26th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110156852 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An electronic apparatus includes: an electric field reinforcing member as a plate-like metal provided in a predetermined position within an outer casing set in response to a specified position of a coupler for generating electric field coupling between a communication destination coupler located within a predetermined communicable distance and itself within the outer casing, having an outer shape in which two leg parts having a positional relationship spaced from each other and a joining part joining the respective one ends of the leg parts are integrally formed, and having lengths of side parts forming an interior of the outer shape set based on a half of a wavelength in response to an electric field frequency generated by the electric field coupling. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156853 | REACTOR-USE COMPONENT AND REACTOR - A reactor-use component which provides improved workability in assembling into a reactor, and a reactor using the component are provided. The reactor-use component is for structuring a reactor including a coil | 2011-06-30 |
20110156854 | Spiral Inductor Device - A spiral inductor device is provided. The spiral inductor device includes a first spiral conductive trace with multiple turns and a second spiral conductive trace with multiple turns adjacent thereto, disposed on an insulating layer over a substrate, wherein the outermost turn and the innermost turn of the first spiral conductive trace have a first end and a second end, respectively, the outermost turn and the innermost turn of the second spiral conductive trace have a third end and a fourth end, respectively, and the second and fourth ends are connected to ground. A non-continuous spiral conductive trace with a single turn is disposed on the insulating layer, parallel and adjacent to the outermost turn of the first spiral conductive trace, wherein the non-continuous spiral conductive trace is connected to the ground and at least a portion thereof is disposed between the first and the second spiral conductive traces. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156855 | FUSING DEVICE AND BATTERY ASSEMBLY COMPRISING THE SAME - A fusing device comprises a core portion, a first terminal, a second terminal, and at least a thermal expanding element provided between the first flange and the second flange with two ends thereof against the first and second flanges respectively, which is configured to break the core portion during thermal expanding. A battery assembly comprises a plurality of battery electrically connected in series, parallel or in series and parallel with the fusing device as described hereinabove. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156856 | Electrical fuse devices - An electrical fuse device includes a cathode and an anode formed apart from each other and a fuse link connecting the cathode and the anode. The cathode includes a first region and a second region. The second region is arranged between the first region and the fuse link. A width of the second region may be greater than a width of the first region. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156857 | SILICON-BASED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE COMPRISING eFUSES FORMED BY AN EMBEDDED SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOY - An electronic fuse may receive a silicon/germanium material in the fuse body, which in turn may result in the formation of a metal silicide material of reduced thickness. Consequently, the current density and, thus, the electromigration and heat generation in the metal silicide material may be increased for a given amount of current. Consequently, transistor switches for applying the programming pulse to the electronic fuse may be reduced in size. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156858 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE COMPRISING METAL-BASED eFUSES OF ENHANCED PROGRAMMING EFFICIENCY BY ENHANCING METAL AGGLOMERATION AND/OR VOIDING - Metal fuses in semiconductor devices may be formed on the basis of additional mechanisms for obtaining superior electromigration in the fuse bodies. To this end, the compressive stress caused by the current-induced metal diffusion may be restricted or reduced in the fuse body, for instance, by providing a stress buffer region and/or by providing a dedicated metal agglomeration region. The concept may be applied to the metallization system and may also be used in the device level, when fabricating the metal fuse in combination with high-k metal gate electrode structures. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156859 | Over-current protection device - An over-current protection device comprises two metal foils and a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) material layer. The PTC material layer is sandwiched between the two metal foils and has a volume resistivity below 0.1 Ω-cm. The PTC material layer includes (i) plural crystalline polymers having at least one crystalline polymer of a melting point less than 115° C.; (ii) an electrically conductive nickel filler having a volume resistivity less than 500 μΩ-cm; and (iii) a non-conductive metal nitride filler. The electrically conductive nickel filler and non-conductive metal nitride filler are dispersed in the crystalline polymer. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156860 | SURFACE MOUNT RESISTOR WITH TERMINALS FOR HIGH-POWER DISSIPATION AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - A metal strip resistor is provided with a resistive element disposed between a first termination and a second termination. The resistive element, first termination, and second termination form a substantially flat plate. A thermally conductive and electrically non-conductive thermal interface material such as a thermally conductive adhesive is disposed between the resistive element and first and second heat pads that are placed on top of the resistive element and adjacent to the first and second terminations, respectively. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156861 | Electronic Device Including a Wireless Actuator and a Method Thereof - Disclosed are electronic devices and methods of electronic devices having a housing including a wireless actuator without an electrical interface, the wireless actuator located on the housing, the wireless actuator being configured to provide tactile feedback and configured to generate an acoustic signal with a unique acoustic signature upon actuation. Included is at least one accelerometer being configured to receive a mechanical or acoustic stimulus and/or an acoustic signal which can include an impulse response being a brief non-periodic and/or non-repeating signal such as a tap or a repeating signal such as a tone, to generate an identifying signal. Also included is a processor configured to receive an identifying signal to generate a control signal based on the received acoustic signal correlated to the acoustic signature. The control signal can provide initiation of any function or application of the device. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156862 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATING A LOST REMOTE CONTROL - Described herein are techniques for locating a lost remote control. The method includes receiving user input, at a controlled device, the user input requesting to locate a lost remote control for the controlled device. The method further includes lowering a volume of the output of content associated with the controlled device responsive to the user input and transmitting a message from the controlled device to the remote control, the message requesting the remote control to activate an indicator device (e.g., sound, visual, physical or the like) of the remote control. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156863 | ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION / RECEPTION FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSMISSION RECEPTION - First apparatuses ( | 2011-06-30 |
20110156864 | SECURITY DOCUMENT, SECURITY SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING ACCESS TO A REGION - A security document is provided comprising a first RFID tag readable only within a first range, and a second RFID tag readable within a second range, the first RFID tag containing data pertaining to the owner of the security document and an identification code, and the second RFID tag containing the same or a related identification code, and wherein the second range is longer than the first range. Also provided is a method and system for controlling access to a region, each person seeking access carrying a detectable unique identifier. The method comprises: detecting, at a first location, a unique identifier relating to a person in the first location; using the detected unique identifier to retrieve information concerning the person from one or more external databases; supplying the retrieved information to a second location remote from the first location; and using, at the second location, the retrieved information to make a decision as to whether to allow the person carrying the unique identifier access to the controlled region. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156865 | WIRELESS CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD USING MULTIPLE FINGERPRINT RECOGNITION - Provided are a wireless control system and method using multiple fingerprint recognition and thus improving security and convenience by controlling a control target depending on a multiple fingerprint inputted by a user. In the wireless control method for a selected control target, a wireless control device recognizes a multiple fingerprint by receiving two or more fingerprints from a user through a fingerprint scan sensor. Then the wireless control device performs an authentication by determining whether the recognized multiple fingerprint is pre-registered. In case of a success authentication, the wireless control device creates a wireless control command for controlling a function corresponding to the recognized multiple fingerprint, and then sends the created command to a controller of the control target. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156866 | Electronic Access Control Device and Management System - A mobile electronic control device, such as an electronic key, is used to access or otherwise control the operations of a field device, such as an appliance, power tool, shipping container, etc. In a control event in which the mobile control device interacts with the field device via wired or wireless communications, the control device obtains the current location and the field device ID. The communications between the mobile control device and the field device may be secured with encryption. The location information is used by the mobile control device to determine whether the field device should be accessed or enabled. Alternatively, the location information may be stored separately in a location sensing device, and the control event data recorded by the key and the location information recorded by the location sensing device are later combined when they are downloaded into a management system for auditing. Moreover, an electronic access control device is disclosed comprising two microprocessors. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156867 | Gesture-based signature authentication - Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to systems, methods, devices, and machine-readable mediums for implementing gesture-based signature authentication. In one embodiment, a method may involve recording a first gesture-based signature and storing the recorded first gesture-based signature. Then the method compares the first gesture-based signature with a second gesture-based signature. Then the method verifies the first gesture-based signature as authentic when the first gesture-based signature is substantially similar to the second gesture-based signature. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156868 | SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR AUTOMATISIERTEN ANALYSE EINES WETTKAMPFVERLAUFES - System, consisting of at least one active or passive position detection system which sends data about the position of at least one athlete to a central evaluation unit; and a central evaluation unit which stores received positional data in a database, automatically calculates a movement pattern consisting of at least the covered distance and the mean velocity from the positional data, and represents the movement pattern on a display. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156869 | ADAPTIVE MULTI-SENSOR HANDHELD COMPUTING DEVICE - A handheld computing system for adaptive multi-sensor, a manipulator grip and its method is provided. A system includes: sensor systems for sensing characteristics of a physical object, the characteristics including at least one identifier; and a distance analyzer for dynamically determining the activation of at least one of the sensor systems based on a distance to the object and pre-determined criteria. A system includes: capturing systems for capturing characteristics of a physical object, the characteristics including an identifier and one or more attributes for contributing to identification of the object; a display for displaying the object's image, having an analysis field; and a zoom for placing a specific captured characteristic of the object in the analysis field. A method of capturing and identifying a physical object includes: capturing characteristics of the object via an optical path, a radio frequency path or a combination thereof, the characteristics including an identifier and one or more attributes for contributing to identification of the object; evaluating one or more available captured characteristics; and validating the identifier based on the evaluation. A handheld ergonomic data input device for operating a handheld computing device having a sensor, includes: an enclosure having a grip surface contoured to fit the palm of a user's hand and a support surface for mounting the device; a detection mechanism for detecting the movement of the fingers, including: a rocking switch having at least two states and operated by the first and second fingers; a single state switch operated by a third finger; and a squeeze switch operated by squeezing the grip with the hand. A handheld computing unit includes: a handheld computing device including: capturing systems for capturing characteristics including an identifier and one or more attributes for contributing to identification of the object; a processor for adaptively selecting the capturing system and validating the identifier with one or more available captured characteristics, a manipulator grip shaped for fitting the palm of a user's hand, for operating the handheld computing device with the hand, the manipulator grip including: a mounting surface for mounting the device; an entry mechanism operated by the hand; and an interface for transferring a signal associated with the operation of the entry mechanism to operate the device. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156870 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATING A HAND-HELD TERMINAL - Disclosed herein is a system for and method of determining the location of an RFID reader, the system comprising: a plurality of transmitters having a known reference point. Each transmitter includes a circuit for transmitting a sequence of unique RFID pseudo tag signals. Each unique RFID pseudo signal in the sequence has a unique range of transmission. Each unique RFID pseudo tag in the sequence has a tag identification indicating the range of transmission of the pseudo tag signal and a transmitter identification value indicating the transmitter from which the pseudo tag signal was transmitted. An RFID reader receives the unique RFID pseudo tag signals and distinguishes between each received unique RFID pseudo tag signal. A location calculator calculates the location of the RFID reader based on the range of transmission indicated in the tag identification and the location obtainable from the transmitter identification value of the unique RFID pseudo tags received by the RFID reader. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156871 | FREQUENCY CALIBRATING - Disclosed are a device and a method for calibrating a frequency of a transponder applicable to an RFID system. The device may comprises: a pulse generating unit configured to generate a sequence of pulses based on a PIE symbol sequence from an interrogator of the RFID system; a counting unit configured to count clock cycles of a clock signal based on the generated pulses, wherein the transponder operates based on the clock signal; and a calibrating unit configured to calibrate a frequency of the clock signal towards a target frequency based on a comparison of the counted number of clock cycles with a reference number associated with the target frequency. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156872 | SMART RFID READER/ROUTER - A smart RFID reader/router is disclosed for connecting RFID readers to a data network. The smart RFID reader/router includes a plurality of connection ports for RFID readers, a plurality of data network ports for connection to a data network, and an internal processor for providing middleware and routing processing functionality. The smart RFID reader/router is particularly useful for moving RFID processing power to the edge of the network. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156873 | RFID SYSTEM HAVING MULTI-SUBSCRIPTION FUNCTION AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - An RFID system having a multi-subscription function, an RFID tag and an operation method thereof are provided. The RFID tag includes an RFID tag antenna, a tag storage unit, a sensor and a tag controller. The RFID tag antenna communicates with the RFID reader or the user terminal. The tag storage unit stores receives and stores user information transmitted from users. The sensor collects information on an object or environment to which the RFID tag is attached under the control of the tag controller. The tag controller classifies and arranges sensor information collected by the sensor for the user information of each user to generate tag information and transmits the generated tag information to the user terminal corresponding to the user information | 2011-06-30 |
20110156874 | RFID Tags, RFIG Transmission Methods And RFID Devices - A radio frequency identification tag for multi-path transmission is provided, including: a plurality of antennas, receiving a wireless signal transmitted by a reader and generating an antenna signal, respectively, and backscattering an encoded and modulated backscatter signal to the reader, in which the polarizations of the plurality of antennas are different; a demodulator, demodulating the antenna signal, to generate a plurality of demodulated signals corresponding to the antenna signal; a signal processor, selecting one of the plurality of demodulated signals or combining the plurality of demodulated signals for processing according to characteristics of the plurality of the demodulated signals to read data and generating a backscatter signal; and a space-time code encode and modulator, encoding and modulating the backscatter signal according to a space-time code to generate the encoded and modulated backscatter signal. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156875 | Apparatus for and Method of Processing Data - An apparatus for processing data includes a plurality of signal processing units, each signal processing unit including a register that stores identification (ID) information to store a parameter, the signal processing units operative to sequentially perform an operation of storing the parameter or an operation of processing a signal in response to a mode control signal; a storage unit; a data reading unit that selectively reads parameter information or processing data from the storage unit; a data writing unit that selectively writes data corresponding to a data signal output by each of the signal processing units in the storage unit; and a control unit that outputs the mode control signal to each of the signal processing units. During the operation of storing the parameter, when the data signal corresponds to the ID information, each of the signal processing units writes a parameter included in the data signal in the register. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156876 | Method and Device for Recognizing Functional States in RFID or Remote Sensor Systems - A method for recognizing time-variable functional states, e.g., in the course of a programming process, in RFID systems is disclosed, which includes at least one transponder or remote sensor and at least one base station, which transmits data and/or power to the transponder or sensor by a carrier signal. According to the invention, after a specified process state is attained at least one confirmation symbol is transmitted by the transponder or sensor to the base station. As a result, no unfavorable “worst case” scenario has to be provided for chronologically controlling time-variable processes because the base station is able to clearly recognize the beginning and end of the process, as well as the state thereof. RFID systems or remote sensor systems can thus be controlled more quickly and more reliably, resulting especially in reduced costs. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156877 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING REFRIGERATED CONTAINERS - An apparatus ( | 2011-06-30 |
20110156878 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TIMING SERVICES AND DME AIDED MULTILATERATION FOR GROUND SURVEILLANCE - The present invention utilizes the existing DME transponder system infrastructure to augment existing ground surveillance multilateration (MLAT) capabilities by providing additional measurements for determining the position of an aircraft equipped with a DME transponder. DME listeners receive DME interrogation signals and DME reply signals, determine TDOA between the DME transponder and each DME listener, and transmit data to a central computer that clusters TDOAs between the DME transponder and the DME listeners and computes the aircraft position using the clustered TDOAs. The DME-aided MLAT can be used as a backup surveillance system when GNSS-based systems are unavailable. The DME-aided MLAT can be integrated with SSR receive units (RUs) performing multilateration (MLAT) calculations. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156879 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Setting and operation of a TV, a mobile terminal, and the like are extremely complex to an ordinary user. Even when part of the setting and operation is automatically done, still a change needs to be performed so as to meet the needs of the user according to a use status. In view of this, a RFID tag ( | 2011-06-30 |
20110156880 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZING A COMPUTER SYSTEM - A system and method for customizing a computer system is disclosed herein. The computer system includes a controller and a storage device connected thereto. A software package having a plurality of modules is installed on the storage device. A reader is installed in the computer system. An identifier is placed on the computer system at least in dose proximity to the reader such that it is readable by the reader. The identifier corresponds to at least one of the plurality of modules such that, when the identifier is read by the reader at an initial boot up of the computer system, one or more modules automatically activates on the computer system and the computer system displays customized images. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156881 | READER CONTROL SYSTEM - An RFID reader control system and method is provided. A protocol for controlling an RFID reader and an RFID reader control unit of a mobile phone is defined. Messages, information, commands, responses, and notification are constructed and transmitted between the RFID reader and the RFID reader control unit. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156882 | READER CONTROL SYSTEM - An RFID reader control system and method is provided. A protocol for controlling an RFID reader and an RFID reader control unit of a mobile phone is defined. Messages, information, commands, responses, and notification are constructed and transmitted between the RFID reader and the RFID reader control unit. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156883 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A STATE OF OPERATION OF A PHOTOVOLTAIC PANEL, CORRESPONDING PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD AND UNIT FOR REMOTE MONITORING - A system for monitoring a state of operation of a photovoltaic panel. The system comprises a transponder for connection to the panel, wherein, when the panel is in a first state of operation, the transponder transmits an individual identifier code in response to a pre-determined received signal and wherein, when the panel is in a second state of operation, the transponder does not transmit the individual identifier code. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156884 | INDUSTRIAL INSTRUMENT AND MACHINE TOOL - A control device of a machine tool includes a first determination unit determining an amount of rotation, rotational speed, and direction of rotation of a rotary handle based on a pulse signal generated by rotation of the rotary handle at a manual pulse generator, and a second determination unit determining which of position control and rotational speed control is selected by selection of an axis through an axis selector switch, based on a signal generated by an axis selection signal generator at an operation device including the manual pulse generator. When a determination is made that position control is selected, the control device controls the amount and direction of travel of a spindle based on the amount of rotation and direction of rotation of the rotary handle. When a determination is made that rotational speed control is selected, the control device controls the rotational speed and direction of rotation of a table based on the rotational speed and direction of rotation of the rotary handle. Accordingly, the user can readily set the direction of rotation and rotational speed of the table using the manual pulse generator, and cause the table to move at the set direction of rotation and rotational speed. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156885 | BIDIRECTIONAL REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD USING MOBILE INTERFACE DEVICE - Provided are a bidirectional remote control system and method using a mobile interface device, while allowing a remote control over a control target even when a user and the control target are separated beyond a visible range, allowing an automatic control over the control target within a given distance between a user and the control target, and allowing a user to monitor operating status of the control target. The mobile interface device receives a remote control command from a portable electronic apparatus through a short range wireless communication or creates the remote control command when detecting an approach to the control target within a given distance. Then the mobile interface device sends the remote control command to an electronic control unit (ECU) in the control target through a radio frequency (RF) communication. Also, the mobile interface device receives operating status information about the control target from the ECU and then sends the received information to the portable electronic apparatus. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156886 | PAGING INTERFACE ADAPTER - A system for interfacing between medical devices using different output protocols and medical personnel is provided. A user may configure the system to accept different external device outputs on different input ports of the system. The system may be programmed to correctly associate the input signals with alert conditions based upon the particular input device connected to the particular input port. The system may also be configured to send status information from the input devices to medical personnel by transmitting a message utilizing the output protocol appropriate to the communication system used by the medical personnel requiring the information. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156887 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMING SURROUNDING SEAMLESS BIRD-VIEW IMAGE - A method and system for forming a surrounding seamless bird-view image by processing a plurality of surrounding images associated with a carrier captured by different imaging devices is provided in the present invention. During the process, the surrounding images are converted into corresponding bird-images respectively and then an overlapping area corresponding to each two adjacent bird-view images is determined. After that, distances between the pixel in the overlapping area and the boundary of the overlapping area in each adjacent bird-view image is calculated so as to determine a weighting value for each corresponding pixel in each adjacent bird-view image thereby forming an overlapping image, wherein each pixel in the overlapping image is determined according to the weighting value and information of the corresponding pixel in each adjacent image. After determining the overlapping image for each two adjacent bird-view image, it is capable of forming the surrounding seamless bird-view image. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156888 | VAPOR ALARM IN FLOTATION FOB - A system includes a vapor sensor mounted in an engine compartment of a powered vehicle and an alarm device adapted to couple with a key ring, the alarm comprising hardware logic and-or logic embodied in machine readable memory devices to communicate with the vapor sensor and to provide an alarm when a hazardous vapor condition exists in the engine compartment. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156889 | VEHICLE WARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A warning system for a stopped vehicle includes an alarm device for mounting in the stopped vehicle, and a warning sign for being placed away from the stopped vehicle in the direction of oncoming traffic. The warning sign includes a display module, an image capturing module, an image processing module, and a signal transmission module. The image capturing module is configured for capturing images of the traffic on the road adjacent to the stopped vehicle. The image processing module is configured for receiving the images from the image capturing module and controlling the signal transmission module to transmit a signal to the alarm device if the moving speed toward the stopped vehicle of the moving object is greater than a predetermined speed. The alarm device is configured for generating an alarm for alarming the person in the stopped vehicle in response to the signal. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156890 | PROXIMITY DETECTION DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - This device ( | 2011-06-30 |
20110156891 | JUDGMENT LINE CALCULATIONS FOR A VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEM - A vehicle has a safety system including at least one object sensor to detect a distance from an object in a path of the vehicle and the speed and acceleration of the object. The sensor data is input into a control to determine a desired braking judgment line and a steering judgment line between the vehicle and the object. The safety system then compares the vehicle and object acceleration. Following, the safety system calculates a judgment line between the object and the vehicle based upon equations for the determined scenario. The judgment line is then used to determine a warning distance and warn a vehicle operator. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156892 | ON-BOARD EQUIPMENT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An on-board equipment | 2011-06-30 |
20110156893 | REAR VIEW MIRROR FOR A VEHICLE WITH AN ANTENNA MODULE AND AN ELECTRONIC DISPLAY MODULE - A multiple radio data service antenna module integrated in a rear view mirror being exposed towards a windscreen in an activated state enhances quality of reception of multiple radio data services and a display unit being integrated in a rear view mirror surface displaying information received by said antenna module informs a driver about relevant data of said data service without distracting the driver. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156894 | TAIL LAMP SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES - A tail lamp system for a vehicle includes a dynamic signal unit, a control unit, a set of input lines electrically connecting the dynamic signal unit with the control unit, an LED display board, and a set of output lines electrically connecting the LED display board with the control unit. The dynamic signal unit provides a plurality of dynamic signals relating to various instant driving information of the vehicle. The control unit receives each of the dynamic signals of the dynamic signal unit and outputs a corresponding control signal. The LED display board receives the control signal from the control unit and displays a corresponding pattern according to the received control signal to indicate instant driving information of the vehicle, for example, turning, braking, temporary stop and breakdown of the vehicle. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156895 | SUBSCRIBING TO ALARMS AND EVENTS IN A HIERARCHY - An alarm provision system comprises a recognizer component that receives an alarm/event and recognizes the alarm/event. A provision component analyzes hierarchical relationships associated with an industrial environment and automatically provides a subscribing entity with the alarm/event and at least one other alarm/event that is related to the received alarm/event, the provision of the at least one other alarm/event is based at least in part upon the analysis of the hierarchical relationships. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156896 | INTERNET APPLIANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - An Internet appliance, comprising, within a single housing, packet data network interfaces, adapted for communicating with the Internet and a local area network, at least one data interface selected from the group consisting of a universal serial bus, an IEEE-1394 interface, a voice telephony interface, an audio program interface, a video program interface, an audiovisual program interface, a camera interface, a physical security system interface, a wireless networking interface; a device control interface, smart home interface, an environmental sensing interface, and an environmental control interface, and a processor, for controlling a data transfer between the local area network and the Internet, and defining a markup language interface communicated through a packet data network interface, to control a data transfer or control a remote device. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156897 | DETERMINATION OF AN ALARM-ISSUING TIME OF AN ALARM DEVICE - A method for determining a triggering time for the issuance of an alarm by an alarm device. A measured value is sensed at a measuring time, and the measured value is indicative of a hazard potential within a monitoring range. A waiting time is identified by way of a function which respectively indicates an assigned waiting time for a plurality of different measured values and which has a continuous profile. The triggering time is determined on the basis of the measuring time and the identified waiting time. In addition, an alarm device having a detection device for sensing a measured value and having an evaluation device which is configured to carry out said method is described. In addition, a program element for determining a triggering time for the issuance of an alarm by an alarm device is described, wherein the program element can be loaded into an evaluation unit of the alarm device and can cause the abovementioned method to be carried out. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156898 | ENVIRONMENT SENSING SYSTEM FOR THE HEARING-IMPAIRED - There is provided an environment sensing system for the deaf/hearing-impaired. A user wears a personal unit for notifying him/her of a sound event in its surrounding environment. The personal unit is also in communication with a central station, for the user to request immediate assistance. When receiving a sound event message from a sound detection unit in the environment, the personal unit vibrates and displays a notification on a screen. At any time, the user may request immediate assistance to the central station using push buttons located on the personal unit. The central station may contact the user by displaying inquiries or messages on the screen. The user may then confirm that immediate assistance is actually required or communicate more information to the central station using the push buttons. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156899 | Cell Phone Detector for Washing Machines - An apparatus is disclosed comprising: a clothes washing machine ( | 2011-06-30 |
20110156900 | INFORMATION ACQUISITION DEVICE, POSITIONAL INFORMATION STORAGE METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information acquisition device, includes: a positioning unit that measures a current position and acquires positional information thereof; an information acquisition unit that acquires information; a storage unit that stores information acquired by the information acquisition unit and positional information acquired by the positioning unit; and a control unit that causes the positioning unit to perform positioning, while the information acquisition unit is activated, at an interval shorter than while the information acquisition unit is stopped, and causes positional information acquired while the information acquisition unit is activated, outside a time period determined in advance with a time in which acquisition of information was performed by the information acquisition unit as a reference point, among positional information acquired in the positioning unit, to be thinned and stored in the storage unit. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156901 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TRACKING SERVICES TO LOCATE AN ASSET - The present invention is directed to a method of asset location. Location data is received from a cellular transmitter associated with a selected asset, which location data includes data representative of a cellular receiver with which direct communication with the cellular transmitter is made. The location data is then communicated to a tracking service system, which tracking service system includes a database representative of geographic locations associated with a plurality of cellular receivers. The database is then queried with received location data so as to generate geographic tracking data associated with a location of the cellular receiver, the geographic tracking data including display data adapted to generate a map image including a representative of a location of the selected asset. The geographic tracking data is then communicated to an associated security agency so as to allow for viewing of an image generated in accordance with the display data and at least one of tracking and interception of the selected asset. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156902 | SURFACE MOUNTED TECHNOLOGY MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A Surface Mounted Technology (SMT) monitoring system and method includes setting an alarm threshold of an accident probability, and obtaining the output data from a monitor unit. The SMT monitoring method further includes calculating the accident probability according to the obtained output data, and sending an alarm command to trigger an alarm unit located at the SMT production lines to output an alarm signal if the calculated accident probability is greater than or equal to the set alarm threshold of the accident probability. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156903 | WASTE COLLECTION SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING SOLID MEDICAL WASTE INCLUDING METAL DETECTION, PRE-DETECTION APPARATUS, AND/OR BAG- TENSIONING MECHANISM - A solid medical waste collection system for collecting solid medical waste. The system includes a mobile cart with a bag for storing the waste. A pre-detection apparatus detects metal-containing objects prior to placing them inside the bag to reduce costs to the facility in which the cart is employed. The system may also include a bag-tensioning mechanism for securing the bag to the cart. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156904 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTENSION OF ENTRY DELAY IN A SECURITY SYSTEM - A system and method are provided for extending the expiration of an entry delay period for disarming a security system based on the entry of a keypress that matches a valid access code before expiration of a preprogrammed entry delay period. The security system includes a plurality of detection devices to detect any number of conditions, a user interface such as a keypad, and a control panel communicating with each of the detection devices and the user interface. The system extends the entry delay period based on the input of each keypress using the user interface that matches a symbol of a valid access code. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156905 | TWO-PART SECURITY TAG - Disclosed is a security tag that contains two parts. The contact (or lack thereof) of the two parts defines the operational state of the security tag. In one state, the security tag responds when a central control station runs a wireless security scan. In the other state, the tag does not respond. Thus the wireless security scan reveals the tag's operational state. If, for example, one part of the tag is affixed to a window, and the other part affixed to a frame of the window, then the two parts can be arranged so that they are in contact when the window is closed but not in contact when the window is open. A wireless scan of the tag thus reveals whether or not the window is open. In one embodiment, one part of the security tag includes an RFID circuit, and the other part includes an antenna. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156906 | Near-Field Communication Apparatus and Associated Method - A near-field communication apparatus comprises an antenna, a signal processing circuit, a storage unit and a signal transmission interface. The antenna receives and transmits a wireless signal transmitted from and to a reader. The signal processing circuit, comprising a first port, a second port and a third port, generate a mapping data, wherein the first port is coupled to the antenna. The storage unit, coupled to the second port, comprises a predetermined memory area for storing the mapping data by the signal processing circuit. And the signal transmission interface, coupled or directly connected to the third port, for receiving an external signal and mapping the external signal to the mapping data by the signal processing circuit. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156907 | APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH RFID TAG AND SYSTEM FOR ARTICLE MANAGEMENT - This disclosure discloses an apparatus for communicating with a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, comprising: an apparatus antenna device configured to perform radio communication with a plurality of RFID tag circuit elements including a first RFID tag circuit element and a second RFID tag circuit element; a power control portion; an information obtaining portion configured to obtain information from the first RFID tag circuit element and the second RFID tag circuit element, based on the power controlled by the power control portion; and an association processing portion configured to perform the association processing of tag identification information of the second RFID tag circuit element with tag identification information of the first RFID tag circuit element. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156908 | OPERATION STATE DETECTION DEVICE - An operation state detection device comprises data communication devices and a detection device. The data communication devices are respectively attached to an operator, and a person or an object as an operation target. The data communication devices mutually perform data communication when the operator contacts the person or the object and thereby a path is formed through the operator, and the person or the object. The detection device detects the data communication performed between the data communication devices. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156909 | GATEWAY RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAG SYSTEM - A system and method are disclosed for transporting deterministic traffic in a gigabit passive optical network. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an Optical Line Termination (OLT) for exchanging data traffic in a Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) having a controller programmed to generate a timeslot schedule for transport of a desired bandwidth of constant bit rate (CBR) data traffic by selecting one or more timeslots from periodic frame clusters operating according to a GPON Transmission Convergence (GTC) protocol. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156910 | Method for the Securing and Monitoring of Containers and Container with Securing and Monitoring Device - A method of monitoring a container that holds goods, in which one or more surfaces of the container have an electrically conductive material that acts as a sensor to detect state changes in physical properties of the container, comprises obtaining state information from the electrically conductive material and determining a position of the container. The method further comprises associating the state information with the position of the container, detecting data about the goods from an RFID tag located on the goods via an antenna that is installed around the opening edge of the container when the goods are loaded into the container and passed by the antenna, and transmitting at least one of the state information, the position of the container or the data about the goods to a data processing unit. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156911 | OCCUPANCY-BASED CONTROL SYSTEM - A system including an assembly; a sensor substantially encapsulated in the assembly and configured to sense an environment associated with the assembly to generate an occupancy signal; a wireless transmitter substantially encapsulated in the assembly; and a controller configured to transmit a remote control command with the wireless transmitter in response to the occupancy signal. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156912 | Sick Signal, Embedded Intelligent Continuous Pulse Monitor and Monitoring Method Thereof - A sick signal, embedded intelligent continuous pulse monitor and monitoring method thereof is covered by a flexible material so that the flexible material is fitted to a pulse's position of a human body (such as wrist or ankle) and comprises: a processing unit connected with a pulse detecting unit to receive a pulsing frequency of an artery; at least one control unit to control and transmit a signal to the processing unit to be calculated; at least one display unit to receive a processed signal via the processing unit and display the processed signal; a signal transmitting unit connected with the processing unit to transmit the processed signal to an external device. Moreover, when the pulse is over a predetermined value in response to actual age of the patient, the display unit makes warning signal to provided related information to the patient or caregiver. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156913 | WARNING DEVICE AND WARNING METHOD THEREOF - A warning device includes a sensing unit, a comparing unit, a controlling unit and a warning unit. The sensing unit sense whether a part of the body of a person is sticking out of the window and generates a sensing signal. The comparing unit detects if the sensing signal is at least a predetermined value. If it is determined that the sensing signal is at least the predetermined value, a part of the body of the person is sticking out of the window and the comparing unit generates a warning signal. The warning unit is used for generating the alarm, and is capable of alternating between an alarm state and standby state. The controlling unit responds to the warning signal to detect whether the warning unit is in the alarm state, and disables the warning unit to start generating the alarm when the warning unit is in the standby state. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156914 | Systems And Methods For Detecting Use Of An Electronic Control Device - A system detects that an electronic control device for inhibiting use of skeletal muscles by a human or animal target has been used. The system includes a radio receiver and a circuit. The electronic control device causes a radio signal when used. The circuit detects a plurality of properties of a received radio signal and outputs a signal in response to comparing the received properties to expected properties. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156915 | BED EXIT WARNING SYSTEM - There is provided a bed exit warning system for use in monitoring a user on a bed that comprises one or more sensors for measuring one or more physiological characteristics of the user and for producing corresponding signals indicative of the one or more physiological characteristics; and a processor adapted to monitor the corresponding signals and to determine the likelihood that the user is about to get out of the bed from changes in the one or more physiological characteristics. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156916 | Nuclear radiation-warning detector that measures impedance - Disclosed is a nuclear radiation-warning detector that measures impedance of silver-silver halide on an interdigitated electrode to detect light or radiation comprised of alpha particles, beta particles, gamma rays, X rays, and/or neutrons. The detector is comprised of an interdigitated electrode covered by a layer of silver halide. After exposure to alpha particles, beta particles, X rays, gamma rays, neutron radiation, or light, the silver halide is reduced to silver in the presence of a reducing solution. The change from the high electrical resistance (impedance) of silver halide to the low resistance of silver provides the radiation warning that detected radiation levels exceed a predetermined radiation dose threshold. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156917 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING WATER LEVEL - An electronic device with a water level monitoring system monitors a buoy to determine if a water level is acceptable. The device separates level markers of the containment facility and the buoy floating therein. The device traces a trace of the movement of the buoy and compares the trace and security lines to determine if the water level is acceptable or not. If the water level is unacceptable, the device sends an alarm to an alarm mainframe to display a warning on a monitor array. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156918 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING OIL LEVEL AND DETECTING LEAKS IN POWER TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS, CURRENT AND POTENTIAL TRANSFORMERS, HIGH VOLTAGE BUSHINGS AND THE LIKE - System for monitoring oil level and detecting leaks in power transformers, reactors, current and potential transformers, high voltage bushings and the like, notably for a system that through the use of sensors and other electronic components measures and monitors transformers and similar equipment in real time, filled with insulating oil, with greater precision and without need for floats or mobile mechanical parts, while presenting countless facilities in the sense of making level monitoring more reliable and safer, highlighting the level error calculations, oil leak detection alarm, excess oil detection alarm during the equipment filling process and calculation of tendencies of evolution for levels among other facilities. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156919 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE APPARATUS AND EARLY-WARNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE SAME - Provided are early-warning methods and early-warning devices for indicating a usage condition of a semiconductor storage device comprising a semiconductor storage medium. The semiconductor storage medium comprises a plurality of physical storage blocks. The method comprises: retrieving a usage condition value; comparing the usage condition value with a preset threshold; and providing an early-warning signal based on a result of the comparison, wherein the usage condition value comprises one of an average number of used times of the blocks and a maximum number of used times of the blocks. Since the early-warning is used to indicate the usage condition information of the semiconductor storage medium, users may be aware of when the lifetime of the semiconductor storage medium will expire so that important data can be backed up before the storage device is aged, thus ensuring safety of the data and avoiding data lost. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156920 | PROTECTIVE ELECTRICAL WIRING DEVICE WITH A CENTER NIGHTLIGHT - The present invention is directed to an electrical wiring device that includes a cover assembly is coupled to the housing. The cover assembly includes at least one set of receptacle openings disposed on either side of a central portion of the cover assembly in communication with a portion of the plurality of receptacle terminals. A fault detection circuit is configured to provide a fault detection output in response to detecting a fault condition. A circuit interrupter is coupled between the plurality of line terminals and the plurality of load terminals. A light assembly is coupled to the plurality of line terminals or the plurality of load terminals. The light assembly has a light transmission region disposed in the central portion and occupying a substantial portion of a width of the cover assembly. The light assembly is selectively driven from a deenergized state to a light emitting state in response to a predetermined stimulus. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156921 | METHOD FOR DETECTION OF A FLUID LEAK RELATED TO A PISTON MACHINE - A machine includes at least one piston and a pump shaft. A method for detecting a leak in the machine includes receiving a vibration signal from a vibration sensor disposed on at least one of an upstream pipe and a downstream pipe of the machine, receiving a rotational speed signal and an angular shaft position signal from a speed and position sensor disposed on the machine, calculating a rotational speed and an angular shaft position of the pump shaft, calculating at least one complex harmonic Fourier amplitude of the received vibration signal, low pass filtering the at least one complex harmonic Fourier amplitude, calculating a deviation amplitude as a magnitude of a complex difference between the filtered amplitude and a base amplitude, and monitoring the deviation amplitude to detect a leakage. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156922 | EARLY WARNING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ULTRASONIC PROBE AND ULTRASONIC APPARATUS - An early warning device for use with an ultrasonic probe includes a service lifetime acquisition unit configured to acquire service lifetimes of individual parts of the ultrasonic probe, a total working time acquisition unit configured to acquire total working times of the individual parts of the ultrasonic probe, a calculation unit configured to calculate existing service lifetime percents depending on the service lifetimes and the total working times, and a judgment and warning unit configured to determine whether any of the existing service lifetime percents is less than a threshold value, and to issue a warning if the existing service lifetime is less than the threshold value. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156923 | INFORMATION FEEDBACK OR MESSAGE TO END-USER FOR LED LIGHT-CONTROL SYSTEMS - A lighting system comprising a lamp arranged to transform electricity into a light beam having properties such as intensity, colour, colour temperature, direction and beam cone angle; a light control means arranged to adjust said light beam properties; a processing means arranged to send control signals to said light control means; a user control interface arranged to transform user control input into electronic input signals and to send those electronic input signals to said processing means; wherein said processing means is arranged to send a user feedback signal to said light control means such that said lamp properties either alternate in time or are different in adjacent locations, such that a user can recognize said alternating or adjacent different light properties as a feed back signal. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156924 | ESTIMATION OF TRAVEL TIMES USING BLUETOOTH - Methods for estimating travel time using at least two remote systems to record the times amps associated with obtaining identifying information of a wireless Bluetooth enabled, or other WPAN technology, electronic device in a vehicle. A remote system in one embodiment is a Bluetooth enhanced traffic controller. Characteristics of Bluetooth technology, such as a unique address for each Bluetooth capable device are used to detect a vehicle with a Bluetooth device by at least a first and a second remote system. Vehicle identifying data including at least a time stamp is transmitted by the remote systems to a central system. The central system determines a travel time, or an estimated travel delay. Travel time related data is provided by the central system to a display, such as a variable or dynamic message sign. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156925 | VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION INSIDE TUNNEL USING VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION - A visible light communication apparatus for a vehicle is provided. The visible light communication apparatus for the vehicle includes a vehicle optical receiver for receiving a visible light signal including a tunnel light node ID, a front passing vehicle node ID, and tunnel environment data, from a tunnel light and converting the visible light signal to an electric signal; and a vehicular visible light emitting diode unit arranged to face the optical receiver for converting vehicle speed and location information calculated by counting tunnel light node IDs received over a certain time, to a visible light signal and sending the visible light signal to the tunnel light. Using the vehicular visible light communication apparatus and the tunnel light having the visible light communication function, an efficient vehicular communication system can be built in the tunnel. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156926 | LED SOLAR TRAFFIC MARKING PANEL FITTED WITH INTEGRATED DIMMING CONTROLLER - A multifunctional integrated dimming controller and an LED solar traffic marking panel fitted with this controller. The multifunctional integrated dimming controller is applied to the marking panel for combining and controlling its dimming function. The multifunctional integrated dimming controller includes a controller casing having an assembly surface and a terminal coupling portion. A contact block of solar photovoltaic panel is assembled on the coupling portion and connected with the solar photovoltaic panel. A contact block is assembled on the terminal coupling portion and connected with the electrical storage device. An LED contact block is assembled on the coupling portion and connected with the LED unit. An external sensing contact block is assembled on the coupling portion and connected with the external sensor. An integrated electrical control module is accommodated into the controller casing including a circuit board, a dimming processor on the circuit board and an electrical control unit. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156927 | VEHICULAR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM - A traffic control system and a traffic signal to increase traffic signal visibility. The traffic control system has a traffic signal with a first face and an oppositely facing second face. The first face has a first red light, a first amber light and a first green light. The first face is directed to and controls vehicles travelling in a first direction in a first lane of traffic. The second face has a second red light, a second amber light and a second green light. The second face is directed to and controls vehicles in a second direction in a second lane of traffic, the second direction is opposed to the first direction. The traffic signal is positioned over the first lane of traffic, whereby vehicles travelling in the second lane of traffic have an unobstructed view of the second face of the at least one first traffic signal. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156928 | PARKING-ASSISTANT SYSTEM - A parking-assistant system for “multi-manoeuvre parking”, which is designed for generating, before the parking manoeuvre is started, a predetermined path, via the simulation of a manoeuvre of exit from a parking space. The control effected by the system, during the real parking manoeuvre, limits itself to comparing the effective position of the vehicle with respect to the predetermined path. Said control has somewhat low computational requirements so that the system is quite reliable. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156929 | BUTTON FOR INPUT INTERFACE, INPUT INTERFACE AND PORTABLE TERMINAL - The present invention provides a button for an input interface, and an input interface and a portable terminal thereof, which make visibility of an indicated character high, and make it easy to detect a boundary with the tactile sensation. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156930 | Capacitive Touch Panel with High Touching Sensitivity - A capacitive touch panel has a plurality of first conductor lines and a plurality of second conductor lines. The first conductor lines are disposed in a first direction for sensing a contact with an object. The second conductor lines are disposed in a second direction to be intersected insulatively with the first conductor lines so as to define an overlapping region at each intersection of a first conductor line and a second conductor line. As a driving signal is applied to one of the second conductor lines, the overlapping region defined at the intersection forms a capacitance. Each of the first conductor lines defines at least one opening in each of the overlapping regions. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156931 | Input Device With Rotary Wheel - The invention relates to an input device ( | 2011-06-30 |
20110156932 | HYBRID ARITHMETIC-COMBINATORIAL ENCODER - Hybrid range coding/combinatorial coding (FPC) encoders and decoders are provided. Encoding and decoding can be dynamically switched between range coding and combinatorial according to the ratio of ones to the ratio of bits in a partial remaining sequence in order to reduce the computational complexity of encoding and decoding. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156933 | GENERATING A JITTERED DIGITAL SIGNAL USING A SERIALIZER DEVICE - A serializer device is used for generation, from a parallel digital signal, of a clock signal or a serial binary data signal having a pre-determined amount of jitter. A binary number having consecutive groups of ones and zeroes, when serialized by the serializer device, produces a clock signal. By varying the number of ones and zeroes on the binary number, a pre-determined amount of jitter can be generated. Use of sigma-delta modulation in combination with a phase-locked loop circuitry allows one to obtain a smoothly varying jitter of the output signal. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156934 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PARALLEL DATA INTERFACING USING COMBINED CODING AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFOR - A semiconductor device may include a coding lookup table unit including a plurality of coding lookup tables each of which is selected by a respectively selection signal, and a selection unit configured to receive one of N-bit parallel data and extract respective encoded data corresponding to the selection signal and to which the N-bit parallel data is mapped from the coding lookup table unit, and encoded data and extract respective N-bit parallel data corresponding to the selection signal and to which the encoded data is mapped from the coding lookup table unit, wherein N is 2 or an integer greater than 2, and wherein the coding lookup tables respectively store a plurality of coded data patterns that respectively correspond to patterns of the N-bit parallel data and are random temporally and spatially. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156935 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIMPLIFYING DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER CIRCUITRY USING GRAY CODE - For high resolution resistor string DACs, a resistor string is placed in an array of columns and rows, each resistor tap is connected to a switch network, and a decoder is used to select switches to be closed such that sub-DAC voltage comes from the resistor taps connected to the selected switches. The voltages from each row of the resistor string are fed into a multiplexer, wherein the multiplexer produces an output voltage. A method and apparatus are disclosed for implementing the reflective nature of Gray code to design a DAC such that all the switches in a column of the resistor string may be controlled with only one control signal, thereby reducing extra routing costs, surface area, and dynamic power consumed by the circuit. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156936 | MOBILE INDUSTRY PROCESSOR INTERFACE - An optimized Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) includes a transmitter physical (PHY) layer configured to convert input data into serial data and transmit the serial data in synchronization with a high-speed clock, a receiver PHY layer configured to convert the serial data into 8-bit parallel data in synchronization with the clock received from the transmitter, a bit merge block configured to merge the parallel data received from the receiver PHY layer so as to form 32-bit data using multiple lanes and to transmit the 32-bit data to a receiver protocol layer, the receiver protocol layer being configured to decode and recognize the data received from the bit merge block. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156937 | Multi-Speed Burst Mode Serializer/De-Serializer - A multi-speed burst mode serializer/de-serializer (SerDes) is configurable and can operate in one of a plurality of operating modes. The plurality of operating modes correspond to the reception of signals from optical network units that operate at different nominal speeds. These various modes of operation can enable a single SerDes design to apply to a variety of speeds and network configurations (e.g., point-to-point or point-to-multipoint). In one example, the design can be initially configured for operation with a single ONT or a network of ONTs at a single speed, or can be dynamically configured during operation for use with a network of ONTs operating at different speeds. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156938 | DATA OUTPUT CIRCUIT - A data output circuit is presented. The data output circuit includes: a data serializer and a driver. The data serializer is configured to generate serial data using first parallel data. The driver is configured to drive the serial data to generate output data. The data serializer is also configured to generate the serial data by multiplexing second parallel data generated by changing a power domain of the first parallel data. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156939 | PULSE EDGE SELECTION CIRCUIT, AND PULSE GENERATION CIRCUIT, SAMPLE-HOLD CIRCUIT, AND SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR USING THE SAME - A pulse edge selection circuit includes an input stage which selects and passes one clock from among a plurality of clocks and an output stage which outputs the clock to an edge detection circuit. The output stage has a combination of a plurality of NOR gates and a plurality of NAND gates, which are connected alternately, both the NOR gates and NAND gates having a plurality of input terminals. If the edge detection circuit is a type which detects falling edges of clocks and generates a pulse which rises on the falling edge of a first clock and falls on the falling edge of a second clock, a NOR gate is used as an output gate which outputs the first clock and the second clock. On the other hand, if a pulse is generated on rising edges, a NAND gate is used as an output gate. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156940 | CONTINUOUS-TIME SIGMA-DELTA ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER WITH NON-INVASIVE FILTER(S) FOR IMMUNITY PRESERVATION AGAINST INTERFERERS - A continuous-time sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter (CV) comprises i) a signal path (SP) which includes at least one combiner (C | 2011-06-30 |
20110156941 | METHOD FOR CONVERTING ANALOG DATA INTO DIGITAL DATA FOR ANALOG INPUT MODULE - A method for converting analog data into digital data for analog input module is disclosed, wherein the analog input module adds at least one or more digital data determined at previous conversion periods (k−1 | 2011-06-30 |
20110156942 | REDUCED AREA DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER - One embodiment of the invention includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) system. A resistive ladder comprises a plurality of resistors having an approximately equal resistance and is arranged in a respective plurality of resistive rungs between first and second ends of the resistive ladder. The first end of the resistive ladder can be coupled to an output and at least a portion of the plurality of resistors between the first end and the second end of the resistive ladder can have a physical size that is descending size-scaled in a direction from the first end of the resistive ladder to the second end of the resistive ladder. A switching circuit is configured to connect each of the plurality of resistive rungs to one of a first voltage and a second voltage based on a binary value of a digital input signal to generate a corresponding analog output voltage at the output. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156943 | REMOTE CONTROLLER - A remote controller for toys includes a user interface which applies the low-cost capacitive sensing method with the remote controller. Users can touch and/or drag on a remote controller surface by fingers to remotely control the movement of R/C cars, planes, helicopters or a boat. The remote controller is essentially a flat faced unit and there is no need for protruding control sticks or pushbuttons. This controller is applicable to different types of remote control toys with digital proportional control on speed and steering control. The remote controller is a symmetric product design whereby the controller is easily operable with left and right hand conventions. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156944 | DEVICE CONTROL BUS COMMAND TRANSLATION FOR NONCOMPLIANT AND INCOMPATIBLE DEVICES - A method of facilitating consumer device control bus functionality in an entertainment system is presented. In the method, a consumer device control bus command is received from a first electronic device. The control bus command is translated into a wireless remote control command compatible with a second electronic device. The wireless remote control command is transmitted to the second electronic device. A consumer device control command translation device, as well as a consumer electronics device providing related capability, is also provided. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156945 | Observation signal processing apparatus - An observation signal processing apparatus transmits pulse signals as search signals per each search, generates observation values based on reflected signals against a target and delay modulation pulse signals, and performs coherent integration on the observation values to output an integration value. The apparatus includes a section for storing a coherent integration count, a section for transmitting pulse signals equivalent to the coherent integration count, a section for calculating a phase correction amount based on an estimated relative speed, and a section for performing phase-weighted coherent integration on the observation values based on the phase correction amount. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156946 | DUAL-BAND ANTENNA ARRAY AND RF FRONT-END FOR MM-WAVE IMAGER AND RADAR - The radar includes a PCB having a top surface and a bottom surface, and a processor mounted on the bottom surface of the PCB. The radar includes a second liquid crystal polymer layer formed on the top surface of the printed circuit board, a second microstrip array printed on the second liquid crystal polymer layer, the second microstrip array having a patch, a first liquid crystal polymer layer formed on the second liquid crystal polymer layer, a first microstrip array printed on the first liquid crystal polymer layer, the first microstrip array having a perforated patch, an antenna positioned underneath the patch and connected to the second microstrip array, and a transmit/receive module connected to a bottom surface of the second liquid crystal polymer layer and configured to transmit a first frequency signal to the first microstrip array and a second frequency signal to the second microstrip array. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156947 | ELECTRONIC SCANNING RADAR APPARATUS, RECEIVING WAVE DIRECTION ESTIMATING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA STORING RECEIVING WAVE DIRECTION ESTIMATION PROGRAM - An electronic scanning radar apparatus includes a transmission unit configured to transmit a transmission wave, a receiving unit including a plurality of antennas receiving an incoming wave coming from a target, a beat signal generation unit configure to generate beat signals in response to the transmission wave and the incoming wave, a frequency resolution processing unit obtaining complex number data calculated from beat frequencies having signal levels obtained by performing a frequency resolution for the beat signals based on a predetermined frequency width, a peak detector detecting an existence of a present target by detecting peak signal levels of the beat frequencies, a target link unit associating between the present target detected in a present detecting cycle and a past target detected in past detecting cycles; and a direction detecting unit calculating a direction of the incoming wave based on the weighted averaging process. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156948 | VEHICLE MOUNTED ANTENNA AND METHODS FOR TRANSMITTING AND/OR RECEIVING SIGNALS - An antenna for communicating with a satellite from a moving vehicle. The antenna comprises a transmitter for generating a transmission signal, main and sub reflectors, and a waveguide associated with the transmitter for conducting the transmission signal toward the sub reflector. The sub reflector is configured for redirecting the transmission signal toward the main reflector; the main reflector is configured for projecting the redirected transmission signal as an antenna beam toward the satellite. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156949 | GNSS Signal Processing Methods and Apparatus with Tracking Interruption - Methods and apparatus are provided for estimating parameters, i.e. ambiguities, derived from GNSS signals. Observations of each of received frequencies of a GNSS signal from a plurality of GNSS satellites are obtained for a plurality of instances in time ( | 2011-06-30 |
20110156950 | Positioning System and Positioning Method - It is an object of the present invention to perform positioning at favorable positioning precision and in a favorable positioning time, according to whether a receiver is indoors or outdoors. A positioning server | 2011-06-30 |
20110156951 | Positioning System and Positioning Method - It is an object of the present invention to obtain a positioning result corresponding to the state of a receiver in less time. A positioning server | 2011-06-30 |