44th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130285791 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USER CODE SYNCHRONIZATION WITH Z-WAVE DOOR LOCKS - Systems and methods of user code synchronization with Z-wave door locks are provided. Methods can include determining an occurrence of a predetermined event, upon the occurrence of the predetermined event, identifying a set of a plurality of user codes stored in a control panel to be synchronized, and wirelessly transmitting the set of the plurality of user codes to be synchronized from the control panel to at least one door lock using a Z-wave communications protocol. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285792 | ELECTRONIC KEY REGISTRATION SYSTEM - An electronic key registration system includes a controller arranged in a communication subject communicable with an electronic key. A registration tool is in wired or wireless connection with the communication subject. The registration tool registers the electronic key to the controller when receiving a registration permission signal. An information center is connected to a network. The registration tool includes an operator ID acquisition unit that acquires an operator ID from a key registration operator. A communication unit sends the operator ID to the information center through the network. The information center includes an operator ID verification unit that verifies the operator ID received from the registration tool. A permission information notification unit sends, when the operator ID is verified, a registration permission signal to the registration tool through the network to permit the registration tool to perform the registration process. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285793 | ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAID SYSTEM - A system uses a mobile unit to control access to physical spaces with electrical locking devices. An authority means connected to the mobile unit issues authorizing data (AD) access rights, which are sent to an authorization means connected to the authority means, generate a mobile unit alpha-numerical key and send the key and the mobile unit's unique identifier to an operator connected to the authorization means. The operator sends the alpha-numerical key to the mobile unit identified by the unique identifier. An electrical locking device and the mobile unit use an authentication protocol with the alpha-numerical key to authenticate the mobile unit, which, when authenticated, sends the authorizing data (AD) to the electrical locking device. If the authorizing data (AD) comprises an identifier of the electrical locking device, the mobile unit can open the electrical locking device using a communication means in the mobile unit for near field communication. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285794 | RFID TIMING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH INTEGRATED EVENT PARTICIPANT LOCATION TRACKING - A system and method for determining and tracking a location of a participant traveling along a route wherein the participant being tracked with an RFID tag during an event. The system includes a tag reader system receiving one or more tag reads from the RFID tag, determining a time for each tag read, identifying the tag number of the RFID tag, and transmitting a tag read message including at least a portion of the received tag reads with the tag number and the determined times. A timing system is configured for receiving and storing the tag read message including the tag number from the tag reader. A location device that is associated with the RFID tag of the participant has a location data receiver for receiving location data from a location providing source, and a wireless communication interface. The location detection device receives location information from the location providing source, time stamps each received location information, and transmits tag location data over the wireless interface. A location detection device that is in at least periodic wireless communication with the location device receives the transmitted tag location data, and transmits the received location data to the timing system. The timing system stores the location data and associates the location data with the RFID tag number as provided by the RFID tag reader from at least one of the tag reads from the tag associated with the location device. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285795 | ADVANCED FUNCTIONALITY OF REMOTE-ACCESS DEVICES - A remote-access device typically used for tagging items, a reader device for the same, system and methods of such devices. The remote-access device has an advanced capability that the device is able to signal by an advanced capability code. The device or the system may carry advanced capability data that can be used to utilize or enhance the advanced capability. The advanced capability data may be stored at the remote-access device, at the reader or in the system at a computer. The results of the advanced functionality may be logged onto a database or they may be stored back to the remote-access device. The advanced capability code, data and results may be stored onto the remote-access device in protected form, and the access key may be derived from identification information on the remote-access device. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285796 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for communicating information facilitates wireless communication between electronic devices. The system includes a transceiver provided in a vehicle. The transceiver communicates with an electronic device located external to the transceiver. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285797 | SAVING POWER IN A BATTERY POWERED SYSTEM HAVING A TOUCH SENSOR AND AN RFID TAG READER - A system and method that combines RFID tag reader circuitry and a touch sensor, wherein the system and method may reduce power consumption of a battery powered system by detecting the presence of an RFID tag by using a lower power consumption touch sensor instead of scanning for the RFID tag by using higher power RFID tag detection and reading circuitry, controlling activation and deactivation of the RFID tag detection and reading circuitry when the touch sensor has detected the presence of the RFID tag, and reconfiguring sensor electrodes so that the electrodes may form a touch sensor or an antenna as needed. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285798 | Media Processing Device, Media Processing System, and Control Method of a Media Processing Device - Overwriting information that was correctly written to an IC tag that can communicate wirelessly but is not the IC tag on the medium intended to be processed is prevented so that the wrong information is not stored in the IC tag. When writing write data including uniquely assigned tag ID information to an IC tag ends correctly, the system controller | 2013-10-31 |
20130285799 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROTECT AGAINST LOCAL CONTROL FAILURE USING CLOUD-HOSTED CONTROL SYSTEM BACK-UP PROCESSING - Systems and methods that use cloud-hosted control system back-up processing to replace the functionality of a failed control panel are provided. Systems can include a remote monitoring station, a remote control panel device, and a local control system installed in a region, the local control system including a local control panel and at least one device. When operating in a normal mode, the at least one device can communicate with the control panel, the control panel can communicate with the remote monitoring station, and the remote control panel device can be inactive. When operating in a back-up mode, the remote control panel device can be active, the at least one device can communicate with the remote control panel device, the remote control panel device can communicate with the remote monitoring station, and the control panel can be inactive. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285800 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE PROGRAMMING OF A REMOTE CONTROL - A method and system for adaptively configuring a remote control includes analyzing a log of events, maintained by the remote control, which indicate how the remote control and the devices it controls are used by a user. Once the analysis is performed, the system and method can suggest alternative configurations of the remote control to the user. The range and type of alternative configurations is not particularly limited and can include changing which devices are employed for various user activities and/or how those activities are performed, the placement and hierarchy of commands in a menu tree and/or troubleshooting and set up configurations. The analysis can be performed either partially or totally within the remote control, or at, or in conjunction with, a service to which the remote control connects through a network. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285801 | PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING HAPTIC MODULE - The present invention provides a portable terminal having a haptic module in which a piezoelectric element is mounted on a hinge part elastically supporting a touch pad, so that it is possible to more precisely operate a haptic feedback added to the touch pad and it is possible to locally control a haptic feedback exhibited on the touch pad. According to the present invention, the portable terminal having a haptic module comprises: a main body; a touch pad which is included in the main body to recognize a touch of a user; a vibration stage which is disposed between the main body and the touch pad and has a hinge part upwardly elastically supporting the touch pad; a piezoelectric element which is mounted on the hinge part, and when power is applied, wrap-deforms the hinge part to generate a vibration on the touch pad. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285802 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING WARNING SIGNALS OF BICYCLE - In a method for displaying warning signals using an electronic device while riding a bicycle, the method firstly detects any acceleration of the electronic device in three predefined axes in real time using a gravity sensor of the electronic device, and detects any angular velocity of the electronic device around any of the three predefined axes using a gyroscope of the electronic device. Secondly, the method determines a current driving condition of the bicycle according to any detected acceleration and any detected angular velocity of the electronic device. The method displays warning signals on the display screen of the electronic device according to the current driving condition of the bicycle. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285803 | COOPERATIVE EVENT DATA RECORD SYSTEM AND METHOD - A cooperative event data record system includes an in-car system working cooperatively with a communication system. The in-car system has a communication module, a cooperative event record processing unit and an impact determination module. The cooperative event record processing unit connects to the communication module, the impact determination module and an event data record unit. The impact determination module transmits a signal to the cooperative event record processing unit. The communication module transmits a request from the cooperative event record processing unit to a communication module element of the communication system, and receives a response from the communication module element. According to the response, the cooperative event record processing unit stores at least a video data to the event data record unit, or retrieves video data from the event data record unit. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285804 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A VEHICLE - A system for monitoring a vehicle and a method for monitoring a vehicle are provided. The system includes a digital signal processor, a plurality of monitoring devices, and an event recorder. The digital signal processor measures the speed of the vehicle to generate measurement data, and analyzes the measurement data to obtain monitoring instruction corresponding to the speed of the vehicle. The monitoring device actuates at least one of the monitoring devices according to the monitoring instruction output by the digital signal processor to generate monitoring data. The event recorder receives the monitoring data output and displays and records the monitoring data. Therefore, the present invention provides an all-directional security system and generates a variety of monitoring mechanism according to the speed of the vehicle, so as to achieve an improved monitoring effect. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285805 | SUPERVISED INTERCONNECT SMOKE ALARM SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A smoke alarm system for providing interconnect supervision between detectors includes smoke detectors configured so that an interconnect line extends between each of the of smoke detectors. In one embodiment using a wired connection, each of the smoke detectors includes an interconnect input and an interconnect output for connecting the smoke detectors into a loop configuration. Similarly, the system may also operate to provide interconnect supervision in a wireless manner such that each of the smoke detectors are polled on a periodic basis. Thus, the smoke alarm system uses interconnect supervision for alerting other detectors of a smoke and/or carbon monoxide alarm as well as altering other detectors to a fault condition. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285806 | TRAVEL SITUATION DETECTION SYSTEM - The travel situation detection system specifies passage time at a check machine when a traveler or baggage passes through a passage point on a travel pathway at an airport, compares the passage time or passage period elapsed between two passage points with a mean value, and notifies the traveler or a worker of the comparison result by using the check machine or a terminal device. If the passage time or passage period is later or longer than the mean value, the traveler can rush to move while the worker who conveys baggage can be in hurry conveying the baggage. The travel situation detection system can further notify a waiting person or the like of the travel situation of the traveler by using the terminal device or a mobile terminal device. This allows the waiting person to understand the travel situation of the traveler. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285807 | BLOOD GLUCOSE MEASURING DEVICE - A blood glucose measuring instrument is configured to output guidance allowing a subject to take appropriate countermeasure. The blood glucose measuring instrument includes a first setting device for receiving a static limit value wirelessly transmitted from an authenticated external apparatus and setting the static limit value, storage for classifying and storing blood glucose level data acquired by a blood glucose measurement based on classification according to the measurement timing, a second setting device for calculating, using past blood glucose level data stored in classified groups in the storage, a distribution for each classified group and setting a dynamic limit value based on the calculated distribution, and a notifying device which compares blood glucose level data with the static limit value and the dynamic limit value for the classified group to which the blood glucose level data belongs to provide notification about a result of the comparison. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285808 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS CONFIGURATION, CONTROL, AND STATUS REPORTING OF DEVICES IN A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM - A method and system for configured one or more fire alarm system devices in a fire alarm system are disclosed. The fire alarm system includes the fire alarm system devices, a fire alarm panel, and a wireless handheld device. The fire alarm system devices communicate with the fire alarm panel via a first communications interface (such as a wired communications interface), and the wireless handheld device communicates with the fire alarm panel via a second communications interface (such as a wireless communications interface). In operation, the fire alarm control panel receives an indication from one of the fire alarm system devices of a user input. In response, the fire alarm panel sends a communication (such as a form) to the wireless handheld device. In response to the communication, the wireless handheld device sends a response to the fire alarm control panel (such as including information in the form). The fire alarm panel may then update its memory with the information sent from the wireless handheld device in order to control the operation of the fire alarm system device. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285809 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The electronic apparatus includes a submergence detector for detecting submergence of the electronic apparatus in the water and retrieval thereof, a light-emitting device provided within an enclosure of the electronic apparatus, an illumination circuit for lighting the light-emitting device when an illumination signal is input, a controller for causing the light-emitting device to blink by generating the illumination signal at prescribed blinking intervals at least during a period from a point of submergence to a point of retrieval of the electronic apparatus and inputting the illumination signal to the illumination circuit, and a power control circuit for activating the controller by supplying electric power thereto if the electric power is not supplied to the controller when the submergence detector detects submergence. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285810 | Apparatus for Detecting Ferromagnetic Objects and a Protected Doorway Assembly - Apparatus for detecting a ferromagnetic object to protect, for example, a doorway to an MRI room comprises a passive primary sensor apparatus comprising at least one first magnetic sensor, a secondary non-magnetic sensor apparatus comprising at least two sensors, a detection zone for one of the secondary sensors being distinct from the zone of the other one of the secondary sensors, a signal processing circuit arranged in communication with the primary and secondary sensor apparatus, and a warning device. The signal processing circuit identifies temporal variations in the signal from the primary sensor and correlate them with instances in which both sensors of the secondary, non-magnetic, sensor apparatus detect the presence of an object in their respective zones. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285811 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is an electronic device having a high anti-theft effect with a simple structure. The electronic device includes; a fixed panel; a detachable panel which is attached to or detached from the fixed panel; a first sensor which detects detaching of the detachable panel from the fixed panel; and a second sensor which detects detaching of the detachable panel from the fixed panel. A controller (CPU) restricts some of the plurality of functions when at least one of the first sensor and the second sensor detects that the detachable panel is detached from the fixed panel. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285812 | METHOD FOR HANDLING PRESSURE CHANGES IN INVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, APPARATUS FOR BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING APPARATUS - A method for handling sudden and substantial pressure changes in invasive arterial blood pressure monitoring, a blood pressure monitoring apparatus, and a computer program product for a blood pressure monitoring apparatus are disclosed. To provide a user of a patient monitor a possibility to readily adapt the alarm functionality of blood pressure measurement to a clinical task without a need to go through a complicated nullifying process of a high priority alarm, a touchable user interface element is produced onto a touch screen of patient monitor if a sudden and substantial change is detected in measured arterial blood pressure of the subject. The user interface element is indicative of an alarm and configured to enable the user to modify alarm functionality of the patient monitor for an intentional clinical task that caused the sudden and substantial change in the measured arterial blood pressure. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285813 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND FALLING PREDICTION METHOD - There is provided a computer-readable medium storing a program causing a processor to execute a procedure. The processor is provided in a portable electronic apparatus. The procedure includes detecting acceleration in the gravitational acceleration direction of the portable electronic apparatus, determining whether or not the acceleration in the gravitational acceleration direction is a threshold value or less, the threshold value being stored in a determination threshold value table, and raising an alarm for prediction of stumbling of a user when the acceleration in the gravitational acceleration direction is the threshold value or less. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285814 | Sanitization Compliance Monitoring System - A sanitization compliance monitoring system comprises care giver badges, patient bed beacons associated with patient beds, dispenser beacons associated with sanitization dispensers, and a central unit for wirelessly communicating with the badges. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285815 | Animal Tracking System - An animal tracking system is provided for remotely monitoring animal positioning. The system includes an implant device, a global positioning system, a network, one or more remote servers, and at least one wireless computing device. The implant device acts as a GPS receiver, calculating the animal's position and then transmitting the results to the remote server where they are stored in a database. Owners can remotely access the database via a software application installed on a wireless computing device. Users can select an acceptable roaming range for the animal, an acceptable range between the animal and other animals being tracked, a lack of movement, or substantial changes in body temperature. Additionally, the implant device can directly connect with the wireless computing device via a Bluetooth connection. In this way, the computing device can access or transfer data regarding owner contract info, and an animal's medical history. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285816 | System and method for preventing driving of a vehicle by an alcohol intoxicated person - A system for preventing driving a vehicle by an alcohol intoxicated person, includes at least one alcohol sensor for detecting a presence of an alcohol in a potential driver; a door of a vehicle provided with a door lock; and a unit operatively connected with said sensor and with a door lock and configured for preventing unlocking of said door lock of said door of a vehicle and opening said door of a vehicle when said alcohol level sensor senses an alcohol level in the potential driver which is not within an allowable range. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285817 | CUSTOMIZABLE ALARM SYTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER - A customizable alarm system includes a graphic user interface (GUI), a central processing unit (CPU) to set a predetermined range of a first electronic element through the GUI, an embedded controller (EC) to store the predetermined range of the first electronic element, and an audio chip. The EC obtains an actual value of the first electronic element, and determines whether the actual value of the first electronic element is within the predetermined range. The EC generates an audio code in response to the actual value not being within the predetermined range. The audio chip receives the audio code, and chooses a corresponding audio file from a plurality of audio files stored in the audio chip. A speaker plays the audio file. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285818 | Environmental Alarm Sensor Panel And Related Method For A Telecommunication Cable Station - An environmental alarm sensor panel for a telecommunication cable station (TCS) is provided. The sensor panel can includes a plurality of alert sensors for measuring environmental conditions and other conditions in an equipment room of the TCS. The sensors are hard wired to an equipment interface panel for telecommunication equipment in the equipment room. The equipment interface panel is connected to the telecommunication equipment and is in communication with a network operation center (NOC), which is located remotely from the TCS and monitors the status of the TCS. According to an embodiment, the alarm sensor panel includes one or more dry contact temperature alert sensors, a humidity alert sensor, a smoke alert sensor and a power alert sensor. The sensors are configured to generate respective alert signals when selected conditions exist (e.g., the temperature of the equipment room is outside of one or more selected temperature ranges, the humidity of the equipment room is outside of a selected humidity range, smoke or fire is present, or a power source has come on or gone off). Monitoring equipment in the NOC is configured to detect and record the alert signals, and generates respective alarms in response to detecting the alert signals. Thus, the warrantor(s) of the telecommunication equipment and personnel in the TCS and/or NOC can have records of environmental breaches and data for any recourse on possible warranty claims and equipment failures. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285819 | Inspection method of backlight module and inspection apparatus thereof - The present invention provides an inspection method of a backlight module and an inspection apparatus. The inspection method of the backlight module comprising: obtaining space brightness values of multiple positions of the backlight module on an inspection machine when the backlight module is setting in standard luminance mode, and setting the space brightness values as standard brightness values; obtaining real-time space brightness values of the multiple positions of the backlight module; comparing the real-time space brightness values with the standard space brightness values in order to determine if the backlight module is abnormal. The present invention compares the real-time space brightness values measured by the brightness meters with the standard space brightness values corresponding to the standard luminance mode of the backlight module in order to determine if the backlight module is abnormal instantaneously, and using the brightness meters to replace the luminance meters results in cost saving. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285820 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING POPULACE MOVEMENT SENSITIVE WEATHER FORECASTS - A weather forecast system, method of forecasting weather and a computer program product therefor. A forecasting computer applies a grid to a forecast area and provides a weather forecast for each grid cell. Population movement sensors sense population movement in the area. A swarm detector detects patterns in area population movement that indicate swarm activity, from which the swarm detector predicts swarm patterns. A planning module receives area weather forecasts and swarm patterns, and provides swarm path indications to the forecasting system for adjusting the grid applied to the forecast area. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285821 | WATER QUALITY MONITORING APPARATUS - There is provided a water quality monitoring apparatus including: an air quality analyzing unit detecting, using an ion mobility sensor, air quality in a space that is at least partially enclosed by a partition wall and a boundary surface with water whose water quality is to be monitored; and an alarm unit that outputs a signal indicating an abnormality if an air quality pattern obtained by the air quality analyzing unit is outside a tolerated range for air quality patterns of air that contacts the water to be monitored. Such water quality monitoring apparatus is capable of monitoring the water quality of drinking water inside a water tank or the like indirectly but precisely by detecting the quality of the air contacting the water using an ion mobility sensor. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285822 | Refrigerant Charge Level Detection - An exemplary embodiment of a system includes first and second sensors. The first sensor is operable to provide an output indicative of a sensed refrigerant liquid temperature of a liquid refrigerant line that is within or extending from an outlet of a condenser coil of an air conditioner or heat pump unit. The second sensor is operable to provide an output indicative of a sensed refrigerant liquid pressure in the liquid refrigerant line. A controller is configured to determine at least one target pressure value from the output indicative of the sensed refrigerant liquid temperature of the liquid refrigerant line. The controller is configured to determine if the level of refrigerant charge is at, above, or below an acceptable level based on a comparison of the output indicative of sensed refrigerant liquid pressure to the at least one target pressure value. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285823 | CIRCUIT MONITORING DEVICE - The circuit monitoring device is disclosed. The device is for monitoring circuit resistance. At configurable thresholds digital flags are triggered, the device can be used as a Security/Building management system. The device uses open technology is fully scaleable and allows programmable logic controllers to be used as security management systems. Using a soft logic option a PC could take the place of the PLC. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285824 | FAN ROTATION SPEED TEST DEVICE - A fan rotation speed test device for testing rotation speed of a plurality of fans, includes a plurality of connectors, a display, a display control switch, and a single chip microcomputer (SCM). Each connector is connected to a corresponding fan, to output pulse signals in response to rotation of the corresponding fan. The SCM is electronically connected to the connectors, the display, and the display control switch. The SCM receives the pulse signals from the plurality of connectors, calculates and stores the rotation speed of each fan, and displays the rotation speed of one of the fans on the display at each close of the display control switch. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285825 | DEVICES FOR SENSING CURRENT - Devices for sensing current are described herein. One device includes a first magnetic sensor configured to determine a first magnetic field associated with a current conductor while the current conductor is conducting a current, a second magnetic sensor, a particular distance from the first magnetic sensor, configured to determine a second magnetic field associated with the current conductor while the current conductor is conducting the current, and a fastener configured to secure the current sensor to the current conductor such that the first and second magnetic sensors are on a plane substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the current conductor. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285826 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING THE STATUS OF MULTIPLE MEDICAL DEVICES - Apparatuses, systems and methods for tracking and providing reminders of scheduled events for medical equipment involve the use of portable tracking devices that may be secured to individual items of medical equipment that are scheduled to which one or more scheduled events may apply. In a specific embodiment, shields for limiting an individual's exposure to ionizing radiation may be tracked. Methods for actively or passively tracking one or more medical devices until the arrival of a time for a predetermined, or scheduled, event or total time elapsed are also disclosed, as are methods for performing predetermined events on medical devices. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285827 | INTEGRATION OF LED LIGHTING CONTROL WITH EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS - An emergency lighting system for a building includes at least one LED-based light. An emergency detector is operable to detect an emergency. The emergency detector produces an emergency signal in response to the emergency. A controller is operable to control the at least one LED-based light in response to the emergency signal. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285828 | SUBMARINE DATA RELAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a submarine data relay system that enables smooth and stable wired data relay without interruption of data transmission even in harsh undersea conditions. The system includes: a main system placed on the water, generating control data and transmitting the control data into water, and collecting data generated in water; a plurality of relay devices placed at different depths, delivering control data from the main system to corresponding sensor units to support measurement, and collecting measurement data from the sensor units and transmitting the measurement data to the main system; an operational line connecting the main system and the relay devices in series for data transmission and power delivery; and an emergency line connecting the main system and every second relay devices, wherein when a break occurs at a section of the operational line, the broken section thereof is replaced with the emergency line. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285829 | RUGGED RFID TAGS - A rugged UHF RFID tag comprising a UHF RFID tag, an overmolded cap, and a base, wherein the UHF RFID tag is secured to a top portion of the base and wherein the overmolded cap encapsulates the UHF RFID tag and the top portion of the base and associated methods. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285830 | DOWNHOLE WELL-OPERATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a downhole well-operation system for operating a driving unit and a logging tool downhole and transmitting well-logging data from at least one logging tool to a surface data acquisition system by means of a wireline. The system comprises a surface transceiver, a wireline, a downhole transceiver, a logging tool, and a driving unit, wherein the downhole transceiver is coupled to the surface transceiver via the wireline and communicates to the surface transceiver using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing to transmit data via the wireline by modulating a Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) signal to the wireline by means of a transistor bridge, while the driving unit and at least one logging tool is powered by the wireline. Furthermore, the invention relates to a downhole tool. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285831 | INTERFACES FOR SETUP OF A TRANSPORT REFRIGERATION SYSTEM AND PROVIDING TRANSPORT REFRIGERATION SYSTEM DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION TO A USER - The embodiments described herein are directed to setup of a transport refrigeration system and providing transport refrigeration system diagnostic information to a user. In particular, interfaces on a wireless end node and a network coordinator of a wireless communication system are configured to provide setup and diagnostic functionality of the wireless communication system to a user with limited expertise in wireless communication systems. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285832 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND VOICE OUTPUT SYSTEM - A portable communication device implements a voice output function while maintaining the operability and portability of a medical device such as a blood sugar measurement device. The portable phone includes an application for implementing the voice output function, and a communication unit that starts communication to receive a signal transmitted from the medical device by activating the application, a voice data storage unit that stores voice data representing the operation contents of the medical device, a voice selection unit that, upon receiving a signal including an identifier corresponding to the internal state of the medical device, selects the voice data according to the internal state out of the voice data stored in the voice data storage unit, and a reproduction processing unit that outputs the voice data selected by the voice selection unit. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285833 | TAMPER DETECTION FOR PULSE-PRODUCING DEVICE - Systems and methods for detecting tampering with a pulse-producing component of an electrical device are disclosed. An example electrical device includes a pulse-producing circuit and a tamper detection circuit. The pulse-producing circuit is configured for generating at least one pulse. The pulse-producing circuit includes a pulse interface via which the at least one pulse is communicated from the pulse-producing circuit. The tamper detection circuit is electrically connected to the pulse interface. The tamper detection circuit can be connected between a pulse-counting device and the pulse interface. The tamper detection circuit is configured for communicating the pulse to the pulse-counting device via at least one electrical path in the absence of a tampering condition. The tamper detection circuit is also configured for simulating damage to the pulse interface by modifying the at least one electrical path in response to the presence of the tampering condition. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285834 | Instantaneous Telemetry from the Utility Revenue Meter by use of the Pulse Outputs or Optical Reader - The invention comprises a method for obtaining accurate, instantaneous electric consumption data for telemetry purposes from the consumer's utility revenue meter. Heretofore, methods for obtaining high frequency telemetry have been limited to specialized devices which are not based on the utility revenue meter, or are unable to meet the temporal requirements of instantaneous telemetry. The invented method specifically uses external outputs of the utility revenue meter, the pulse outputs or optical reader, acquires and transmits high frequency telemetry in less than 30 seconds inclusive down to 1 second. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285835 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA MANAGEMENT IN ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK - A method for transmitting, storing and managing data by compressing data packets to be transmitted and received over an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) network with low-capacity memory and low-transfer rate. A number of transmission packets may be reduced using at least one of a bitmap interval algorithm that assigns a bitmap value to each interval, thereby reducing a number of request packets, a repeated-bitmap interval algorithm that represents sequential data values as bitmap values by toggling a bit value between 0 and 1 in each data value when a change occurs in the sequential data values, and a run-length encoding algorithm that compresses data by encoding run length of sequential identical data. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285836 | System using wearable device with unique user ID and telemetry system - A system for using telemetry data based on a user habit information includes one or more sensors coupled to a wearable device that has a unique user ID, and acquires user information selected from of at least one of, a user's activities, behaviors and habit information. The wearable device includes ID circuitry that includes ID storage, a communication system which reads and transmits the unique ID from the ID storage, a power source and a pathway system to route signals through the circuitry. The telemetry system communicates with the one or more sensors. The telemetry system includes a database of user ID's. Telemetry data is analyzed using the telemetry system based on at least one of, user's activities, behaviors and habit information. Personalized information about the user is created. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285837 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile communication device and a communication method that enable remote monitoring of those who use electrical home appliances by collecting data from the electrical home appliances are provided without complicating the system configuration. The mobile communication device ( | 2013-10-31 |
20130285838 | Game Machine Controller Method and PCB - A printed circuit board (PCB) installed on any game machine providing two wires for each meter a user desired to monitor in the machine, and two wires to supply power to the PCB. A monitor attached to any meter ranging from 12 volts to 48 volts that is not polarity specific. The PCB connected via Wifi, regular CAT 5 Internet cable or even via cellular service for areas where the Internet is not available. A single “ HUB” per location can provide access and monitoring for a plurality of machines located at one location. The controller can transmit negative and positive alerts provide the user. Additionally, a user can set “alarms” for each item they are monitoring. Using the controller of the present invention, game machines are all wirelessly connected to the game machine comprised of the HUB and can be moved anywhere in the location. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285839 | ENVIRONMENTAL FEEDBACK AND REMEDIATION SYSTEM - A system for the remediation of non-compliant inspection items located at remote locations by infield operator comprising: server computer readable instructions stored on the server computer readable medium that, when executed by the processor, provides for: transmitting the inspection protocol to the remote computing device, receiving an inspection result from the remote computing device representing a measurement taken for one of the inspection items inspected by the infield representative, retrieving the compliance information associated with the inspection item from the database, comparing the compliance information with the inspection result to determine whether the inspection result is in compliance or non-compliant. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285840 | CONTROL OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL DUE TO OBSTRUCTED VIEW - Traffic signal timing may be altered as a function of determining occluded signal viewing. More particularly, processing units may determine that a view of a traffic signal by a person is obstructed by a large vehicle located on a first ingress path to a roadway intersection with a second ingress path. The traffic signal controls the right of way of the first ingress path, and the person with the obstructed view is travelling along the first ingress path toward the intersection and is located behind the large vehicle relative to a view sightline of the person to the traffic signal. In response to the occluded view determination, a transition of the traffic signal may be delayed from a current visual display of a proceed signal to a subsequent visual display of a stop signal, until an end of a delay period. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285841 | SOLAR CHARGED AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE - An automotive vehicle having at least one solar panel, a battery rechargeable by the at least one solar panel, and a computer system including one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs. The program(s) generate a list of parking locations, determine which of the one or more parking location provide sun exposure, and recommending at least one parking location to a vehicle operator. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285842 | TRANSIT STATION GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION SIGN WITH HANDICAP ACCESS - A transit stop destination sign is provided that communicates wirelessly with a central transit system server over a wireless network, determines its GPS location and provides the same to the central transit system server, and provides both an updated visual destination sign display as well as an audio button for visually impaired that provides updated destination information in a natural language. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285843 | MULTI-BIT PER CYCLE SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION REGISTER ADC - A main digital-to-analog converter (DAC) receives at least one input and generates an adjusted input. A SAR unit generates a code for controlling the main DAC based on a comparison output of a comparing unit that receives the adjusted input. A reference generator, under control of the generated code, generates at least one reference voltage, which is then forwarded to the comparing unit in each corresponding cycle for defining a search range of each cycle, wherein an absolute value of the reference voltage of a latter cycle is less than the reference voltage of a former cycle such that the search range of the latter cycle is smaller than the search range of the former cycle, and search ranges of all the cycles are centered at a base voltage. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285844 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER - Aspects of the disclosure provide an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The ADC includes a comparator module and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The comparator module is configured to compare a first voltage sampled from an analog signal and a second voltage output from the digital-to-analog converter (DAC), and output a pulse to indicate a result of the comparison. The DAC is configured to enable a switching unit corresponding to a digital bit to switch a state based on the pulse, and settle the second voltage. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285845 | DATA ADAPTIVE ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER - A system and method for mitigating Analog to Digital (A/D) clipping is disclosed. The mean and variance of analog input data are tracked and the bits of A/D are dynamically reassigned to keep the input signal within their range. The quantization levels of A/D are dynamically re-mapped to avoid changes in sensitivity of sensor system. The method is based on random walk statistic and keeps the sensitivity of the sensor system constant. Also the system and method provides a way to mitigate A/D clipping that avoids changing the sensitivity by dynamically re-mapping the quantization levels of the A/D, keeping the sensitivity of the system constant. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285846 | NEAR-FIELD ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORBER - A near-field electromagnetic wave absorber formed by adhering pluralities of electromagnetic-wave-absorbing films each having a thin metal film formed on a surface of a plastic film, the thin metal film of at least one electromagnetic-wave-absorbing film having a thin film layer of a magnetic metal, and a large number of substantially parallel, intermittent linear scratches being formed in plural directions with irregular widths and irregular intervals on the thin metal film of at least one electromagnetic-wave-absorbing film. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285847 | RADAR SYSTEM - A component is disclosed for a radar system that comprises a main antenna operable to move azimuthally to sweep an area, a transmitter for transmitting pulses from the antenna and a receiver for receiving return signals. The component is operable to enable the radar system to detect a target in the presence of a wind turbine located in the area. The component comprises a plurality of auxiliary antennas and a processor for processing the return signals, the processor being operable to generate a signature of the wind turbine from return signals received by the main and auxiliary antennas in a training process, to generate model data of a target or to receive model data of the target from memory, and to test returned data for the presence of a target, and, if a target is detected, to generate data representing a detected target. A method of detecting the position of a target in the presence of a wind turbine using the radar system is also described. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285848 | Integrated and Configurable Radar System - An integrated radar system includes a processing module and a radar device. The radar device includes an antenna module, a configurable shaping module, and a configurable transceiver module. The processing module generates an outbound signal and a control signal to configure the integrated radar system. The configured transceiver module converts the outbound signal into an outbound wireless signal. The configured shaping module shapes the outbound wireless signal into a shaped signal. The antenna module transmits the shaped signal and then receives an inbound radar signal. The configured shaping module shapes the inbound radar signal into an inbound wireless signal. The configured transceiver module converts the inbound wireless signal into an inbound symbol stream. The processing module determines location information regarding an object based on the inbound symbol stream. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285849 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND USES FOR CALCULATING A POSITION USING A GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM - The invention, in some embodiments, relates to the field of global navigation satellite systems, and more particularly to the field of methods and devices for improving accuracy of position determination by receivers of global navigation satellite systems. Some embodiments of the invention relate to methods for generating a three-dimensional (3-D) representation of an urban area by a receiver of a global navigation satellite system using blocked lines of sight to satellites of the system. Additional embodiments of the invention relate to methods for transmitting a three-dimensional (3-D) representation of an urban area by a receiver of a global navigation satellite system for improving calculation of location by the global navigation satellite system receiver. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285850 | GPS PRE-ACQUISITION FOR GEOTAGGING DIGITAL PHOTOS - A handheld electronic device, such as a GPS-enabled wireless communications device with an embedded camera, a GPS-enabled camera-phone or a GPS-enabled digital camera, determines whether ephemeris data needs to be obtained for geotagging digital photos taken with the device. By monitoring user activity with respect to the camera, such as activation of the camera, the device can begin pre-acquisition of a GPS position fix by obtaining needed ephemeris data before the photograph is actually taken. This GPS pre-acquisition improves the likelihood that a position fix (GPS lock) is achieved by the time the photo is taken (to enable immediate geotagging). Alternatively, the photo can be geotagged retroactively by appending the current location to the metadata tag associated with the digital photo. An optional acquisition status indicator can be displayed on a user interface of the device to indicate that a position fix is being obtained. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285851 | Method and Apparatus for Maintaining Integrity of Long-Term Orbits in a Remote Receiver - A method and apparatus for maintaining integrity of long-term-orbit information used by a Global-Navigation-Satellite-System or other positioning receiver is described. The method comprises obtaining a predicted pseudorange from a first set of long-term-orbit information possessed by a positioning receiver; obtaining, at the positioning receiver from at least one satellite, a measured pseudorange; determining validity of the predicted pseudorange as a function of the predicted pseudorange and the measured pseudorange; and excluding from the long-term-orbit information at least a portion thereof when the validity of the predicted pseudorange is deemed invalid. Optionally, the method may comprise updating or otherwise supplementing the long-term-orbit information with other orbit information if the validity of the predicted pseudorange is deemed invalid. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285852 | MULTIBAND 40 DEGREE SPLIT BEAM ANTENNA FOR WIRELESS NETWORK - A compact multiband 40 degree split beam antenna system for a wireless network is disclosed. Each band employs a 3 column array with a special 3 output feed network. The 3 output feed network employs either a broadband 90 degree hybrid coupler with a 180 degrees splitter, or 2 broadband 90 degree hybrid couplers. The arrays employ dipole antenna elements, patch antenna elements, or a combination of both types. The antenna may exhibit 35 to 40 degrees horizontal beamwidth. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285853 | OSCILLOSCOPE PROBEMEASUREMENT OF RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMISSION USING CURVED BEAMSPLITTER AND DETECTOR HAVING OUTPUT CLAMPING CIRCUIT - A system is provided for monitoring communication in a wireless network. The system comprises a sniffer device comprising a first antenna, and a beamsplitter having a curved shape and configured to reflect a portion of a beam transmitted by a second antenna toward the first antenna while transmitting a remaining portion of the beam toward a target. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285854 | RECEIVING UNIT DRIVING CONTROL METHOD, RECEIVING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An RF receiving circuit unit that receives a GPS satellite signal from a GPS satellite is intermittently driven by a first driving control of intermittently driving the RF receiving circuit unit with a first intermittent driving pattern and a multistage driving control of intermittently driving the RF receiving circuit unit with a multistage intermittent driving pattern in which a driving period in the first intermittent driving pattern is set to a second intermittent driving pattern of which an intermittent cycle is shorter than that of the first intermittent driving pattern. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285855 | SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS FOR A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A wireless location system is disclosed including one or more location centers for outputting locations of mobile stations (MS) for both local and global MS location requests via Internet communication between a distributed network of location centers. The system uses a plurality of MS locating technologies including those based on: two-way TOA and TDOA; pattern recognition; distributed antenna provisioning; GPS signals. Difficulties, such as multipath, poor location accuracy and poor coverage are alleviated via such technologies in combination with: (a) adapting and calibrating system performance according to environmental and geographical changes; (b) capturing location signal data for continual enhancement of an historical database; (c) evaluating MS locations via heuristics and constraints related to terrain, MS velocity and MS path extrapolation, and (d) adjusting likely MS locations. The system is useful for 911 emergency calls, tracking, routing, people and animal location including applications for confinement to and exclusion from certain areas. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285856 | Position and Uncertainty Determination Using Staggered Reception of Position Reference Signals - Arrangements are detailed herein for determining a position and/or uncertainty of position of a mobile device. A plurality of positioning reference signals (PRSs) may be received by a mobile device. The plurality of PRSs may be transmitted at different times, separated by a predefined time interval, by multiple eNBs of a mobile network. Time of arrival values in relation to a received PRS that is used as a reference PRS may be determined. The time of arrival values for at least the subset of the received plurality of PRSs may be projected to the occasion of the reference PRS using the predefined time interval to create a set of projected time of arrival values. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285857 | ANTENNA ARRANGEMENT - Disclosed are antennas for printed circuit boards (PCB) including a printed circuit board having antenna conductors, ground plane, an insulating substrate and a feed structure. The antenna is at least partially formed by an array of two similarly sized and shaped antenna elements. Each antenna element is oriented substantially orthogonal to the other and similarly positioned relative to the ground plane. The two antenna elements are coupled to the feed structure and are connectable to a transceiver such that when the two like antenna elements are fed differentially the far fields of each antenna are substantially similar and substantially orthogonal to each other so as to provide substantial omni-directionality. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285858 | ARTIFICIAL MAGNETIC CONDUCTOR, AND ANTENNA - An artificial magnetic conductor having a surface impedance greater than 100 Ω, includes a ground plane, and a frequency-selective surface that is transparent for certain wavelengths and reflective for a range of wavelengths. The frequency-selective surface includes an array of conductive resonant elements arranged alongside one another in at least two different directions parallel to the ground plane. Each of these conductive resonant elements includes a sub-layer of ferromagnetic material having a relative permeability greater than 10 at a frequency of 2 GHz and having a thickness less than the skin thickness of the ferromagnetic material. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285859 | MULTILEVEL ANTENNAE - A multi-band antenna includes at least one structure useable at multiple frequency ranges. The structure includes at least two levels of detail, with one level of detail making up another level of detail. The levels of detail are composed of closed plane figures bounded by the same number of sides. An interconnection circuit links the multi-band antenna to an input/output connector and incorporates adaptation networks, filters or diplexers. Each of the closed plane figures is linked to at least one other closed plane figure to exchange electromagnetic power. For at least 75% of the closed plane figures, the region or area of contact, intersection, or interconnection between the closed plane figures is less than 50% of their perimeter or area. Not all of the closed plane figures have the same size, and the perimeter of the structure has a different number of sides than its constituent closed plane figures. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285860 | MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICE WITH MULTI-BAND LOOP ANTENNA WITH ARMS DEFINING A SLOTTED OPENING AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the housing. The device may also include an antenna coupled to wireless transceiver circuitry carried by the PCB. The antenna may include first and second feed legs extending upwardly from the PCB, a loop conductor spaced above the PCB and having a gap therein defining first and second ends, and a first conductor arm spaced above the PCB and extending between the first feed leg and the first end. The antenna may further include a second conductor arm spaced above the PCB and having a proximal portion between the second feed leg and the second end, and having a distal portion extending outwardly from the second feed leg. The first conductor arm and the proximal portion may define a slotted opening into an interior of the loop conductor. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285861 | ANTENNA APPARATUS - An antenna apparatus includes a glass plate that is fixed to a flange of a vehicle body at a window opening portion of the vehicle body; a dielectric material; a conductive film provided between the glass plate and the dielectric material; and a monopolar feeding portion provided on the dielectric material at a surface opposite to a glass plate side and at a position capable of being capacitively coupled to the conductive film, the antenna apparatus being configured such that a clearance between an end portion of the flange of the vehicle body and an outer edge of the conductive film functions as a slot antenna, the conductive film being provided with a notch having one end as an open end at the outer edge of the conductive film in the vicinity of the feeding portion. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285862 | Reconfigurable Multi-band Filter - Reconfigurable multi-band filter techniques are described. In one or more implementations a device includes a radiating structure and a filter connected to the radiating structure configured to filter wireless signals received by the radiating structure. The filter includes switchable resonators configured to tune to different frequency bands and tunable capacitors configured to tune to different frequencies within the different frequency bands. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285863 | Reconfigurable Multi-band Antenna - Reconfigurable multi-band antenna techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes an antenna that can operate at multiple frequency bands that include first and second frequency bands, respectively. The antenna includes a first radiator structure configured to tune to the first frequency band and comprising a first radiator element. In addition, the antenna includes a second radiator structure configured to tune to the second frequency band and comprising the first radiator element and a second radiator element. The antenna also includes a tunable circuit configured to couple the first radiator element to the second radiator element. Additionally, the apparatus includes a communication module configured to use the tunable circuit to adjust one of said first and second frequency bands independently from, and without causing a change in, the other of said first and second frequency bands. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285864 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH BROADBAND ANTENNA - A communications system including an antenna array and electronics assembly that may be mounted on and in a vehicle. The communication system may generally comprise an external subassembly that is mounted on an exterior surface of the vehicle, and an internal subassembly that is located within the vehicle, the external and internal subassemblies being communicatively coupled to one another. The external subassembly may comprise the antenna array as well as mounting equipment and steering actuators to move the antenna array in azimuth, elevation and polarization (for example, to track a satellite or other signal source). The internal subassembly may comprise most of the electronics associated with the communication system. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285865 | PRINTED SLOT-TYPE DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA, AND SYSTEM COMPRISING AN ARRAY OF A PLURALITY OF PRINTED SLOT-TYPE DIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS - The present invention relates to a printed slot-type directional antenna. The invention also relates to antenna systems formed by arranging a plurality of such antennas in an array. The flared printed slot-type directional antenna includes a substrate having a floorplan, in which the slot is etched along a profile having a longitudinal axis, and a line for supplying power to the slot, and is characterized in that the substrate comprises at least one first and one second portion which are folded along an axis that is parallel to said longitudinal axis, and which form an angle A relative to one another. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285866 | DUAL BAND ANTENNA - A dual band antenna providing a high forward gain includes a radiator, a director disposed in front of the radiator, and a reflector disposed behind the radiator. A dual resonance notch antenna including a conducting plate and a feeding portion is used as the radiator. The director includes a conducting plate and a short-circuiting portion and the reflector includes a conducting plate and a short-circuiting portion. Each conducting plate is disposed such that the direction of a normal to the conducting plate is a front-rear direction. Two slots having different lengths are formed in each conducting plate so as to be aligned with each other. The feeding portion is disposed in one of the slots. Each short-circuiting portion is disposed in one of the two slots at a position corresponding to the feeding portion. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285867 | COMPACT RADIATION STRUCTURE FOR DIVERSITY ANTENNAS - An antenna for diversity operation comprising a plurality of connected antenna units ( | 2013-10-31 |
20130285868 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE ANTENNA ASSEMBLY WITH ANTENNA ELEMENT AND FLOATING DIRECTOR ELEMENT ON FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a circuit board carried by the portable housing and having a ground plane thereon, wireless communications circuitry carried by the circuit board, and an antenna assembly carried by the housing. More particularly, the antenna assembly may include a flexible substrate, an electrically conductive antenna element on the flexible substrate and connected to the wireless communications circuitry and the ground plane, and a floating, electrically conductive director element on the flexible substrate for directing a beam pattern of the antenna element. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285869 | ANTENNA SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - The antenna system includes a substrate, a first antenna, a second antenna and a reflection portion. The substrate is a printed circuit board (PCB), and includes a vacancy portion and a metal ground portion. The vacancy portion includes a radio frequency (RF) component portion and a non-RF component portion. The RF component portion includes some radio frequency components. In order to transmit and receive electromagnetic signal, the radio frequency components are electronically connected to the first antenna and the second antenna. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285870 | ANTENNA APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING ANTENNA APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an antenna apparatus includes a first antenna element, a second antenna element, and a third antenna element. The first antenna element has one end connected to a feed terminal, and other end open. The second antenna element has one end connected to a first position set on an element of the first antenna element, and other end open, with a portion between one end and the other end being disposed parallel to the first antenna element. The third antenna element has one end connected to a second position set between the other end and the first position on the element of the first antenna element, and other end open, with at least part of a portion between one end and the other end being disposed near the second antenna element. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285871 | Conformal Surface Wave Feed - A transmission line feed for a surface wave medium having a dielectric substrate with an array of electrically conductive patches formed thereon. The transmission line feed includes a microstrip substrate, the microstrip substrate having a first permittivity which is lower than a second permittivity of the dielectric substrate of the surface wave medium, the microstrip substrate abutting against the dielectric substrate of the surface wave medium; a tapered microstrip disposed on the microstrip substrate, the tapered microstrip tapering from a relatively narrow end to a relatively wide end, the relative wide end terminating where the microstrip substrate abuts against the surface wave substrate; and an adapter for coupling a transmission line to the relatively narrow end of the tapered microstrip. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285872 | ANTENNA - An antenna according to an embodiment includes a substrate; a radiator; a ground plane spaced apart from the radiator; a feeding pin for feeding an RF signal; a first branch reactance at one side of the feeding pin, the first branch reactance including one end connected to the substrate and an opposite end connected to the ground plane; and a second branch reactance at an opposite end of the feeding pin, the second branch reactance including one end connected to the substrate and an opposite end connected to the ground plane. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285873 | MULTI-BAND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH ISOLATION AND IMPEDANCE MATCHING PROVISION - A communication system is provided, including one or more antennas coupled to multiple RF paths, one or more matching blocks, each block including multiple matching networks, a look-up table including characterization data according to frequency bands and conditions, and a controller configured to control the multiple matching networks by referring to the look-up table to provide optimum impedance for a frequency band selected and a condition detected during a time interval. The matching block may further include switches and adjustment circuits. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285874 | RADIOFREQUENCY AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES FORMED FROM ENHANCED RESONANT FREQUENCY HEXAFERRITE MATERIALS - Radiofrequency and other electronic devices can be formed from textured hexaferrite materials, such as Z-phase barium cobalt ferrite Ba | 2013-10-31 |
20130285875 | FREQUENCY-VARIABLE CIRCUIT AND MULTI-BAND ANTENNA DEVICE - A multi-band antenna device includes a frequency variable circuit, a first radiating element used in a first frequency band, a second radiating element used in a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band, and a power supply circuit. The frequency variable circuit includes a parallel resonant circuit in which a capacitor and an inductor are connected in parallel, and a first variable capacitance element connected in parallel with the capacitor. An end of the parallel resonant circuit and the first variable capacitance element are connected to the power supply circuit and the first radiating element. Another end of the parallel resonant circuit and the first variable capacitance element are connected to the second radiating element. The parallel resonant circuit has a resonant frequency closer to the first frequency band than to the second frequency band. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285876 | DUAL BAND ANTENNA WITH CIRCULAR POLARIZATION - A dual band antenna with circular polarization is applied in a handheld device and includes a substrate, a radiation metal portion and a feed-in stripline. The substrate has a vacant area and a feed-in point. The feed-in point is disposed near and outside the vacant area. The radiation metal portion is disposed vertically to a surface of the substrate at the edge of the vacant area, and includes a radiation surface and a meandering structure. The radiation surface is disposed at one side of the radiation metal portion and near the substrate. The meandering structure is disposed at another side of the radiation metal portion and far from the substrate. The feed-in stripline is disposed on the substrate. One end of the feed-in stripline is electrically connected to the feed-in point, and the other end of the feed-in stripline is electrically connected to the radiation metal portion. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285877 | WIDEBAND ANTENNA WITH LOW PASSIVE INTERMODULATION ATTRIBUTES - An antenna assembly with wide bandwidth and low Passive Intermodulation (PIM) characteristics is described for use in Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) and other applications which require low PIM levels. The antenna can be configured to cover multiple cellular frequency bands to provide a single antenna solution for use with multiple transceivers. A single conductor radiator design along with features integrated into the ground plane result in low PIM characteristics during high power transmission. One or multiple parasitic elements can be coupled to the driven antenna to enhance bandwidth while still maintaining low PIM characteristics. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285878 | ANTENNA SWITCHING CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ANTENNA SWITCHING METHOD THEREOF - An antenna switching circuit and an electronic device and an antenna switching method thereof are provided. The antenna switching circuit is disposed in the electronic device including an internal antenna and a RF module, and includes an external antenna connector and a controller. The external antenna connector has an independent ground terminal for receiving an independent ground signal, and the external antenna connector is electrically connected to an external antenna. The controller has a first RF terminal, a second RF terminal and a control terminal, the first RF terminal is electrically connected to the RF module, the second RF terminal is electrically connected to the internal antenna, and the control terminal detects the independent ground signal. When the controller detects no change in the independent ground signal, the controller electrically connects the RF module to the internal antenna; otherwise, the controller electrically connects the RF module to the external antenna. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285879 | ANTENNA - An antenna includes an active antenna layer, a ground layer, and a dielectric layer sandwiched between the active antenna and the ground layers. The antenna is bendable to conform to a contour of a surface on which the antenna is positioned. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285880 | WIDEBAND ELECTROMAGNETIC STACKED REFLECTIVE SURFACES - An electromagnetic structure for reflecting electromagnetic waves comprising a first surface having spaced patches of conductive material thereon; a second surface separated from the first surface, having spaced patches of conductive material, the first and second surfaces having high impedance and thrilling substantially optimal magnetic conductors; adapted to be used in conjunction with an associated antenna that radiates electromagnetic radiation originating therefrom, the radiation is reflected by the electromagnetic structure such that the phase of the electromagnetic waves reflected from first and second surfaces results in the constructive addition of the originating and reflected waves. The stacked layers resonate at different frequencies leading to a plurality of resonances at different frequencies resulting in operation of the associated antenna at a broadband of frequencies; the multiple resonances being a function of; inter alia, the spacing between patches of conductive material and the size of the patches. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285881 | Portable Electronic Device Having Dual Displays Provided on Front and Rear Surfaces Thereof and for Operations Thereon - The present invention provides a portable electronic device having dual displays provided on front and rear surfaces thereof and for operations thereon, comprising a housing, a first display operation unit, a second display operation unit and a control unit; the housing having a front surface and a rear surface; the first and second display operation units provided on the front and rear surface of the housing respectively; and the control unit provided inside the housing and electrically connected to the first and second display operation units for transmitting signals and switching the first and second display operation units to synchronous and asynchronous display modes; and wherein the housing comprises two individual components pivotally attached to each other such that they can be rotated to show their respective front surfaces to realize the design of dual displays and to facilitate various control operations on the dual displays adapted for diverse applications. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285882 | MECHANISM FOR FACILITATING A TABLET BLOCK OF A NUMBER OF TABLET COMPUTING DEVICES - A mechanism is described for facilitating a tablet block of a number of tablet computing devices. A method of embodiments of the invention includes monitoring a connection between a plurality of tablet computers. The monitoring includes detecting user inputs relating to one or more software applications running on the plurality of tablet computers, the user inputs being made via one or more of the plurality of tablet computers. The method may further include dynamically adjusting, in real-time, parameters of the connection based on the user inputs, and displaying changing contents of the one or more software applications, via a shared display screen provided by two or more of the plurality of tablet computers, based on the adjustment of the parameters. The contents are changed in response to an adjustment made to a parameter. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285883 | HYBRID DISPLAY MONITOR - One embodiment is a system that includes a display monitor, a docking station, and a computing device. The display monitor includes firmware that receives display frames and causes the display frames to be displayed. The docking station is coupled to the monitor and includes a connector device and a wireless receiver. The computing device includes a processing unit that generates display frames, a software driver, and a wireless transmitter. When the computing device is connected to the connector device, the processing unit transmits display frames to the display monitor via the connector device. When the software driver detects that the computing device has disconnected from the connector device, the software driver causes the processing unit to send the display frames to the wireless transmitter, which then transmits the display frames to the display monitor via a wireless connection established between the wireless transmitter and the wireless receiver. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285884 | HEAD MOUNT DISPLAY AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - Disclosed is a head mount display including: a user operation section configured to determine one or more coordinates based on a first operation performed by a user via the user operation section while receiving content via the head-mount device; and a controller configured to: superpose, in response to detection of the first operation by the user, upon at least one of one or more display sections of the head-mount device, a screen including one or more items, each of the one or more items of the superposed screen being selectable by the user to control the content being received by the user; and highlight, based on the one or more coordinates determined upon detection of the first operation, at least one of the one or more selectable items of the superposed screen in comparison to other selectable items of the superposed screen. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285885 | HEAD-MOUNTED LIGHT-FIELD DISPLAY - A head-mounted light-field display system (HMD) includes two light-field projectors (LFPs), one per eye, each comprising a solid-state LED emitter array (SLEA) operatively coupled to a microlens array (MLA). The SLEA and the MLA are positioned so that light emitted from an LED of the SLEA reaches the eye through at most one microlens from the MLA. The HMD's LFP comprises a moveable solid-state LED emitter array coupled to a microlens array for close placement in front of an eye—without the need for any additional relay or coupling optics—wherein the LED emitter array physically moves with respect to the microlens array to mechanically multiplex the LED emitters to achieve resolution via mechanically multiplexing. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285886 | Collapsible Head Set Computer - In one embodiment, collapsible head mounted computer (CHMC) transforms between a collapsed and headset form via joints embedded in the structure of the headset. Joints can be in the back or sides of the CHMC. The CHMC in the headset form is configured to be mounted on the user's head. The headset form presents the display in front of the user's eye, or in the peripheral vision of the user's eye. The CHMC in the collapsed form is designed to minimize empty space to fill a smaller volume. In this manner, the CHMC can be stored away easily. The CHMC may also include an electronics module enabling onboard processing or an onboard power source to operate electronics modules and a display without an outside electrical connection. The CMHC may also employ near field communication on circuit board near joints to allow for communication regardless of the form of the device. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285887 | IMAGING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - An imaging display apparatus, includes: display means for image display; first image signal generation means for generating a display image signal based on a captured image signal captured by an imaging section with a field of view direction of a user being a direction of an object; second image signal generation means for generating a display image signal of an image different from an image of the display image signal generated by the first image signal generation means; and control means for allowing, simultaneously on the display means, display of the image of the display image signal generated by the first image signal generation means and display of the image of the display image signal generated by the second image signal generation means. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285888 | SCAN DRIVING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A scan driver includes scan driving blocks, each including: a first transistor including a gate coupled to a first node and receiving a first clock signal, a first electrode receiving an output control signal, and a second electrode coupled to a scan line at first output; a second transistor including a gate coupled to a second node receiving an input signal according to a second clock signal, and first and second electrodes respectively coupled to a third clock input and the first output; a third transistor including a gate coupled to the first node, a first electrode receiving the output control signal, and a second electrode coupled to an input terminal of a next scan driving block at a second output; and a fourth transistor including a gate coupled to the second node, and first and second electrodes respectively coupled to the third clock input and the second output. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285889 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display device includes an organic EL element and a capacitor. A driving transistor is connected to an anode of the organic EL element and passes a current to the organic EL element. The current corresponds to a voltage held in the capacitor. A first switch is between the capacitor and a data line, and the data line supplies the voltage to the capacitor. A voltage detector is connected to the data line for detecting an anode voltage applied to the organic EL element. A second switch is between the anode and the data line. A controller turns on the first switch, causes the organic EL element to emit light, and causes the voltage detector to detect the anode voltage by turning off the first switch and turning on the second switch while the organic EL element is emitting light. | 2013-10-31 |
20130285890 | DISPLAY DEVICE - An image processing unit ( | 2013-10-31 |