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20140361671 | COMPUTER INTERNAL ARCHITECTURE - An internal component and external interface arrangement for a cylindrical compact computing system is described that includes at least a structural heat sink having triangular shape disposed within a cylindrical volume defined by a cylindrical housing. A computing engine having a generally triangular shape is described having internal components that include a graphics processing unit (GPU) board, a central processing unit (CPU) board, an input/output (I/O) interface board, an interconnect board, and a power supply unit (PSU). | 12-11-2014 |
20140361893 | COMPUTER INPUT/OUTPUT INTERFACE - An internal component and external interface arrangement for a cylindrical compact computing system is described that includes at least a structural heat sink having triangular shape disposed within a cylindrical volume defined by a cylindrical housing. A computing engine having a generally triangular shape is described having internal components that include a graphics processing unit (GPU) board, a central processing unit (CPU) board, an input/output (I/O) interface board, an interconnect board, and a power supply unit (PSU). | 12-11-2014 |
20140362576 | COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE - An internal component and external interface arrangement for a cylindrical compact computing system is described that includes at least a structural heat sink having triangular shape disposed within a cylindrical volume defined by a cylindrical housing. A computing engine having a generally triangular shape is described having internal components that include a graphics processing unit (GPU) board, a central processing unit (CPU) board, an input/output (I/O) interface board, an interconnect board, and a power supply unit (PSU). | 12-11-2014 |
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20090077653 | Graphical Image Authentication And Security System - A method and system for protection of and secure access to a computer system or computer network from a portable device. The method includes the steps of receiving a first login account identifier, such as a user name from a user in communication with the computer system or network. A determination is made if the user is recognized and enrolled from the first login account identifier. If the user is recognized, a series of randomly generated visual images is displayed including one visual image from an image category which has been pre-selected by the user upon enrollment. An image category identifier is randomly assigned to each visual image in the series. An image category identifier is entered and received. If the login account identifier and the image category are validated, access is permitted to the computer system or network from the portable device. | 03-19-2009 |
20110029436 | Methods And Systems For Delivering Sponsored Out-Of-Band Passwords - Methods and systems for delivering advertising content to selected users in combination with out-of-band passwords or access code information delivered over a selected communication medium. | 02-03-2011 |
20110047605 | System And Method For Authenticating A User To A Computer System - A system and method for verifying the identity of a user to a secure website. The user provides a server associated with the secure website with an account identifier, a biometric authentication element comprising a voice print and secret pass phrase, and contact information for a user communication device during the enrollment process. Upon subsequent attempts to access the secure website the user is prompted to provide an account identifier. Upon receipt of the account identifier, the server transmits a request for voice print and pass phrase samples to the user's communication device. The server receives the samples, compares them to the user's stored voice print and pass phrase and authenticates the user to the secure website if the sample voice print and sample pass phrase match the stored voice print and pass phrase sample. The server request may comprise a sponsored message. Additionally, the server may request the user speak a pass phrase comprising an advertiser's slogan, product name, or company name. | 02-24-2011 |
20110184804 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUEUING USER ACTION PRIOR TO AUTHENTICATION - A system and method for queuing a user's selection of a good or service. In a preferred embodiment a user is presented with a dynamic matrix of images during a user identity authentication session. At least one image advertising the good or service is presented within the matrix. The user's performs an action to select the good or service and generates a request to select the good or service. The request to select the good or service is queued at either the user's computer or by an authentication server. Upon authentication of the user's identity, the user's request and identity credential are transmitted to the merchant from the authenticating identity provider and the purchase or rental transaction is completed without requiring the user to authenticate to or directly access the merchant server system. | 07-28-2011 |
20120011564 | Methods And Systems For Graphical Image Authentication - Systems and methods for providing authentication using an arrangement of dynamic graphical images. The graphical images can be arranged as a grid or matrix for presentation on a device display for authentication of a user. The kinds of graphical images can be derived from a designated authentication category and non-authenticating categories. A series of password elements corresponding to the graphical images can be displayed with the graphical images. The user may enter the series of one or more password elements corresponding to graphical images from the authentication category which combine to form a password entry. An authentication server can compare the password entry to an authentication password corresponding to the particular arrangement of dynamic graphical images. The selection of graphical images, their arrangement and their corresponding password elements, may dynamically change in between authentication processes. | 01-12-2012 |
20120023574 | Graphical Image Authentication And Security System - A method and system for protection of and secure access to a computer system or computer network. The method includes the steps of receiving a first login account identifier, such as a user name from a user in communication with the computer system or network. A determination is made if the user is recognized and enrolled from the first login account from the first login account identifier. If the user is recognized, a grid of randomly generated visual images is displayed including one visual image from an image category which has been preselected by the user upon enrollment. An image category identifier is randomly assigned to each visual image in the grid. An image category identifier, second login account identifier, such as a password, is entered and received. If the login account identifier and the image category is validated, access is permitted to the computer system or network. | 01-26-2012 |
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20100043062 | Methods and Systems for Management of Image-Based Password Accounts - The invention provides methods and systems for management of image-based password accounts. A password management account may be accessed by a user undergoing image-based authentication. The invention may allow a user to manage parameters relating to image-based authentication. The invention may also allow a user to manage authentication at one or more web site. | 02-18-2010 |
20110202982 | Methods And Systems For Management Of Image-Based Password Accounts - The invention provides methods and systems for management of image-based password accounts. A password management account may be accessed by a user undergoing image-based authentication. The invention may allow a user to manage parameters relating to image-based authentication. The invention may also allow a user to manage authentication at one or more web site. | 08-18-2011 |
20150035935 | Method & Apparatus for Arranging Video Chat among Acquaintances - A system registers participant information and inter-participant relationship information, and then, at variable times, selects two or more participants with a pre-existing relationship and attempts to establish a communication link between them. The identities of the selected participants are withheld from at least one of the participants (and potentially from all of the participants), so the call is a partial surprise (i.e., the participant may know the set of possible people from whom the call could be, but does not know exactly which person or people are calling until he answers the call). A number of applications are described and claimed. | 02-05-2015 |
20150055769 | Method for Improving Connection Success in Arranging Video Chat among Candidate Conversants - A system registers participant information and inter-participant relationship information, and then, at variable times, selects two or more participants with a pre-existing relationship and attempts to establish a communication link between them. At least one of the participants is notified that the communication link will be attempted, shortly before the attempt is made. The identities of the selected participants are withheld from at least one of the participants (and potentially from all of the participants), so the call is a partial surprise (i.e., the participant may know the set of possible people from whom the call could be, but does not know exactly which person or people are calling until he answers the call). A number of applications are described and claimed. | 02-26-2015 |
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20150292552 | BEARING SLEEVE FOR AIR BEARING - An air bearing assembly is provided that includes a bearing sleeve that has two slots side-by-side having rectangular profiles for engaging the ends of first and second bearing foils for supporting a shaft of a dual-stage compressor. The first rectangular-profile slot, which may be made using a broaching process, is designed to receive first ends of the first bearing foil and the second bearing foil. The second rectangular-profile slot, which may also be made using a broaching process, is designed to receive a second end of the second bearing foil. This dual-slot design replaces the complex “L” shaped single slot design of conventional bearing sleeves, allowing for high-volume, low-cost manufacturing of the bearing sleeves. The dual-slot design also provides for robust engagement of the bearing foils with the bearing sleeves, while allowing easy assembly and installation of the air bearing assemblies. | 10-15-2015 |
20150308456 | ELECTRIC MOTOR-DRIVEN COMPRESSOR HAVING BI-DIRECTIONAL LIQUID COOLANT PASSAGE - An electric motor-driven compressor includes a motor having a rotor and a stator in a motor housing, a low-pressure compressor mounted to one end of the motor housing, and a high-pressure compressor mounted to the other end of the motor housing, the compressors forming a two-stage compressor. The motor housing defines a convoluted liquid coolant passage having a plurality of axially spaced-apart, convoluted passageways arranged for serial flow of liquid coolant from the passage inlet, then through each of the convoluted passageways one after another, and finally out from the outlet. The coolant passage further defines at least a first bypass passage that intersects with the convoluted passageways and extends in a non-convoluted fashion so as to interconnect the convoluted passageways and provide an alternative flow path for the coolant. | 10-29-2015 |
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20150232166 | AIRCRAFT CABIN ARRANGEMENT - An aircraft cabin arrangement is disclosed which extends in a rectilinear manner along a cabin axis, having a ceiling trim arrangement which delimits the cabin interior upwardly from the cabin axis, wherein the ceiling trim arrangement has a first, a second and a third row of ceiling trim elements, wherein the rows are arranged one immediately after another in the direction of extent of the cabin axis, wherein the rows have a central ceiling trim element and lateral ceiling trim elements, wherein the lateral ceiling trim elements of a row immediately adjoin the central ceiling trim element of the row in a laterally adjacent manner on both sides, perpendicularly to the cabin axis, wherein the lateral ceiling trim elements of the second row have one or more lighting sources, wherein the axial lengths of the ceiling trim elements of the first and the third row are different. | 08-20-2015 |
20150232167 | INTERIOR TRIM ARRANGEMENT FOR AN AIRCRAFT CABIN - An interior trim arrangement for an aircraft cabin, having lateral ceiling elements, and an angled element having limbs limb extending from one another, one lateral ceiling element arranged offset upwardly and to a first side, the angled element arranged with the first limb adjoining a lateral ceiling element towards the first side, the free end of the first limb located opposite the free end, towards the first side, of a lateral ceiling element, the other limb extending towards the other lateral ceiling element, the free end of the second limb spaced apart from the first free end, towards a lateral ceiling element, of the other lateral ceiling element, a light source for the other lateral ceiling element between the free end of the second limb and the first free end, towards a lateral ceiling element, of the other lateral ceiling element, and the angled element having a lighting element. | 08-20-2015 |
20150274298 | PASSENGER SEAT ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE - A passenger seat arrangement comprises at least one first seat arranged at a first lower level, and at least one second seat arranged at a second elevated level. Each of the first and the second seats comprises a supporting surface for supporting a passenger which is movable between an upright seating position and a reclined lying position. At least one of the first and the second seats is constructed in such a manner that a movement of its supporting surface from the upright seating position into the reclined lying position results in an increase of a distance between the supporting surface of the first seat and the supporting surface of the second seat. | 10-01-2015 |
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20080267329 | Synchronous Digital Data Transmission Interface - The field of the invention is that of transmission interfaces for synchronous digital input signals composed of bits transmitted in series at a frequency of transmission equal to a first integer multiple M of a first clock frequency. The interface according to the invention comprises at least one deserializer operating in over-sampling mode and supplying digital output samples of each bit in parallel. The output samples are transmitted at a second clock frequency, integer multiple N of a third frequency. The third frequency is substantially equal to the first frequency. Each sampled bit is substantially composed of N samples. The interface has an electronic device for frequency-locking the third frequency onto the first clock frequency. The device has means for counting the number of samples composing each sampled bit. The device also has incrementation-decrementation means for the third clock frequency configured in such a manner that the third clock frequency is increased when the number of samples is less than the integer multiple N and decreases when the number of samples is greater than N. | 10-30-2008 |
20100055966 | DEVICE FOR CONNECTING AN ELECTRONIC HOUSING IN A HOLDER THROUGH AT LEAST TWO TRANSLATION MOVEMENTS - The present invention relates to the field of devices for mounting and connecting an electronic module in a support comprising guidance and/or rotation means making it possible to position said module. The electronic module is designed to be slotted into an aircraft instrument panel. The module has: a rear face and a front face that are substantially flat and parallel. Means are provided for attaching the module to the instrument panel. The attachments are situated on the front face of the module. At least one connector-module can be plugged in and attached on the rear face of the module. The direction of plugging in the connector-module situated on the rear face is substantially in the plane of the rear face. The support comprises guidance and rotation means making it possible to guide, plug in and insert the module into the instrument panel. | 03-04-2010 |
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20100289963 | Display Device for Aircraft Cockpit and Method for Managing a Video Data Network - The invention relates to a flat screen device (L | 11-18-2010 |
20110115388 | LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE LIGHTING DEVICE WITH REGULATED POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT - The invention relates to lighting devices with light-emitting diodes organized in ramps arranged in parallel, each ramp including a certain quantity of light-emitting diodes arranged in series, the ramps being powered by a DC voltage of several tens of volts, called high voltage, the high voltage being generated by a step-up converter circuit from a low DC voltage of a few volts. The value of the voltage is controlled by the duty cycle of the step-up converter circuit, and the voltage is servocontrolled to a constant average value by a servocontrol device controlling the duty cycle. Each servocontrol device has several operating modes defined by a particular electronic addressing of the high voltage or by a defined number of ramps of lit diodes. To optimize the operation of the lighting device, the step-up converter circuit has discontinuous conduction and the servocontrol device includes several servocontrol electronic circuits linked to an electronic multiplexer, and each servocontrol electronic circuit being dedicated to a particular operating mode, the electronic characteristics of the servocontrol electronic circuits depending on the operating mode. The servocontrol electronic circuit is operational only when the operating mode is selected. | 05-19-2011 |
20110115732 | MULTIMODE TOUCHSCREEN DEVICE - The invention provides a touchscreen device including at least one multiplexed touchscreen, control electronics and acquisition and processing electronics, the touchscreen including a first rigid substrate having a plurality of conducting rows, a second flexible substrate having a plurality of conducting columns perpendicular to the rows. The control electronics has a generator of a high-frequency voltage for supplying a first multiplexer for addressing the plurality of conducting rows. The acquisition and processing electronics includes a second multiplexer for addressing the plurality of conducting columns and a synchronous demodulator which operates at the same frequency as the high-frequency voltage generator and delivers a plurality of output voltages on each column and calculation means making it possible to calculate the impedance existing between each output voltage and the input voltage. The acquisition and processing electronics also includes means for analysing the impedance making it possible to calculate its resistive part and its capacitive part. | 05-19-2011 |
20120223856 | Electromagnetic Emitter Emitting Simultaneously Along Three Orthogonal Axes to Detect Object Position and Orientation - An electromagnetic emission device for helmet position detection systems includes an electromagnetic emitter and control electronics, the emitter comprising three windings arranged perpendicularly, the processing electronics comprising three electronic chains each associated to a given winding and working simultaneously. Each electronic chain comprises closed-loop control means arranged such that the related signal generated comprises three analogue components: a first component, being the stimulus component, modulated at an “emission” frequency of the winding, each of the three emission frequencies being different from one winding to the next, and a second and a third component, referred to as correction components, modulated at an emission frequency of another winding, the phase and amplitude of which are calculated such as to compensate the parasitic signals received by said winding from the other two windings. Each winding in steady-state only emits electromagnetic radiation at its own emission frequency and at a predetermined phase and intensity. | 09-06-2012 |
20120319993 | MULTITOUCH TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE WITH MULTIFREQUENCY CAPACITIVE DETECTION - The general field of the invention is that of touchscreen devices with projected capacitive detection comprising a matrix-form touch pad comprising conductive rows and columns, said pad being linked to control means and electronic reception and analysis means. The control means generate, for each conductive row and column, a first periodic emission voltage emitted at a first working frequency and a second periodic emission voltage emitted at a second discrimination frequency, different from the first frequency. The electronic reception and analysis means are arranged so as to determine, for each row and for each column, the impedance of a first reception voltage at the working frequency and the impedance of a second reception voltage at the discrimination frequency. According to predetermined values, the values of the two impedances are representative of a touch on the touch pad and its location on the row or on the column concerned. | 12-20-2012 |
20140313163 | MULTI-TOUCH TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE WITH MULTI-FREQUENCY CAPACITIVE DETECTION COMPRISING MEANS OF FAULT DETECTION - The general field of the invention is that of touchscreen devices with projected capacitive detection comprising a touch-sensitive matrix panel comprising a plurality of conductive rows and conductive columns, said panel being connected to electronic control means. The electronic control means generate two periodic transmission voltages transmitted at two different frequencies. Analysis of the reception voltages is used to determine the positions of presses on the touch-sensitive panel, including when a row or column is cut. Pressing on a cut row or column is basically determined by calculating the barycentres of ‘virtual’ hollows in the reception voltages corresponding to this cut row or column. | 10-23-2014 |
20150029146 | CAPACITIVE TOUCHSCREEN DEVICE WITH MULTI-TOUCHSCREENS - The general field of the invention is that of devices with touchscreen of the capacitive type comprising two matrix touch pads connected to an electronic assembly comprising emission and receiving means. The emission means generate a plurality of emission signals at various frequencies. A period equal to the inverse of the said frequency being associated with each frequency, the values of the frequencies are such that there exist a plurality of integer numbers each associated with a frequency and with a period such that the product of each integer number with the associated period is a constant product. The receiving means comprise a synchronous amplitude demodulation arranged in such a manner as to perform the multiplication of the received signal by a plurality of periodic functions representative of each frequency, the multiplied signals obtained being integrated over an identical period of time corresponding to the said constant product, each signal thus integrated being representative of a received signal at a single given frequency. | 01-29-2015 |
20150177883 | CAPACITIVE DONGLE FOR VISUALIZATION DEVICES INCLUDING A CAPACITIVE TOUCH-SENSITIVE SURFACE - The general field of the invention is that of capacitive dongles used with visualization devices including a capacitive touch-sensitive surface comprising a matrix of conductive rows and columns, the dongle being arranged on said touch-sensitive surface in operational use, the dongle operating in send mode and in receive mode. The dongle according to the invention includes:
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