames of video data may be received, where each input frame includes a number of input pixels, each input pixel having a respective first spatial coordinate location. For each input pixel, an output pixel is generated using a selected halftone value. The selected halftone value is substantially identical to a halftone value of a corresponding pixel in a comparison frame, where a spatial coordinate location of the “corresponding pixel” is determined based on a motion vector of an image element with which the pixel is associated. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168041 | REFERENCE VOLTAGE GENERATOR OF GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND REFERENCE VOLTAGE GENERATING METHOD - A reference voltage generator of a gate driving circuit is provided. The reference voltage generator includes a temperature sensing unit, a level clamp unit, a gain adjusting unit and a computing circuit. The temperature sensing unit generates a temperature sensing voltage in response to an environmental temperature. The level clamp unit is coupled to the temperature sensing unit and providing a difference signal in response to the temperature sensing voltage. The gain adjusting unit is used to provide a temperature compensating gain and a first reference level. The gain adjusting unit adjusts the temperature compensating gain and the first reference level according to a control command. The computing circuit is coupled to the level clamp unit and the gain adjusting unit to provide a reference voltage in response to the temperature compensating gain, the first reference level and the difference signal. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168042 | TIMING CONTROLLER, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY USING THE SAME - Disclosed are a timing controller, a driving method thereof, and an LCD device using the same. The timing controller includes a receiver configured to receive a timing signal and input video data, a control signal generator configured to generate a control signal by using the timing signal, a data aligner configured to output image data aligned, and a transferor configured to include a plurality of ports for transferring the aligned image data and the control signal to a plurality of source driving ICs. When number of source driving ICs is greater than number of ports, each of the ports is connected to at least two or more source driving ICs. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168043 | DATA DRIVER CIRCUIT, LCD DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD - The present disclosure provides a data driver circuit, a liquid crystal display (LCD) device, and a driving method. The data driver circuit for an LCD panel includes a source driver module, a pixel electrode, a common electrode opposite to the pixel electrode, and a gamma calibration module coupled to the source driver module. The source driver module is coupled to the pixel electrode. The data driver circuit further includes a compensation module. The compensation module detects and obtains a changed voltage of the common electrode voltage to generate a compensation voltage, and combines the compensation voltage and the gamma voltage of the gamma calibration module, then sends the combined voltage to the source driver module. The compensation voltage output by the compensation module and the changed voltage of the common electrode voltage can be mutually counteracted. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168044 | SHIFT REGISTER UNIT, GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of display technique. Provided are a shift register unit, a gate driving circuit and a display device capable of reducing influence of the gate bias of the pull-down transistor and improving the stability of the shift register unit. The shift register unit comprises a first pull-up module, a first scanning module, a control module, a first pull-down module and a second pull-down module. The embodiments of the present disclosure can achieve a gate driving scanning from top to bottom or from bottom to top. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168045 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND DRIVING METHOD - Embodiments of the invention disclose an array substrate, a liquid crystal display panel and a driving method for increasing aperture ratio of a pixel area, avoiding display horizontal stripes caused by difference in shape between black matrices in adjacent rows and improving display quality. The array substrate comprises: a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines which are provided to intersect each other, and a plurality of pixel units, which are defined by enclosing by the plurality of data lines and the plurality of gate lines and are arranged in an array form, and each of which comprises a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode, the thin film transistor comprising a gate electrode, a source electrode connected to a corresponding data line and a drain electrode connected to the pixel electrode; two gate lines which are adjacent to each other are located between corresponding pixel units in two adjacent rows driven by the two gate lines, and for each of the pixel units in the two adjacent rows, a connection position of the drain electrode of the thin film transistor and the pixel electrode is between the two gate lines or over one corresponding gate line. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168046 | DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY PANEL - Provided are a driving circuit and a display panel, the driving circuit comprises a voltage dividing module, a comparing module and a switching module, wherein the voltage dividing module has a first terminal connected to a first terminal of the switching module, a second terminal connected to a first terminal of the comparing module, and a third terminal serving as a grounding terminal; a second terminal of the comparing module is connected to a first voltage input terminal, third, fourth and fifth terminals of the comparing module are connected to three control terminals of the switching module respectively; the first terminal of the switching module is connected to a voltage output terminal, a second terminal of the switching module is connected to the first voltage input terminal, and third and fourth terminals of the switching module are connected to second and third voltage input terminal, respectively. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168047 | Display With Soft-Transitioning Column Driver Circuitry - An electronic device may have a display that has column driver circuitry for providing data line signals to data lines in an array of display pixels. Gate line signals on gate lines in the array and the data line signals may be used in controlling the array to display images for a user of the electronic device. The column driver circuitry may include voltage divider circuitry such as a chain of resistors with reference voltage nodes. The nodes may be provided with reference voltages from corresponding input pins. During normal operation of the column driver circuitry, a voltage supply may supply a set of column driver voltage divider reference voltages to the input pins. During power state transitions when power supply lines for the column driver circuitry might be subjected to undesirable current surges, the voltage supply may be used in supplying transitional voltages to the input pins. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168048 | SHIFT REGISTER UNIT, SHIFT REGISTER AND SCANNING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A shift register unit, a shift register and the scanning method thereof, and a display device are disclosed. Bidirectional scanning can be achieved while the number of the switches used in the shift register could be reduced, and the spaces are saved. Furthermore, the problem of large coupled noise voltage is solved, and the performance of the shift register is improved. The circuit comprises: a second switch connected with a first switch; a fourth switch connected with a third switch; a fifth switch connected with a sixth switch; a first input and a eighth switch connected with a seventh switch; a output end and a ninth switch connected with the eighth switch; an eleventh, a twelfth, and a thirteenth switch connected with a tenth switch; a fourteenth switch connected with the thirteenth switch; a fifteenth switch connected with the fourteenth switch; a capacitor positioned between a first node and a second nodes. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168049 | SHIFT REGISTER, GATE DRIVER AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are a shift register, a gate driver and a display device capable of eliminating voltage coupled noise at an output terminal. The shift register comprises a pulling-up unit, a clock control unit, a resetting unit, an inverting unit and a pulling-down unit; the pulling-up unit is connected with a shift trigging signal terminal, a high level signal terminal and the resetting unit; the clock control unit is connected with the pulling-up node, a clock signal terminal and the pulling-down unit; the resetting unit is connected with a reset signal terminal, a low level signal terminal, the pulling-up node and the output terminal; the inverting unit is connected with the high and low level signal terminals, the pulling-up node and the pulling-down unit; the pulling-down unit is connected with the pulling-up node, the pulling-down node, the low level signal terminal, the shift trigging signal terminal and the output terminal. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168050 | SHIFT REGISTER, GATE DRIVER AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed are a shift register, a gate driver and a display device, which relate the field of display technology and may eliminate the voltage coupled noise generated by a clock signal at an output terminal of the shift register effectively. The shift register comprises: a first input unit, a clock control unit, a second input unit, an inverting unit, a pulling-down unit and a first level selecting unit, a second level selecting unit, a third level selecting unit; the first input unit is connected with a first input signal terminal, the first level selecting unit and the second input unit, respectively, wherein a node at which the first input unit is connected with the second input unit is a pulling-up node, the first input unit is used for controlling a potential at the pulling-up node. The embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to various display devices. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168051 | LARGE AUDIENCE 3D DISPLAY SYSTEM WITHOUT GLASSES - A three dimensional (3D) display apparatus for without 3D glasses. The display apparatus includes a display element operated to display left and right eye images. A back light assembly back lights the display element and includes light bars with a row of infrared (IR) light receivers that are each paired to a white light emitting diode (LED). Viewers in seats in tiered rows such that their heads are in known viewing locations. Left and right side illuminators illuminate the left and right sides of the faces of the viewers with IR light. The IR light is synchronized with display of the left and right eye images. IR reflected from viewers' faces pass through the display element and is focused onto IR light receivers, which causes LEDs to emit light onto the display element and provide left or right eye images to the viewers at their left or right eyes. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168052 | LED BACKLIGHT DRIVING CIRCUIT AND LCD DEVICE - A light emitting diode (LED) backlight driving circuit includes an LED lightbar, and a driver integrated circuit (IC) coupled to the LED lightbar. The driver IC is configured with a protection pin that controls the driver IC to enter a protection mode when a voltage of the protection pin exceeds a preset voltage range, an undervoltage module is coupled between a power input end of the LED lightbar and the protection pin, and an overvoltage protection module is coupled between a power output end of the LED lightbar and the protection pin. An output overvoltage protection module is coupled between the power output end of the LED lightbar and the protection pin. The input undervoltage protection module outputs a first control voltage that exceeds the preset voltage range to the protection pin when the power input end of the LED lightbar is in an undervoltage state. The output overvoltage protection module outputs a second control voltage that exceeds the preset voltage range to the protection pin when the power input end of the LED lightbar is in an overvoltage state. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168053 | TEST AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT USER INTERFACE WITH MOVE MODE - An apparatus, system, and method are described for providing an intuitive user interface on a test and measurement instrument. The test and measurement instrument can include container logic, which provides a work mode in which interactions with objects within a container on a display are allowed, and a move mode in which interactions with the objects within the container on the display are temporarily prevented. When in the move mode, the container logic can detect a dragging gesture associated with the container. In response to the dragging gesture, a preview container arrangement is provided overlaying the container arrangement. The container logic can detect a dropping indication, thereby causing the arrangement to snap to the preview container arrangement. Various other user interface controls are provided while in the move mode. In multi-user environments, customized container arrangements may be saved and then later recalled. Containers may be moved among multiple different displays. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168054 | AUTOMATIC PAGE TURNING OF ELECTRONICALLY DISPLAYED CONTENT BASED ON CAPTURED EYE POSITION DATA - A method of controlling page turning operations for content displayed on a display element of an electronic device is presented here. The method begins by displaying a current page of content on the display element. The method continues by capturing eye position data that indicates position of an eye of a user of the electronic device, analyzing the captured eye position data to detect an eye-related condition corresponding to a page turning command, and executing the page turning command to display a new page of content. | 2014-06-19 |