| 32nd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
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| 20090195361 | Array Antenna System and Algorithm Applicable to RFID Readers - Embodiments of the invention pertain to Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) method and system using an antenna array, an array controller, and control algorithms. Embodiments of the invention can induce strong radio-frequency (RF) excitation, for a given level of radiated RF power, at any point within an arbitrary inhomogeneous medium. For RFID applications, one typical inhomogeneous medium is an ensemble of cases on a pallet. Another typical medium is a warehouse environment having stored goods together with shelving and other material present. An embodiment of the invention is applicable to the process of reading battery-less, or “passive” RFID tags, which rely on incident RF electromagnetic fields established by RFID readers to power the electronic circuitry within the tags. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195362 | RFID SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MONITOR A SET OF OBJECTS - The present disclosure relates generally to RFID systems and methods. In particular the present disclosure relates to an RFID system and method for insuring the proximity of the members of a set of designated objects. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195363 | RFID SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING AND/OR DIRECTING THE PHYSICAL CONFIGURATION OF A COMPLEX SYSTEM - A radio-frequency identification (RFID)-based configuration detection system for automatically detecting, directing, and/or configuring the physical configuration of a complex system constituted by a set of one or more types of mateable components. The RFID configuration detection system utilizes a set of mateable RFID tags arranged so that each mateable component includes at least one mateable RFID tag. Each RFID tag includes information about its associated component and is arranged so that when the components are mated, their associated RFID tags also are mated. The system uses at least one RFID reader to read RFID tag signals from the RFID tags. The RFID tag signals provide information about mating status of the component, as well as information about components themselves. An information processing system operably connected to the RFID reader receives and process information concerning the number and type of mated connections and thus the configuration. Changes to the configuration, such as mated connections being unmated, can be tracked to provide real-time configuration information. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195364 | RFID LINKING DEVICE-BASED SWITCHABLE SENSOR, COMPONENT WITH SWITCHABLE SENSOR, AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING COMPONENT UNSEATED - A RFID linking device-based switchable sensor can be used to detect an unseated condition of one component with another component. The switchable sensor includes a RFID linking device, such as a RFID tag, with an electrical circuitry mountable on the one component and a switchable device incorporated with two portions of the electrical circuitry physically and electrically separated from one another such that the switchable device is exposed and normally in a first condition disabling the RFID linking device to a communicatively unavailable state. The switchable device is accessible from externally of the switchable sensor and thus switchable to a second condition, due to contact with an actuator element on the other component, enabling the RFID linking device to a communicatively available state in response to the one component being placed in the seated condition with the other component. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195365 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RANGING OF A WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER WITH A SWITCHING ANTENNA - A sensor includes a transceiver configured to receive a wireless signal from an interrogator and to reflect the wireless signal back. The sensor also includes an antenna-switching modulator configured to modulate a radar cross-section of the sensor by repeatedly switching an antenna between, for example, a short-circuit position and an operational circuit position. The operational circuit position could be associated with an impedance matched receiver, and the short-circuit position could be associated with ground. Also, the sensor could be further configured to transmit the wireless signal to a second sensor and to receive a reflected wireless signal from the second sensor, and the sensor could further include a phase comparator configured to compute a phase difference between the transmitted wireless signal and the reflected wireless signal. The phase comparator could be further configured to compute a distance between the sensor and the second sensor based on the phase difference. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195366 | HIGH PERFORMANCE RFID TRANSPONDER WITH FAST DOWNLINK - A RFID transponder having a high quality factor antenna (LR), and a resonance capacitor (CR) coupled to the high quality factor antenna (LR) for providing a resonant circuit (LR, CR), wherein the RFID transponder is adapted to vary the quality factor of the resonant circuit (LR, CR) such that the quality factor is low during downlink data transmission when the RFID transponder receives data through the antenna (LR), and the quality factor is high during uplink data transmission, when the RFID transponder transmits data. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195367 | Audible signaling device - The invention is an improved audible signaling device with a speaker, a sound chamber, and associated circuitry. The device creates a loud, audible fundamental frequency, and harmonic frequencies that are relatively equal in amplitude to the amplitude of the fundamental frequency. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195368 | DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TAMPERING OF VEHICLE SOFTWARE OR CALIBRATIONS - A tamper detection system for a control module of a vehicle comprises first nonvolatile memory that stores N rewriteable components including at least one of calibration and software that is used to operate a controlled device of the vehicle, wherein N is an integer greater than zero. The N rewriteable components include an embedded part number (EPN) and an embedded verification number (EVN). Second nonvolatile memory includes a history buffer. A tampering detection module includes a calculated verification number (CVN) generator that generates a CVN for at least one of the N rewriteable components and that stores the CVN in the history buffer. A locking module selectively locks the history buffer under certain conditions. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195369 | Method and system for tracking a vehicle - A system for tracking a fleeing vehicle, using optional remote sensing to identify a payload contained in the vehicle or asset, and an optional device disabling the fleeing vehicle via disrupting the vehicle's onboard computer or electrical system. The system includes a tracking device or carrier containing tracking components, sensing equipment, and the vehicle disabling device. A launcher of the tracking device may be handheld or vehicle mounted, and may use high pressure gas or another propellant to launch the projectile at a fleeing vehicle. The electronics package may include tracking hardware, sensing hardware, and the vehicle disabling hardware. Once launched and affixed to the suspect vehicle or stationary target, the vehicle's location can be tracked while sensors detecting any trace elements of explosives, IED (Improvised Explosive Device) materials, WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction), biochemical materials, drugs, or any form of contraband can be monitored from a safe distance. In the case of a vehicle or moving target, the vehicle may then be disabled from a safe distance if sensors detect any abnormality in the targeted vehicle's payload. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195370 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING VEHICLE FUNCTIONS - A method of controlling vehicle functions is provided that includes receiving at a service provider, security data from a vehicle function system. The security data is related to a security code required to activate one or more functions controlled by the vehicle function system. The method also includes receiving a vehicle function request at the service provider from a remote device. The vehicle function request indicates a request to activate a particular function of a vehicle. In addition, the method includes sending a vehicle function command from the service provider to a mobile wireless device. The vehicle function command is adapted to cause the mobile wireless device to transmit a wireless signal to activate the particular function of the vehicle and the vehicle function command includes the security code or authentication information related to the security code. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195371 | Method and Apparatus for Object Tracking Prior to Imminent Collision Detection - A method and apparatus for performing collision detection is described. An object is detected within a first operational range of an object tracker. A classification of the object is determined using the object tracker. The object tracker tracks the object. The object is detected within a second operational range of a collision detector. A safety measure is activated based on the classification using the collision detector. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195372 | Apparatus for extracting operating object and apparatus for projecting operating hand - An operating object extraction apparatus uses a camera, a light, a memory, an operation panel, a hand detector, a capture controller, and an image controller for displaying an operating object such as an operating finger of an operator's hand, when the operating object extraction apparatus is used in combination with a navigation apparatus in a vehicle for remotely controlling the navigation apparatus by an input from the operation panel that that is disposed separately from the navigation apparatus. The operating finger of the operator's hand is displayed as a finger image on the display unit under control of the capture controller and the image controller in a manner that a finger tip of the operating finger occupies only a small portion relative to the size of the operation panel. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195373 | INITIATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM - An initiator system and method is provided for a tire pressure monitoring system. The initiator system includes a service station through which the vehicle passes. While situated within the service station, an initiation signal is generated prompting data transmission from wheel unit based tire pressure monitoring device to a receiver. An output device may be employed to visually display information responsive to the transmitted data. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195374 | OIL LEVEL DETECTING DEVICE - To determine a failure of a float switch for detecting whether or not the oil level is less than or equal to a predetermined oil level. A predetermined oil level OLth is set between a normal oil level and a minimum oil level in view of the fact that when the oil level in an oil pan is normal, the oil level is decreased from the normal oil level to the minimum oil level during a predetermined time period just after starting an engine. When a float switch is not changed from an OFF position to an ON position during the predetermined time period after starting the engine, it is determined that the float switch suffers a failure or the oil level is excessive. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195375 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A VEHICLE TRANSMISSION - A control system for a vehicle transmission implements a method of controlling the transmission. The system includes a device for selecting the desired operating mode of the transmission, such as a gear shift lever, and a transmission sensor for sensing the actual operating mode of the transmission. A display is in communication with the device and the transmission sensor and displays both the desired operating mode and the actual operating mode of the transmission. A controller is in communication with the transmission and controls the operating mode of the transmission. An occupancy sensor, in communication with the controller, verifies that the driver is in the driver seat before the controller allows the transmission to be shifted out of a park mode. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195376 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A SAFETY RESTRAINT STATUS BASED ON DRIVER STATUS - A system and method for notifying primary and second drivers about a status of a safety restraint in a vehicle is provided. A primary and secondary keys are adapted to be associated to the primary and secondary drivers. A key ignition device is positioned on each of the primary key and secondary keys. The key ignition device is adapted to generate driver status signals indicative of whether the driver the primary driver or the secondary driver. A controller is adapted to determine whether the driver of the vehicle is the primary driver or the secondary driver based on the driver status signals. The controller is further adapted to generate restraint status signals indicative of the status of the safety restraint. The controller is further adapted to selectively control the operation of generating the restraint signals based on whether the driver of the vehicle is the primary or secondary driver. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195377 | DRIVING MODULE WITH BIDIRECTIONAL LENSES AND SCREEN FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES - A driving module with bidirectional lenses and screen for displaying images includes a body, an image capturing unit and an image displaying unit, wherein the image capturing unit is disposed in the body and has a first lens and a second lens disposed and exposed on the body, wherein the first lens is adopted for capturing the images from a first direction and the second lens is adopted for catching the images from a second direction. In addition, the image displaying unit is disposed in the body and has a display for playing back the images captured by the first lens and/or images captured by the second lens. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195378 | Solar Powered Third Brake Light - An apparatus is disclosed where a third brake light assembly contains solar cell panel and battery where the solar cell panel charges the battery, driving light and brake light wherein the driving light draws electricity from the battery, a radio frequency receiver that activates the driving light; a radio frequency transmitter that is coupled to a vehicle driving light switch, where the radio frequency transmitter receives instruction from the driving light switch and transmits instruction to the radio frequency receiver. Likewise, a method to add driving light to a vehicle's third brake light assembly is disclosed which includes providing solar cell panel, battery, and driving light where the solar cell panel charges the battery and the battery supplies power to the driving light, and providing radio frequency transmitter that is coupled to a vehicle driving light switch and it receives instruction from the driving light switch and transmits instruction to the radio frequency receiver. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195379 | ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING DEVICE - The disclosure is directed to a sensor device including processing circuitry, at least one sensor coupled to the processing circuitry, a serial data interface coupled to the processing circuitry and memory responsive to the processing circuitry. The memory includes a static unique identification number. The serial data interface provides access to retrieve the static unique identification number and sensed data measured with the at least one sensor from the memory. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195380 | System and Method for Providing Visual and Physiological Cues in a Matching System - A system and method for displaying a match alert. First and second user monitors are configured to communicate with an interrogator to establish the presence of the user monitors in a defined space. An information server is configured to determine whether profiles of the first and the second user profiles match according to matching criteria. If the first and the second user profiles match, matching alert signals comprising matching attributes are sent to first and second match indicators. The first match indicator is visible to the user of the second user monitor so as to be informative to the user of the second user monitor of the matching of the first and second user profiles according to the matching criteria, and the second match indicator is visible to the user of the first user monitor so as to be informative to the user of the first user monitor of the matching of the first and second user profiles according to the matching criteria. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195381 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE ALERT APPARATUS - In accordance with embodiments presented herein, an apparatus is provided that is suitable for producing an audible alert sound that is activated by a device sound produced by a communication device. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195382 | VIDEO SENSOR AND ALARM SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH OBJECT AND EVENT CLASSIFICATION - A method and system detects an intrusion into a protected area. Image data is captured and processed to create a reduced image dataset having a lower dimensionality than the captured image data. The reduced image dataset is transmitted to a centralized alarm processing device where the reduced image dataset is evaluated to determine an alarm condition. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195383 | Door alarm system - A door alarm system comprises a door having a doorframe, a door body and a door alarm device mounted in the doorframe or door body. The door alarm device comprises a housing, a cover mounted on the housing and having a rear surface, a push button hole and four guideposts formed on and protruding from the rear surface, a battery compartment, a push button and a controller. The push button is mounted slidably in and protrudes from the push button hole and has a cap with a neck, an electrical pad mounted on the guideposts and having a through hole, a metallic plug and a resilient member. The metallic plug is mounted through the through hole in the electrical pad, connects to the neck and selectively makes contact with the electrical pad when the door is open. The controller mounted in the housing and provides an audible warning when the door body is open. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195384 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INVENTORY MANAGEMENT - A method includes scanning an asset label on an asset, using a scanner, to determine an asset identifier. The method also includes determining a current location of the scanner. The method also includes storing an asset location record including the current location of the scanner. The current location of the scanner is used as a location of the asset identified by the asset identifier. A scanner includes a barcode reader or a radio frequency identification (RFID) scanner, configured to receive an asset identifier by scanning an asset label of an asset. The scanner also includes a locator configured to determine a current location of the scanner. The scanner also includes a storage configured to store the asset identifier and the current location as an asset location record. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195385 | Proactive hand hygiene monitoring system - A system consists of remote identification tag (in the form of wristband) for personnel who must undergo hand hygiene frequently during a day's work, programmed soap and rinse-free disinfectant dispensers, entry-exit sensors for controlled access areas and data transfer stations is used to monitor and record every handwashing procedure along with its thoroughness as well as every hand cleaning event with rinse-free disinfectant. The system will further prompt each worker's identification tag at an appropriate place to examine its record to see whether a hand hygiene procedure is required before proceeding to his/her next task. The recorded data with time-date of each event will be transferred to a central computer for statistical analysis and presentation as a daily and/or periodic hand hygiene compliance report on each staff, department, shift and the entire institution. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195386 | Electronic article surveillance marker - A fabrication process produces markers for a magnetomechanical electronic article surveillance system. The marker includes a magnetomechanical element comprising one or more resonator strips of magnetostrictive amorphous metal alloy; a housing having a cavity sized and shaped to accommodate the resonator strips for free mechanical vibration therewithin; and a non-deactivatable bias magnet adapted to magnetically bias the magnetomechanical element. The process employs adaptive control of the cut length of the resonator strips, correction of the length being based on deviation of the actual marker resonant frequency from a preselected, target marker frequency. Use of adaptive, feedback control advantageously results in a much tighter distribution of actual resonant frequencies. Also provided is a web-fed press for continuously producing such markers with adaptive control of the resonator strip length. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195387 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device with improved reliability, in which increase in power consumption can be reduced. The semiconductor device includes an antenna for transmitting and receiving a wireless signal to/from a communication device and at least first and second functional circuits electrically connected to the antenna. The first functional circuit includes a power supply control circuit for controlling power supply voltage output from a power supply circuit in the second functional circuit. A power supply control circuit in the second functional circuit includes a transistor of which first terminal is electrically connected to an output terminal of the power supply circuit and second terminal is electrically connected to a ground line. A gate terminal of the transistor is electrically connected to the power supply control circuit included in one functional circuit. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195388 | FLOW LINE RECOGNITION SYSTEM - A flow line recognition system comprises a first information recording unit which records a position of a mobile object in a monitoring area together with a time, a second information recording unit which records a position of the mobile object in a specified area together with a time, and a flow line information generation unit which generates flow line information of the mobile object on the basis of the monitoring area mobile object information and the specified area mobile object information. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195389 | Networked Tags for Tracking Files and Documents - A system for tracking files and documents includes: a plurality of programmable networked tags operable at a low radio frequency not exceeding one megahertz; a plurality of files with the programmable networked tag affixed to each file; a container for the plurality of files; a base station configured for transmission of signals to and from the plurality of programmable networked tags; and a computer in communication with the base station. The computer includes software for enabling real-time transmissions and a graphical user interface for enabling a user to read and write data to be transmitted to and from the plurality of programmable networked tags. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195390 | SECURITY TAG AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A security tag including a carrier film, a transparent glue, and one or more micro-sheets is provided. Each micro-sheet is provided with a specific engraved pattern with dimensions in the micron range. The transparent glue and the micro-sheets are mixed together in advance and then dropped on the surface of the carrier film for solidification. The micro-sheets with specific engraved pattern are randomly distributed within the transparent glue and compose a unique feature that is hardly reproduced. Thus, the security tag could provide an authentication of an article. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195391 | Magnetic Marker and Device For Producing The Same - Provided is a magnetic marker which surely gives warning from a vibration receiving side, by surely generating vibration. A magnetic marker has a bent vibration plate and a flat vibration plate to be magnetostrictively vibrated in the main body of a case. On the main surface of an open section side of the case, a low coercive force magnet is arranged to be magnetized and demagnetized. The magnetic marker is attached to a commercial product and the like by peeling a peeling sheet of an adhesive tape. In the magnetic marker, as far as the low coercive force magnet is not demagnetized, two sheets of the vibrating plates magnetostrictively vibrate upon passing through a gate. Thus, the vibration receiving side is surely made to give warning. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195392 | LAUGH DETECTOR AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TO A MEDIA PRESENTATION - Information in the form of emotional responses to a media presentation may be passively collected, for example by a microphone and/or a camera. This information may be tied to metadata at a time reference level in the media presentation and used to examine the content of the media presentation to assess a quality of, or user emotional response to, the content and/or to project the information onto a demographic. Passive collection of emotional responses may be used to add emotion as an element of speech or facial expression detection, to make use of such information, for example to judge the quality of content or to judge the nature of various individuals for future content that is to be provided to them or to those similarly situated demographically. Thus, the invention asks and answers such questions as: What makes people happy? What makes them laugh? What do they find interesting? Boring? Exciting? | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195393 | PET DOOR MAT SYSTEM WITH PROXIMITY INDICATOR - Systems and apparatuses for providing a pet pressure mat and proximity indicator to provide a notification to a pet owner when a pet is near a door are disclosed. The proximity indicator, in response to a signal from the mat, provides an indication of the pet being positioned on the mat. The mat may include a power source, a bottom exterior layer, and a top exterior layer attached to the bottom layer to substantially enclose the mat. A single layer of dielectric spacer having one or more openings may be positioned between the top layer and the bottom layer. Two conductive foil sheets may be separated when no external compressive force exists and may contact each other within an opening of the spacer when a sufficient external compressive force is applied to the mat. A signal is generated when the two conductive foil sheets contact each other. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195394 | CONSUMER ABUSE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A technique is provided for detecting whether consumer abuse has occurred in an electronic device. In accordance with this technique, a system is provided for detecting the occurrence of a consumer abuse event and storing a record thereof. In one embodiment, the system provides one or more sensors coupled to an abuse detection circuitry for detecting the occurrence of an abuse event. The system may further provide a memory, wherein upon detecting an abuse event, the abuse detection circuitry may store a record of the abuse event into the memory. The system may further provide an interface by which a diagnostic device may access the memory and analyze the abuse event records to determine if an abuse event occurred in the electronic device. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195395 | Supply And Control Device Of A Light Source - A device for supplying and controlling a light source in a half-dipped signaling lamp includes at least one light source ( | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195396 | MULTIVARIATE ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING SYSTEM WITH INTELLIGENT STORAGE AND REDUNDANT TRANSMISSION PATHWAYS - A multivariate environmental sensing system with redundant transmission pathways with a network of nodes detecting environmental conditions and processing a transmissible signal. Nodes use predetermined criteria to make periodic detections, maintaining a low power state between detections. Power is conserved by deciding whether detections are transmitted immediately, or may be stored for periodic transmission. The nodes power up and immediately transmit urgent detections, storing routine detections for delayed batch transmission. Nodes may transmit signals received from other nodes, passing along signals received from more distant nodes. Transmission may have a predetermined pattern, but the system alters this pattern if there is disruption to the system or pattern. Gateways process data from nodes and pass data to other gateways, on an immediate or deferred basis, to a control center, where data is analyzed. Control centers transmit programming instruction to the gateways and nodes in a retrograde fashion along the transmission pathways. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195397 | Fluid Detection and Containment Apparatus - Disclosed are portable, easy-to-install apparatuses for detecting and containing fluid leaked or otherwise discharged from a fluid-filled device and for facilitating testing and maintenance of the apparatus and fluid-filled devices. In one aspect of the disclosed invention, upon sensing a fluid discharge, the apparatus activates audible and/or visual alarms and directs the discharged fluid to a predetermined drainage area to prevent damage to areas surrounding the fluid-filled device. In another aspect of the present invention, no plumbing or electrical wiring is required to install the apparatus, thereby allowing an unskilled individual to easily and inexpensively install the apparatus. In yet another aspect of the present invention, the apparatus may be easily located since it is not dependent on gravity or a drainage pipe for discharge of the fluid. Furthermore, the apparatus optionally includes an integral leveling mechanism to accommodate leveling of the apparatus when placed on uneven surfaces. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195398 | SWITCH OPENING/CLOSING DETECTION APPARATUS - To detect opening/closing of a neutral detection hydraulic switch by a detection apparatus and detect breakage of a wiring line connected between the detection apparatus and the switch. Since a second contact and an ECU are connected to each other by two wiring lines, even if one of the wiring lines is broken, opening/closing of the neutral detection hydraulic switch can be detected through the remaining one of the wiring lines. Since different voltages are applied to the wiring lines through resistance type voltage dividing circuits, the occurrence of the wire breakage can be detected making use of the fact that the voltage detected by the ECU upon opening of the neutral detection hydraulic switch when one of the wiring lines is broken is different from the voltage when none of the wiring lines is broken. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195399 | Autolocation of Gray Goods - A device is allowed to be used only in a specified country. The device has an automatic location detection part, and automatically determines its location, and whether that location is authorized. If unauthorized, or if no location detection signal is detected for too long a time, the device is deactivated. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195400 | ZIPPER WARNING ALARM SYSTEM - A zipper warning alarm system is described, wherein an operator is warned when a predetermined link of a zipper is not closed. Sensors may be placed in links of the zipper and can communicate to the alarm system whether the predetermined link is in contact with the opposing link in the bar tack. The alarm issues a warning to a user informing that the zipper is not closed | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195401 | Apparatus and method for surveillance system using sensor arrays - Embodiments of the invention may include a sensor system and a method used to track the behaviors of targets in an area under surveillance. The invention may include a sensor array located in the area that is capable of sending messages to a user when behavior of a tracked target is determined to be anomalous. In making the determination of anomalous behavior, the sensor system and method may generate and continuously refine a pattern of life model that may examine, for example, the paths a target may take within the sensor array and the end points of the paths taken. The sensor system and method may also incorporate any user defined conditions for anomalous behavior. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195402 | Unique Identification of Devices Using Color Detection - Methods and apparatus for uniquely identifying wireless devices in close physical proximity are described. When two wireless devices are brought into close proximity, one of the devices displays an optical indicator, such as a light pattern. This device then sends messages to other devices which are within wireless range to cause them to use any light sensor to detect a signal. In an embodiment, the light sensor is a camera and the detected signal is an image captured by the camera. Each device then sends data identifying what was detected back to the device displaying the pattern. By analyzing this data, the first device can determine which other device detected the indicator that it displayed and therefore determine that this device is in close physical proximity to it. In an example, the first device is an interactive surface arranged to identify the wireless addresses of devices which are placed on the surface. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195403 | OPTICAL WARNING DEVICE - An optical warning device comprising a light source located within a housing having a wall, a top and a base, the base supporting the light source positioned in front of a reflector to transmit light through a light transmitting surface forming part of the wall of the housing, the top of the housing including an absorber comprising an outwardly facing light shielding surface and an inwardly facing surface profiled to entrap light. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195404 | Control lockout for an electronic apparatus - An electronic system including a user interface for transmitting an operational parameter control signal in response to manual manipulation of the user interface. A processor is coupled to the user interface and adjusts an operational parameter of the electronic system in response to receiving the operational parameter control signal. An actuatable device is actuated by a user. In response to the user actuation, the actuatable device prevents the processor from adjusting the operational parameter of the electronic system. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195405 | Controller Having Reduced Control Key Set and Method for Operating Same in a Learning, Macro, or Cloning Mode - In some embodiments, a wall-mountable, configurable controller having control keys (e.g., less than eight keys or another small number of keys), a subassembly including circuitry, and a control key insert removably mountable to the subassembly and including at least one of the control keys. The circuitry can include a limit switch that is biased in a default state but moveable into a learning state in response to user-exerted force. In some embodiments, the controller includes an IR emitter and an IR receiver and is operable to clone another device by sending configuring radiation from the emitter to the other device's IR receiver. Preferably, the emitter and receiver are positioned so that a controller's IR emitter aligns with the IR receiver of an identical controller when the controllers are positioned face to face. In some embodiments, the controller provides audible and visual feedback to users when operating in a learning mode. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195406 | Controller Having Reduced Control Key Set and Method for Operating Same in a Learning, Macro, or Cloning Mode - In some embodiments, a wall-mountable, configurable controller having control keys (e.g., less than eight keys or another small number of keys), a subassembly including circuitry, and a control key insert removably mountable to the subassembly and including at least one of the control keys. The circuitry can include a limit switch that is biased in a default state but moveable into a learning state in response to user-exerted force. In some embodiments, the controller includes an IR emitter and an IR receiver and is operable to clone another device by sending configuring radiation from the emitter to the other device's IR receiver. Preferably, the emitter and receiver are positioned so that a controller's IR emitter aligns with the IR receiver of an identical controller when the controllers are positioned face to face. In some embodiments, the controller provides audible and visual feedback to users when operating in a learning mode. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195407 | Remote controlling apparatus, reception apparatus, and remote control method - A remote control apparatus is disclosed, which radio transmits a control command from a remote controller to a reception apparatus connected to an electronic device which is an apparatus under control. The reception apparatus stores a first identification information which represents a destination remote controller. When the remote controller issues a pairing start command, the remote control apparatus transmits a pairing request containing second identification information of the remote controller itself. The reception apparatus extracts the second identification information from the received pairing request and decides that the remote controller is a pairing party if the first identification information matches the second identification information. The reception apparatus transmits a pairing response containing third identification information of the reception apparatus itself to the remote controller. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195408 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH-SPEED TELEMETRY WHILE DRILLING - A seismic and/or acoustic while drilling configuration includes a high speed telemetry arrangement; at least one seismic and/or acoustic energy sensor in communication with the high speed telemetry arrangement; at least one seismic and/or acoustic energy source capable of producing at least one seismic and/or acoustic energy signal receivable by the at least one seismic and/or acoustic energy sensor and methods. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195409 | Wireless remote control systems - Wireless remote control system for engine piston with in-piston circuit (50) and an external processing unit mounted on the exterior of the crank case (51). A carrier signal generated in the external processing unit is fed to a primary coil (P) located within the crank case and the secondary coil (S), loosely coupled to coil (P) and tuned for resonance therewith is located in the skirt of the piston. The secondary coil picks up a carrier signal from the primary coil and the carrier signal is rectified, smoothed and regulated to provide DC power to a micro controller in the piston circuit. The micro controller may use data from a number of sensors to modulate the signal in the secondary coil, which modulation is picked up by the primary coil and thus sensor data is transmitted to the external processing unit where it is filtered and decoded. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195410 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND VEHICLE DETECTION DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A virtual vehicle which approaches to a monitor-side vehicle and a virtual background are defined in a camera image, and a region in which a virtual vehicle moves fast with respect to a virtual background is defined as a first region F | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195411 | Speed limit informing device installed in on-board navigation system - A device for informing to a driver a speed limit set for an own lane included in a multi-lane road is installed in a navigation system mounted on an automotive vehicle. The device includes a road surface camera for taking pictures of the speed limit painted on a road surface and informing devices such as a display panel and/or a speaker. The speed limit set for the own lane is specified based on the pictures taken by the road surface camera, and the specified speed limit is informed to the driver. Speed limits set for neighboring lanes may be also specified, and if they are different from the speed limit set for the own lane, this is informed to the driver together with the speed limits set for the neighboring lanes. It is not required to distinguish the own lane from among other lanes included in the multi-lane road because the speed limit set for the own lane is detected by the camera mounted on the own vehicle. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195412 | ROAD CONE - A road cone includes: a hollow truncated conical body having a top open end defining a top opening; a power supplying unit mounted detachably in the truncated conical body and accessible through the top opening; a cap mounted on the top open end of the truncated conical body and covering the top opening of the truncated conical body; and a light emitting unit mounted in the truncated conical body and connected electrically to the power supplying unit so as to be powered by the power supplying unit to generate light inside the truncated conical body. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195413 | LANDING ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AIRCRAFT - A landing assistance device and method for an aircraft. According to the invention, based on the landing procedure rules attached to the runway ( | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195414 | Night Vision Device - A night vision device for a vehicle is provided, in which a travel path that is set or is to be set is inserted in an image recorded by a camera, the travel path being determined from an evaluation of a location-finding or travel direction sensor. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195415 | Magnetic encoder - A magnetic encoder for use in a wheel bearing that forms a pulse train by means of a magnetic force and generates a code. The magnetic encoder is obtained by radially magnetizing a magnetic rubber ring with alternate S poles and N poles, said magnetic rubber ring is formed by vulcanizing and adhering a magnetic rubber base, in which unvulcanized rubber and rare earth magnetic powder are mixed, to a reinforcement ring. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195416 | INPUT ASSEMBLY AND TECHNIQUE FOR IMPROVED DATA ENTRY - An input assembly and associated technique for dialing mobile phones or otherwise providing input to a device. The device is configured for use with one hand and includes an input assembly for providing input. The input assembly includes a plurality of input controls, each (or a subset thereof) having a neutral position, a primary position and a secondary position; the neutral, primary and secondary positions corresponding to and engaging contacts to input data. When an input control is moved from a neutral position, the input control engages with a contact corresponding to the input control and that position to which the input control has been moved is detected by the device. In response to detecting the primary position, a primary datum corresponding with the input control is entered. In response to detecting the secondary position, a secondary datum corresponding with the input control is entered. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195417 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device applicable to a portable electronic device includes a first input interface and a second input interface. The second input interface is disposed in the center of the first input interface, such that the first input interface is divided into a first key group and a second key group. The first key group and the second key group allow the user to distinctly recognize position of each key to be pressed, and when the second input interface is operated, the user is capable of holding the gravity position of the portable electronic device by two hands, thereby stably performing the hand held operation. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195418 | DATA INPUT DEVICE - A data input device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the data input device includes a plurality of input keys in which a one-stage input for inputting a first character and a two-stage input for inputting a second character are independently performed, a sensor for sensing the one-stage input and the two-stage input to the input keys, and a controller for extracting the first character or the second character redundantly assigned to the corresponding input key based on the sense result of the sensor from a memory to input the first character or the second character. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195419 | MEMORY CODE GENERATOR - The invention provides a memory code generator. In one embodiment, the memory code generator comprises a code memory, a preparation buffer set, and a correlation buffer set. The code memory stores code data. The preparation buffer set retrieves a first code segment of the code data from the code memory, and shifts the first code segment to obtain a second code segment with a desired code phase required by the correlation buffer set. The correlation buffer set loads the second code segment from the preparation buffer set, and provides a correlation code for correlation according to the second code segment. The preparation buffer set prepares the second code segment corresponding to a subsequent correlation when the correlation buffer set is providing the correlation code for a current correlation according to the first code segment. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195420 | FIFO RADIX CODER FOR ELECTRICAL COMPUTERS AND DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS - A method for decoding includes receiving a message at a decoding device, where the message includes a code corresponding to a sequence of data symbols. Based on the code, a first data symbol of the sequence of data symbols is determined. The first data symbol is determined based at least in part on a first radix used to generate the code. Based on the code, a second data symbol of the sequence of data symbols is also determined. The second data symbol is determined based at least in part on a second radix and at least in part on the first data symbol. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195421 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DIGITAL SUM VALUE AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD - A method of controlling a Digital Sum Value (DSV), including generating a plurality of DSV control bit patterns indicating predetermined information represented by at least one bit; and inserting any one of the generated DSV control bit patterns at a predetermined location of a modulated codeword. The plurality of the DSV control bit patterns indicate predetermined information represented by at least one bit so that the DSV control bit patterns control the DSV and can be used as predetermined information, instead of being discarded after the demodulation is completed. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195422 | AREA AND POWER EFFICIENT ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER AND METHODS FOR USING SUCH - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and circuits that provide for conversion of analog signals to digital signals. For example, various embodiments of the present invention provide analog to digital converter circuits that are capable of converting an input voltage to a digital representation thereof. Such analog to digital converter circuits include at least a first comparator and a second comparator. An input of the first comparator is electrically coupled to a first storage device, and another input of the first comparator is electrically coupled to the input voltage. An input of the second comparator is electrically coupled to a second storage device, and another input of the second comparator is electrically coupled to the input voltage. The analog to digital converter circuits further include a reference voltage generation circuit that provides the first reference voltage to the first storage device, and subsequently provides the second reference voltage to the second storage device. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195423 | Analog to digital converters - An analog to digital converter (ADC) converts an analog signal to a digital signal. The ADC includes an input channel, a sampling circuit coupled to the input channel, an integrator coupled to the sampling circuit, and a feedback circuit coupled to the integrator. The input channel receives the analog signal. The sampling circuit samples the analog signal. The integrator receives the sampled analog signal and a feedback signal and integrates a superposition of the sampled analog signal and the feedback signal. The feedback circuit generates the digital signal according to an output of the integrator and sends the feedback signal indicative of the digital signal to the integrator. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195424 | A/D Converter Comprising a Voltage Comparator Device - The present invention is related to an analogue-to-digital (A/D) converter comprising at least two voltage comparator devices. Each of the voltage comparator devices is arranged for being fed with a same input signal and for generating an own internal voltage reference. The two internal voltage references are different. Each voltage comparator is arranged for generating an output signal indicative of a bit position of a digital approximation of said input signal. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195425 | Method and device for digital-to-analog conversion with filtering - The invention relates to a device and a method for converting a digital signal having a plurality of data-bits into a filtered analog signal. A device according to the invention includes a delay element arranged to produce one or more differently delayed version of the digital signal and a digital-to-analog conversion circuitry arranged to convert the digital signal and the one or more differently delayed, and possibly differently scaled, versions of the digital signal into analog signals and to produce the filtered analog signal as a combination of the analog signals. Therefore, the device constitutes not only a digital-to-analog-converter but also a finite impulse response filter. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195426 | ADAPTIVE HIGH-ORDER DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERSION - Techniques for performing digital-to-analog conversion with first-order or higher-order hold using a simple analog circuit for signal reconstruction and employing feedback control techniques are described. In one design, a digital-to-analog conversion circuit includes an inverse model circuit, a feedback circuit, a zero-order hold (ZOH) circuit, and an analog circuit. The inverse model circuit processes a digital input signal and provides a first digital signal. The feedback circuit receives the first digital signal and an analog output signal from the analog circuit, performs low frequency noise filtering, and provides a second digital signal. The ZOH circuit converts the second digital signal from digital to analog with zero-order hold and provides an analog input signal for the analog circuit. The analog circuit operates on the analog input signal and provides the analog output signal. The analog circuit may be a simple circuit having one or more poles. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195427 | A/D converter - A full-flash A/D converter, including a differential amplifier circuit row and a voltage comparison circuit row, has an adjusting circuit | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195428 | ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER WITH VARIABLE GAIN AND METHOD THEREOF - An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) device includes an input terminal to receive an analog signal, an analog component, and control logic. The analog component includes an amplifier having an input and an output and a capacitor network coupled to the input and the output of the amplifier. The capacitor network comprises a plurality of capacitors. The control logic is configured to, in a first mode, configure the capacitor network and the amplifier in an amplification configuration to amplify the analog signal by a predetermined gain to generate an amplified analog signal. The control logic further is configured to, in a second mode, configure the capacitor network and the amplifier to generate a series of one or more residue voltages using the amplified analog signal. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195429 | TIME TO DIGITAL CONVERTING CIRCUIT AND RELATED METHOD - A TDC circuit includes: a first delay circuit, including at least one first delay stage for delaying a first input signal to generate a first output signal; a second delay circuit, including at least one second delay stage for delaying a second input signal to generate a second output signal; a first counter, for computing the first output signal to generate a first counter value; a second counter, for computing the second output signal to generate a second counter value; and a comparator, for comparing the first counter value and the second counter value to generate a comparing result signal; wherein the first delay stage has a larger delay amount than the second delay stage, the first counter starts before the second counter, and the comparator outputs the comparing result signal when the second counter value falls within a predetermined range of the first counter value. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195430 | ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTING APPARATUS WITH LOWER TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE - In an A/D converting apparatus, a converting unit has an input terminal and an input-output characteristic. The input-output characteristic has temperature dependence, and the converting unit carries out a process of converting an input voltage signal to digital data. A temperature determining unit has information representing a relationship between a variable of an output of the converting unit and a variable of a temperature around the converting unit according to the temperature dependence of the input-output characteristic of the converting unit. When the specified voltage is applied to the input terminal of the converting unit, the temperature determining unit determines a value of the temperature around the converting unit based on the information and the specified voltage. A reducing unit reduces temperature dependence of the process of converting an input voltage signal to digital data based on the determined value of the temperature around the converting unit. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195431 | SINGLE SLOPE ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER - A single-slope ADC, particularly suitable for use in a massive-parallel ADC architecture in a readout circuit of a CMOS imager. A plurality of ramp signals are generated which define non-overlapping sub-ranges of the full input range. For each ADC channel, the sub-range in which the voltage of the input signal falls is determined, and the corresponding ramp signal is selected for use in the A/D conversion. Thus, the speed of the A/D conversion process can be increased and the power consumption decreased. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195432 | Systems and Methods for Analog to Digital Conversion - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and circuits that provide for conversion of analog signals to digital signals. For example, various embodiments of the present invention provide partially clocked, multi-step analog to digital converters. Such analog to digital converters include a clocked fine conversion stage, a clocked coarse conversion stage, and a clock circuit. The fine conversion stage includes a first group of comparators clocked by a first clock and a second group of comparators clocked by a second clock. The first group of comparators is operable to compare an input voltage with a first fine reference voltage range, and the second group of comparators is operable to compare the input voltage with a second fine reference voltage range. The coarse conversion stage includes a group of clocked comparators that are operable to compare the input voltage with a coarse reference voltage range. The clock circuit selectably asserts one of the first clock and the second clock based at least in part on an output of the second conversion stage. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195433 | MULTISTAGE AMPLIFIER AND A METHOD OF SETTLING THE MULTISTAGE AMPLIFIER - A method of settling an amplifier and a multistage amplifier are provided. To settle an amplifier, a plurality of clock signals are, respectively, applied to preset switches, each of which is placed between amplifiers connected in cascade, to open the preset switches sequentially, thereby settling the amplifiers in order. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195434 | Motorcycle communication system with radar detector, and mounting assemblies therefor - A communication system for use with a motorcycle includes a main unit that has a detector and a transmitter that transmits an alert signal upon the detection of a radar or laser by the detector. The system further includes either a visual indicator or an audio indicator. The visual indicator has a receiver that receives the alert signal from the transmitter, and a display which provides a visual display of the alert signal. The audio indicator has a receiver that receives the alert signal from the transmitter, and a speaker which emits an auditory response of the alert signal. The system can further include a mounting assembly having a connector that is removably connected to a part of a motorcycle, a support bracket to which the main unit is removably coupled, and a link that pivotably couples the support bracket and the connector. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195435 | HAND-HELD DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING CONCEALED WEAPONS AND HIDDEN OBJECTS - The present invention is an inexpensive, hand-held, and easy to operate millimeter-wave detection device that employs a non-imaging sensor which radiates a pulse of millimeter waves of a certain amplitude and frequency towards a target located at a distance from the detection device. The sensor receives pulses of millimeter waves that are reflected from the target and generates a voltage waveform that is characteristic mainly of the target material, while other parameters such as distance to the target are known. The processor of the detection device measures both the peak voltage and the rate of increase of the voltage until it reaches the maximum. Using an algorithm stored in a software module, the deviation between the rate of the voltage rise and the peak voltage is compared with values of similar parameters for a number of test targets made of different materials that were previously collected and stored in a calibration table in the memory of the device. A concealed object, e.g. a weapon, is positively identified when the measured voltage rise is found to be similar to one of the stored voltage rises. The circuitry of the detection device generates a visual and/or audio output to a display device which is indicative to the operator as to whether a concealed object is present and, if a match is found with the data in the calibration table, the nature of the concealed object is also displayed. In addition to the basic mode of operation described, various other operation modes can be employed with the detection device of the invention. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195436 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING AIRCRAFT STATE DATA FROM MULTIPLE DATA LINKS - Systems and methods are delineated that may provide for a system for use in a merging and spacing application for an aircraft. An exemplary system may comprise a TCAS and a processor for executing the merging and spacing application using ADS-B data and data received by the aircraft in response to an interrogation of another aircraft from the TCAS. In a disclosed embodiment, a lead aircraft responds to the TCAS interrogation from a following aircraft to provide EHS heading and/or speed of the lead aircraft to the following aircraft, which uses the received EHS data as well as ADS-B data to determine merging and spacing control parameters for the following aircraft. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195437 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING RIVER FLOW PARAMETERS USING A VHF/UHF RADAR STATION - Systems and methods are described for monitoring the surface flow velocity and volume discharge of rivers and channels using a VHF/UHF radar located in operative relationship with a riverbank. This frequency region allows precise estimation and removal of the Bragg wave velocity; it also is matched to the short wind-wave roughness periods existing on river surfaces so that operation is possible nearly all the time. Methods of bearing determination are also disclosed. Up/downriver surface velocity profiles vs. distance across the river may be constructed from maps of the radial velocity component from a single radar at thousands of points within the radar's coverage. Methods to compensate for Doppler aliasing under high flow conditions are also shown. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195438 | RANGE MEASURING METHOD, RANGE MEASURING APPARATUS, NON-CONTACTED IC MEDIUM AND RANGE MEASURING SYSTEM - A method of measuring a range from a reader unit to a non-contacted IC medium, includes: transmitting an inquiry signal at a first frequency from the reader unit to the non-contacted IC medium; causing the non-contacted IC medium to perform modulation to modulate the first frequency by using a second frequency to obtain a modulated frequency, and causing the non-contacted IC medium to respond to a response signal at the modulated frequency; causing the reader unit to receive the response signal to acquire a plurality of frequency components; calculating a phase difference between signals of at least two of the acquired plurality of frequency components; and measuring the range by using the phase difference. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195439 | METHOD, US OF SAID METHOD AND ARRANGEMENTS IN AN ELECTRONIC SUPPORT MEASURES SYSTEM - A method and arrangement for processing signals emitted by a plurality of apparent emitters that is detected by an Electronic Measures System/Direction Finder unit (ESM | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195440 | HIGHLY INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ARCHITECTURE - Various techniques may be implemented to isolate a receive signal from a transmit signal in an antenna. Signal isolation is desirable because it prevents interference of the signals with one another and minimizes signal noise, which reduces the signal quality. Some of the techniques are symmetry of at least two receive channels with regards to a transmit channel, using differential signals within the antenna, designing receive channel inputs to be orthogonal to a transmit channel, and designing a voltage controlled oscillator to be on the same substrate as the tuning circuitry of the voltage controlled oscillator. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195441 | CORRECTION FOR NEAR FIELD RADAR IMAGING - A near field radar imaging system looks at the distance between the several points under evaluation, and corrects image strength based upon varying distances such that a more accurate image of the object under evaluation is provided. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195442 | Method and Apparatus for Creating and Processing Universal Radar Waveforms - A new approach to radar imaging is described herein, in which radar pulses are transmitted with an uneven sampling scheme and subsequently processed with novel algorithms to produce images of equivalent resolution and quality as standard images produced using standard synthetic aperture radar (SAR) waveform and processing techniques. The radar data collected with these waveforms can be used to create many other useful products such as moving target indication (MTI) and high resolution terrain information (HRTI). The waveform and the correction algorithms described herein allow the algorithms of these other radar products to take advantage of the quality Doppler resolution. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195443 | Authenticating a signal based on an unknown component thereof - Authentication of a signal, signal | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195444 | SATELLITE PERFORMANCE MONITORING - Techniques for monitoring transmission performance of a satellite communications systems are provided, including techniques for measuring the primary contributors to the end-to-end SNR, including the uplink SNR, the downlink SNR, and the C/I for each link in the network. These individual measurements are used to estimate satellite effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP), satellite antenna gain-to-noise-temperature (G/T), and loss due to an Earth Terminal pointing error. The EIRP, satellite antenna G/T and loss due to Earth terminal pointing error may then be used to determine operating parameters for the satellite communications network that enable the network to operate more efficiently. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195445 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING PARAMETERS BASED ON PHYSICAL LOCATION OF A COMPUTER DEVICE - A system to predefine multiple allowed activities of a wireless computing device based on geographic location and, specifically, for security parameters associated with wireless access of such devices. Wireless access can be controlled on a movable computing device by ascertaining a geographic location of computing device, using a position sensing device; coupling motion sensing device with computing device; determining whether geographic location is within a predefined zone; and generating a command for controlling wireless access in response to determining. Commands can be derived from a predetermined table of allowed wireless activities in a geographically defined area and, specifically, for security parameters associated with the computing device. Wireless activities can include Internet protocols, instant messaging, email, and newsgroups. The commands can include blocking all wireless access, restricting file sharing, restricting Internet access, restricting email, restricting newsgroups, restricting instant messaging, and generating reports. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195446 | System and Method for Verifying Consistent Measurements in Performing GPS Positioning - Systems and methods are provided for verifying whether a set of satellite signals may be used to calculate an estimated position. Example systems and methods may include a GPS receiver for receiving the satellite signals and a measurement consistency verifier to analyze a geometric configuration of the satellites from which the satellite signals were acquired. The measurement consistency verifier may determine if the satellites are sufficiently close to one another to provide consistent measurements. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195447 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION ASSISTANCE DATA USING A RADIO TRANSMISSION - The following discloses an improved system and method for accessing location assistance data, such as A-GPS assistance data, with a portable electronic device. In exemplary embodiments, location assistance data is generated by one or more reference radio transmitters and continuously broadcasted therefrom. In a preferred embodiment, the location assistance data may be continuously broadcasted in the form of an RDS feed associated with a broadcasted FM radio station. The location assistance data may include such items of information as satellite ephemeris data, approximate location, and current time. The location assistance data may be received by a radio receiver within the portable electronic device. A controller within the portable electronic device may combine the assistance data with location data received from satellites to enhance the generation of location information. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195448 | Position Computation in a Positioning System Using Synchronization Time Bias - In general, this disclosure is directed to techniques for computing a positioning solution for a mobile unit based on signals received from the satellite navigation system and the wireless communication system. The techniques allow for, and resolve, a synchronization bias that constrains a system time for the satellite navigation system and a system time for the wireless communication system relative to each other. The mobile unit may utilize the defined constraint to compute a position solution in environments where additional independent measurements would otherwise be required. The mobile unit may incorporate Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM) functionality to validate the position and time solutions derived from each of received signals. According to the techniques described herein, the mobile unit may be able to utilize the defined synchronization bias to apply RAIM or similar techniques in environments where such techniques would otherwise be indeterminate. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195449 | REAL-TIME MULTIPATH DETECTION AND MITIGATION - A multipath error detection system includes a first antenna configured to receive a right hand circular polarized signal from a satellite and a second antenna configured to receive a left hand circular polarized signal from the satellite. At least one processor is in signal communication with the first and second antennas, and is programmed to determine, from the right hand circular polarized signal and left hand circular polarized signal, respective first and second values of a first parameter and respective third and fourth values of a second parameter. The at least one processor is further configured to determine, based on the values, the presence of a multipath error associated with at least one of the polarized signals. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195450 | GNSS RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR GNSS MEMORY CODE GENERATION - The invention provides a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver. In one embodiment, the GNSS receiver comprises a memory, a buffer, a correlator, and a selector. The memory stores a memory code and outputs a portion of the memory code as a first code segment. The buffer comprises a plurality of component buffers and stores the first code segment into one of the component buffers in order. The selector selects a portion of the first code segments stored in the buffer as a second code segment output to the correlator according to the code phase selection signal, wherein the data length of the second code segment is equal to a correlation data length of the correlator. The correlator calculates a correlation between a received GNSS signal with the correlation data length and the second code segment. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195451 | Method For Transmitting Satellite Data - In a method for transmitting satellite data of a global navigation satellite system each satellite transmit position data of neighboring satellites to a navigation device on the earth. The subset of neighboring satellites with respect to a specific satellite is determined by averaging over a period of the inter-satellite distance. The subsets are further restricted to the condition that all visible satellites are referenced by the position data of at least one other satellite. This requirement can be met by choosing appropriate permutations among the satellites with shortest distance. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195452 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, POSITIONING METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM FOR TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREIN CONTROL PROGRAM FOR TERMINAL APPARATUS - A terminal apparatus includes a control unit and a positioning device. The control unit determines a first satellite-to-be-acquired from among a plurality of SPS satellites, and generates an initial search frequency for the first satellite-to-be-acquired. The positioning device has a plurality of search units, and is configured to acquire the first satellite-to-be-acquired using the plurality of search units. The control unit determines first difference information, which is a difference between the initial search frequency and the frequency at which the first satellite-to-be-acquired is acquired. The control unit generates corrected search frequencies for other SPS satellites, using the first difference information. The positioning device acquires other necessary SPS satellites using the corresponding corrected search frequencies. The terminal apparatus can acquire SPS satellites accurately even when there has been a frequency shift in the terminal apparatus since the last positioning. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195453 | MIMO-OFDM wireless communication system - A MIMO channel frequency response matrix is decomposed into a frequency-related part and a constant part. The constant part is independent of subcarrier index and of number of subcarriers in one symbol interval. Separated QR decomposition and either SVD or GMD is applied to the two parts. A right unitary matrix (R) is obtained from the SVD or GMD applied to the constant part. QR decomposition is applied to the constant part to generate a beamforming matrix (V). In another embodiment, a selection criterion based on a correlation matrix distance is used to select a beamforming matrix that is independent of subcarrier, the selected matrix is retrieved from a local memory and applied to a received signal. Noise covariance is computed for a noise expression which considers interference generated from the applied beamforming matrix. Data detection is performed on the received signal by a MIMO data detector using the noise covariance. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195454 | Soldier/ground vehicle passive ranging system utilizing compact spatiotemporal processor - A method of two-source passive ranging comprising the steps of determining the coordinates of a first position and a second position wherein a first soldier or ground vehicle is located at the first position and a second soldier or ground vehicle is located at the second position; determining individual angles between said first and second positions and a radio frequency source; and using individual single-angle accuracy values to estimate the range from the first and second positions to the radio frequency source. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195455 | Apparatus and method for beamforming in a multi-antenna system - An apparatus and method for beamforming in a multi-antenna system are provided. The method includes assuming at least one codeword comprised in a codebook as a precoding weight of a reference receive end and generating post-processing weights of at least two receive ends, confirming a codeword maximizing a sum rate using the post-processing weights, generating preceding weights of the receive ends using the codeword maximizing the sum rate, and precoding a transmit signal using the generated precoding weights and transmitting the precoded transmit signal to each receive end. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195456 | Single Input Multiple Output (SIMO) Ranging and Positioning Systems - A method estimates a delay in a time of arrival (TOA) of a transmitted signal by receiving the transmitted signal at multiple antennas via corresponding channels. Each received signal is correlated with the transmitted signal to obtain estimated channel coefficients and an estimated TOA. A variance of noise is also obtained for each received signal. A weight is determined for each received signal by dividing the channel coefficients by the variance of the noise. The weights are summed, and each weight is multiplied by the estimated TOA to produce a weighted estimated TOA, which are also summed. The summed weighted estimated TOA are divided by the summed weights to determine a final TOA estimate with respect to the transmitted signal. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195457 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING ANGLES OF SIGHT BETWEEN TWO DEVICES - A method of determining angles of sight between a receiver device having at least two reception antennas and at least one transmitter device having at least one transmission antenna for the transmission of radioelectric signals including at least two wavelengths. The determining method is based on angular phase measurements of the radioelectric signals, which are measured modulo 2π and are therefore ambiguous since they are known to within an integer number of times 2π. The ambiguity in the phase measurements is resolved in the case of an application of the determining method to a receiver device dimensioned by applying a method of design of a system for determining angles of sight. A receiver device implements the determining method and a system for determining angles of sight includes the receiver device and at least one transmitter device. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195458 | ANTENNA - An antenna is provided. The antenna has a ground element, a radiator and a conductive element. The radiator has a body, wherein the body has a first edge, a second edge, a third edge and a fourth edge, and the first edge is parallel to the third edge, a length of the first edge is shorter than a length of the third edge, the first edge is close to the ground element, the second edge connects the first edge and the third edge, a fourth edge connects the first edge and the third edge, and a first slot is formed on the radiator. The second edge and the fourth edge extend separately from the first edge to the third edge. The conductive element connects the ground element and the radiator. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195459 | ULTRA WIDEBAND ANTENNA - An antenna printed on a dielectric substrate having a radiating element and a transmission line printed on a front surface of the dielectric substrate and a ground element printed on a back surface of the dielectric substrate. The radiating element has a tapered shape with a narrow end connected to a first end of the transmission line, and two opposing edges of the radiating element contiguous to the transmission line. The radiating element further has a v-shaped notch distal from the first end of the transmission line wherein a broader end of the v-shaped notch having two opposing ends contiguous to the opposing edges of the radiating element thereby forming a two symmetrical lobes which diverge with increasing distance from the first end of the transmission line. The opposing edges of the radiating element further having a plurality of serrations along its length thereby forming a slow wave structure for signal propagating along the edges. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195460 | ENDFIRE ANTENNA APPARATUS WITH MULTILAYER LOADING STRUCTURES - A plurality of conductive strip elements compose multilayer loading structures on top and bottom surfaces of a dielectric transmission substrate, by which a part of intra-substrate transmission components of a electromagnetic wave are leaked out of the surfaces. Each multilayer loading structure includes a first conductive strip group of conductive strip elements within a first plane, and a second conductive strip group of conductive strip elements within a second plane, and the first and second conductive strip groups are formed to be capacitively coupled to each other. In each of the first and second conductive strip groups, the conductive strip elements are placed at intervals of a distance of a quarter or less of a reference adjacent distance, where the reference adjacent distance is defined as a distance for generating spatial harmonics of the electromagnetic wave on the surfaces of the dielectric transmission substrate. | 2009-08-06 |
