33rd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120206204 | VARIABLE GAIN AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT - A variable gain amplifier circuit with a small-sized configuration can accurately adjust the gain without causing a transmission loss of an input signal. A plurality of amplification portions are connected with each other between an amplification coupling line and a grounding line in parallel. The amplification portion includes a switching device and an amplification transistor, which induces a current corresponding to an input signal to flow between the amplification coupling line and the grounding line via the switching device when the switching device is in the on state. The amplitude gain is varied by, according to a gain control signal, separately switching on and off the switching devices of the respective amplification portions. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206205 | VARIABLE GAIN AMPLIFIER - The invention relates to a variable gain amplifier comprising a first attenuator ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120206206 | POWER AMPLIFIER WITH IMPROVED BANDWIDTH - An amplifier output impedance matching configuration including a first impedance transformer and one or more second impedance transformers. The first impedance transformer receives input signals from a power amplifier and generates output signals to a load. The one or more second impedance transformers are connected between the first impedance transformer and the load through which the output signals are passed. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206207 | AMPLIFIERS WITH DEPLETION AND ENHANCEMENT MODE THIN FILM TRANSISTORS AND RELATED METHODS - Embodiments of amplifiers with depletion and enhancement mode thin film transistors are disclosed herein. Other examples, devices, and related methods are also disclosed herein. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206208 | WIDE BAND LNA WITH NOISE CANCELING - Techniques to improve low noise amplifiers (LNAs) with noise canceling are described. LNA includes a first and a second amplifier which work together to noise cancel the noise generated at an input stage circuit. The input stage circuit receives an RF signal and is characterized by a first node and a second node. The first amplifier converts a noise voltage at the first node into a first noise current at an output of the first amplifier. The second amplifier is directly coupled to the output of the first amplifier and provides noise canceling by summing the first noise current with a second noise current generated by the second amplifier as a function of the noise voltage at the second node. The proposed techniques eliminate the need for large ac coupling capacitors and reduce the die size occupied by the LNA. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206209 | System and Method for Reducing Temperature-and Process-Dependent Frequency Variation of a Crystal Oscillator Circuit - An oscillator may include a crystal resonator, an active element coupled in parallel with the crystal resonator and configured to produce at its output a waveform with an approximate 180-degree phase shift from its input, a voltage regulator a voltage regulator coupled to the active element, a sum of thresholds circuit coupled to the input of the voltage regulator, and a temperature-dependent current source coupled to the input of the voltage regulator. The voltage regulator may be configured to supply a supply voltage to the active element, the supply voltage a function of a reference voltage received at an input of the voltage regulator. The sum of thresholds circuit may be configured to generate the reference voltage such that the reference voltage is process-dependent. The temperature-dependent current source may be configured to generate a temperature-dependent current such that the reference voltage is temperature-dependent. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206210 | CIRCUITRY AND METHOD FOR PRECISION AMPLITUDE CONTROL IN QUARTZ AND MEMS OSCILLATORS - An oscillator includes oscillator circuitry ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120206211 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING PIECE, PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR, OSCILLATOR, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND RADIO TIMEPIECE - A piezoelectric vibrating piece includes a pair of vibration arm portions that is placed in a row in a width direction; a base portion to which proximal end sides in the pair of vibration arm portions in an extending direction are connected; and weight metal films that are formed on outer surfaces of the vibration arm portions, wherein the weight metal films are formed in positions that avoid regions of tip portions in the vibration arm portions in a longitudinal direction. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206212 | Slide-Type Mobile Terminal and Signal Processing Method Thereof - A slide type mobile terminal and a method for processing signals thereof are disclosed in the present invention, wherein, a built-in auxiliary antenna is installed in an upper slide portion ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120206213 | Input/Output Coupling Structure for Dielectric Waveguide - Dielectric waveguide comprising a circular input/output electrode on its bottom surface and surrounded by an exposed dielectric portion thereof around which a conductor film is disposed. A short stub crosses through the exposed dielectric portion to couple the electrode and film together. The printed circuit board has a front surface formed with a generally-circular island-shaped electrode surrounded by a front surface-side ground pattern in a spaced-apart relation thereto, and a back surface formed with a strip line surrounded by a back surface-side ground pattern in spaced-apart relation thereto. An approximate center of the island-shaped electrode and one end of the strip line are coupled together, and the front surface-side ground pattern and the back surface-side pattern are coupled together. The input/output electrode of the dielectric waveguide and the island-shaped electrode of the printed circuit board are coupled together. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206214 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING IMPEDANCE AND GAIN OF TRANSMISSION INTERFACE - A device for compensating impedance and gain of a transmission interface is provided. The device includes a correcting and compensating unit, a clock data recovering unit, a decoder, a calculating unit, and an adaptive control unit. The correcting and compensating unit is used to receive a channel signal, and compensate the channel signal according to a control signal to generate a compensation signal. The clock data recovering unit is used to receive the compensation signal and generate a data signal. The decoder is used to decode the data signal and perform detection to generate error information and correct information. The calculating unit is used to count times of generating the error information and times of generating the correct information to accordingly generate reference data. The adaptive control unit is used to receive the reference data and perform calculation to generate the control signal. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206215 | BROADSIDE-COUPLED TRANSFORMERS WITH IMPROVED BANDWIDTH - A monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) compatible broadside-coupled transformer including (i) a first transmission line, (ii) a second transmission line, and (iii) a third transmission line. The first and the second transmission lines generally form the broadside-coupled transformer. The third transmission line is generally connected in series with the broadside-coupled transmission line forming a ground return path of the broadside-coupled transformer. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206216 | ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE INCLUDING A SURFACE WAVE FILTER AND A BULK WAVE FILTER, AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - An acoustic wave device comprising at least one surface acoustic wave filter and one bulk acoustic wave filter, the device including, on a substrate comprising a second piezoelectric material: a stack of layers including a first metal layer and a layer of a first monocrystalline piezoelectric material, wherein the stack of layers is partially etched so as to define a first area in which the first and second piezoelectric materials are present and a second area in which the first piezoelectric material is absent; a second metallization at the first area for defining the bulk acoustic wave filter integrating the first piezoelectric material, and a third metallization at the second area for defining the surface acoustic wave filter integrating the second piezoelectric material. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206217 | Band-Elimination Filter - A band-elimination filter (BEF) that includes a coaxial dielectric resonator block, a substrate, and first, second, and third inductance elements. The coaxial dielectric resonator block includes inner conductors and an outer conductor, and forms coaxial dielectric resonators. The first inductance element is between a signal transmission path connected to one of the coaxial dielectric resonators via a series resonant capacitor and a signal transmission path connected to the other one of the coaxial dielectric resonators via a series resonant capacitor. The second inductance element is between one end of the first inductance element and the ground, and the third inductance elements is between the other end of the first inductance element and the ground. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206218 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - Provided is a printed circuit board configured to remove undesired signals generated in a transmission line, the signals having frequencies that are integral multiples of a basic frequency. Two 1/4 wavelength lines | 2012-08-16 |
20120206219 | FEEDING STRUCTURE FOR CAVITY RESONATORS - The present invention relates to a feeding structure for coupling a feedline to a cavity. To increase the coupling, which can contribute to achieving a broad bandwidth, a feeding structure is proposed comprising a carrier substrate, a top conductor plane of a cavity formed in said carrier substrate, a feedline substrate covering said top conductor plane, a signal conductor of a feedline, said signal conductor being formed in or on said feedline substrate opposite said top conductor plane, a via probe connected to said signal conductor and leading through said feedline substrate and said top conductor plane into said cavity, a ring-shaped aperture formed in said top conductor plane around said via probe, and at least one slot-shaped aperture formed in said top conductor plane starting at said ring-shaped aperture and leading away from said via probe. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206220 | ELECTROMAGNETIC SWITCH DEVICE - In an electromagnetic switch, a magnetic plate, which forms a part of a magnetic circuit, and a bobbin of a second coil are assembled as one body by insert molding. An outer circumferential surface of the magnetic plate is adhered to an inner circumferential surface of a cylindrical frame made of metal. Because a large amount of heat energy generated in the second coil is transmitted to the magnetic plate, this can discharge the heat energy through the magnetic plate to the cylindrical flame. Because a mounting surface of the cylindrical frame is fixed to an end part of a starter housing case, it is possible to easily discharge the heat energy generated in the second coil through the cylindrical frame to the starter housing case. This structure prevents a temperature rise of the second coil and contributes entire-size reduction of the electromagnetic switch. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206221 | RELAY WITH MULTIPLE CONTACTS - A relay with multiple contacts includes a coil assembly and a contact assembly. The contact assembly includes at least one base having at least two slots defined therein and at least two bridge members respectively received in the at least two slots. Each bridge member has at least two terminal portions respectively formed thereon. Each terminal portion has a movable contact mounted thereon. At least one connector has at least two fixed contacts mounted thereon. Each fixed contact selectively connects with the corresponding movable contact. A first conducting member and a second conducting member are located between the coil assembly and the contact assembly. The first conducting member has at least one first fixed contact for selectively connecting with the corresponding movable contact. The second conducting member has at least one second fixed contact for selectively connecting with the corresponding movable contact. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206222 | Bi-stable electromagnetic relay with x-drive motor - An electromagnetic relay assembly comprises a rotatable electromagnetic coil assembly, first and second pairs of opposed permanent magnets, and a switch assembly. The coil assembly comprises a coil, a core, and a rotatable coil housing. The coil is wound around the core. The core comprises opposed core termini, and the coil housing has an axis of rotation orthogonal to the coil axis. The magnet pairs fixedly positioned adjacent the core termini such that the core termini are respectively displacable intermediate the magnet pairs. The coil operates to create a magnetic field directable through the core for imparting coil housing rotation about the axis of rotation via attraction to the positioned/anchored magnets. The core termini displace linkage arms, and the linkage arms actuate contact-spring assemblies of the switch assembly intermediate open and closed positions. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206223 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE OF THE ARMATURE AND THE PUSHING MECHANISM OF THE RELAY - A connection structure of an armature and a pushing mechanism of a relay has an armature and a pushing block. The head of the armature is T-shaped and connected by a vertical arm and a cross arm. One end of the pushing block has a bar-shaped through hole and a bar-shaped blind hole, disposed alongside and vertical to the motion direction of the pushing block. A through groove to connect the bar-shaped trough hole and the blind hole is disposed at the centre of the bar-shaped through hole and the blind hole. With the through groove, the T-shaped armature head can move along the through groove when the T-shaped armature head is shoved into the bar-shaped through hole. The cross arm of the T-shaped armature head is dropped into the bar-shaped blind hole to cooperate with the bar-shaped blind hole to drive the pushing block when the armature swings. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206224 | Magnetically-Triggered Proximity Switch - A magnetically-triggered proximity switch includes a cylindrical switch body and a bias member non-movably secured within the switch body. The proximity switch also includes first and second normally-closed contacts and first and second normally-open contacts. The proximity switch further includes a spherical contact magnet disposed within the switch body, with the contact magnet being movable relative to the bias member from a first switch position and a second switch position. In the first switch position, an attraction to the bias member maintains the contact magnet in contact with the first and second normally-closed contacts, thereby completing a circuit between the first and second normally-closed contacts. In the second switch position, an attraction to a movable target external to the switch body moves the contact magnet into contact with the first and second normally-open contacts, thereby completing a circuit between the first and second normally-open contacts. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206225 | ELECTRIC JUNCTION BOX AND CURRENT DETECTION DEVICE - An electric junction box includes a current detection device. The current detection device has a magneto-electric conversion element and a magnetic core having a disposing space in which this magneto-electric conversion element is disposed, to detect magnetic flux occurring on the magnetic core as a current. The magnetic core has a bus bar insertion space through which a bus bar from which the current is to be detected is inserted, which bus bar has an insertion portion which is formed not to be larger than a width size of the disposing space in the magnetic core and to be inserted into the disposing space. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206226 | MAGNETIC FIELD FOCUSING FOR ACTUATOR APPLICATIONS - The magnetic force between the electromagnet and plunger of a magnetic actuator, the electromagnet including a coil generating magnetic flux when the coil is energized, can be increased by locating a near field plate on the electromagnet. The near field plate has a spatially modulated surface reactance configured to focus the magnetic flux within a region of the plunger, such as the central portion of an end portion of the plunger proximate the electromagnet, so as to increase the magnetic force between the electromagnet and plunger. Examples also include permanent magnet based actuators and the use of other magnetic field focusing devices. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206227 | R-Fe-B TYPE RARE EARTH SINTERED MAGNET AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF THE SAME - In an R—Fe—B based rare-earth sintered magnet according to the present invention, at a depth of 20 μm under the surface of its magnet body, crystal grains of an R | 2012-08-16 |
20120206228 | TRANSFORMER - A transformer containing an electrical active part arranged in an insulating space and including primary and secondary winding wound around a magnetic core. and radially spaced apart from each other by a winding space having an insulation fluid. A block defines a compartment closed and separated from a remaining insulating space, the compartment being at least partially arranged within the winding space. The compartment contains an insulation fluid different from insulation fluid in the remaining insulating space, and having a higher dielectric breakdown field strength than the insulation fluid in the remaining insulating space. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206229 | TRANSFORMER ASSEMBLY USING AN INTERNAL LOAD AND METHOD FOR FORMING SAME - A transformer assembly ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120206230 | LOW-LOSS CHOKE STRUCTURE WITH NO AIR GAP - A low-loss choke structure with no air gap includes a magnetic core unit, a coil and an insulator. The magnetic core unit has two magnetic cores. Each of the magnetic cores has a post. The coil has a wired portion. The wired portion has an input end and an output end. The two posts of the magnetic cores are respectively inserted into opposite sides of the wired portion and each have an end face contacting each other. The input end and the output end both are inserted into the insulator, which is arranged below the magnetic cores. There is no air gap between the two end faces of the two posts, thus lowering the eddy current loss, suppressing the noise generation, decreasing cost and size, and providing improved DC bias characteristics. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206231 | TRANSFORMER, AMORPHOUS TRANSFORMER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE TRANSFORMER - A transformer wherein the upper portions of cores are supported by a first supporting member disposed on first end surfaces of the upper portions of the cores, and a second supporting member disposed on second end surfaces of the upper portions of the cores, the first and second supporting members extend in the direction perpendicular to the faces of a magnetic material, and the cores are interposed between the first upper core supporting member and the second upper core supporting member; the first and second upper core supporting members are provided with hooks, the hooks of the first supporting member extending toward the second supporting member and the hooks of the second supporting member extending toward the first supporting member; bridging members are disposed on the opposing pairs of the hooks of the first and second upper core supporting members; and the cores are supported by the bridging members. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206232 | REACTOR - To provide a reactor whose number of components is small and that exhibits excellent assemblability. A reactor | 2012-08-16 |
20120206233 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION MODE SETTING DEVICE - A radiographic imaging device has: a generating unit that generates image data expressing a radiographic image formed by irradiated radiation; a first communicating unit at which wireless communication is possible selectively in either of a direct communication mode or an indirect communication mode, and that receives, from an external device, switching instruction information that instructs switching of a communication mode; and a control unit that controls the first communicating unit to carry out wireless communication in a communication mode expressed by the switching instruction information received by the first communicating unit. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206234 | Systems for Activating and/or Authenticating Electronic Devices for Operation with Athletic Equipment - Articles of clothing or pieces of athletic equipment include modules, e.g., for sensing physical and/or physiological characteristics associated with use of the clothing or athletic equipment or for performing other functions. Such systems and methods may use physical or other interaction(s) between the module and the article of clothing or piece of athletic equipment for activating and/or deactivating the module and/or sensing devices included with the module, for confirming whether the module and clothing or piece of athletic equipment are authorized for use with one another, and/or for automatic data algorithm selection methods. Additionally, such systems and methods also may use the activation and/or authentication systems for data input to the module. Some examples of such systems and methods may utilize magnets and magnetic sensing systems and/or light (or other radiation) sources and sensing systems for activation, authentication, data input, and/or algorithm selection. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206235 | SMART INTERLOCK SYSTEM AND WORKING METHOD THEREOF - An intelligent locking system and a working method thereof. The intelligent locking system includes a lock ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120206236 | REMOTE CONTROL BIOMETRIC USER AUTHENTICATION - A remote control device for providing individualized access control. The remote control device includes an interface for accepting input from a user and forwarding a signal corresponding the to the input from the user to a conditional access device, a biometric scanner, coupled to the remote device, for reading a biometric characteristic of a user and a processor, coupled to the interface, for generating a signal associated with the reading of the biometric characteristic of the user that is transmitted to the conditional access device for analysis to determine a function corresponding to the input form the user to execute. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206237 | On-premises restaurant communication system and method - An on-premises restaurant communication system for communicating a particular customer's table number to a food server at a central service station. Radio Frequency Identifier (RFID) tags are mounted on the underside of the restaurant's tables. The customer is provided with a pager having a pager ID associated with the customer's food order. The pager is modified to include an RFID reader and an RF transmitter. When the customer places the pager on a selected table, the RFID reader reads an RFID number from the table's RFID tag. The RF transmitter transmits the pager ID and RFID number to the central station, which uses this information to associate the food order with the table number. The table number is provided to the food server for delivery of the food order to the proper table. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206238 | ANTENNA FOR PROTECTING RADIO FREQUENCY COMMUNICATIONS - An antenna for protecting radio frequency communications includes a masking portion to broadcast a masking signal including a first loop and a second loop connected to the first loop, wherein a current supplied to the masking portion flows in opposite polarity in each of the first and second loops. The antenna includes a reader loop to receive a response signal from a responder and decoupled from the masking signal, wherein the masking signal masks the response signal about the responder. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206239 | RFID SYSTEM - An RFID system includes an antenna of a reader/writer and an antenna of an RFID tag. Transmission and reception of a high-frequency signal of a UHF band is performed between the antenna of the reader/writer and the antenna of the RFID tag that are arranged so as to be adjacent to each other. A loop antenna including a loop conductor is used as the antenna of the reader/writer, and coil antennas including a plurality of laminated coil conductors are used as the antenna of an RFID tag. In addition, the conductor width of the loop conductor in the loop antenna is greater than the conductor widths of the coil conductors in the coil antennas. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206240 | RFID Label Comprising an Interface to External Sensors - A sensor-front-end processor (SFEP) predrives external sensors during a predominant part of time. In a low-consumption state it waits to receive a command (sc; st) to acquire and condition sensor signals. After receiving the command it drives the sensors, sets its own measuring range, acquires a coarse code (ccc, vcc) of a current and voltage sensor signal, conditions said signal and acquires a signal fine code (ccf, vcf). The command (sc) is generated in adjustable time intervals. The sensor-front-end processor acquires and conditions the signals from the sensors consecutively one after another. The command (st) is generated whenever a request (irq) to interrupt predriving one of the sensors was generated, i.e. whenever a level of the sensor signal or its relative change with respect to the previous measurement drops out from an interval for this sensor. The detected codes are stored in the memory. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206241 | 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. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206242 | Chipless RFID Structure, Cap, Can and Packaging Material, Stacked Film For Preventing Forgery, Method For Fabricating the Same; RFID Tag, RFID System and Method For Controlling the Same; Certificate for Chipless RFID and Method For Authenticating the Same - The present invention relates to an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) structure changing color according to the temperature, a method for fabricating thereof; a stacked film for preventing forgery, a method for fabricating thereof; an RFID tag, an RFID system and a method for controlling thereof; an RFID cap, a method for manufacturing thereof, a method for manufacturing container with contents; an RFID can, a method for manufacturing thereof; a packaging material, a method for manufacturing thereof, and a method for packaging product using the same; and a certificate for chipless RFID and a method for authenticating the same. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206243 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF A MULTIPLE RADIO FREQUENCY NETWORK NODE RFID TAG - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a Radio Frequency ID (RFID) tag that contains multiple Radio Frequency (RF) network nodes that may include memory storage for the RFID tag, the memory storage may include one time programmable (OTP) memory and many time programmable (MTP) memory and the storage of the information may be within the OTP and MTP memory. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206244 | Communication Protocol For Remotely Controlled Laser Devices - A laser device operating system includes a laser device generating a laser beam when receiving a remote control unit command signal. The remote control unit operates in a public or private mode. In public mode the remote control unit generates a command signal transmitted to the laser device. In private mode the remote control unit generates a unique identifier prepended to the command signal. The laser device operates in a laser device public or private mode. In public mode the laser device responds to the remote control unit command signal or the command signal if transmitted by a second remote control unit. In private mode the laser device operates only upon receipt of the command signal and unique identifier, preventing laser device operation by the second remote control unit if the second unit does not include the unique identifier with the command signal. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206245 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM, REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS AND REMOTE CONTROL METHOD - Provided is a remote operation system capable of coordinating the operations of a plurality of devices without harming the familiar, intuitive behavior style of remote control operation. The remote operation system is provided with: a remote operation device which captures images of each of a plurality of devices connected to a network and specifies the devices to be operated, and which transmits operation scenario information on the coordinated operations performed among the plurality of devices to be operated, the coordinated operations being determined by the combination of the types of the specified devices to be operated; and a network control unit which outputs operation commands for executing operations specified by the operation scenario information received, to the devices specified by the operation scenario information received, when the network accommodating the plurality of devices is constructed and the operation scenario information is transmitted from the remote operation device. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206246 | SOUND TO HAPTIC EFFECT CONVERSION SYSTEM USING AMPLITUDE VALUE - A haptic conversion system is provided that intercepts frames of audio data, such as a digital audio signal, converts the frames into a haptic signal, and plays the created haptic signal through an actuator to produce haptic effects. The haptic signal is based on a maximum value of each audio data frame, which defines a magnitude of the haptic signal. The haptic signal is applied to the actuator configured to receive the haptic signal, where the actuator utilizes the haptic signal to generate the one or more haptic effects. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206247 | SOUND TO HAPTIC EFFECT CONVERSION SYSTEM USING WAVEFORM - A haptic conversion system is provided that intercepts frames of audio data, such as a digital audio signal, converts the frames into a haptic signal, and plays the created haptic signal through an actuator to produce haptic effects. The haptic signal is based on a maximum value of each audio data frame, which defines a magnitude of the haptic signal. The haptic signal is applied to the actuator configured to receive the haptic signal, where the actuator utilizes the haptic signal to generate the one or more haptic effects. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206248 | FLEXURE ASSEMBLIES AND FIXTURES FOR HAPTIC FEEDBACK - The present invention provides methods and devices directed to the use of flexure assemblies to assist components driven by actuators, including but not limited to electroactive polymer transducers for providing sensory feedback. The present invention may be employed in any type of user interface device including, but not limited to, touch pads, touch screens or key pads or the like for computer, phone, PDA, video game console, GPS system, kiosk applications, etc. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206249 | PORTABLE INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an indicating display device which can be simply carried or worn. The indicating display device of the present invention comprises: a first display unit; a first transceiving unit for transceiving signals; a first sensor for sensing a motion; a first control unit for controlling the first transceiving unit, and controlling the first display unit in accordance with the signal received at the first transceiving unit or information sensed by the first sensor, such that the first display unit displays various states; a second display unit; a second transceiving unit for transceiving signals; a mode selection unit for selecting a mode; and a second control unit for controlling the second display unit and the second transceiving unit in the mode selected by the mode selection unit. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206250 | SPEED BUMP ALERTING SYSTEM - The speed bump alerting system includes an ultra high frequency (UHF) radio frequency identifier (RFID) transponder disposed on a speed bump sign, and a UHF RFID reader disposed in the vehicle. The RFID reader connects to the vehicle's computer for sending speed bump data thereto. An external antenna connects to the RFID reader and is mounted to an exterior place on the vehicle. As the vehicle approaches the speed bump sign, the interrogator reads the sign mounted RFID transponder, which responds with a speed bump notification that is forwarded to the on-board computer, which posts an alert to the vehicle's display and causes the vehicle sound system to beep, thereby warning the driver to slow down for an oncoming speed bump. When the motorist slows the vehicle to an acceptable speed, the beep will stop. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206251 | TELL TALE OVER CLUSTER LIGHT GUIDE - A gauge provides information indicative of vehicle speed and includes a pointer that moves relative to the scale to indicate a current measured the vehicle parameter. A tell tale housing is supported above and spaced apart from the gauge face. A main circuit board supports light emitting devices such as LEDs that are turned on or off to illuminate the corresponding tell tale. A light guide is supported within the tell tale housing and directs light from the LED to the at least one tell tale spaced apart from the main circuit board and the main gauge surface. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206252 | LANE DEPARTURE WARNING SYSTEM - Devices, methods and systems are disclosed herein to describe a lane departure warning system that warns the driver that the vehicle is about to leave a current lane and enter an adjacent lane. The driver of the vehicle is identified, and a corresponding profile is accessed. The driver's pupils may be measured and compared to pupil size data stored in the accessed profile. If the difference in pupil size exceeds a certain threshold, then the vehicle may activate a passive lane departure detector that warns the driver each time the vehicle is getting too close to an adjacent lane, thus alerting the driver that the vehicle may be unintentionally drifting into the next lane. Additional driving tendencies, such as steering angles and braking force, may also be used to determine whether the driver may benefit from lane departure assistance and whether to trigger activation of the lane departure detector. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206253 | FUEL DEGRADATION DETECTOR FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - When biomass fuel reacts with oxygen for a long period of time, an amount of acid ions in a fuel tank is increased with time. However, when metallic ions are generated for some reason and the reaction proceeds to change the acid ions into metallic salts, the increase rate of the amount of the acid ions in the fuel tank becomes slow. When the metallic salt forming reaction proceeds rapidly, the amount of the acid ions may even be reduced. Therefore, in the embodiment, the change of the acid ions into the metallic salts in a fuel is detected. Unless the fuel is newly supplied by refueling, the decrease of the amount of acid ions in the fuel can be considered as a change into metallic salts. Accordingly, the generation of metallic salts can be detected by monitoring the decrease of the amount of acid ions in the fuel. Thus, clogging of a fuel supply system or the like caused by the metallic salt forming reaction can be prevented. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206254 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MANAGING OPERATION OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Methods and systems are described for managing operation of a portable electronic device. Vehicle information, about an automotive vehicle, is received. Device information, about a portable electronic device configured to perform an operation, is received. An operator of the automotive vehicle is detected to be a user of the portable electronic device, based on the vehicle information and the device information. Operation information is sent, in response to detecting the operator is the user, to prevent the portable electronic device from performing the operation. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206255 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MANAGING OPERATION OF AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE - Methods and systems are described for managing operation of an automotive vehicle. Vehicle information, about an automotive vehicle, is received. The automotive vehicle has a current operational configuration for constraining an operation of the automotive vehicle. Device information, about a portable electronic device, is received. A detection is made, based on the vehicle information and the device information, that an operator of the automotive vehicle is a device user of the portable electronic device. In response to the detection, change information is sent to change the current operational configuration to alter a constraint on the operation of the automotive vehicle. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206256 | Reverse automatic warning - The Declaration of this Invention has been confirmed on Apr. 24, 2009, and filed on Feb. 20, 2011. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206257 | ALARM SYSTEM - An alarm system control center has subscribers connected to it by a two-wire line. The subscribers receive via the two-wire line both a power supply voltage and communication messages in the form of pulse trains impressed on the power supply voltage as voltage modulation. Each subscriber includes a constant current circuit which is connected to the two-wire line and which is used to charge a storage capacitor with a voltage regulator coupled to it. In order to reduce communication errors, a transformer is provided to reduce power supply voltage to an internal value which is lower than the than the power supply voltage at least by the voltage swing of the pulses of the communication messages on the two-wire line. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206258 | Network-Based System for Predicting Landslides and Providing Early Warnings - A wireless node for monitoring landslide conditions has at least one tubular probe body deployed in a borehole in a landslide prone area and anchored to rock below soil, multiple sensors carried by and deployed within and or outside of the tubular probe body for measuring geologic motion and hydrologic saturation and pressure at three or more distinct levels of soil above the rock, a power source, a data acquisition board in communication with the sensors carried by and or deployed within or outside of the probe body, and a wireless transceiver in communication with the data acquisition board and accessible to a local area wireless network (LAWN), which is in turn accessible to a wide area wireless network (WAWN). Geologic and hydrologic data of at least three separate layers of soil above the anchor rock is collected in real time from the sensors deployed on or near the probe body, the data qualified against threshold readings in three or more stages to provide graduating levels of alerts culminating in a warning of an impending landslide. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206259 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE ALARM MANAGEMENT OF ONE OR MORE OBJECTS - A remote device for monitoring property protected by a security system. The security system has at least one physical sensor and comprises a module for wirelessly sending and receiving signals. The remote device comprises a receiver module and transmitter module whereby signals may be received and sent using various wireless technologies. A data port on the device allows a user to customize parameters according to user needs via a data connection between the device and computer, personal digital assistant or smart phone. A panic button on the remote device allows a user to alert a pre-selected designee. The remote device may also comprise a custom application running on a smart phone comprising that allows a user to monitor property. The remote device may be part of a security monitoring system or used in a method for monitoring the status of property protected by a security system. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206260 | MONITORING OCCURRENCE OF TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION GRID CODE EVENT BY POWER CONSUMPTION DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a power consumer approach that monitors the occurrence of grid code events within electric power transmission operations. In one aspect, a grid code event meter is used to detect the occurrence of a grid code event. The grid code meter includes a metering component configured to obtain data for power-related parameters associated with consumption needs. A grid code criteria tracking component tracks the data related to the power-related parameters obtained by the metering component for compliance with grid code criteria required by a transmission company of a consumer for power quality and reliability. A grid code event detection component detects an occurrence of a grid code event in accordance with the tracked data for the power-related parameters. A wireless transmitter is configured to communicate detection of an occurrence of a grid code event with at least one remote computing device. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206261 | ACOUSTIC REPRESENTATION OF STATES OF AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT - A machine classifier classifies signals of an industrial plant and determines a current state as a result. On the basis of the current state, an audio profile is selected from a number of audio profiles and issued in the form of a synthetically generated acoustic signal to a plant operator. For that purpose, the state of the industrial plant is continuously evaluated and, for example, with the aid of a MIDI sequencer, is used to manipulate different tracks of a piece of music or of synthetically generated artificial background noise. In this way, the plant operator is able to discern intuitively, and optionally even subliminally, divergences from a normal operation of the industrial plant, which can only be communicated to the operator via the overloaded visual channel with great difficulty, or not at all. The plant operator can therefore learn of the state of the industrial plant via the auditory sense or learn that in certain situations the industrial plant does not sound right. Since for that purpose use is made of a comparatively underused sensory channel with the acoustic perception, even small changes in the acoustic signal produce a high level of alertness in the plant operator. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206262 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONDITIONALLY TRANSMITTING DATA - The device ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120206263 | EAS TAG WITH ARMING SWITCH - An EAS tag has an arming switch protruding from its body to detect when the EAS tag is being forcibly removed from an object to which it is attached. A plate covers the arming switch to provide a broader surface for interacting with the attached object. The plate is capable of floating and moving when it is impinged upon by an attached object. When moved by an object when the EAS tag is attached to an object, the plate actuates the arming switch and changes its state. This can arm the EAS tag or can be a step in the arming process of the EAS tag. When the EAS tag is forcibly removed from an object, the plate and arming switch are released, and electronics onboard the EAS tag determine an alarm condition. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206264 | SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC FALL DETECTION FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE - Apparatus for detection of human falls comprises: an acceleration detector, for detecting vibration events, typically placed on a floor, a microphone, located in association with the acceleration detector for detection of corresponding sound events, and a classification unit to classify concurrent events from the microphone and the acceleration detector, thereby to determine whether a human fall is indicated. If the event appears to be a human fall, then an alarm is raised. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206265 | Disposable diaper with wireless alarm system - A disposable diaper with wireless alarm system includes a) a disposable diaper structure; b) a disposable diaper telltale conductive strip; c) an attachable, removable, reusable battery-powered sensor-transmitter device; and d) a wireless receiver with an alarm signal. Multiple diapers with different frequencies and optional disconnect sensors may be included and controlled by local or remote computer. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206266 | Heat Detection System - A heat detection system includes a temperature sensor configured for mounting in a grill interior area for determining a temperature. A transmitter is positioned outside the interior area and electrically connected to the temperature sensor to transmit a signal indicative of the temperature. A receiver is remote from the transmitter and configured to receive the temperature signal. A processor is connected to the receiver for evaluating the temperature signal. A timer and alarm are connected to the processor. The system includes programming that causes the processor to determine if the evaluated temperature exceeds a predetermined temperature, to actuate the timer if the evaluated temperature exceeds the predetermined temperature, and to actuate the alarm if the timer has expired. The system also includes programming to determine if the evaluated temperature has increased over a previously evaluated temperature more than a predetermined amount in less than a predetermined amount of time. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206267 | Key Fob Indicator Apparatus - An indicator apparatus is provided which may be wrapped around and/or may encase a key fob that wirelessly locks and unlocks doors of a vehicle. The apparatus includes first and second spaced apart switches which are respectively associated with first and second light emitters and which are aligned to cover the respective lock and unlock buttons of the key fob. A controller is responsive to activation of the first and second switches to store data in the memory that represents which of the first and second switches was activated most recently. The controller is responsive to activation of the third switch and the data stored in the memory to cause the respective first or second light emitter to emit light when the data stored in the memory is indicative of the respective first or second switch being activated more recently than the other one of the first or second switch. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206268 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MANAGING ATTENTION OF A USER OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Methods and systems are described for managing attention of a user of a portable electronic device. A detection is made that a portable electronic device is in motion relative to a first object separate from the portable electronic device An interaction is detected between a user and the portable electronic device while the portable electronic device is in the motion, wherein in the interaction the portable electronic device is a first source of sensory input for the user. A determination is made, based on detecting the motion, that a specified attention criterion is met in response to detection of the interaction. In response to detecting that the attention criterion is met, attention information is sent for presenting an attention output, via an output device, for directing the user to an object, not included in the portable electronic device, as a second source of sensory input for the user. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206269 | Electronic System to Signal Proximity of an Object - A system to signal proximity of at least one object or entity comprises reference means, sensing means for sensing the at least one object or entity in an electric field, and processing means for detecting at least one capacitive change in at least a portion of the electric field. The sensing means is configured to at least partially form the electric field with at least a portion of the reference means. Also provided is a sensing device comprising at least one electrically conductive unit, at least one reference, and an electrical circuit coupled to at least one processor. At least one of the electric circuit and the at least one processor is configured to cause the at least one electrically conductive unit and the at least one reference to form a capacitive relationship, and detect a capacitive change in at least a portion of the electrical field. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206270 | MANHOLE COVER TYPE SENSOR NODE APPARATUS - A manhole cover type sensor node apparatus combined with a manhole cover includes a first antenna located on one side of the manhole cover, a second antenna located on the other side of the manhole cover, and a node combined with the manhole cover and configured to control transmission and reception of data through the first antenna and the second antenna. The node controls reception of flow rate data from a flowmeter supporting radio communication through the first antenna and transmission of the flow rate data to a flow rate data collecting device through the second antenna. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206271 | OXYGEN TANK MONITORING - Apparatus for remote inspection of oxygen containers includes an electronic circuit in communication between each container (or at various locations along a pipeline) and a remote central station. The electronic circuit is adapted to issue a signal to the remote central station that includes information about predetermined internal and/or external conditions such as the level of oxygen stored in the tank, a pressure condition of material stored in the tank, a lack of presence of the tank in an installed position, or the presence of an obstruction restricting access to the tank. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206272 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING A BLOCKAGE OF A MECHANICAL FLUID METER, AND METER FEATURING BLOCKAGE DETECTION - The invention relates to a mechanical fluid meter, for liquid or gas, comprising an electronic device (E) that has means for metering, and generally also displaying, consumption, said fluid meter including: at least one fluid temperature sensor ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120206273 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided is a network system including an advanced metering infrastructure, an energy management system, a computer, and a diagnostic program. The advanced metering infrastructure interactively communicates with a power supply source and measures energy from the power supply source. The energy management system is connected to the advanced metering infrastructure to communicate with it and controls an operation of an electric product based on operation information of the electric product or energy information from the power supply source. The computer is connected to the electric product or energy management system to communicate with the electric product or energy management system. The diagnostic program is performed by the energy management system or computer and diagnoses a trouble of the electric product. An electric product having a trouble is remotely diagnosed to provide a quick countermeasure, thereby detecting the cause of the trouble without a service engineer and improving a user's convenience. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206274 | SYSTEM FOR SENDING UTILITY METER ALERTS - Systems for sending utility meter alerts in response to a predetermined threshold condition being met at the utility meter are disclosed. In one embodiment, the utility meter has a communications stack embedded therein, and the communications stack is configured to send an alert through a network in response to a predetermined threshold being met. In another embodiment, a server is communicatively connected to a utility meter, and the server is configured to send an alert through a network in response to a predetermined threshold being met at the utility meter. In either embodiment, the alert can comprise an email, a Short Message Service (SMS), a voice alert, or an instant message. Examples of predetermined threshold conditions that could trigger an alert include total energy consumption, peak energy consumption or total currency, e.g., dollars, spent at the location of the utility meter for a set consumption period. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206275 | BLIND AREA WARNING FOR VEHICLES - Methods and devices are disclosed for assisting a driver of a first vehicle where a second vehicle is detected by a sensor of the first vehicle and a driver of the first vehicle is informed that the second vehicle is at the side of the first vehicle when the second vehicle leaves an area monitored by the sensor, the area monitored by the sensor being an area behind the first vehicle. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206276 | ELECTROMECHANICAL TRAFFIC SIGN BOX WITH DOUBLE SWING ADJUSTABLE SOLAR ENERGY DEVICE - An electromechanical traffic sign box with double swing adjustable solar energy device is specifically assembled onto the top section of the support bar of the main body, so as to accommodate the circuit controller and battery. The solar energy device is assembled onto the box's main body and has not only the photovoltaic panel and rack, but also vertical and transverse swing adjusting mechanisms, thus enabling vertical and transverse swinging and positioning of the photovoltaic panel. The sign box enables more flexible assembly and adjustment of the solar energy device in tune with a variety of assembly states and a single box's main body can accommodate the circuit controller and battery, while the solar energy device is assembled onto the box's main body, thus simplifying and saving the circuit assembly cost, reducing exposure to external vandalism and weathering while extending service life with better applicability. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206277 | SOLAR-POWERED PORTABLE ENERGY-SAVING LIGHT-EMITTING TRAFFIC SIGN - A solar-powered portable energy-saving light-emitting traffic sign has a main body, with its traffic sign surface provided with LED luminous bodies. A solar energy device is assembled onto the support bar of the main body, and has a photovoltaic panel and rack. A battery is assembled onto the support bar. A starting switch enables activation and manual highlighting of LED bodies on the traffic sign. A timer is assembled onto the support bar to set and control auto-off time of the LED bodies. A wireless transmitter for synchronous transmission control, is assembled onto the support, and composed of a wireless transmitting module and a wireless receiving module. The wireless transmitting module is activated by the starting switch to transmit a wireless starting signal. The receiving module is normally opened. When the wireless receiving module receives the starting signal, the LED bodies can also be highlighted. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206278 | AIRCRAFT TIRE PRESSURE LOOP LINK - The aircraft tire pressure loop link is formed of first and second single metal loops connected by parallel spaced apart metal shafts, and provides for coupling a magnetic field between a wheel hub coil and a tire pressure sensor coil to provide electromagnetic communication between a control unit connect to the wheel hub coil and a tire pressure sensor connected to the tire pressure sensor coil. The current induced in the first single metal loop travels the distance from the edge of the wheel axle coil to the periphery of the of the wheel rim to the second single metal loop, which generates the flux in the tire pressure sensor receiver coil necessary to power the tire pressure sensor. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206279 | DETECTING WHETHER AN ARBITRARY-LENGTH BIT STRING INPUT MATCHES ONE OF A PLURALITY OF KNOWN ARBITRARY-LENGTH BIT STRINGS USING A HIERARCHICAL DATA STRUCTURE - Generating and using a high-speed, scalable, and easily updateable data structure are described. The proposed data structure provides minimal perfect hashing functionality while intrinsically supporting low-cost set-membership queries. In other words, in some embodiments, it provides at most one match candidate in a set of known arbitrary-length bit strings that is used to match the query. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206280 | Multiple Word Data Bus Inversion - A data encoding scheme for transmission of data from one circuit to another circuit considers the Hamming Weight of combined multiple words to determine whether to invert or not invert an individual word to be transmitted. The multi-word data encoding scheme performs DBI encoding with data inversion conducted based on the total HW in the combined multiple words. The decision to invert or not invert each of the multiple words is made based on the sum of the individual Hamming Weights of each of the words. Such encoding has the advantage that SSO noise is dramatically reduced when the encoded data has a large number of words transmitted from one circuit to another circuit over a wide parallel bus. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206281 | SELF-HEALING ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS WITH BACKGROUND CALIBRATION - Calibration of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is accomplished via a reference comparator, a first and second multiplexer (MUX), and a finite state machine (FSM). By sampling an analog input with the reference comparator and comparing the results with those of the ADC using the FSM, all the comparators in the ADC can be calibrated without interrupting the ADC's normal operation. The first MUX provides a same reference voltage to the reference comparator as a comparator selected for the calibration, and the second MUX provides the FSM with the output of the selected comparator. The FSM then performs a comparison of the reference comparator and the selected comparator, extracts the polarity of the mismatch, and updates the contents of a memory with the extracted polarity. An offset control in the selected comparator receives a signal corresponding to the extracted polarity stored in the memory and injects offset current into the comparator. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206282 | TEST CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR REDUNDANT ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS - A redundant analog-to-digital conversion system can include at least one input multiplexer, first and second redundant analog-to-digital converters, a comparison circuit and an output multiplexer. The at least one input multiplexer can receive a plurality of analog input signals and output at lest one multiplexed analog input signal. The first and second redundant analog-to-digital converters can convert the at least one multiplexed analog input signal to respectively generate first and second digital output signals, the first digital output having a greater digital resolution than the second digital output. The comparison circuit can produce a comparison output signal as a function of a comparison of a plurality of most significant corresponding bit pairs of the first and second digital output signals. The output multiplexer can produce a multiplexed output including information from the comparison output signal and one of the digital output signals. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206283 | Minimum differential non-linearity trim DAC - A trim DAC wherein the digital input bits to the trim DAC are controlled by a state machine to produce an analog output that is within a least significant bit of the digital input bits. An undersize factor between digital input bits is used to assist in finding a trim solution for major transitions of the digital input bits. Trim solutions are stored in a nonvolatile memory associated with the state machine to be used in creating an accurate analog output. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206284 | INTERPOLATING DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER WITH SEPARATE BIAS CURRENT SOURCE FOR EACH DIFFERENTIAL INPUT TRANSISTOR PAIR - The most significant portion of a digital word may be converted into a high and a low analog voltage representative, respectively, of the highest and lowest possible values which a digital word could have with the most significant portion. An analog output may be produced by interpolating between the high and the low analog voltage in accordance with the value of the least significant portion of the digital word. A differential transconductance input stage may have pairs of differential input transistors. For each differential input transistor pair, a separate bias current circuit may provide a bias current to the differential input transistor pair, separate from the bias current provided to the other differential input transistor pairs. All bias current circuits may be identical in a linear interpolator. The transconductance input stage may have a gain of at least 20 dB and may result in an integral non-linearity in the analog output of no more than 0.08 times the weight of the least significant bit of the digital word. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206285 | HALF-BANDWIDTH BASED QUADRATURE ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER - A half-bandwidth based quadrature analog-to-digital converter (ADC), which includes in-phase circuitry, quadrature-phase circuitry, and digital complex processing circuitry is disclosed. The in-phase circuitry includes an in-phase pair of ADCs, which provide an in-phase pair of sub-quadrature output signals, based on an analog in-phase input signal. Similarly, the quadrature-phase circuitry includes a quadrature-phase pair of ADCs, which provide a quadrature-phase pair of sub-quadrature output signals based on an analog quadrature-phase input signal. The digital complex processing circuitry combines, filters, and restructures the in-phase pair of sub-quadrature output signals and the quadrature-phase pair of sub-quadrature output signals to provide a digital in-phase output signal and a digital quadrature-phase output signal. Each of the in-phase pair of ADCs has about an ADC bandwidth. The in-phase circuitry has an input bandwidth, which is about equal to two times the ADC bandwidth in one embodiment of the in-phase circuitry. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206286 | ADC WITH ENHANCED AND/OR ADJUSTABLE ACCURACY - An analog-to-digital-converter includes an input signal connector, an output signal port, two or more sub-ADCs, and a digital signal processing block. The result from each sub-ADC is used by the digital signal processing block to output data with increased performance. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206287 | Analog-to-Digital Converter - An analog-to-digital converter includes an input terminal, a first comparator, a first output terminal, a second comparator, and a second output terminal. The first comparator generates a first logical signal and a control signal by comparing an input signal received by the input terminal with a first reference signal. A first transistor generates a first current based on the input signal. First and second switches are switched so as to be short-circuited/open-circuited in an opposite manner to each other based on the control signal. A second transistor supplies a second current based on a second reference signal to a terminal when the first switch is ON. A third transistor supplies a third current based on a third reference signal to the terminal when the second switch is ON. An output unit generates a second logical signal by comparing the first current with one of the second and the third currents. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206288 | DOPPLER SENSOR AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE INCLUDING SAME - A doppler sensor includes a doppler signal generation unit and a determining unit. The doppler signal generation unit serves to transmit an electric wave to a detection range and receiving electric waves from a detection range, and generating a doppler signal based on a transmission signal used in transmitting the electric wave and a reception signal obtained from the received electric waves, and the determining unit serves to determine whether or not there exists a human body in the detection range through a spectrum analysis using a peak frequency, which is a frequency having the highest intensity in a difference spectrum obtained by subtracting a background spectrum from the spectrum of the doppler signal. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206289 | AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE COMBINING PASSIVE RADARS AND ACTIVE RADARS - The architecture includes a passive radar using opportunistic transmitters and a plurality of active radars that cooperate in the form of a coalition to assure the surveillance of an area of space. The passive radar and the active radars that form the architecture include means for exchanging information and the passive radar is configured to adopt two alternate operating modes: (i) a “watching” mode in which the passive radar carries out surveillance of the area of space concerned and generates detection information, and (ii) an “on-demand data feed” mode in which the passive radar executes at the request of one or more active radars an object search in a given sector of the area under surveillance or an analysis of certain characteristics of the signal received in a given sector. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206290 | MICROWAVE EMITTER AND LEVEL MEASURING DEVICE - A microwave transmitting device for a level measuring device ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120206291 | BENCH-TOP MEASUREMENT METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PHASED ARRAY RADAR APPARATUS CALIBRATION - A method for determining beamformer scattering parameters for a plurality of phased array radar antenna subarrays that each include a radiating (e.g., dipole) component and a beamformer component provides for obtaining for the plurality of phased array radar antenna subarrays a plurality of electromagnetic measurements at a plurality of ports. Analogous electromagnetic measurements are obtained for a reference subarray including a radiating component but absent a beamformer component. The plurality of phased array radar antenna subarray electromagnetic measurements and the reference subarray electromagnetic measurements provide a plurality of beamformer scattering parameter values for the plurality of phased array radar antenna subarrays that may be used in modeling and calibrating a phased array radar apparatus that may be assembled from the plurality of phased array radar antenna subarrays. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206292 | Synthetic Aperture Radar Image Formation System and Method - A saturated input signal acquired by a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system is processed by estimating a reconstruction that generated the input signal, reproducing an input signal from an estimated reconstruction to generate a reproduced signal, comparing the reproduced signal with the input signal; adjusting an estimated reconstruction based on the comparison; and iterating from the reproducing step until a termination condition is reached. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206293 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMING IMAGES BY COMPARING SUBSETS OF IMAGE DATA - A system and method for generating enhanced images of a target area using projection data obtained using an electromagnetic radiation source, the method comprising forming an initial aperture of data points containing positional information of the transmitter and receiver of the electromagnetic radiation; and an associated data record; randomly removing data points from the initial aperture to form subapertures with randomly missing data points; creating a subset of data points from each of the plurality of subapertures; the subsets containing data points containing image data for portions of the target area which are the same or overlapping; comparing the subsets of data points to determine variations in the data points indicative of transient data; based upon the comparison between overlapping subsets of image data, determining whether the subsets of data points comprise image data relating to physical objects or noise. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206294 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - A Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver includes a GPS receiving unit configured to receive navigation data from at least one visible satellite, a decoder configured to decode the received navigation data to extract time and almanac information from the decoded navigation data and a database configured to store satellite disposition information. A satellite location determining unit is configured to select at least one visible satellite candidate using the time information and the satellite disposition information, and to determine locations-in-space of the at least one visible satellite candidate with the almanac information. Also, a navigation filter is configured to calculate pseudo-ranges from the at least one visible satellite and the selected at least one visible satellite candidate using the corresponding locations-in-space, and to determine a location of the GPS receiver using the calculated pseudo-ranges. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206295 | Method and Device for Receiving GNSS Location Information on a Mobile Computing Device Through an Ad-Hoc Network - A mobile computing device comprising processing components, memory components, and at least one wireless transmitter/receiver. The at least one wireless transmitter/receiver comprises a gps communication device and a network communication device. When at least a portion of gps location information is unable to be received by the gps communication device, the network communication device is configured to receive the gps location information from an additional mobile computing device across an ad-hoc network created between the two mobile computing devices. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206296 | SELF-CHARGING POWER CONTROLLED SYSTEM FOR LOCATING ANIMALS BY GPS - A portable tracking unit attached to a movable object, such as an animal's collar, includes a GPS receiver to receive GPS signals from multiple satellites for use in multilateration calculations in determining the current position of the tracking unit. A processor in the tracking unit processes the GPS data signals to determine the tracking unit's position, and a GSM mobile wireless transmitter is used to transmit the geographic coordinates of the tracking unit to a remote monitoring unit. The tracking unit also includes a motion detector that outputs a motion signal when the animal is on the move. A motion signal “wakes up” the processor that wakes up the GPS receiver and the GSM transmitter to begin calculating and transmitting the geographic coordinates of the tracking unit. The tracking unit also includes electrical generators configured to transduce mechanical motion of the tracking unit into electrical energy to recharge a battery and power devices. The portable tracking unit is fabricated monolithically in silicon with circuitry integrated with silicon micro-machined motion sensor, as well as power generators, and packaged through silicon wafer bonding. A remote computing device receives the geographic coordinates of the tracking device and indicates to a user the position of the tracking device in relation to a map. An alert may also be provided if the location of the tracking device is outside a programmed safe zone. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206297 | ADAPTIVE POSITIONING SIGNAL SEARCH STRATEGY FOR A MOBILE DEVICE - Various techniques are provided which may be implemented in a mobile device to acquire a first positioning signal transmitted by a first transmitter of a first satellite in geostationary orbit, associate the first positioning signal with a coverage region to determine a rough position of the mobile device, and affect a positioning signal search strategy based, at least in part, on the rough position of the mobile device. The search strategy may identify at least one transmitter of at least one satellite in non-geostationary orbit that is estimated to be located in a position to transmit a second positioning signal within at least a portion of the coverage region, and which may be searched for by the mobile device. Such techniques may, for example, reduce a first time to a position fix in certain instances. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206298 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NAVIGATION SYSTEMS - The invention relates to a network element comprising a controlling element for forming assistance data relating to two or more signals transmitted by a reference station of at least one navigation system; and a transmitter for transmitting the assistance data via a communications network to a device. The device comprises a positioning receiver for performing positioning on the basis of two or more signals transmitted by a reference station of the at least one satellite navigation system; a receiver for receiving the assistance data from the network element; and an examining element configured to examine the received assistance data to find out information relating to the status of the two or more signals. The information comprises indication on the reference station the signal relates to, and the status indicates the usability of the signal. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206299 | MILLIMETER-WAVE COMMUNICATIONS USING A REFLECTOR - Methods and systems for establishing a non-line of sight millimeter wave connection that include a transmitter unit having beam-steering capability, a receiver unit having beam-steering capability, and a reflecting unit in a position having a line-of-sight path to the transmitter unit and the receiver unit. The reflecting unit includes an attachment mechanism configured to attach to a mounting point on an object or surface, a reflecting surface that is reflective to millimeter-wave radiation, and an adjustable pivot connected between the attachment mechanism and the reflecting surface configured to permit directional positioning of the reflecting surface relative to the attachment mechanism. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206300 | TRACKING METHOD COMBINING A PASSIVE RADAR AND OTHER SENSORS - A method is disclosed for merging detection information produced by various sensors of a detection system formed by a passive radar system including various bistatic bases and by an external sensor. The method includes two processing phases. During the first phase, for each bistatic base of the passive radar bistatic plots produced by that bistatic base are first merged with bistatic plots produced on the basis of plots transmitted by the external sensor and projected into the bistatic base concerned. Then, by associating all the bistatic bases, bistatic tracking is applied to the merged bistatic plots and unmerged bistatic plots coming from the external sensor. During the second phase a cartesian tracking is generated on the basis of bistatic plots that contributed to forming the bistatic tracks. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206301 | MULTI-ANGLE ULTRA WIDEBAND ANTENNA WITH SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY METHODS OF ASSEMBLY AND KITS THEREFOR - The disclosure provides a multi-angle flexible antenna for electronic device comprising an antenna expand having the radiated elements supported by a first substrate and expanding into a spatial geometry for transmission and reception of radio signal; and an antenna base having a plurality of first solder pads on a second substrate for physical attachment to the printed circuit board and a second solder pad electrically connected to a terminal of the radiated elements for connection to an antenna feed point of a radio circuitry on the printed circuit board; wherein the first and second substrates are joined at a bending line as a single substrate for the flexible antenna and the first substrate allowed to be bent relative to the plane of the second substrate for spatial deployment of the radiated elements. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206302 | CHASSIS-EXCITED ANTENNA APPARATUS AND METHODS - A chassis-excited antenna apparatus, and methods of tuning and utilizing the same. In one embodiment, a distributed loop antenna configuration is used within a handheld mobile device (e.g., cellular telephone). The antenna comprises two radiating elements: one configured to operate in a high-frequency band, and the other in a low-frequency band. The two antenna elements are disposed on different side surfaces of the metal chassis of the portable device; e.g., on the opposing sides of the device enclosure. Each antenna component comprises a radiator and an insulating cover. The radiator is coupled to a device feed via a feed conductor and a ground point. A portion of the feed conductor is disposed with the radiator to facilitate forming of the coupled loop resonator structure. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206303 | ANTENNA SYSTEM COUPLED TO AN EXTERNAL DEVICE - An antenna system is integrated into a cover or accessory and adapted to couple to an antenna in a host device to improve transmission and reception of signals. The antenna system can be passive or active, with the active antenna system designed to amplify coupled signals on the integrated antenna elements in the cover or accessory. Single or multiple frequency bands can be improved with the integrated antenna system, and multiple antennas in the host device can be coupled to and improved. The antenna system can couple to the existing antennas in the host device by capacitive coupling, i.e. no physical contact required, or a connector can be designed into the cover or accessory containing the integrated antenna system that makes contact to electrical ground of the host device or power supply signals or other control signals. | 2012-08-16 |