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A method, terminal device, network element, system and computer program product for controlling discontinuous reception or transmission at a terminal device of a communication network are disclosed. A regular discontinuous reception or transmission cycle of a regular discontinuous reception or transmission scheme is set by using a first control layer, and in addition thereto a shorter temporary discontinuous reception or transmission cycle of an interim discontinuous reception or transmission scheme can be set by using a second control layer. This arrangement provides long discontinuous reception or transmission cycles for power consumption improvements while at the same time ensuring that the network can easily and flexibly shorten these cycles for increased data throughput, if needed.

The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the direct detection of analytes using color changes that occur in immobilized biopolymeric material in response to selective binding of analytes to their surface. In particular, the present invention provides methods and compositions related to the encapsulation of biopolymeric material into metal oxide glass using the sol-gel method.

A chopper-stabilized amplifier receiving an input signal includes a first operational transconductance amplifier having an input chopper and an output chopper for chopping an output signal produced by the first operational transconductance amplifier. A switched capacitor notch filter filters the chopped output signal by operating synchronously with the chopping frequency of output chopper to filter ripple voltages that otherwise would be produced by the output chopper. In one embodiment, a second operational transconductance amplifier amplifies the notch filter output. The input signal is fed forward, summed with the output of the second operational transconductance amplifier, and applied to the input of a fourth operational transconductance amplifier. Ripple noise and offset are substantially reduced.

A meter and test wand system is capable of cooperatively processing an analysis fluid and communicating results to a user. The system includes a meter case including a case front, a case back, a case top, a case bottom, a first case side member, and a second case side member. The first and second case side members connect the case front to case back. The first case side member has a longitudinal dimension between said case top and said case bottom and a latitudinal dimension between said case front and said case back. The first case side member includes a first case ridge; A test wand is capable of receiving an analysis fluid, and includes a cartridge including a cartridge ridge. The cartridge ridge is sized and shaped to matingly engage with said first case ridge to connect said test wand to said meter case.

A processor contains multiple levels of registers having different access latency. A relatively smaller set of registers is contained in a relatively faster higher level register bank, and a larger, more complete set of the registers is contained in a relatively slower lower level register bank. Physically, the higher level register bank is placed closer to functional logic which receives inputs from the registers. Preferably, the lower level bank includes a complete set of all processor registers, and the higher level bank includes a smaller subset of the registers, duplicating information in the lower level bank. The higher level bank is preferably accessible in a single clock cycle.

A processor contains multiple levels of registers having different access latency. A relatively smaller set of registers is contained in a relatively faster higher level register bank, and a larger, more complete set of the registers is contained in a relatively slower lower level register bank. Physically, the higher level register bank is placed closer to functional logic which receives inputs from the registers. Preferably, the lower level bank includes a complete set of all processor registers, and the higher level bank includes a smaller subset of the registers, duplicating information in the lower level bank. The higher level bank is preferably accessible in a single clock cycle.

The present invention relates to an active transdermal analyte detection system performing extraction and detection of body analytes comprising of a patch accepting at least one electrical input; a plurality of transducers configured for converting input electrical energy to different forms of energies for activating extraction procedure; a controller configured for providing the control signals, intensity, sequence, nature, and timing information for the different energies supplied to the said patch vide said transducers; and at least one layer / compartment configured for either collection of extracted fluids and / or delivering at least one reagent formulation that detects the body analyte on activation and a method for performing transdermal extraction and detection of body fluids using said electronic patch.

The present invention relates to a system and method for signaling among a plurality of devices via a communication carrier over a noisy medium such as a power line and particularly relates to an innovative method and system for high speed signaling using an innovative modulating scheme. The scheme is particularly well adapted for signaling over multiple channels and over direct current (DC) power lines. At the transmitter end, a modem modulates data to be transmitted according to a modulation scheme and a signaling shifter modifies the carrier according to a modification scheme. At the receiver end, a modem demodulates the data according to the modulation scheme and a detector detects the signal in accordance with the modification scheme. Signals may be received over multiple channels. A signal is sent over a subset of the channels. Remaining channels can be used for competing signals avoiding interference. The channel chosen for sending a signal may also indicate signal priority. An innovative device is presenting for testing communication over DC power lines with adjustable attributes.

Disclosed are a frame error concealment method and apparatus and an audio decoding method and apparatus. The frame error concealment (FEC) method includes: selecting an FEC mode based on at least one of a state of at least one frame and a phase matching flag, with regard to a time domain signal generated after time-frequency inverse transform processing; and performing corresponding time domain error concealment processing on the current frame based on the selected FEC mode, wherein the current frame is an error frame or the current frame is a normal frame when the previous frame is an error frame.

A method, terminal device, network element, system and computer program product for controlling discontinuous reception or transmission at a terminal device of a communication network are disclosed. A regular discontinuous reception or transmission cycle of a regular discontinuous reception or transmission scheme is set by using a first control layer, and in addition thereto a shorter temporary discontinuous reception or transmission cycle of an interim discontinuous reception or transmission scheme can be set by using a second control layer. This arrangement provides long discontinuous reception or transmission cycles for power consumption improvements while at the same time ensuring that the network can easily and flexibly shorten these cycles for increased data throughput, if needed.

A method of directing and / or alert vehicles during an emergency or other event. The method may include providing messages and other information to the vehicles through wireless communications. The message may detail the emergency and / or an evacuation strategy for avoiding the emergency. Different vehicles may receive different messages and instructions depending on vehicle location and other parameters.

A serializer within, for example, a transceiver is provided having multiple stages of pipelined multiplexing cells. Each multiplexing cell may be substantially the same and each comprises no more than one latch. In some embodiments, each multiplexing cell includes a multiplexer comprising a pair of inputs and a single latch, which is coupled to one input of the multiplexer. No latches are coupled to the other input of the multiplexer. The serializer generally includes a plurality of stages. Each successive stage includes one-half the number of multiplexing cells included in the previous stage, and each successive stage is clocked by a clocking signal that transitions at twice the frequency of the previous stage clock signal.

A method, device and system for determining a receiver location using weak signal satellite transmissions. The invention involves a sequence of exchanges between an aiding source and a receiver that serve to provide aiding information to the receiver so that the receiver's location may be determined in the presence of weak satellite transmissions. With the aiding information, the novel receiver detects, acquires and tracks weak satellite signals and computes position solutions from calculated pseudo ranges despite the inability to extract time synchronization date f, 'n the weak satellite signals. The invention includes as features, methods and apparatus for the calibration of a local oscillator, the cancellation of cross correlations, a Doppler location scheme, an ensemble averaging scheme, the calculation of almanac aiding from a table of orbit coefficients, absolute time determination, and a modified search engine.

A system for detecting and locating a digital TV leakage signal in an HFC network. The system comprises a headend unit and a leakage detector. The headend unit receives the TV signal at the headend for use as a reference signal. The reference signal is sampled at a rate corresponding to a time reference signal, to produce reference signal samples. The reference signal samples and timestamp are transmitted to the leakage detector. The detector receives the digital TV signal from a leakage source, for detection as a leakage signal. The detector includes a cross-correlation processor. The leakage signal is sampled at a rate corresponding to the time reference signal, to produce leakage signal samples. The cross-correlation processor performs a cross-correlation of the reference signal samples with the leakage signal samples to produce a cross-correlation function having a peak, and the TV leakage signal is detected from this peak.

A switch connector includes an insulative housing (1), a fixed terminal (2), a switch terminal (3) and a shielding (4). The insulative housing has a base portion (10) defining a hollow portion (12) and a pair of notches (16, 16′) on the bottom thereof, and a cylindrical introduction portion (11) upwardly extending from the base portion. The fixed terminal has a pair of first fixed portions (22) retained in the hollow portion and a U-shaped portion (23) retained in one of the pair of notches. The switch terminal has a second fixed portion (32) retained in the hollow portion and a U-shaped portion (33) retained in another notch. The shielding encloses the cylindrical introduction portion and the base portion of the insulative housing. An electrical connection between the fixed terminal and the switch terminal is obtained by a contact at a point.

A chopper-stabilized amplifier receiving an input signal includes a first operational transconductance amplifier having an input chopper and an output chopper for chopping an output signal produced by the first operational transconductance amplifier. A switched capacitor notch filter filters the chopped output signal by operating synchronously with the chopping frequency of output chopper to filter ripple voltages that otherwise would be produced by the output chopper. In one embodiment, a second operational transconductance amplifier amplifies the notch filter output. The input signal is fed forward, summed with the output of the second operational transconductance amplifier, and applied to the input of a fourth operational transconductance amplifier. Ripple noise and offset are substantially reduced.

A circuit board is provided in which tamper resistance is improved by making probing by third parties difficult, while solving problems associated with the current techniques and manufacturing costs. A signal line through which a confidential signal requiring tamper resistance flows and components 32 and 33 connected to the signal line 21 by the terminals thereof, are laid out in a component-containing layer 13 of a circuit board 10. Only a confidential signal having been encrypted through a predetermined component 31 is outputted to an observation point 34 provided on a surface of the circuit board 10. External observation and control of the confidential signal is performed by decoding a cipher provided by the component 31 to the signal which appears at the observation point 34.

A method and apparatus for operation of a hearing aid 205 with signal processing functions performed with an array processor 220. In one embodiment, a reconfiguration module 250 allows reconfiguration of the processors 220 in the field. Another embodiment provides wireless communication by use of earpieces 105, 110 provided with antennas 235 in communication with a user module 260. The method includes steps of converting analog data into digital data 915 filtering out noise 920 and processing the digital data in parallel 925 compensating for the user's hearing deficiencies and convert the digital data back into analog. Another embodiment adds the additional step of reconfiguring the processor in the field 1145. Yet another embodiment adds wireless communication 1040-1065.

Disclosed herein is a signal processing apparatus, including: a computation device operable to perform transform computation adapted to Fourier-transform a time domain OFDM i.e., Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing signal into a frequency domain OFDM signal; a processing device operable to perform carrier frequency offset detection adapted to detect an estimated carrier frequency offset that is an error of a carrier used for demodulation of the OFDM signal; and a carrier frequency offset correction device operable to perform carrier frequency offset correction adapted to correct the carrier frequency offset of the frequency domain OFDM signal in accordance with the estimated carrier frequency offset.

Programmable logic circuitry includes level-sensitive latches as at least some of the data storage elements. At least some of the latches are enabled by one phase of a clock signal, and at least some others of the latches are enabled by the other phase of the clock signal. Accordingly, these latches collectively have two-phase operation. These two-phase latches may replace at least some single-phase, edge-triggered flip-flops in a user's logic design, and may thereby increase the speed at which the user's logic can be operated. Methods for converting a single-phase, edge-triggered flip-flop design to a logically equivalent design using at least some two-phase latches are disclosed.

A radio frequency (RF) power amplifier system is provided, in which a distortion of the RF output signal from the power amplifier is estimated by comparing the RF output signal with reference modulation information. The supply voltage to the power amplifier is adjusted so that the estimated distortion of the RF output signal corresponds to a predetermined distortion level. The predetermined distortion level is set to represent an acceptable distortion level at the RF output signal.

An automatic door opening system utilizing wireless links to communicate from hazard or obstruction sensors to a controller to react to such conditions. The present invention allows the use of hazard, fault or obstruction switching devices which themselves utilize internal continuity monitoring in a wireless environment. Compressible hazard switch sensors which utilize internal, continuous conducting elements are continually monitored for breaks in such elements through continuity checks. A signal is generated from the wireless transmitter during door operation to indicate to the system that the link between the wireless transmitter and a wireless receiver is fully functioning at all times. The system can determine if an actual obstruction hazard is detected or if there is a loss of communications between the wireless transmitter and receiver link in the disclosed system while also allowing for wireless continuity checking between sensor switches utilized.

The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the direct detection of analytes using color changes that occur in immobilized biopolymeric material in response to selective binding of analytes to their surface. In particular, the present invention provides methods and compositions related to the encapsulation of biopolymeric material into metal oxide glass using the sol-gel method.

A display device is for carrying out display by supplying a data signal, that is supplied from a video signal line, to one of a plurality of pixel electrodes via a switching element, and by supplying a scanning signal for controlling ON / OFF state of the switching element to the switching element via a scanning signal line that is orthogonal to the video signal line and is connected to the switching element. When the scanning signal is outputted to the scanning signal line, the scanning signal has a falling waveform that first falls substantially vertically from an ON-level of the switching element in a direction of an OFF-level of the switching element, and then starts falling with a slope, and again falls substantially vertically before reaching the OFF-level of the switching element. As such, the writing of the data signal to the pixel electrode may be securely carried out even when the writing period for each scanning signal is reduced, thereby displaying a high-quality image.

In a method for a receiver a signal is received at the receiver, where after a Cholesky factor or a block Cholesky factor of the Schur complement or a negative of the Schur complement of a matrix is determined at a processor entity by deriving a generator matrix of the Schur complement or the negative of the Schur complement from the generator matrix of the matrix and then applying a Schur algorithm to the generator matrix of the Schur complement or the negative of the Schur complement. The derivation comprises permutating at least a part of matrix columns below a certain row, shifting these columns downward a predefined number of rows and deleting a number of top rows. A filter for the signal may then be defined by computing filter coefficients for filtering the signal based on the derived Cholesky factor or block Cholesky factor. In another application a received signal is estimated based on similar determinations.

A processor contains multiple levels of registers having different access latency. A relatively smaller set of registers is contained in a relatively faster higher level register bank, and a larger, more complete set of the registers is contained in a relatively slower lower level register bank. Physically, the higher level register bank is placed closer to functional logic which receives inputs from the registers. Selection logic enables selecting output of either register bank for input to processor execution logic. Preferably, the lower level bank includes a complete set of all processor registers, and the higher level bank includes a smaller subset of the registers, duplicating information in the lower level bank. The higher level bank is preferably accessible in a single clock cycle.

A combiner for use in a spatial diversity radio receiver which receives multiple data signals through spaced apart antennae. The combiner includes a receiving component configured for receiving strength-indicative signals, each strength-indicative signal being indicative of the strength of one of the received data signals, and demodulated data signals. A control signal generating component configured for generating control signals generates control signals responsive to the strength-indicative signals. A combining component configured for combining signals combines, in linear proportions determined by the control signals, those of the demodulated data signals which are both above a predetermined strength threshold level (“combiner threshold”) and differ in strength by less than a predetermined margin of preferably between 3 dB and 12 dB (e.g. 6 dB) to provide a combined output data signal. When more than the margin separates the signal strengths, only the strongest signal is used. A spatial diversity wireless communications (radio) receiver includes multiple receiving components having spaced-apart antennae, each receiving component providing both a signal indicative of received signal strength and a demodulated signal output, a combiner as aforesaid to provide an output data signal and means for evaluating the output data signal. Preferably, rapidly-fading signals are identified by evaluating second derivative signals of the strength-indicative signals, and weighted accordingly if a non-fading signal is available.

An automatic milking device for milking a dairy animal, comprising a control device and a weighing floor with weight sensors for supplying weight signals, and with a filter for filtering the weight signals into a filtered signal indicative of the position of the centre of gravity of the dairy animal, wherein the control device is configured for controlling the milking by the automatic milking device on the basis of the weight signal filtered by the filter. The control device is arranged for controlling the automatic milking device on the basis of the unfiltered weight signal after the milking has been finished. As a result thereof, it is possible to respond more quickly to movements of the dairy animal, without the filter having a delaying effect.

Provided is a receiver which includes at least one processor configured to control or execute: a first Bit-Interleaved Coded Modulation (BICM) decoder configured to generate a first output signal corresponding to an upper layer signal by processing a first input signal which includes a superposition coding signal generated at a transmitter by superimposing the upper layer signal and a lower layer signal; a parity generator configured to generate at least one parity based on a result of the processing of the first input signal by the first BICM decoder; and a second BICM decoder configured to generate a second output signal corresponding to the lower layer signal by processing a second input signal which is generated using the parity generated by the parity generator.