43rd week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080258882 | POWERLINE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - Circuits and methods for transmission of digital data between two or more devices via powerline particularly suited for use in high attenuation, high noise commercial/industrial powerline environments, including transmission of pulses generated by a capacitor charged in the positive half cycle of the sine wave and discharged during the negative half-cycle, placing the pulse at one of two predetermined signal timing positions related to zero voltage crossing points or to previously transmitted pulses so that the pulses are substantially in the powerline temporal quiet zone near zero crossing and so that the powerline voltage at the time of the pulse is additive to the capacitor voltage. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258883 | Horn device - An electro-mechanical horn is configured with a body, a sound-generating unit mounted in the body, and a plurality of power source receiving regions for storing at least one removably mounted power source in a storage manner while containing a second power source in an operative manner thereby limiting discontinuity of the operation of the sound-generating unit. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258884 | Method and Device for Driver Assistance - A method and a device for driver assistance in which the warning threshold at which the driver is warned for example of a departure from the lane is adaptively adjusted as a function of the driver's state and/or the driving situation. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258885 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECORDING ENVIRONMENTAL DATA IN VEHICLES - System and method for recording environmental accident data in vehicles. In one aspect, environmental data is received at inputs to a recorder device from a plurality of data sources in the vehicle. The environmental data is processed and indexed for recording onto a plurality of storage media. The environmental data is recorded onto the plurality of storage media such that each one of the storage media stores a same copy of at least a portion of the environmental data, wherein the environmental data is recorded before and after the accident of the vehicle. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258886 | Key locator and method of use thereof - A key locator apparatus is provided comprising at least one key having at least one key code, and a locator, programmed with at least one key code to be transmitted, wherein the locator sends an activation signal to the key to activate an alarm secured about the key that is activated if the transmitted key code authenticity is confirmed, thus allowing a user to find the key. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258887 | Device for the Detection of a Collision of a Motor Vehicle - A device for the detection of a collision of a motor vehicle has at least one collision sensor which is arranged between the vehicle or fender outer skin and the vehicle body part, and senses an impact of an object on the motor vehicle. The collision sensor comprises a compressible spacer. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258888 | Driving support method and driving support system - A driving support unit includes an image signal input section which receives image signals for an area around a vehicle from a camera, a sensor I/F section that detects the head position of a driver sitting in the driver's seat of the vehicle, and a control section. The control section judges whether the driver's head has entered into a projection range of light which is projected from a projector onto a pillar, and an image processor which outputs to the projector data designating the detected driver's head position and surrounding area as a non-projection region. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258889 | VEHICLE WITH ALWAYS FORWARD SYSTEM - A system for a vehicle that includes a movable chassis and an operator station rotatable relative to the chassis. The system includes a sensor, an indicator assembly, and a controller. The sensor can detect an orientation of the operator station relative to the chassis, and generates a signal indicative of the orientation of the operator station. The indicator assembly is disposed on the operator station, and includes a first indicator indicative of the operator station oriented in a first direction, and a second indicator indicative of the operator station oriented in a second direction. The controller is in communication with the sensor to receive the signal indicative of the operator station orientation from the sensor, and further is in communication with the indicator assembly to selectively vary the indicator assembly between the first indicator and the second indicator based on the signal indicative of the operator station orientation. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258890 | System and Method for Remotely Deactivating a Vehicle - System and method for remotely deactivating a vehicle, comprising monitoring operations of the vehicle using an on-board monitoring system, detecting when one or more of the operations meet one or more preset criteria, and disabling the vehicle via the on-board monitoring system. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258891 | DRIVING STATE DISPLAY DEVICE AND STRADDLE TYPE VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME - A driving state display device of a straddle type vehicle has a nonvolatile memory in which operation modes are stored to be readable with a grade point provided for each operation mode, the grade point being proportional to a degree of energy-saving operation or uneconomic operation. A microcomputer calculates the rotational speed and acceleration of an engine to determine the operation mode of the vehicle. The grade point corresponding to the operation mode is read from the nonvolatile memory and accumulated until a predetermined time period has elapsed, after which it is determined whether the accumulated value falls in an energy-saving operation range or an uneconomic operation range without the use of a fuel flow meter or the like, said determined result communicated to a rider of the vehicle via a display. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258892 | Display Device, Vehicle, Method for Displaying, Program for Displaying and Recording Medium of Same - A display section displays a speedometer having a substantially circular shape on an outer circumference of which a speed scale is provided. Then, that point on the outer circumference of the speedometer which indicates a speed at a moment is calculated. Further a speed that is attained at a given time period (e.g. 0.5 second) after the moment if the speed is increased at an acceleration at the moment is calculated. An arc-shaped pointer is displayed, the arc-shaped pointer passing (i) the calculated point of the speed scale, (ii) a middle point between the calculated point of the speed scale and a center of the speedometer, and (iii) the center of the speedometer. With this arrangement, a display device displaying the speedometer allows a driver to easily recognize the speed and an amount of a change therein (i.e. acceleration). | 2008-10-23 |
20080258893 | Attached tire pressure sensor and air nozzle assembly - An attached tire pressure sensor and air nozzle assembly includes an air nozzle for installation in the rim of a vehicle wheel, an attached tire pressure sensor threadedly coupled with the air nozzle for sensing the tire pressure of the vehicle wheel, and an anti-loosing device sandwiched between the air nozzle and the attached tire pressure sensor. The anti-loosing device has a rigid base stopped against the air nozzle, and a curved spring washer stopped against the attached tire pressure sensor to provide a spring force to the air nozzle and the attached tire pressure for preventing the attached tire pressure sensor from loosing from the air nozzle upon receiving vibration or accidental impact of the vehicle wheel during running of the vehicle. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258894 | WHEEL IDENTIFYING APPARATUS HAVING IMPROVED MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF TRIGGERING DEVICES - In a wheel identifying apparatus, first and second devices respectively transmit first and second trigger signals. The first device is mounted on the body of a vehicle closer to the front axle than the rear axle and closer to one of the front wheels than the other; it has the same height as the front axle and an orientation angle in a range of 0 to 90°. The second device is mounted on the vehicle body closer to the rear axle than the front axle and closer to one of the rear wheels than the other; it has the same height as the rear axle and an orientation angle in a range of 0 to 90°. Consequently, the first trigger signal can be reliably received by transceivers on the front wheels, and the second trigger signal can be reliably received by transceivers on the rear wheels. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258895 | Power management device and computer readable medium - A power management device includes: a calculating unit that calculates the number of parking allowed days of a vehicle, based on information about the battery state and information about the current to be consumed by the vehicle while the vehicle is parked; an obtaining unit that obtains a response indicating the number of parking days from the user in reply to a notification of the number of parking allowed days; and a control unit that causes a notifying unit to notify the user of the number of parking allowed days calculated by the calculating unit, and prohibits an engine stop until the charge amount of the battery reaches the necessary charge amount through a charging operation, when a determining unit determines that the battery needs to be charged in accordance with the number of parking allowed days and the number of parking days obtained by the obtaining unit. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258896 | System for improving back end visibility and machine using same - A machine includes a back end vision improvement system comprising a camera mounted for viewing an area behind a back end of the machine and a monitor mounted in an operator control station. The monitor includes a display having an initial display layout. The machine also includes an electronic control module (ECM) configured to sense a reverse position of a directional controller of the machine and change the display in response to the reverse position. The machine may also include a wiper system including a front wiper and a rear wiper. The ECM may be further configured to sense an activation of the front wiper and activate the rear wiper in response to the reverse position and the activation of the front wiper. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258897 | Automotive Display Device, Vehicle, and Display Method - An automotive display device, which allows the user to easily recognize the sameness of an information image even if the shape of the image is changed, is realized. An automotive display device ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080258898 | Alarm system for Indicating Vehicle Running State - An alarm system for indicating vehicle running state comprises a main frame enclosed with a housing installed in a proper location of the vehicle body, and an accommodation space is formed between the main frame and its housing. A red, green and yellow light sources are installed on the main frame in the accommodation space. When the brake system is actuated, the red light source turns on. When the accelerator system is actuated the green light source turns on. In both brake system and accelerator system are not actuated, yellow light source turns on. With such variation of the light colors, the driver of the following rear vehicle may identify the instant driving condition of the preceding vehicle. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258899 | Transmitter Apparatus and System for Remote Signaling - An electronic system is described for controlling vehicle message lighting including turn and stop indicator signal lights, which system does not require any pre-existing wiring harness in either a towing vehicle | 2008-10-23 |
20080258900 | Warning light - A warning light and warning light assembly are disclosed. The warning light includes a housing including a base and a translucent cover. The light also includes a metallized circuit board having a base portion and one or more opposing side portions, the base portion sized to fit within the base and the side portions extending away from the base on opposed sides of the base portion of the circuit board. The warning light also includes a plurality of light emitting diodes on the side portions of the circuit board. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258901 | Apparatus and Method for Verifying Procedure Compliance - A device and method for verifying compliance of a patient preparing colon preparation prior to for example a colonoscopy diagnosis. One or more reminders may be issued to the patient to perform an activity for colon preparation. A confirmation may be received responding to the reminder and the confirmation may be recorded. Information of activities recorded on the device may be provided for surveying in order to evaluate the readiness of colon preparation. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258902 | ELECTRONIC LOCATING SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for location of objects to facilitate retrieval, filing, security, inventory stock-keeping and the like. The methods and apparatus employ a tag element associated with each object-to-be-located, and interrogation system for searching one or more spatial regions for such tagged items, as well as mechanisms for identifying objects within the interrogated region. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258903 | Multifunctional Powerline Sensor Network - A multifunctional powerline sensor network used for fire, toxic chemical gases and intruder detections. The network is comprised a master device, an array of sensor nodes, a host device/computer and the existing powerlines in the building/facility. This network offers many advantages including cost effectiveness, multifunction, high integration and ease of installation. The master device communicates with all the sensor nodes via the powerlines. When the motion sensors are enabled, the network converts to a advanced security alarm system that provides an alert when the security of the facility has been compromised by locating and tracking the position of the intruder. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258904 | ALARM DEVICE AND SYSTEM - An addressable alarm device capable of connecting to a non-addressable alarm device as well as to a polling alarm system is disclosed. A plurality of tandem non-addressable alarm devices has the last tandem non-addressable alarm device terminate in the addressable alarm device. In this configuration when one non-addressable alarm device activates all non-addressable alarm devices plus the addressable alarm device activate. When the polling alarm system polls the addressable alarm device the exact location of the alarm condition is identified. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258905 | Method for Determining the Position of Devices in a Hazard Detection System - In order to determine the position of a device newly introduced into a hazard detection system, the devices of which include an insulator and are connected to a control center by a warning line, the newly introduced device is interrogated multiple times from one side of the warning line. The insulator of a device with an already known topology is first opened, subdividing the warning line into two branches, and the branch wherein the newly introduced device is located is then determined. This interval halving process is repeated until the exact position of the newly introduced device is found. In its preferred implementation, the device is a hazard detector or an actuator. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258906 | Integration System, System Integration Method and Computer Readable Medium Having System Integration Program - A safety controller includes a function block and a mapping block. The function block executes a function inherent to the safety controller. The mapping block converts data used in a control system among data handled by the function block into a data format which can be directly handled by the control system and also assigns a common tag to these data. Also, the mapping block performs calculation based on data handled by the function block and outputs a signal instructing whether to transmit a process alarm according to the calculation result. Also, the mapping block assigns a common tag to this signal. As a result, in the control system, it is possible to recognize that these data groups are related to one another. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258907 | Wireless detection and alarm system for monitoring human falls and entries into swimming pools by using three dimensional acceleration and wireless link energy data method and apparatus - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for monitoring and analysis. The system ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080258908 | Systems and Methods for Communications Activity Status - Various systems and methods for indicating the status of a communication are disclosed herein. For example, status indication methods are disclosed that include initiating a communication that allows for communication between two persons. Further, the methods include determining a combination of status. The combination of status is based on a determination of two or more of the following: a calendar status, a power status, an activity status, and a location status. A communication status message is updated based at least in part on the determined combination of status. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258909 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED DATA MANAGEMENT - Methods and systems for preserving content in a data recorder are provided. The method includes acquiring at least one of image data and audio data relative to an environment in a vicinity of a camera, receiving a data preservation request, and stamping the at least one of image data and audio data for future download using the data preservation request. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258910 | Student And Faculty Emergency Response System (SAFERS) - An emergency response system that is used by schools to alert students, faculty, and staff on the school campus of critical situations. The system utilizes ID cards that are issued to the students, faculty, and staff at the beginning of each new school year, and issued to visitors as needed. The ID cards each have a miniature receiver, control circuitry, antenna and battery embedded into them along with a flat speaker and an LED light. If an emergency on the grounds of the school is imminent or ongoing, a master transmitter box is triggered by an administrator. The triggering of the transmitter sends coded RF signals out to ID cards and repeaters that are strategically placed through the school property. Signals received by the receivers embedded into the ID cards and decoded by the control circuitry trigger the speaker and LED in the ID cards to alert persons carrying the ID cards. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258911 | EXIT ALARM ESCUTCHEON - An exit alarm system housed in an escutcheon for activating upon movement of an interior latch operator. The system is mounted to the interior side of a door with a latch assembly including an interior latch operator. The system may include an alarm, a trigger, and an electronic module. The trigger is responsive to movement of the interior latch operator. The electronic module may be electrically connected to a power source for providing an input signal to the alarm. Upon motion of the interior latch operator, the trigger may cause the electronic module to send an activating input signal to the alarm. The alarm may be a sound transducer. A switch may be provide to arm the system. A tamper switch may be provided to cause the electronic module to activate the alarm upon removal of the escutcheon. The system may be applied to retrofit an existing door. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258912 | Apparatus and method for monitoring a component of a wireless communication network to determine whether the component has been tampered with, disabled and/or removed - A method and apparatus for monitoring one or more components of a wireless communication network. Preferably, an alarm system is linked to one or more components of a wireless communication network to determine whether the one or more components have been tampered with, removed or otherwise disabled. The monitored component can be a ground system in a cellular telephone network. The alarm system can include at least one conductive path linked to a ground bar of a ground system in a cellular telephone network such that if the ground bar is removed from the cellular telephone network the at least one conductive path is severed thereby generating an alarm signal. The alarm signal may take the form of an audible alarm (e.g., a horn), a visual alarm (e.g., flashing lights) and/or a signal transmitted to a monitoring station indicating that the ground bar has been removed and the equipment at the tower site is now vulnerable to lighting strikes. Preferably, the alarm system is configured such that it can be readily installed in existing sites as well as new sites. The at least one conductive path may be linked to two or more ground bars in series such that removal of either ground bar will result in the generation of an alarm signal. Alternatively, multiple ground bars at a single tower site can be monitored independent of each other. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258913 | ELECTRONIC PERSONAL ALERT SYSTEM - A personal alert system for sending alerts or notifications in certain conditions. An alert is created by a user, primary contact, first responder or other third party, and an alert message is sent to designated contacts. An alert message can provide an update on a pending alert. Alerts can be configured to be triggered by preselected trigger conditions or can be sent real time. Triggered alert can include a specific date and time or specific rules or alert conditions. Additional criteria can be applied, such as the constraint to check-in periodically during an alert period. If the user fails to meet an alert condition (e.g., check-in by a certain time), then the alert is triggered and an alert message is sent primary and secondary designated contacts. In another implementation, an emergency first responder can trigger the alert based on information on an emergency card stored in the user's wallet. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258914 | Monitoring apparatus - A position detection sensor using electromagnetic wave ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080258915 | Managing Of Items Distributed In A Global Supply Chain - A method for determining locations in a predefined area for placing a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader in order to obtain a full coverage of the predefined area is provided. The method includes arranging a plurality of hexagonal area to form a combined area until the total area of the combined area is equal or larger than the predefined area, aligning the predefined area within the combined area, and determining the hexagonal area which is fully or partially covered by the predefined area. Each hexagonal area represents an area of coverage of the RFID reader, and the center of the hexagonal area which is determined to be fully or partially covered by the predefined area corresponds to one of the locations for placing the RFID reader. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258916 | RFID TAG CHIPS AND TAGS REFRAINING FROM PARTICIPATING IN A SUBSEQUENT INVENTORYING ATTEMPT AND METHODS - RFID tags and chips for RFID tags are capable of being inventoried in one or more early attempts. These tags are capable of then refraining from participating in one or more subsequent inventorying attempts. In some embodiments refraining is performed solely by the tag, while in others it is guided by the RFID reader. In some embodiments, an inventoried indicator in the tag becomes updated upon backscattering. The updated value is used by the tag to recognize a subsequent attempt, and thus refrain from participating in it. This permits the subsequent attempt to be used more intensively for inventorying the more elusive, harder-to-read tags, especially in more demanding scenarios. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258917 | RFID TRIGGERED PERSONAL ATHLETIC DEVICE - A personal athletic device is worn by a runner during a race. A race course is provided with a plurality of mats along the race course. The mats have antennas and generate a magnetic field. The personal athletic device has a chip system having an RFID tag and a display. As the runner progress along the course, the RFID tag is triggered at each mat and race data is displayed on the device. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258918 | Wireless communication method - To provide a wireless communication method in the case where communication of a wireless signal from a communication device to a semiconductor device can be ensured, communication of a wireless signal can be ensured without using a repeater even when communication of a wireless signal from a semiconductor device to a communication device is difficult due to an external factor such as an obstacle. A plurality of semiconductor devices operate in selectively switching between a first state in which the first wireless signal transmitted from the communication device is received and a second state in which the second wireless signal transmitted from the semiconductor device is received. The semiconductor device in the second state receives the second wireless signal from the semiconductor device in the first state and transmits to the communication device the second wireless signal including detection data for indicating that the second wireless signal is received. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258919 | Radio communication apparatus and radio communication method - Any radio channel is selected as a channel for medium communication among a plurality of radio channels and makes data communication with at least one RFID by using the channel for the medium communication. Especially, it is determined whether or not the data communication with the RFID has ended normally, and if it is determined that the data communication has not ended normally, the channel for the medium communication is switched to another radio channel among the plurality of radio channels. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258920 | THEFT DETERRENT SYSTEM - A security device that can be attached to a product or product package is disclosed. The device indicates the only authorized point or channel of sale and a method for deterring the theft and resale of goods. The method can include identifying a product which is likely target for theft and resale, identifying an appropriate distinguishing device to clearly indicate the authorized point or channel of sale, and applying the distinguishing device to the product. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258921 | Footwork Training System and Method - A system and method for evaluating an activity includes an article of clothing provided with a sensor capable of detecting the impact of the article of clothing, such as a shoe, on a surface. A system receives and interprets the pattern of impacts made during the performance of the activity. The system compares these impacts with those of a target routine. Iterations of the same performance may be stored in the system so that ongoing progress may be measured. The system may be used to enhance class teaching, in the home, or for Internet competition. The activity may include dance, yoga, martial arts, or similar activities. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258922 | Electronic patient treatment query - Processing of an electronic patient treatment query is disclosed. An apparatus includes: an input interface module configured to input patient data maintained in an electronic data system of a health care provider; a processing module configured to create a patient treatment query comprising a plurality of sections queried at predetermined times, to determine for each section a section result based on a patient response to the section, and to determine a total result based on the section results; and an output interface module configured to output the section results and the total result to the patient and the health care provider. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258923 | Detection Device for Detecting Heartbeat, Respiration and Behavior Level of Small Animal - A detection device for detecting heartbeat, respiration and the behavior level of a small animal provided with supporting plate ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080258924 | FIRE ALARM SYSTEM - A fire alarm system is disclosed where the unit detectors are addressable and in communication with other unit detectors located within a particular unit and are in communication with building detectors such that when one unit detector activates, all the other unit detectors in that unit also activate causing communication with the building core detectors and alerting the control room as to the exact location of the alarm condition. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258925 | Fire Detector - A fire detector | 2008-10-23 |
20080258926 | GAS SENSING METHOD AND INSTRUMENT THEREFOR - A method and instrument capable of accurately detecting the presence of a gas and accurately measuring the concentration of the gas in, for example, the environment. The method and instrument sense the presence of a gas with a sensing element whose output is linear to the concentration of the gas in the environment, and process the output of the sensing element through a nonlinear amplifier having a higher gain at lower levels of the output than at higher levels of the output so that the nonlinear amplifier amplifies the output of the sensing element at the lower levels thereof and avoids signal saturation at the higher levels thereof. The method and instrument then deliver the amplified output of the nonlinear amplifier to an audio circuit that produces an audio output having a property in proportion to the amplified output of the nonlinear amplifier. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258927 | MONITORING DEVICE FOR MOTHERBOARD VOLTAGE - An embodiment of a device for monitoring voltages of a motherboard includes: a comparator having an input terminal connected to a reference voltage and the other input terminal connected to a voltage of the motherboard; an electrical switch having a first terminal connected to an output terminal of the comparator, a second terminal connected to a power source, and a third terminal being grounded; and a light emitting diode (LED) including a cathode connected to the second terminal of the electrical switch and an anode connected to the power source. The electrical switch is turned on when the first terminal of the electrical switch receives a controlling signal from the comparator. Then the LED emits light to show an abnormal state of the voltage of the motherboard. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258928 | Systems and methods for stray voltage detection - Systems for detecting stray voltage in a conductive object include indicators for indicating to a user of the system whether stray voltage is present in the conductive object. In one aspect, a system for detecting stray voltage includes a pick-up element in contact with the conductive object and capable of transmitting a charge of the conductive object, circuitry for generating, based on a charge received from the pick-up element, an indicator signal representative of whether stray voltage is present in the conductive object, and an indicator for indicating to a user of the system, based on the indicator signal, whether stray voltage is present in the conductive object. The system may include a housing for enclosing the circuitry and a support attached to the housing for mounting the housing on or near the conductive object such that the pick-up element is in contact with the conductive object. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258929 | Method for monitoring movement with a medical installation and associated medical installation - The invention relates to a method for monitoring the movement of at least one mobile object with a medical installation. A current three-dimensional position of the at least one mobile object is detected by at least one position sensor that is arranged on the at least one mobile object. The invention also relates to the associated medical installation. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258930 | PERMISSION BASED RFID TAG - An implantable, readable miniature transponder has an antenna coupled to a microchip integrated circuit. The integrated circuit has unique identifying information stored in the chip. The integrated circuit microchip also has control logic, a muscle stimulator, an EMG amplifier and a data transmitter. The integrated circuit is connected to the antenna and to muscle electrodes that have EMG sensors. When an external reader illuminates the transponder the control logic alerts the implanted subject and inhibits any data from being sent to the reader. Through a series of predetermined voluntary muscle contractions the subject sends a signal to the control logic to either allow or deny the reader access to the identifying information. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258931 | PNEUMATICALLY TELESCOPING MAST WITH DUAL MODE REMOTE CONTROL - A dual mode handheld remote control for selectively operating and communicating with an associated mast arrangement in one of a wired or a wireless mode is provided. The remote control includes a housing and a controller disposed internally to the housing. The controller includes a wireless communication mode for wirelessly communicating with the mast arrangement and a wired communication mode for communicating with the mast arrangement via a wired connection. An input device is secured to the housing and is operatively connected to the controller. The input device is responsive to an associated command selected by an associated operator and relays the associated command to the controller for controlling the associated mast arrangement. A power source is provided for powering the remote control. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258932 | WIRELESS SIGNAL APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING DRIVERS TO BACK LARGE VEHICLES - A back-up safety apparatus and method that enables the driver of a large vehicle with inherent rear blind spots to receive signals, to proceed or stop, based on changing safe or unsafe conditions. A spotter who monitors the vehicle's progress from a safe and remote vantage point in the rear, uses a hand held wireless transmitter to signal the driver. The transmitter also provides a deadman style safety switch for the benefit of the spotter that will automatically signal the driver to stop if the spotter becomes disabled, falls or drops the transmitter. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258933 | Emergency traffic light system - A supplemental system of stop lights for use in conjunction with a primary stop light system. Solar powered supplemental stop light units are mechanically attached nearby the stop light units of the primary system. Should the primary system fail, the supplemental stop lights become active to re-establish control of the traffic flow and substitute for the disabled primary stop light system. The supplemental stop light system uses at least two visual displays: a graphics display and an alphanumeric verbal display. In an alternative use in conjunction with emergency vehicle traffic, an alphanumeric numeric display can be advantageously employed. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258934 | Method and Apparatus for Automated Parking Assistance - A method of automated parking assistance. A logic unit reads identification information from a transponder attached to a vehicle and determines the current position of the vehicle by measuring distances between the transponder and multiple stationary sensor devices. A pre-defined parking location is stored by pressing a single button. If the current position of the vehicle is not equal to the pre-defined parking location when the vehicle subsequently approaches, the logic unit determines one or more directions in which the current position of the vehicle must be adjusted to reduce the distance between the current position of the vehicle and the pre-defined parking location. A display device displays one or more guidance signals corresponding to the one or more directions in which the current position of the vehicle must be adjusted. If the current position of the vehicle is equal to the pre-defined parking location, a stop signal is displayed. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258935 | Parking Control System and Method - Provided are a parking control system and method. In particularly, the present invention provides a total parking control system and method which are capable of automatically managing and controlling a whole process from a time when a vehicle enters a parking lot to a time when it goes out of there by using a server incorporating therein a program for a very high speed image recognition technique and parking management. For this, the present invention provides a parking location search unit which manages a parking location of an individual vehicle by recognizing vehicle numbers by photographing vehicles entering a parking space and going out of there as well as parked vehicles, and provides related information upon search. The present invention further provides a parking guiding unit guiding a driver of a vehicle entering the parking lot to an empty place for parking. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258936 | System and method for tracking and billing vehicle users based on when and in which road lanes their vehicles have been driven - A system includes one or more transponders, a number of sensors, a tracking sub-system, and a billing sub-system. Each transponder is located in a vehicle capable of being driven on a road having at least a first lane and a second lane in which vehicles move in a same direction. Each sensor is movably located at a point along the road to detect the transponder of each vehicle that has changed between the first and the second lanes at the point. The tracking system is communicatively coupled to the sensors to track when and at which of the points the vehicles have changed between the first and the second lanes. The billing system is to periodically bill users of the vehicles based on when and where the vehicles are driven in the second lane of the road. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258937 | System for Use in Stations for Road Tolls - The invention relates to a system for use with stations for road tolls, comprising a first optical apparatus for recording images of the roadway and a second apparatus for wireless communication with a vehicle apparatus. The height above the roadway and the angle in a lateral and a vertical direction in relation to the roadway are known for the first apparatus, and the second apparatus can determine coordinates for the vehicle apparatuses in at least two directions through its communication with the vehicle apparatuses. The system comprises means for being able to detect one or more number plates from an image taken using the optical apparatus, and means for calculating the positions of the detected number plates in three directions, and means for being able to determine any associations between number plates and vehicle apparatuses by comparison between the said positions of the number plates and the said positions of the vehicle apparatuses. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258938 | System and method for digital vehicle plating - A method for operating a digital plate on a vehicle. The method includes determining the location of a vehicle and displaying, on a digital plate on the vehicle, registration data corresponding to the vehicle and the vehicle location. The method further includes updating the registration data displayed on the digital plate according to changes in the vehicle location. There is also a corresponding digital plate system and satellite vehicle data system. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258939 | Method, system and device for monitoring vehicle usage - A vehicle tracking device ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080258940 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING PASSWORD THEFT - An apparatus for protecting a password includes a keypad, a generator, and a processor. The keypad includes numeric keys for inputting a numeral and a display unit for displaying a random digit. The generator is coupled to the display unit for generating the random digit. The processor is configured for receiving the inputted numeral and calculating the password based on the inputted numeral and the random digit. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258941 | Letter input structure using morse code and input method of the same - A letter input structure of a two-click keyboard adapting a Morse code and an input method of the same, and a recording medium of the method are disclosed. A certain letter is created in selective combination with two keypads among seven keypads consisting of a dot(•) group keypad of a dot(•) keypad, a dot dot(•) keypad and a dot dot dot(•) keypad of a Morse code, a dash(-) group keypad of a dash(-) keypad, a dash dash(- -) keypad, and a dash dash dash (- - -) keypad which are separated and arranged at left and right sides(or upper and lower sides) and one function keypad. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258942 | SIGMA-DELTA MULTIPLIER, PHASE-LOCKED LOOP WITH EXTENDED TUNING RANGE AND METHODS FOR GENERATING RF SIGNALS - Embodiments of sigma-delta multiplier, phase-locked loop with extended tuning range and methods for generating an RF signal are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, a sigma-delta modulator generates an output bit stream based on an input word, multiply logic multiplies values of the output bit stream by a predetermined value, and an offset adder adds the multiplied values of the output bit stream to an offset value for use in generating a divided-frequency signal. The range of values of the input word may be reduced allowing the sigma-delta modulator to operate within a more central portion of its operating range. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258943 | Method and Apparatus for Signal Processing and Encoding and Decoding Method, and Apparatus Therefor - An apparatus for processing a signal and method thereof are disclosed. Data coding and entropy coding are performed with interconnection, and grouping is used to enhance coding efficiency. The present invention includes the steps of obtaining data corresponding to a plurality of data coding schemes and deciding an entropy table for at least one of a pilot reference value and a pilot difference value included in the data using an entropy table identifier unique to the data coding scheme and entropy-decoding at least one of the pilot reference value and the pilot difference value using the entropy table. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258944 | DIGITAL DATA MODULATOR-DEMODULATOR - A digital data demodulator which can reduce a loss of decodable digital data, and increase capability of reproducing digital data inputted through a transmission line even when an error occurs in the transmission line. In the digital data demodulator, a specific pattern detector ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080258945 | TECHNIQUES FOR 9B10B AND 7B8B CODING AND DECODING - A technique for encoding 9-binary symbol (9B) source vectors into 10-binary symbol (10B) encoded vectors include the steps of obtaining a plurality of 9B source vectors, and encoding the 9B source vectors into a plurality of 10B encoded vectors according to an encoding scheme. A fraction of the 10B encoded data vectors have binary symbol changes, other than whole-vector complementation, compared to corresponding ones of the 9B source vectors, the fraction not including any disparity dependent encoded representations. Techniques for encoding 7B source vectors to 8B encoded vectors, and decoding techniques, are also provided. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258946 | Pattern Matching Apparatus - This invention relates to a pattern recognition correlator implemented entirely in the electronic domain. The correlator has a serial to parallel conversion means to convert input serial binary data into at least one input parallel binary electrical signal and a comparator to compare the or each input parallel data signal with a reference parallel binary data signal. The serial to parallel conversion means may comprises a demultiplexer to effectively slow the data update rate and a series of latch circuits to provide the parallel data signal. The comparator may be arranged to perform bit addition and may be arranged such that a zero total sum is an indication of correlation. The bit addition may be performed b an array of logic gates. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258947 | Programmable compute system for executing an H.264 binary decode symbol instruction - A compute system for executing an h.264 binary decode symbol instruction including a first compute unit having a range normalization circuit and an rLPS update circuit, and operating in a first mode responsive to current rLPS, range, value and current context to generate the next normalized range and next rLPS for the current context; a second compute unit including a value update circuit, a context update circuit, and value normalization circuit responsive to current rLPS, range value and current context to obtain the output bit, normalized value and the updated current context; and a third compute unit or said first compute unit operating in a second mode including a range circuit and a next context rLPS circuit responsive to rLPS range, value and next context to obtain a next context rLPS value. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258948 | Simplified programmable compute system for executing an H.264 binary decode symbol instruction - An improved programmable compute system and method for executing an H.264 binary decode symbol using only a single instruction and two compute units is achieved by providing not just one rLPS value but all four next possible rLPS values of the current context next state so that there is no delay initially while calculating the correct rLPS because all four are present and any one can be chosen; further all the parameters e.g. value, range, context, and rLPS can be served by only two available 32 bit registers by generating, locally, the MSP ninth bit, of range based on the fact that the range is normalized to a known value in the MSB. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258949 | Digital background correction of nonlinear error ADC's - The invention provides circuits and methods for estimating and correcting nonlinear error in analog to digital converters that is introduced by nonlinear circuit elements, for example one or more residue amplifiers in a pipelined analog to digital converter integrated circuit. In a preferred method of the invention, pseudo random calibration sequences are introduced into the digital signal to be converted by a flash digital to analog converter in one or more initial stages of the pipelined analog to digital converter circuit. A digital residue signal of the output of the one or more initial pipelined analog to digital converter stages is sampled. Intermodulation products of the pseudo random calibration sequences that are present in the digital residue signal are determined to estimate nonlinear error introduced by the residue amplifier in the one or more stages. A digital correction signal is provided to the output of the one or more stages to cancel estimated nonlinear error. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258950 | Switching circuitry and switching system - Switching circuitry comprising a bank of actuatable switches connected in parallel between a supply terminal and a decoding terminal, each switch being connected in series with a component which, when the switch is actuated, applies to the second terminal an analog signal having a value unique to that switch. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258951 | Hybrid Delta-Sigma/SAR Analog to Digital Converter and Methods for Using Such - Various systems and methods for capturing data are disclosed. For example, some embodiments of the present invention provide methods for performing a first analog to digital conversion using a delta-sigma based analog to digital converter, and performing a second analog to digital conversion using a SAR based analog to digital converter. The delta-sigma converter provides a first portion of a conversion result, and the SAR based analog to digital converter provides a second portion of the conversion result. The methods further include combining the first portion of the conversion result with the second portion of the conversion result to produce a combined conversion result. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258952 | Delta Sigma Modulator and Delta Sigma Analog-Digital Converter - The present invention provides a ΔΣ modulator of a frequency modulation system that can lessen the requirement of linearity for an oscillator. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258953 | DIGITIZING AN ANALOG SIGNAL, AND RECONSTITUTING AN ANALOG SIGNAL FROM A DIGITIZED VERSION OF THE ANALOG SIGNAL - An embodiment of an audio-signal digitizer includes a modulator and a converter. The modulator is operable to receive an analog audio signal, and is operable to angle modulate a carrier signal with the analog audio signal to generate a modulated analog signal having an average amplitude. The converter is operable to convert the modulated analog signal into a digital signal having a first level in response to the modulated signal having an amplitude larger than approximately the average amplitude and having a second level in response to the modulated signal having an amplitude smaller than approximately the average amplitude. Because such a digitizer uses angle modulation to digitize an analog audio signal, the resulting digital audio signal may retain higher frequencies of the analog audio signal than a digital audio signal obtained by amplitude sampling would retain. And the retaining of higher frequencies may introduce less distortion into the reconstituted audio and acoustic signals. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258954 | Method of controlling digital-to-analog conversion - An analog-to-digital converter comprising a minimal amount of circuitry for conversion of an input analog signal to a series of digital bits. A differential comparator is provided for generating digital values to which the digital bits correspond. A pair of digital-to-analog converters are provided for generating, via successive approximation, a differential feedback analog signal based on bits previously generated by the differential comparator. The analog-to-digital converter compares the differential feedback analog signal to the input analog signal, and based on the comparison generates a digital value that corresponds to a digital bit. In the method of the invention, an analog signal is converted to a digital value using the analog-to-digital converter, and a pair of digital-to-analog converters each generate, via successive approximation, a differential feedback analog signal that is applied to a differential comparator for comparison to the input analog signal being digitized. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258955 | Signal processing device and method, signal processing program, and recording medium where the program is recorded - A signal processing device which outputs a discrete signal composed of a string of the sampling values and parameters m signal. The signal processing device includes a sampling circuit which samples an input signal and outputs a discrete signal, multiple function generators which generate multiple sampling functions with parameters m different from each other, plural inner product operating units for each of parameters m that take an inner product between the input signal and each of plural sampling functions and output an inner product operating value, and a judging unit which determines parameter m providing a minimum error out of multiple errors composed of differences between the sampling value and inner product operating values output from the multiple inner product operating units and outputs the parameters m signal. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258956 | Apparatus for Analog/Digital Conversion of a Measurement Voltage - apparatus for the analog/digital conversion of a measurement voltage with an analog/digital converter, which has an integrating component with an operational amplifier, a resistor and a capacitor in a feedback loop, wherein a reference voltage is applied to the inverting input of the operational amplifier and wherein the measurement voltage is applied to the non-inverting input of the operational amplifier The capacitor is charged during a charging phase of time length (t | 2008-10-23 |
20080258957 | High Bandwidth Oscilloscope - A method for improving bandwidth of an oscilloscope involves, in preferred embodiments, the use of frequency up-conversion and down-conversion techniques. In an illustrative embodiment the technique involves separating an input signal into a high frequency content and a low frequency content, down-converting the high frequency content in the analog domain so that it may be processed by the oscilloscope's analog front end, digitizing the low frequency content and the down-converted high frequency content, and forming a digital representation of the received analog signal from the digitized low frequency content and high frequency content. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258958 | Signal processing device and method, signal processing program, and recording medium where the program is recorded - A signal processing device which outputs a discrete signal composed of a string of the sampling values and parameters m signal. The signal processing device includes a sampling circuit which samples an input signal and outputs a discrete signal, multiple function generators which generate multiple sampling functions with parameters m different from each other, plural inner product operating units for each of parameters m that take an inner product between the input signal and each of plural sampling functions and output an inner product operating value, and a judging unit which determines parameter m providing a minimum error out of multiple errors composed of differences between the sampling value and inner product operating values output from the multiple inner product operating units and outputs the parameters m signal. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258959 | Integrating/SAR ADC and method with low integrator swing and low complexity - A reconfigurable circuit ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080258960 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HARVESTING BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE FROM MARITIME COMMUNICAITONS - A system for harvesting business intelligence from maritime communications uses AIS signals as the source of information regarding the position and heading of vessels. The system builds and maintains a data base of location information of vessels within one or more defined geographic areas over time. The system further includes definitions of points of interest and can use the information from the AIS signals to identify and store events associated with the points of information. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258961 | IN-VEHICLE RADAR SYSTEM - An in-vehicle radar system, which transmits an electric wave toward a target object and measures the distance between a subject vehicle and the target object, based on the electric wave that has been reflected by the target object and is received by the in-vehicle radar system, includes subject vehicle-speed determination means for determining whether or not the subject vehicle is in a halt state or moving at a predetermined speed or lower; transmission-output control means for setting transmission output smaller than that for the case where the subject vehicle is moving, when the subject vehicle-speed determination means detects that the subject vehicle is in a halt state or moving at the predetermined speed or lower; and reception-sensitivity control means for setting a reception gain amount larger than that for the case where the subject vehicle is moving. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258962 | Radar apparatus - A radar apparatus includes a sending unit for sending a transmission wave, a plurality of receiving parts for receiving a reflected wave from a reflecting object in a parallel manner, beat signal generation parts for acquiring beat signals at the receiving parts, respectively, from the transmission wave and the wave received at the receiving parts, a beat signal processing part for individually processing the beat signals of the receiving parts, a DBF processing part for DBF processing a beat signal processing result, and an object detection part for acquiring information on the reflecting object from frequency components of a DBF processing result or the beat signal processing result. Amounts of phase lag of the receiving parts are set to different-values. The beat signal processing part includes a phase correction part that corrects the phase lag amounts corresponding to the individual receiving parts so as to make them equal to one another. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258963 | Compass aided direction finding for first responders - A direction finding system used with an exit having a transmitter at that exit sending a location beam having a direction with respect to a compass direction. A receiver is carried by a person seeking directional guidance to the exit. The receiver receives the beam and determines the direction of the beam with respect to the compass direction. A display indicates the direction in which the person should move to reach the exit. Either the transmitter or the receiver or both may use an antenna array for sending and/or receiving a plurality of signals, each having a specific direction with respect to the compass direction. In a preferred embodiment, the receiver corrects for differences between the sent direction and the actual direction received. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258964 | Radar System - In a radar system, a switcher is provided for switching over between at least two different directional characteristics, in particular for different distance ranges, of at least two transmitting antennas. On the receiving side, a combined evaluation of the digitized signals of at least two receiving antennas is performed, in the manner of a correlation of the receiving antenna signals. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258965 | System and Method for Providing Aiding Information to a Satellite Positioning System Receiver Over Short-Range Wireless Connections - Systems and methods for obtaining corrected time information in a GPS enabled device connected to a mobile handset via a short-range wireless network, such as a Bluetooth Piconet. The mobile handset includes a GPS time and a network clock synchronized with a network clock in a short-range wireless network interface in the GPS enabled device. The GPS enabled device may send requests for time information to the mobile handset. The mobile handset receives the request and latches the network clock time and the GPS time. The captured network clock time and GPS times are sent to the GPS enabled device in response to the request. The GPS enable device substracts the captured network clock time from its own network clock time and adds the difference to the captured GPS time to obtain a corrected GPS time. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258966 | Independent Positioning Device and Independent Positioning Method - A linear regression equation is comprised of the objective variables and the explanatory variables. The objective variables are comprised of the L1 carrier phases, the L2 carrier phases, the C/A code pseudorange, the P(Y) code pseudorange, the clock error data, the delay data of the ionosphere, and the delay data of the troposphere that related with every satellite respectively. The explanatory variables are comprised of at least the integer ambiguity and a receiver's position. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258967 | Method and system for upgrading a legacy cellular device - Embodiments of the present invention recite a method and system for upgrading a legacy cellular device. In one embodiment, a GIS data collector application for enabling a cellular telephone to perform GIS data collector functions is installed upon a cellular telephone which is not originally intended to be used as a GIS data recording device. The method further comprises selecting a data dictionary comprising at least one desired GIS feature type which was not originally intended for use by the cellular telephone based upon an assigned membership of the cellular telephone to a workgroup. The method further comprises sending the data dictionary to the cellular telephone via a wireless communication network. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258968 | Salvage System for Life Jacket - The present invention relates to a salvage system for a life jacket capable of enabling quick rescue of a victim by quickly finding a victim wearing the life jacket using an artificial satellite and displaying an electronic map provided with the position of the victim and the image of the victim on a screen in real time, when a marine accident or an aircraft accident occurs, and more specifically, to the life jacket, with a marine position tracking terminal attached thereto, which transmits and receives radio signals to and from a GPS satellite and a relay satellite to track the position of the victim, and allowing greater buoyancy to be generated in the head and the chest regions on the surface of the water, when wearing it. A salvage system for a life jacket according to the present invention comprises: a life jacket; a marine position tracking terminal, attached to the life jacket, which transmits a rescue signal and an inherent ID stored in a microcomputer to a plurality of GPS satellites via a rescue signal transmitter; a relay satellite receiving the signal from the marine position tracking terminal and the GPS satellites to calculate a coordinate position of a victim wearing the life jacket and provide it to an integrated geographic information system (GIS), and monitor the image of the victim using the calculated coordinate position; and a central control center receiving information on an electronic map provided with the coordinate position of the victim and the monitored image of the victim from the relay satellite and displaying them on a status screen in real time, thereby enabling follow-up measures for early rescue of the victim. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258969 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING FOR TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON GPS TRANSPONDERS - A GPS transponder system incorporating a phase error monitoring and compensation subsystem. The phase error monitoring and compensation subsystem includes a demodulator subsystem that demodulates modulated carrier signals being output from each one of a pair of GPS transponders to obtain the navigation codes being generated by each of the transponders from their respective carrier signals. The navigation codes obtained from the modulated carrier signals are compared to separate navigation codes that are generated by a navigation data unit (NDU) of the system and supplied over a thermally stable signal transmission line. The signal transmission line has a known, fixed delay and is not affected by temperature changes that affect the modulated carrier signals. A phase comparator subsystem uses the comparison to generate needed error correction signals that are applied via phase shifters to each of the transponders. The error correction signals modify the modulated carrier signals to remove the influence caused by temperature variations that the transponders experience during operation. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258970 | Method and transit time tester for monitoring the transit time of small-sized goods to be conveyed, particularly of letters and similar mail items - Disclosed is a method and a transit time tester for monitoring the transit time of an item to be conveyed, particularly a mail consignment, wherein the movements of a consignment are registered and stored in a transit time tester for later evaluation of the sequence of transportation. The transit time tester is equipped with sensors, satellite-based positioning system (GPS) receiver and storage media, corresponding in its dimensions and characteristics to the item to be conveyed to be monitored and determined from the sensor data the current type of conveyance with the aid of a microprocessor. To be monitored, the transit time and the routes of transportation of standard letters and similar mail consignments over a number of days. The receiver for the GPS is selectively switched on and off as a function of the changing conditions of reception and the current type of conveyance of the item to be conveyed. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258971 | Method and System for Controlling the Direction of an Antenna Beam - In one embodiment, a system for controlling the direction of an antenna beam includes a location identifier, an orientation sensor, and an antenna beam controller. The location identifier determines a transmit antenna location indicating the location of a transmit antenna, where the transmit antenna produces an antenna beam. The orientation sensor determines a transmit antenna orientation indicating the orientation of the transmit antenna. The antenna beam: accesses target data describing a receive antenna of a target, the target data comprising a location of the receive antenna relative to the transmit antenna; calculates a deviation value from the transmit antenna location, the transmit antenna orientation, and the target data; and adjusts the direction of the antenna beam to reduce the deviation value | 2008-10-23 |
20080258972 | Antenna System - Disclosed is an antenna system, including: an antenna which can switch directivity thereof when receiving an analog television broadcasting signal; a switching section to switch the directivity of the antenna; a measurement section to measure radio wave quality of the analog television broadcasting signal received by the antenna by analyzing the analog television broadcasting signal when the directivity of the antenna is switched by the switching section; a storage section to store data of radio wave quality in different directions measured by the measurement section for each channel; and a control section to control the switching section to switch the directivity of the antenna to one direction having a highest radio wave quality among the different directions corresponding to a desired channel when the desired channel is designated. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258973 | RANGING SIGNALS METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A system and method for estimating the range between two devices performs two or more ranging estimates with subsequent estimates performed using a clock that is offset in phase with respect to a prior estimate. The subsequent estimate allows estimate uncertainties due to a finite clock resolution to be reduced and can yield a range estimate with a higher degree of confidence. In one embodiment, these additional ranging estimates are performed at n/N (for n=1, . . . N−1, with N>1 and a positive integer) clock-period offset introduced in the device. The clock-period offset can be implemented using a number of approaches, and the effect of clock drift in the devices due to relative clock-frequency offset can also be determined. To eliminate the bias due to clock-frequency offset, a system and method to estimate the clock-frequency offset is also presented. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258974 | Systems and methods for geographic positioning using radio spectrum signatures - Methods, radios, components thereof, and other devices for localizing a geographic position of a radio receiver are provided. A current radio signature is obtained. The current radio signature comprises a plurality of measured signal qualities that collectively represent a frequency spectrum. Each measured signal quality in the plurality of measured signal qualities corresponds to a portion of the frequency spectrum. The current radio signature is compared with a plurality of reference radio signatures. Each reference radio signature in the plurality of reference radio signatures is associated with a global position. When the comparing identifies a unique match between the current radio signature and a reference radio signature in the plurality of reference radio signatures, the radio receiver is deemed to be localized to the global position associated with the reference radio signature. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258975 | Device and Method for Transmitting/Receiving Electromagnetic Hf Signals - A device for transmitting/receiving electromagnetic HF signals includes the following components: a first, essentially triangular, electrically conductive antenna section for transmitting and/or receiving HF signals; at least one second, third and fourth antenna section which correspond essentially to the first antenna section and form a polygon, in each case a triangular point being provided approximately in the region of the midpoint of the polygon, in whose center an antenna axis is situated; and a carrier device essentially perpendicular to the antenna axis; in each case, the triangular points of the triangular antenna sections, which, starting from the midpoint, form a funnel shape on the side facing away from the carrier device, are connected to HF signal connections of the carrier device in the region of the polygon midpoint; and in each case, two diametrically opposite antenna sections form an antenna element. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258976 | RFID antenna system - An RFID antenna system for a goods identification system with the following features: the RFID antenna device and/or a side limit receiving this RFID antenna device comprise(s) at least two antenna, the at least two antennae for the goods identification system (GIS) consist of patch antennae, the at least two patch antennae are arranged mutually offset in the direction of the passageway or passage region, or at least with one component mutually offset in the passage direction, and the at least two patch antennae are arranged at an equal spacing from a floor area of the passageway and/or on the same horizontal plane or offset thereto, and, more precisely, in such a way that a straight line laid through the center points and/or centers of gravity of at least two adjacent patch antennae encloses an angle a with respect to a horizontal plane and/or a plane that is parallel to the floor space, which angle is ≦45°. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258977 | Concurrent mode antenna system - A multiband antenna system is provided. The system includes a substrate; an antenna which is disposed on a first side and a second side of the substrate, and produces a resonance in a plurality of frequency bands; a plurality of feeders which are disposed on the first side of the substrate; and a filter which is disposed on the first side of the substrate, is coupled to an end of the antenna, and transfers signals of the plurality of frequency bands output from the antenna to respective feeders of the plurality of the feeders. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258978 | STRIP-ARRAY ANTENNA - A representative embodiment of the invention provides an antenna having an electrically conducting ground plane and an array of electrically conducting strips located at an offset distance from the ground plane. Electrically conducting pathways, each attached to the middle portion of the corresponding strip, connect the strips to the ground plane. Electrically conducting lips, each attached to an edge of the corresponding conducting strip, extend about halfway toward the ground plane. The size of the array is smaller than the wavelength of the fundamental radiation mode supported by the antenna. Advantageously, the antenna has a bandwidth about three times larger than that of a comparably sized prior-art patch antenna. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258979 | ANTENNA - An antenna is provided comprising a transmission element, a ground element, a first parasitic element, a second parasitic element and a third parasitic element. The transmission element is located on a first plane, wherein the transmission element is T shaped, and comprises a first transmission portion and a second transmission portion and the second transmission portion is perpendicular to the first transmission portion and connected to an end thereof. The ground element is located on a second plane parallel to the first plane. The first parasitic element, the second parasitic element and the third parasitic element are connected to the ground element and located on the second plane. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258980 | BROADBAND ANTENNA - A broadband antenna has a substrate, a coupling conductor, a conductor string, a ground conductor and a ground plane. The coupling conductor has a first coupling member and a second coupling member being separated from each other. The conductor string and the ground conductor are connected to the second coupling member. The conductor string extends along a direction opposite to the second coupling member. The ground conductor is connected to the ground plane. The broadband antenna uses the coupling conductor and the ground conductor to adjust input impedance for impedance match. The conductor string functions as a multi level resonance circuit to increase impedance bandwidth. | 2008-10-23 |
20080258981 | Antennas, Devices and Systems Based on Metamaterial Structures - Techniques, apparatus and systems that use one or more composite left and right handed (CRLH) metamaterial structures in processing and handling electromagnetic wave signals. Antenna, antenna arrays and other RF devices can be formed based on CRLH metamaterial structures. The described CRLH metamaterial structures can be used in wireless communication RF front-end and antenna sub-systems. | 2008-10-23 |