47th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110285433 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING PHASE NOISE IN DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER OR ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER - A circuit includes a digital oscillator, a phase lock loop (PLL), a digital signal generator, a correction circuit and a digital-to-analog converter DAC (DAC). The digital oscillator can output a reference clock signal. The PLL can output a system clock signal based on the reference clock signal. The digital signal generator can output a digital signal based on the system clock signal. The correction circuit can output a pre-distorted signal based on the reference clock signal, the system clock signal and the digital signal. The DAC can output an analog signal based on the pre-distorted signal and the system clock signal. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285434 | HETEROGENEOUS PHYSICAL MEDIA ATTACHMENT CIRCUITRY FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES - An integrated circuit includes physical media attachment (“PMA”) circuitry that includes two different kinds of transceiver channels for serial data signals. One kind of transceiver channel is adapted for transceiving relatively low-speed serial data signals. The other kind of transceiver channel is adapted for transceiving relatively high-speed serial data signals. A high-speed channel is alternatively usable as phase-locked loop (“PLL”) circuitry for providing a clock signal for use by other high- and/or low-speed channels. A low-speed channel can alternatively get a clock signal from separate low-speed PLL circuitry. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285435 | PLL FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZER - A VCO oscillates at a frequency that corresponds to a control voltage. A frequency mixer performs frequency mixing of the output signal of the VCO and a local signal having a local frequency. A first filter extracts a difference frequency signal obtained by the mixing operation of the mixer. A phase difference detection unit makes a comparison between the phase of the difference frequency signal extracted by the first filter and the phase of a reference signal having a reference frequency, and generates a phase difference signal that corresponds to the phase difference. A loop filter performs filtering of the phase difference signal so as to generate the control signal. A second filter extracts a summation frequency signal obtained by the mixing operation of the mixer, and outputs the summation frequency signal via an output terminal thereof. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285436 | INTEGRATED CIRCUITS WITH FREQUENCY GENERATING CIRCUITS - An integrated circuit comprises at least first and second frequency generating circuits, wherein each frequency generating circuit comprises a reference frequency source; a voltage controlled oscillator; and a feedback control circuit for controlling the voltage controlled oscillator to provide a desired output frequency signal. The output of the voltage controlled oscillator of the first frequency generating circuit is switched into the feedback control circuit of the second frequency generating circuit to provide a test signal for testing one or more components of the feedback control circuit of the second frequency generating circuit. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285437 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE VOLTAGE CONVERTER HAVING A PLURALITY OF CELLS IN SERIES - A method of controlling at least one voltage converter having a plurality of cells in series, comprising an AC part and a DC part, characterized in that the AC input voltage (Vei) of each cell is determined directly by the use of a high speed current control loop relating to the AC part and a lower speed voltage control loop relating to the cells, the method including choosing the following voltage control law: | 2011-11-24 |
20110285438 | PLL CIRCUIT FOR REDUCING REFERENCE LEAK AND PHASE NOISE - A phase locked loop circuit comprises a charge pump fed with a phase error output signal; a loop filter charged or discharged with an output of the charge pump; an oscillator, an oscillating frequency of which is controlled by a voltage of the loop filter; and a frequency/phase comparator having a switching function which is fed with a reference signal and an output signal of the oscillator and outputs the phase error output signal; the frequency/phase comparator being configured to, based on a lock detection signal, switch between comparing frequencies by detecting rising edges of the reference signal and the comparison signal to detect a phase difference between the reference signal and the comparison signal, and comparing phases by detecting voltage levels of the reference signal and the comparison signal to detect a phase difference between the reference signal and the comparison signal. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285439 | Digital to Frequency Synthesis Using Flying-Adder with Dithered Command Input - To make Flying-Adder architecture even more powerful, a new concept, time-average-frequency, is incorporated into the clock generation circuitry. This is a fundamental breakthrough since it attacks the clock generation problem from its root: how is the clock signal used in real systems? By investigating from this direction, a much more powerful architecture, fixed-VCO-Flying-Adder architecture, is created. Furthermore, based on fixed-VCO-Flying-Adder frequency synthesizer and time-average-frequency, a new type of component called Digital-to-Frequency Converter (DFC) is born. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285440 | FREQUENCY JITTER CONTROLLER FOR POWER CONVERTER - A frequency-jitter-controller for a power-converter is provided, and which includes a first and a second capacitance units, a first and a second charge-discharge control units, a comparing unit and a control unit. Both capacitance units are charged to a crossing-voltage during a charging phase and discharged to a reference voltage and a clamp voltage respectively during a discharging-phase in response to operations of both charge-discharge control units. The comparing unit outputs a pulse signal, compares voltages of both capacitance units during the charging phase, and compares the voltage of the first capacitance unit and the reference voltage during the discharging phase. The control unit generates a frequency jitter control signal according to the pulse signal to adjust a rising rate of the voltage on the second capacitance unit, so as to change a frequency of the pulse signal, and thus reduce EMI generated by switching switch-elements in the power-converter. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285441 | CLOCK ADJUSTMENT CIRCUIT, SHIFT DETECTION CIRCUIT OF DUTY RATIO, IMAGING DEVICE AND CLOCK ADJUSTMENT METHOD - A clock adjustment circuit includes: first and third switching elements to be in a conductive state when in-phase and reverse-phase clock signals in a high level are applied to input terminals, respectively; second and fourth switching elements whose input terminals are connected to output terminals of the first and third switching elements, respectively, which become in the conductive state when the in-phase and reverse-phase clock signals in a low level are applied to output terminal, respectively; first and second capacitor elements whose one terminal is connected to an output terminal of the first and third switching element, respectively; and a shift detection unit detecting potential difference between the output terminals of the first and third switching elements and outputs the detection signal as a signal for adjusting a duty ratio of the clock signal. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285442 | PULSE CONVERTER CIRCUIT - A pulse converter circuit includes a logic circuit to which a first signal is input and from which a second signal is output. The logic circuit includes a p-channel transistor which determines whether a voltage of the second signal is set to a first voltage depending on a voltage of the gate; and an n-channel transistor which determines whether the voltage of the second signal is set to a second voltage, which is higher than the first voltage, depending on a voltage of the gate. The p-channel transistor includes a semiconductor layer containing an element of a group 14. The n-channel transistor includes an oxide semiconductor layer. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285443 | DATA LATCH CIRCUIT - A serial-format data signal is input to a data input terminal. Each of n (n represents an integer of two or more) multiple clock input terminals is configured to receive a clock signal as an input signal. An input flip-flop latches the data signal at each timing that corresponds to the corresponding clock signal. A serial/parallel converter converts the serial-format data signal into a parallel-format intermediate data signal using the corresponding clock signal. A data selector selects one from among the n intermediate data signals according to a selection signal. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285444 | OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT, INERTIAL SENSOR USING THE OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An oscillator circuit includes an oscillator, a filter that filters a monitoring signal output from the oscillator and outputs the filtered signal, a driver that amplifies the filtered signal to generate a driving signal, and a controller operable to control a passing characteristic of the filter based on the monitoring signal. The oscillator performs a vibration while being driven by the driving signal, and outputs the monitoring signal according to the vibration. This oscillator circuit allows the oscillator to vibrate stably. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285445 | DRIVE LOOP FOR MEMS OSCILLATOR - Some embodiments regard a method comprising: generating a current according to a movement of the MEMS device; the movement is controlled by a control signal; generating a peak voltage according to the current; and adjusting the control signal when the peak voltage is out of a predetermined range. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285446 | POWER AMPLIFICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - In a case where two constant envelope signals corresponding to an input signal are generated through analog signal processing, variation in detection sensitivities of amplitudes of those signals is suppressed. At least one of a mixer ( | 2011-11-24 |
20110285447 | DRIVE CIRCUIT - A drive circuit includes a transformer T | 2011-11-24 |
20110285448 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a level shift circuit which is located so that a second IO cell region is interposed between the level shift circuit and a first IO cell region, and converts a signal output from an IO cell of the first IO cell region into a signal having an amplitude of a second voltage and outputs the resultant signal, and an internal circuit which is operated using the signal having the amplitude of the second voltage output from the level shift circuit. A signal interconnect via which the signal output from the IO cell of the first IO cell region is input to the level shift circuit is provided between the IO cell of the first IO cell region and the level shift circuit, extending over or in an IO cell of the second IO cell region. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285449 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT LEVEL SHIFT - An apparatus is provided that uses a first level shifter for performing a voltage shift of a low level input signal of a first voltage domain to a high level output signal of a second voltage domain. The first level shifter comprises a storing element in the second voltage domain, an input stage coupled to the storing element for providing a signal state to be stored in the storing element and a feedback loop from an output of the storing element to the input stage for controlling the input stage in response to a transition of a high level output signal of the storing element. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285450 | Managing Heat Dissipation While Testing A Power Device - According to certain embodiments, an apparatus comprises port interfaces, charge storage devices, and a charge combiner coupled to a circuit board. Each charge storage device is associated with a port interface. Each port interface receives a current of charge from a device under test and pumps the charge to an associated charge storage device at a predetermined rate. Each charge storage device stores the charge from an associated port interface. The charge combiner combines the charge from the charge storage devices to yield a combined charge and feeds the combined charge to an output regulator. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285451 | PRECISION VOLTAGE DIVIDER - A circuit for producing a quotient of two input voltages, Vy and Vx has a resistor across which said two input voltages are selectively successively applied. An operational amplifier has a reference potential (Vref) applied to one input, and a tap selectively connectable at one side to various points of the resistor is connected at its other side to the other input of the operational amplifier. The tap also provides a voltage output node of the circuit. After the tap has been configured with input voltage Vy applied across the resistor so that a voltage on the output node is substantially equal to the reference potential (Vref), when the input voltage Vx is applied across the resistor, a voltage on the output node represents a quotient of the input voltages Vy and Vx. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285452 | Heterodyne Dual Slope Frequency Generation Method for the Load Change of Power Supply - A heterodyne dual-slope frequency generation method for the load change of the power supply, which comprises a power transformer, a feedback control circuit, and a dual-slope charge-discharge circuit. The power supply generates different charge current to fit different operating mode through the feedback control circuit, feedback voltage generated into power transformer, and passes through the dual-slope charge-discharge circuit in accordance with the different outer load device and the different outer voltage rising speed. When the outer loading is changed, the feedback control circuit detects error voltage, feeds through power transformer, further changes the supplied current, and finally automatically adjusts the driving current and the output power. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285453 | COMPENSATION OF NONLINEARITY OF SINGLE ENDED DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTERS - This disclosure relates to a compensating for nonlinearity resulting from a capacitance feedback in current cells of a single ended digital to analog circuit. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285454 | INDUCTIVE TOUCH SENSOR AND DETECTING METHOD - An inductive touch sensor is provided. The inductive touch sensor comprises a driving layer for generating a magnetic field, an induced layer facing to the driving layer for identifying at least one induced electrical signal representing a change, in inductance corresponding to at least one touch location on the inductive touch sensor and at least one inductive circuit connected to the driving layer and the induced layer for detecting at least one induced electrical signal to determine at least one touch location on the inductive touch sensor. Furthermore, a detecting method of detecting at least one touch location on the inductive touch sensor is also provided. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285455 | EXPONENTIAL VOLTAGE CONVERSION SWITCHED CAPACITOR CHARGE PUMP - Described herein are switched capacitor charge pump designs for a 2 | 2011-11-24 |
20110285456 | FOUR-TERMINAL SOI MESFET BASED LOW DROPOUT REGULATOR - Embodiments of a Low Dropout (LDO) regulator are provided in which an n-channel Metal Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MESFET) is utilized as a pass transistor of the LDO regulator. In one embodiment, the LDO regulator is implemented on an integrated circuit die and includes an n-channel Semiconductor-on-lnsulator (SOI) MESFET pass transistor. A voltage applied to a substrate of the SOI MESFET pass transistor is controlled to configure the LDO regulator in either an ultra-low dropout voltage mode or a high Power Supply Rejection (PSR) mode. In another embodiment, the LDO regulator includes an re-channel MESFET pass transistor and a switch that operates to disconnect the MESFET pass transistor from a supply voltage of the LDO regulator when the LDO regulator is desired to be shut off. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285457 | Multi-Level Transmitter Circuit Having Substantially Constant Impedance Output - A multi-level transmitter circuit with substantially constant output impedance has a capacitive transducer connected between a voltage input and ground. A first voltage path connects the voltage input to a first positive voltage source. The first voltage path is controlled by a first control signal. A second voltage path connects the voltage input to a second positive voltage source, less than the first positive voltage source. The second voltage path passes through a diode and is controlled by a second control signal. A third voltage path connects the voltage input to a third voltage source, less than ground, and is controlled by the second control signal. The impedance at the voltage input during the first control signal is substantially the same as the impedance at the voltage input during the second control signal. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285458 | RMS Detector with Automatic Gain Control - Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, devices and methods for detecting the RMS value of a signal. The RMS detector uses multiple variable-gain stages and internal gain control to generate an RMS output signal based on an arbitrary signal input. This RMS detector significantly reduces the signal swings seen on a squarer within prior art RMS detectors and reduces the detector's dependency on DC offsets at low signal levels and overload errors at high signal levels. The embodiments of the present invention also improve the accuracy of the RMS detector within large dynamic signal ranges by obviating the operation of a squarer in saturation or out of the squaring region. Accordingly, embodiments of the present invention are able to more accurately detect RMS values on a signal, operate over relatively higher signal ranges, and better function within different signal modulation schemes, particularly those with large peak-to-average ratios. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285459 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a power semiconductor array including a first power semiconductor located on one end of the power semiconductor array, a second power semiconductor located on the other end and a third power semiconductor located between the first and second power semiconductors and a diode array including a first diode located on one end of the diode array, a second diode located on the other end and a third diode located between the first and second diodes. A resistance value between an emitter electrode and a collector electrode in ON state is higher at the third power semiconductor than at the first and second power semiconductors. Upon application of a voltage of not less than a rising voltage, the third diode has a higher resistance value than resistance values of the first diode and the second diode upon application of a voltage not less than a rising voltage. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285460 | HIGH FREQUENCY AMPLIFIER, WIRELESS DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD - Provided is a high frequency amplifier that can suppress from increasing the circuit size while improving efficiency at the time of low output. A high frequency amplifier according to one aspect of the present invention includes a carrier amplifier | 2011-11-24 |
20110285461 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A DRIVING VOLTAGE OF A POWER AMPLIFIER THEREIN - A mobile terminal and method of controlling a driving voltage of a power amplifier therein are provided. The present invention includes a power amplifier module having a plurality of operative modes, the power amplifier module configured to amplify a power strength of an RF signal, a modem configured to deliver the RF signal to the power amplifier module, and to control the operative modes of the power amplifier module, a power detecting unit configured to output a reference voltage by detecting the power strength of the RF signal outputted from the power amplifier module, and a DC/DC converter configured to supply a driving voltage to the power amplifier module by adjusting a detected power value according to a gain corresponding to each of the operative modes of the power amplifier module. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285462 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AMPLITUDE CALIBRATION FOR POLAR MODULATION WITH DISCONTINUOUS PHASE - Aspects of a method and system for amplitude calibration for polar modulation with discontinuous phase may include amplifying a signal via a plurality of amplifiers such that a combined gain of the plurality of amplifiers comprises a coarse amplitude gain, an amplitude offset gain and a calibration gain. A gain of one or more of the plurality of amplifiers may be adjusted to set the coarse amplitude gain, and a gain of one or more remaining ones of the plurality of amplifiers may be adjusted to set the amplitude offset gain and the calibration gain. The setting of the coarse amplitude gain, the calibration gain and/or said amplitude offset gain may be adjusted dynamically and/or adaptively. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285463 | OUTPUT CIRCUITS WITH CLASS D AMPLIFIER - Output circuits using pulse width modulation (PWM) and/or pulse density modulation (PDM) are described. In one aspect, a PWM output circuit includes a PWM modulator that operates based on a square wave signal instead of a sawtooth or triangular wave signal. In another aspect, a PDM output circuit includes a PDM modulator that uses variable reference voltages to reduce variations in switching frequency. In yet another aspect, a dual-mode output circuit supports both PWM and PDM and includes a pulse modulator and a class D amplifier. The pulse modulator performs PWM on an input signal if a PWM mode is selected and performs PDM on the input signal if a PDM mode is selected. The class D amplifier receives a driver signal from the pulse modulator and generates an output signal. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285464 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOW NOISE AMPLIFICATION - Apparatus and methods are disclosed, such as those involving a low noise amplifier. One such apparatus includes a low noise amplifier circuit configured to receive a signal at an input node and to output an amplified signal at an output node. The low noise amplifier circuit includes a first transistor of a first polarity; and a second transistor of a second polarity complementary to the first polarity. The first and second transistors are connected in series between first and second supply voltage nodes via the output node. The circuit further includes a third transistor cascoded with one of the first transistor or the second transistor, but does not include a transistor cascoded with the other transistor. This configuration allows the low noise amplifier circuit to provide an increased high-frequency gain and linearity while having improved high-frequency system noise figure in, for example, deep submicron CMOS technology. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285465 | OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER HAVING A COMMON MODE FEEDBACK CIRCUIT PORTION - An operational amplifier that can suppress lowering of the current driving capability while performing a self adjustment of the common mode voltage is disclosed. A common mode voltage adjusting transistor and an auxiliary transistor are connected in parallel with a low-voltage side drive transistor of each of push-pull amplifying circuits that produce first and second amplified difference signals having different polarities in accordance with drive signals obtained by level-shifting a difference signal indicating a difference value of the levels of the first and second input signals by predetermined values. Current drive capabilities during a period of outputting said first and second amplified difference signals and a common mode voltage adjusting period respectively are increased by driving said auxiliary drive transistor by alternately using the drive signal obtained by level-shifting the difference signal and a common mode voltage adjusting signal. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285466 | POWER AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT - A power amplifier circuit has a Gm amplifier, first and second transistors, third and fourth transistors consisting a mirror circuit, fifth and sixth transistors consisting a mirror circuit, seventh and eighth transistors consisting a mirror circuit, a ninth transistor of the first conductivity type which is connected at a first end thereof to the first power supply rail, connected at a second end thereof to a signal output terminal for outputting an amplified signal, and connected at a control terminal thereof to the inverting output terminal, and a tenth transistor of the second conductivity type connected at a first end thereof to the signal output terminal, connected at a second end thereof to the second power supply rail, and connected at a control terminal thereof to the noninverting output terminal. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285467 | Distributed Doherty Amplifiers - Doherty and distributed amplifier (DA) designs are combined to achieve, wideband amplifiers with high efficiency dynamic range. A modified Doherty amplifier includes a wideband phase shifter providing first and second outputs, a main amplifier coupled to the first output, an auxiliary amplifier coupled to the second output, and a wideband combining network combining the outputs in phase. A multi-stage DA has a main output and a termination port, and a phase delay module and transforming network allowing power at the termination port to be combined in phase with power at the main output. In one combination, one or more stages of the DA may comprise a Doherty amplifier. In another combination, a modified series-type Doherty amplifying system is achieved by cascading main and auxiliary DAs. In any combination, Doherty topology may include a bias control module. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285468 | Pre-amplifier - A pre-amplifier comprises at least two PMOS transistors operated as source followers and two NMOS transistors operated as amplifiers, or, two NMOS transistors operated as source followers and two PMOS transistors operated as amplifiers to raise or reduce the voltage of input signals and at least four current sources with the same current value which can be adjusted according to the output load of the pre-amplifier. The MOS transistors have the same transconductance so that the minimum differential voltage can be attained. Since the differential signals change alternately, MOS transistors will switch among the three working status: cut-off, saturation and linear region. Because of the cut-off and linear region, the present invention can achieve the very low power consumption less than one third of the conventional one. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285469 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING WITHIN-DIE AND ACROSS-DIE VARIATION OF ANALOG CIRCUITS - Described herein is the method and apparatus for determining frequency of an oscillator coupled with one or more analog devices, and for determining within-die or across-die variations in an analog property associated with the one or more analog devices, the determining based on the oscillator frequency. The analog property includes output signal swing, bandwidth, offset, gain, and delay line linearity and range. The one or more analog devices include input-output (I/O) buffer, analog amplifier, and delay line. The method further comprises updating a simulation model file based on the determining of the within-die and/or across-die variations of the analog property. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285470 | SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE OSCILLATOR - In a SAW oscillator, each of a first SAW element and a second SAW element includes interdigital electrodes and a reflector formed on a piezoelectric material. A first oscillating circuit part forms an oscillating loop including the first SAW element. A second oscillating circuit part forms an oscillating loop including the second SAW element. The first and second oscillating circuit parts have an identical admittance property. The first and second SAW elements are configured that an electrode pitch is identical and an admittance property indicating a relation between a frequency and an admittance value is different therebetween. Further, a first intersection point between the admittance property of the first SAW element and the admittance property of the first oscillating circuit part and a second intersection point between the admittance property of the second SAW element and the admittance property of the second oscillating circuit part are at different frequencies. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285471 | DECOMPOSER AND AMPLIFIER - A quadrature out-phasing system comprising: a first baseband signal modifier ( | 2011-11-24 |
20110285472 | OUTPUT CIRCUITS WITH CLASS D AMPLIFIER - Output circuits using pulse width modulation (PWM) and/or pulse density modulation (PDM) are described. In one aspect, a PWM output circuit includes a PWM modulator that operates based on a square wave signal instead of a sawtooth or triangular wave signal. In another aspect, a PDM output circuit includes a PDM modulator that uses variable reference voltages to reduce variations in switching frequency. In yet another aspect, a dual-mode output circuit supports both PWM and PDM and includes a pulse modulator and a class D amplifier. The pulse modulator performs PWM on an input signal if a PWM mode is selected and performs PDM on the input signal if a PDM mode is selected. The class D amplifier receives a driver signal from the pulse modulator and generates an output signal. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285473 | IMPEDANCE-MATCHING TRANSFORMERS FOR RF DRIVEN CO2 GAS DISCHARGE LASERS | 2011-11-24 |
20110285474 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR A COMPACT SYMMETRICAL TRANSITION STRUCTURE FOR RADIO FREQUENCY APPLICATIONS - Described herein are an apparatus, system, and method having a compact symmetrical transition structure for RF applications. The apparatus comprises: first and second ground planes each of which having respective truncated edges, the first and second ground planes being parallel to one another and separated by a multi-layer substrate; a strip line positioned between the first and second ground planes; and a symmetrical transition structure, coupled to the strip line and the first and second ground planes near their respective truncated edges, and further coupled to a broadside coupled line (BCL). | 2011-11-24 |
20110285475 | RF Front-End with Integrated T/R Switch - Disclosed is a transmit/receive circuit arrangement wherein a transceiver circuit including a transmit/receive switch is fabricated on an integrated circuit chip. A matching network is wholly disposed off-chip relative to the integrated circuit chip. In embodiments, at least a portion of the matching network is formed off-chip and a portion of the matching network is formed on-chip. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285476 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETAINING A DESIRED RETURN LOSS WHEN DYNAMICALLY VARYING A NUMBER OF ACTIVE PATHS - When dynamically varying a number of active paths in a system, a desired return loss is maintained. Certain embodiments enable dynamic varying of the impedance of parallel signal paths in a system responsive to the number of active ones of the parallel paths dynamically changing, in order to maintain a relatively constant impedance match between a source and the combination of parallel paths, thereby retaining a desired return loss. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285477 | COMMON MODE NOISE FILTER - A common mode noise filter includes: a common mode filter inserted into a pair of signal lines; and a pair of capacitively coupled coils having one ends connected respectively to the corresponding signal lines and the other ends opened. According to the present invention, common mode noise can be removed by a common mode filter, as well as, differential mode noise in a desired frequency band can be removed by a pair of coils whose other ends are opened. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285478 | PRECISION ALLOY - A precision alloy for die-casting contains aluminum, silicon and zinc, wherein on the basis of the overall mass, the content of aluminum is 40% by mass or more and 45% by mass or less, and the content of silicon is 2% by mass or more and 8% by mass or less. Also other solving means will be described. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285479 | SLOW WAVE STRUCTURES USING TWISTED WAVEGUIDES FOR CHARGED PARTICLE APPLICATIONS - A rapidly twisted electromagnetic accelerating structure includes a waveguide body having a central axis, one or more helical channels defined by the body and disposed around a substantially linear central axial channel, with central portions of the helical channels merging with the linear central axial channel. The structure propagates electromagnetic waves in the helical channels which support particle beam acceleration in the central axial channel at a phase velocity equal to or slower than the speed of light in free space. Since there is no variation in the shape of the transversal cross-section along the axis of the structure, inexpensive mechanical fabrication processes can be used to form the structure, such as extrusion, casting or injection molding. Also, because the field and frequency of the resonant mode depend on the whole structure rather than on dimensional tolerances of individual cells, no tuning of individual cells is needed. Accordingly, the overall operating frequency may be varied with a tuning/phase shifting device located outside the resonant waveguide structure | 2011-11-24 |
20110285480 | EQUALIZER WITH A VARIABLE TRANSFER CURVE - Microwave signal equalizer comprising a signal transmission line, a first open stub and a second open stub which are applied in parallel to the said transmission line by a respective connection circuit, said first open stub and second open stub being controlled by at least one second dc control voltage which is applied to the respective connection circuit, said second control voltage being variable and said connection circuit being able to produce a variable resistance upon variation of said second control voltage. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285481 | LINEARIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VARIABLE ATTENUATORS - Systems and methods for provided for linearization systems and methods for variable attenuators. The variable attenuators can include series transistors along a main signal path from the input to output, as well as shunt transistors. A bootstrapping body bias circuit can be used with one or of the series transistors to allow the body of a connected transistor to swing responsive to a received RF input signal. As the RF signal increases and affects the gate-to-source voltage difference of a transistor, a bootstrapping body bias circuit can adaptively adjust the threshold voltage of the connected transistor and compensate the channel resistance variation resulting from gate-to-source voltage swing. The bootstrapping body bias circuit can be implemented using passive elements, active elements, or a combination thereof. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285482 | LINE NOISE ATTENUATOR - To power-consume noise currents flown in power source lines, etc. in non-uniform wiring modes to such a level that noise obstructions can be suppressed by using a resistance without a capacitor that causes series resonance phenomena. It is a line noise attenuator for purifying electromagnetic environments by attenuating noise currents superimposed on a conductor line which supplies a signal power to a load from a signal power source. The conductor line operates as an antenna which receives high frequency noise currents. The conductor line has an inductor which tolerates flows of a low frequency signal power, and a resistance for changing the high frequency noise currents to heat and consuming the heat with a resistance value which is so set, with respect to a resistance value of the inductor replaced with a pure resistance value, that the high frequency noise current blocked at the inductor can be flown. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285483 | REMOTE OPERATION OF A MOTOR CONTROL CENTER SUBUNIT DISCONNECT - A system and method are provided for remotely actuating a subunit disconnect in a motor control center subunit. A motor control center subunit includes a subunit housing configured to fit within a motor control center and a subunit disconnect configured to selectively control a supply power to motor control components of the subunit housing. A control mechanism is attached to the subunit housing to activate and deactivate the subunit disconnect and a remote control device communicates with the control mechanism and is configured to operate the control mechanism to activate and deactivate the subunit disconnect. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285484 | PROPORTIONAL MAGNET FOR A HYDRAULIC DIRECTIONAL CONTROL VALVE AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - A proportional magnet for a hydraulic directional control valve and a method for the production thereof. The proportional magnet has a coil unit, a bearing unit and a pole disk. The coil unit has a cylindrical coil, a cylindrical magnet casing surrounding the coil, an annular yoke disc arranged at a face of the magnet casing and a housing. The bearing unit has a yoke with a first bearing point, a pole core with a second bearing point, and an armature unit with a magnet armature and a pressure pin. The bearing points and armature unit are aligned coaxially by a centering sleeve. When mounting the proportional magnet, the bearing unit is inserted into a cylindrical opening of the coil unit and the pole disc is put on the coil unit after the bearing unit is inserted for axially fixating the bearing unit and closing the magnetic circuit. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285485 | SOLENOID ARRANGEMENT WITH SEGMENTED ARMATURE MEMBER FOR REDUCING RADIAL FORCE - A solenoid arrangement having an armature member that is segmented to help minimize the radial force due to eccentricity of the armature member. The solenoid arrangement has a magnetic coil that when energized will create magnetic flux in the flux path. A pole piece is partly circumscribed by the armature member. Inner and outer air gaps are located about the armature member. Eccentricity of the armature member results in a decrease in one of the air gaps and a corresponding increase in the other. Radial gaps segment the armature member to interrupt the circumferential flux path about the armature member to inhibit magnetic flux from swirling to the side nearest the pole piece and to distribute magnetic flux substantially evenly. The radial force acting on the armature member is reduced resulting in reduced friction between solenoid components while substantially preserving the desirable level of axial force. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285486 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING METALLURGICAL POWDER, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING DUST CORE, DUST CORE, AND COIL COMPONENT - A process for producing metallurgical powder includes a step of coating surfaces of a plurality of first particles | 2011-11-24 |
20110285487 | ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY TRANSDUCER - An electromagnetic energy transducer configured to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy comprises two magnetic elements including a permanent magnetic element and a soft-magnetic element and an electrical coil. The permanent magnetic element and the soft-magnetic element are arranged to form a magnetic circuit and one of the two magnetic elements is movable in relation to the other of the two magnetic elements. The electrical coil surrounds a part of the soft magnetic element. The movable magnetic element is held in a first position by a spring force and moved into a second position by applying an external mechanical force exceeding the spring force, and at the first position the magnetic flux within the soft magnetic element is different than the flux at the second position. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285488 | Magnetic Throttling and Control: Magnetic Control - Apparatuses and systems for enabling electrical communication with a device positionable within a body cavity of a patient. Apparatuses and systems for magnetically positioning a device within a body cavity of a patient. Medical devices. Methods of use. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285489 | FORCE CONCENTRATOR - An apparatus for producing mechanical work is disclosed. The apparatus includes a target magnet that can be connected to a target object, a guide member that can transmit a fluid along a guide path and an initiator magnet having a working side facing a corresponding side of the target magnet with a same magnetic polarity as the corresponding side. The initiator magnet is slidably received within the guide path of the guide member and is movable toward the target magnet along the guide path under influence of the fluid transmitted by the guide member to thereby create an increasing repulsive force between the target magnet and the initiator magnet as a distance between the target magnet and the initiator magnet decreases to thereby move the target object. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285490 | An Electrical Assembly For Use With a Rotary Transformer and Method For Making the Same - An electrical assembly is provided. The electrical assembly includes a ring having at least two annular segments. Each annular segment includes a first portion and a second portion. The second portion tapers from the first portion toward an end of the second portion to define a circumferential cross-sectional area of the ring that is substantially constant along a radius of the electrical assembly. At least one winding is coupled about the ring. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285491 | ROTARY TRANSFORMER - A rotary transformer is disclosed which includes a primary core having a primary coil wound thereon, and a secondary core having a secondary coil wound thereon, wherein said cores are mounted for relative rotation about an axis of rotation. One of said cores includes a plurality of core segments arranged in spaced-apart relation relative to one another in a substantially circular array about said axis, the other core having a substantially annular configuration. In a particular embodiment, said primary core is fixed and hence remains static during operation, and includes a plurality of spaced apart core segments arranged in a circular array around said axis. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285492 | FERRITE CORE COIL - A ferrite core coil is provided, which includes a ferrite core element, at least a flexible substrate, and a plurality of first conductors disposed at an interval on the flexible substrate. The ferrite core element has at least a winding area, and the flexible substrate wraps a surface of the winding area of the ferrite core element. Furthermore, two ends of each first conductor respectively have a first contact and a second contact. In this manner, when the first contact of the first conductor and the second contact of the adjacent first conductor are connected electrically, a coil circumscribing the ferrite core element is formed. The winding process is thus greatly simplified, automatic fabrication of the ferrite core coil is facilitated, and the lithography process can be used to fabricate the first conductors on the flexible substrate, resulting in a small sized ferrite core coil. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285493 | HIGH Q VERTICAL RIBBON INDUCTOR ON SEMICONDUCTING SUBSTRATE - A method of making a semiconductor device and devices thereof are provided. The semiconductor device ( | 2011-11-24 |
20110285494 | MULTILAYER TYPE INDUCTOR - A multilayer type inductor includes: an inductor main body formed by laminating a plurality of sheets; a coil part including conductive patterns and conductive vias formed on the respective sheets; a first withdrawal via formed at one end of the coil part and withdrawn to one surface of the inductor main body through the inductor main body; a second withdrawal via formed at the other end of the coil part and withdrawn in the same direction as that of the first withdrawal via; and first and second external terminals formed on one surface of the inductor main body and electrically connected to the first and second withdrawal vias. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285495 | MULTILAYER INDUCTOR - This disclosure provides a multilayer inductor that has a built-in coil composed of coil conductors each having a length of one turn and that can suppress the occurrence of delamination. The inductor includes plural laminated magnetic layers. Coil conductors loop along a ring-shaped path each through a length of one-turn on the magnetic layers, and include connection portions including end portions that are located on the loop and connection portions including end portions that are located inside the ring-shaped path. Lands are provided on the insulating layers so as to overlap a region as viewed in plan, and the region is surrounded by the first connection portions and the second connection portions. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285496 | FUSE ASSEMBLY - A circuit protection assembly employs a post arrangement that is easier to manufacture and has a built-in insulating fuse configuration. The circuit protection assembly is disposed between a source of power and a circuit to be protected. The circuit protection assembly includes comprises a mounting block having a bore extending therethrough and a recess cavity on a first surface of the mounting block. A post having a first end is disposed within the recess cavity and a body portion extends through the bore. A fuse having a centrally disposed aperture is configured to receive the body portion of the post. The post has a second end configured to receive a terminal for connection to a circuit to be protected. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285497 | THERMAL FUSE - The thermal fuse according to the present invention has its conducting element made of red brass and, additionally, a thin layer of silver is coated over the conducting element. As such, the conducting element has substantially identical thermal coefficient as that of a red-brass casing, and the robustness against heat of the conducting element's petals is compatible with that of the casing. In this way, the conducting element will not be stuck with the casing when an overloading current emerges. The thermal fuse therefore is significantly more reliable than a conventional thermal fuse. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285498 | SURFACE-MOUNTED RESISTOR AND SUBSTRATE FOR MOUNTING THE SAME THEREON - A surface-mounted resistor includes a flat-type base member having a first surface, a second surface, and a lateral surface. Each of the first and second surfaces has a rectangular shape. The surface-mounted resistor also includes a resistance element faulted on the first surface; a pair of internal electrodes formed on both ends of the resistance element by being partially superposed with the resistance element; and a pair of external electrodes. Each of the external electrodes has a first bended portion having an L-shape formed by an internal electrode connection portion and a lateral portion, and a second bended portion having an L-shape formed by the lateral portion and a substrate connection portion. The internal electrode and the internal electrode connection portion are fixed to each other through a conductive fixation material, and a position of the base member is biased in a thickness direction toward the first bended portion. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285499 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, AND RESTRICTION REMOVAL METHOD - Electronic equipment includes a GPS dongle for acquiring current location position information, and a PC for acquiring planned installation position information indicating a planned installation position of a machine tool previously registered with a server device which is a supplier-side device of the machine tool from the server device. The electronic equipment compares the acquired current location position information with the acquired planned installation position information, to determine whether or not the current location is within a predetermined range having the previously registered planned installation position as a base point. The electronic equipment determines, if it is determined that the current location is within the predetermined range having the planned installation position as a base point, whether or not a predetermined condition has been satisfied. The electronic equipment performs, if it is determined that the predetermined condition has been satisfied, information input processing on the machine tool, to remove activation restriction on the machine tool. In this manner, the electronic component can prevent illegal removal of activation restriction on the machine tool. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285500 | Remote Control Device with Directional Mode Indicator - Methods, systems, and products disclose a remote control device that controls multiple consumer electronics devices based on orientation. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285501 | ELECTRONIC LOCK WITH SCREEN - An electronic lock with a screen includes an outer base body and an inner base body. The outer base body and the inner base body are correspondingly installed on inner and outer sides of a door for controlling the door to be open or locked. The outer base body is disposed with an image pickup element for obtaining an image of a visitor standing outside the door. The inner base body is disposed with a screen electrically connected with the image pickup element for displaying the image obtained by the image pickup element, so that an indoor user may know an identity of the visitor paying a visit in real time. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285502 | RFID-Based Data Collection, Correlation And Transmission System, And Method For Collecting Data And Correlating Same To System Participant Identities And Actions Thereof - An RFID-based data collection, correlation and transmission system and method carried out thereby is provided. The system, which comprises one or more RFID-readers, a radio frequency identification (RFID) recognition and control component. a storage device interface, a portable and/or internal data storage device in communication with the storage device interface, one or more antennas, and a configuration and command component, is operable to collect data of interest from detected RFID tags, and detect and identify system participants and data related thereto. In addition, the system is operable to correlate potential data of interest, such as product advertising information, to the detected system participants, and transmit the data of interest to the system participants via numerous methods of communication. Thus, the system provides a means of highly targeted information distribution, as well as providing user reports valuable in future planning. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285503 | LOCKING SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR - A locking system is provided for a motor vehicle door. The locking system includes, but is not limited to a door lock, an internal actuation unit having a pickup that is mechanically linked to the door lock and alternately transferable into a locked position and an unlocked position. In the locked position, actuation of the pickup is inactive with respect to the lock. The locking system further includes, but is not limited to a detection unit configured to detect an approach of a hand and also configured to unlock the door lock if a distance falls below a predefined distance to the internal actuation unit. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285504 | BIOMETRIC IDENTITY VERIFICATION - A method and apparatus for providing biometric authentication of a user uses a registration process in which a reference data sample representative of a biometric attribute of a reference user is used to train a statistical classifier such as a neural network to achieve a target output. The set of parameters of the statistical classifier, e.g. the weights that achieve this in the neural network, are stored on a user's device as a first data set. For subsequent authentication of a user to be tested at an access point, the first data set is retrieved from the user device and a second data set representative of the biometric attribute of the test user is generated directly from the test user. The first data set is used as a set of parameters in a statistical classifier, e.g. as weights in an artificial neural network, to generate a trained classifier or neural network and the second data set is then used as input to the trained classifier or neural network. The output of the trained classifier or neural network is then used to determine a degree of correlation between the biometric attribute of the reference user and the biometric attribute of the test user to be authenticated. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285505 | ELECTRONIC SHELF LABEL CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes an article information detecting unit, an identification information detecting unit, and a distribution unit. The article information detecting unit detects article information displayed on the electronic shelf labels specified by shelf label identification information. The identification information detecting unit detects group identification information to identify whether articles having the article information displayed on the electronic shelf labels specified by the shelf label identification information belong to a same group or not. The distribution unit distributes display attribute information to differentiate display forms of the article information between articles belonging to the same group and articles that do not belong to the same group, to the electronic shelf label specified by the shelf label identification information corresponding to the article information of each of the articles identified as articles belonging to the same group from based on the group identification information. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285506 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING ITEMS - The present invention is a system and method for tracking items. The present invention includes a device configured to perform registrations of items. The present invention may involve registering an item through use of a short-range communication system. The item may communicate via a short-range communication protocol and be associated with an identifier. A device may be utilized to scan for the item via the short-range communication protocol. Input to the device may be detected and recognized as indicating a snooze function that temporarily suppresses an alert associated with an out-of range condition for the item. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285507 | Tamper Detection RFID Tape - A wrapping material includes a sheet of non-rigid material; a first substantially planar RFID that is attached to the sheet of non-rigid material, the first RFID having a main body and a closed-loop conductor extending from the main body of the first RFID; and a second substantially planar RFID is attached to the sheet, the second RFID having a main body and a closed-loop conductor extending from the main body of the second RFID; and wherein the closed-loop conductor of the first RFID is arranged relative to the closed-loop conductor of the second RFID such that all straight lines that lie between the first RFID and the second RFID and that do not intersect the main body of the first RFID or the second RFID intersect the closed-loop conductor of the first RFID and/or the second RFID. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285508 | APPARATUS FOR REMOVING TRANSMISSION LEAKAGE SIGNAL IN RFID SYSTEM AND RFID SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed is an apparatus for removing a transmission leakage signal of an RFID system including a reader controller that sends a transmission signal to an RFID tag and receives a receiving signal transmitted from the RFID tag to read tag information, the apparatus including a leakage signal canceller that receives a portion of the transmission signal and the receiving signal, and performs an adjustment task to generate a cancellation signal according to an adjustment value to remove a transmission leakage signal and the portion of the transmission signal, and to remove the transmission leakage signal included in the receiving signal and a controller that continuously determines whether there is a change of an RF environment using an intensity of the receiving signal, the RFID tag being installed in the RF environment, and controls an operation of the leakage signal canceller according to the change of the RF environment. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285509 | SHIPPING CONTAINER SECURITY PROCESS - A process for monitoring containers including use of a severable security lock with an radio frequency identification (RFID) antenna adapted sever upon dislocation of the lock. The process utilizes an electronic identification number to ensure security lock integrity. The process includes detecting the security lock in transit by the use of mobile and fixed transmission units at regional boundaries. Updates are provided to an event log associated with the security lock. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285510 | Implementation of On-Off Passive Wireless Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor Using Coding and Switching Techniques - Methods and systems for passive wireless surface acoustic wave devices for orthogonal frequency coded devices to implement ON-OFF sensors reusing orthogonal frequency code and distinguishing between ON and OFF states using additional PN sequence and on/off switches producing multi-level coding as well as external stimuli for switching and identification of a closure system. An embodiment adds a level of diversity by adding a dibit to each surface acoustic wave devices, thus providing four different possible coding states. The PN on-off coding can be with the dibit for coding in a multi-tag system. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285511 | DUAL-FREQUENCY RFID TAG WITH ISOLATED INPUTS - An Integrated Circuit (IC) for an RFID tag includes two electrically isolated antenna ports for connecting to two antennas, with each antenna port configured to operate at a different frequency range and/or with a different communications protocol. In some embodiments a rectifier coupled to one of the antenna ports is operable to extract energy from an electromagnetic field in a first frequency range, and a demodulator coupled to the other antenna port is operable to demodulate symbols according to an RFID protocol in a second frequency range. In some embodiments the frequency ranges are disjoint, intersecting, or one is a proper subset of the other. In some embodiments each port is coupled to its own rectifier and/or its own modulator and/or its own demodulator. In some embodiments an RFID tag includes the IC and two antennas, each operable in one of the two frequency ranges. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285512 | RADIO COMMUNICATION MODULE, REMOTE CONTROLLER, AND RADIO SYSTEM - A radio communication module transfers user's control instructions to controlled devices with improved reliability. The module transmits, by radio, control data for controlling a controlled device to provide remote control to the controlled device, a communication section for outputting the control data via a radio signal, a control section, and a data buffer. Without receiving from the controlled device a response signal indicating reception of the control data, the control section causes the communication section to re-deliver the control data via a radio signal until the response is received. The data buffer buffers one or more pieces of new control data to be transmitted to the controlled device until the response is received. Upon reception of the response, the control section causes the communication section to output the one or more pieces of new control data stored in the data buffer via a radio signal. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285513 | RADIO COMMUNICATION MODULE, REMOTE CONTROLLER, AND RADIO SYSTEM - A radio remote controller precisely transfers user's intended control. A radio communication module transmits control data for controlling a controlled device by radio communications to provide remote control to the controlled device. The radio communication module includes a communication control section, and a communication section. The communication control section creates transmission data by adding repeat information to the control data to be transmitted to the controlled device, with the repeat information being indicative of whether to repeatedly control a function of the controlled device controlled by the control data. The communication section successively outputs the transmission data created by the communication control section via a radio signal. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285514 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING WIRELESS CONTROL ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The invention provides a system | 2011-11-24 |
20110285515 | LIGHTING REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM - A lighting remote control system includes an illuminating device for irradiating illumination light in a changeable direction, a remote controller for irradiating visible light, a direction sensor for detecting an irradiating direction of the visible light based on a posture of the remote controller, and a position sensor for detecting position coordinates of the remote controller. The illuminating device is designed to irradiate the illumination light on a position specified pursuant to the position coordinates of the remote controller detected by the position sensor, the irradiating direction of the visible light detected by the direction sensor and an arbitrarily-set unit length. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285516 | SELF-ORGANIZING EXTENSIBLE DISTRIBUTED SENSOR ARRAY ARCHITECTURE - This invention relates to methods and systems for providing data from a distributed array. In one aspect, the array is a sensor array that includes sensor nodes that are each associated with one or more sensors, and the data includes sensor data acquired from the sensors by the sensor nodes. The sensor array employs modular and interchangeable sensor nodes that are capable of self-organizing in response to a network disruption while maintaining a flow of synchronized data to the event monitor. This self-organizing characteristic enables the overall network of nodes to be self-healing and easily extensible. The improved fault resilience makes it possible to deploy the sensors without requiring complex monitoring or fault diagnosis. Embodiments of the invention can be employed in any number of applications, including without limitation, tunnel activity detection, seismic/acoustic monitoring/detection and other applications where gathering sensor data may be desired. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285517 | TERMINAL APPARATUS AND VIBRATION NOTIFICATION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention is related to a terminal apparatus and a vibration notification method thereof. The terminal apparatus comprises: a touch screen panel for inputting a contact point by users and generating a touch control signal in response to the contact point; a detecting unit coupled to the touch screen panel for sensing the touch control signal and generating a control signal and a touch-control coordinating signal with respect to the touch control signal; a vibrating unit coupled to the detecting unit for generating a vibration notification in response to the control signal; a microprocessor unit coupled to the detecting unit for displaying the touch-control signal on a display unit with respect to the touch-control coordinating signal. Whereby, the users are capable of being notified by vibrating movements of the touch screen panel as the touch control signal is inputted, thereby confirming the touch control signal has been processed successfully. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285518 | METHOD FOR DETECTING RUMBLE STRIPS ON ROADWAYS - A method and system for detecting the existence of rumble strips on a roadway by a vehicle. Wheel speed data is obtained from a wheel speed sensor, and frequency-based analysis is then performed on the wheel speed data. The presence of a rumble strip can then be detected based on the outcome of the frequency-based analysis. The wheel speed data can be modified before conversion to the frequency domain to reduce wheel-induced cyclic variations in wheel speed. The frequency-based analysis can use an FFT and a peak detection method that analyzes one or more peaks in the FFT data to determine if any are indicative of the presence of a rumble strip. The method can be carried out automatically in real time and used to alert the driver of the detection of the rumble strip. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285519 | Static Officer Proximity Alert System - An architecture is presented that provides a system of sensors and other components that allow law enforcement officials to continuously monitor the exterior perimeter of his or her stationary vehicle for approaching attackers. The system affords 360 degree surveillance and protection and is capable of alerting the vehicle's occupants and remote users of the system of an impending attack. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285520 | VEHICLE BURGLAR ALARM CIRCUIT - A vehicle burglar alarm circuit includes a transformer including an input unit having taps and a center tap, and an output unit magnetically coupled to the input unit; a first and a second power source each having one electrode connected to the center tap to respectively output a higher voltage and a lower voltage; a driving unit including switching elements respectively having one ends connected to the taps and another ends respectively connected to the other electrodes of the power sources; a PWM controller outputting signals by which the switching elements are alternately turned on and off; and a power selecting unit for selecting one of the power sources. The PWM controller generates a first on-duty ratio when the first power source is selected and a second on-duty ratio when the second power source is selected such that the first on-duty ratio is smaller than the second on-duty ratio. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285521 | Remote Ignition, Theft Deterrence, and Records Keeping System for a Vehicle - Disclosed is a key-less ignition system for a vehicle. The system allows a user to automatically start the engine of a vehicle via a push button and a remote passive transponder. The system finds particular application in conjunction with smaller vehicles such as motorcycles. In one specific embodiment of the invention, the system is used in connection with an anti-theft device, such as a wheel lock. In yet another embodiment of the invention, the key-less ignition system is used in connection with a records management system, whereby service technicians can remotely retrieve maintenance records relating to the vehicle. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285522 | DOOR LOCKING SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A door locking system is provided for a motor vehicle. The door locking system includes, but is not limited to a mechanical door opening safety catch and a warning unit configured to generate a first warning signal that is exclusively suppressed by a manual activation of the mechanical door opening safety catch. A motor vehicle is provided that includes, but is not limited to a vehicle body, a rear vehicle door that is linked on the vehicle body and facing away from a vehicle travel direction, the rear vehicle door configured to pivot, a door opening safety catch configured to be mechanically activate upon the pivot of the rear vehicle door, and a warning unit configured to generate a first warning signal that is exclusively suppressed by the mechanical activation of the door opening safety catch. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285523 | REAR UNDER VIEW MIRROR SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES - The present invention provides a rear under view mirror system for vehicles. The rear under view mirror system includes a rear under view mirror unit having a semitransparent glass and a smart glass. When a vehicle moves forwards, the rear under view mirror unit does not protrude rearwards relative to a vehicle body and overlaps a rear windshield glass, thus providing a good appearance and preventing resistance to airflow, without hindering a driver from seeing the area behind the vehicle through the rear windshield glass. The rear under view mirror unit has a large area corresponding to that of the rear windshield glass, thus providing a sufficient view of the low area to the rear of the vehicle. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285524 | Method for Preventing Children being Left in Car and Device Thereof - A method for preventing children from being left in a car and a device thereof. The method comprises testing a , a and driver judges if have children, send these information to a controlling device, if have children in car then the controlling device sends a action order to preventing device to take action to prevent the children being left in the car. A driver alarm for preventing children from being left in a car includes a power device, car startup measuring device, inquiring device, trip ending measuring device, preventing device and controlling device. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285525 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A display apparatus for vehicle includes: a first display unit which is provided in a region within a horizontal width of a steering wheel when viewed from a driver, and which displays at least single piece of notification information regarding a state of the vehicle; a second display unit which is integrally formed with the first display unit, and which displays information in a region outside the horizontal width of the steering wheel when viewed from the driver; and a control unit which controls image-display on the first display unit and the second display unit. The second display unit includes an information-image display region which displays an information-image corresponding to the at least single piece of notification information, and a guide display region which displays a guide-image for guiding a driver's eye to a side of the information-image display region. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285526 | LIGHTING APPARATUS - A lighting apparatus of the present invention includes: a light source; a power source unit arranged to power the light source; a detector unit arranged to detect the deterioration of ability of the power source unit to power the light source; and a determination unit arranged to determine the life of the power source unit in response to the detector unit. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285527 | Wireless Structural Health Monitoring System with Synchronized Timekeeper - A method of obtaining data about a structure includes providing a plurality of sensor modules on the structure. Each of the sensor modules includes a sensor, a processor, a sensor module precision timekeeper, and a sensor module transceiver. One of the plurality of sensor modules includes an energy harvesting device. The processor and the sensor module transceiver of this one of the plurality of sensor modules are powered solely with electricity derived from the energy harvesting device. The method further includes providing a base station. The method further includes periodically wirelessly receiving a broadcast resynchronization timing packet with each of the sensor module transceivers, wherein the broadcast resynchronization timing packet received by each of the sensor module transceivers includes a common resynchronization time value. The method further includes periodically resynchronizing each of the sensor module precision timekeepers based on a signal derived from the resynchronization time value. The method further includes digital sampling of the sensor module sensor in each of the sensor modules to provide digital sensor data, and providing a time stamp to the digital sensor data wherein time in the time stamp is provided by the sensor module precision timekeeper. The method further includes wirelessly transmitting data from each of the plurality of sensor modules to the base station, wherein the data is derived from the time stamped digital sensor data. The method further includes receiving and aggregating the data from each of the plurality of sensor modules in the base station. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285528 | WIRELESS NETWORK APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOCK INDICATION - An apparatus for tracking the status of a lock, comprising: at least one lock tracking device for tracking a status of a lock; and at least one wireless key unit; wherein each of said at least one wireless key unit is connected to one of said at least one lock tracking device, and wherein said at least one wireless key unit includes a transceiver unit for transmitting information obtained from the at least one lock tracking device regarding the status of the lock. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285529 | ACTIVITY TREND DETECTION AND NOTIFICATION TO A CAREGIVER - In one example, a process includes receiving a plurality of first communications and a plurality of second communications, each first communication capturing activity of a patient using a first device at a different time and each second communication capturing activity of the patient using a second device at a different time. The process includes identifying a macro trend for all monitored activity of the patient based on data taken from the first and second communications. The process includes comparing data taken from a new communication from at least one of the first and second devices to the identified macro trend. A caregiver may be notified according to the comparison. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285530 | ALARM COLOR PLATE STRUCTURE OF A MICRO-DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE GAUGE - An alarm color plate structure of a micro-differential pressure gauge includes a transparent casing. The transparent casing has a slot which is located corresponding to the range of movement of a pointer or a scale plate. An alarm plate is provided in the slot. The alarm plate has a plurality of areas with different colors or marks for the user to know whether the position and the value of the pointer are normal or not. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285531 | POINTER- TYPE ALARM MARK STRUCTURE OF A MICRO-DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE GAUGE - A pointer-type alarm mark structure of a micro-differential pressure gauge includes a transparent casing. The transparent casing has a shaft thereon. At least one alarm index is provided on the shaft. By adjusting the alarm index to a desired position, the user can know whether the pointer of the gauge is within a safe area. | 2011-11-24 |
20110285532 | ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A method for analyzing the condition of a machine having a rotating shaft, includes:
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